Excavation Records
This section provides information about the excavation records kept in the archival repository of the Blegen Library. This is not a finished product by any means, as many of the records still remain unprocessed (e.g., the records from the excavations at the port of Kenchreai or at Nichoria). In addition, it is certain that continuous arrangement of the personal papers will reveal important information related to the various excavations undertaken by the ASCSA. It should also be mentioned that the majority of the records from the excavations at the Athenian Agora and Corinth are stored in the Stoa of Attalos and the Corinth Museum respectively.
The excavation records have been arranged alphabetically. The spelling of the sites appears both in Greek and Latin. Each entry carries information about the date of the preserved records (Date), the main people involved (Involved), and the records themselves (Records).
Amphipolis
Argolid(1)
Argolid(2)
Argolid(3)
Argos (see Argolid 3)
Artemision
Atalante (see Kyparissi)
Athens (Agora of Athens)
Athens (Acropolis)
Athens (North Slope of Acropolis)
Athens (Pnyx)
Assos
Armatova (Elean Pylos)
Artemision
Bassae or Bassai
Colophon or Kolophon
Corinth or Korinthos
Cythnus or Kythnos
Delphi
Elateia
Eleusis
Eliki
Elis
Eretria
Eutresis
Franchthi (see Argolid 2)
Gonia (Corinthia)
Hagiorgitika (Arcadia)
Halae or Halai
Halieis (see Argolid 2)
Herakleion (St Peter)
Hymettus or Hymettos
Icaria or Ikaria (Sanctuary of Dionysos)
Isthmia
Kavousi
Keos or Kea
Kephalari (see Argolid 1)
Kenchreai or Cenchreae
Kommos
Korakou or Corakou
Koroni (see Porto Raphthi)
Koukounari (near Ikaria in Attika)
Kyparissi / Atalante
Lerna
Lesbos or Lesvos
Loutsa (Attika)
Lygourio (see Argolid 1)
Minnesota Messenia Expedition
Mycenae (see Argolid 1)
Myloi (see Argolid 1)
Nea Nikomedeia
Nemea, Nemea Valley Survey, Tsoungiza
Nichoria
Oeniadae or Oeniadai
Olynthus or Olynthos
Patroclus Island or Patroklos Island
Perachora
Peiraeus or Piraeus
Phlious or Phlius
Plataea or Plataia
Porto Raphthi (Koroni)
Prosymna (see Argolid 3)
Pylos
Samothrace
Sikinos
Sicyon or Sikyon
Sounion or Sounium
Syme
Thera
Tegea
Thoricus or Thorikos
Vari Cave (Attika)
Zygouries
Amphipolis
Date: 1939, 1952-59, 1995
Involved: Oscar Broneer, G. P.Stevens
Records:see Oscar Broneer Papers
see also Administrative Records
Photos (GenPh, ASCSA X 63-127, 142-176, 190-218, 227-252, 389-394)
Argolid(1)
(Mycenae and Myloi Blockhouses, Lygourio Pyramid, Kephalari Blockhouses)
Date: 1937, 1939
Involved: Alison Frantz, Carl Roebuck
Records: 2 field notebooks (by Carl Roebuck and Alison Frantz)
3 pen and ink drawings (plans, sections)
Excavation Reports (Adm Rec 205)
Argolid(2)
(Argolid Exploration Project: Halieis, Franchthi, Southern Argolid Survey)
Date: 1960-1990
Involved: M.H. Jameson, T. Jacobsen, T.H.van Andel, C. Runnels, et al.
Records: geological and topographical maps
FRANCHTHI: Copies of notebooks (originals at University of Indiana in Indianapolis)
Object Records (Franchthi)
Residue Records (Franchthi)
Pottery Records and Index (Franchthi)
Bone Records (Franchthi)
Charts and plans (Franchthi)
Carbon samples (M.H. Jameson)
See also Adm Rec 206
HALIEIS: General correspondence, expropriation records, and excavation permits (Administrative Records)
Plan of excavation (1965)
Porto Cheli Harbor: fathometer survey (1970)
Hermioneis: survey sites C-14 / C-12 (1972)
Plans of sanctuary and temple of Apollo (1973)
State plan (1974)
Hermioneis, Argolid Exploration Project: survey sites C-11 / C-19 (1979)
Halieis: plan of city walls
Halieis and surroundings: topographical map
Argolid(3)
(The Heraeum, Prosymna)
Date: 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1925, 1927-28, 1949
Involved: Ch. Waldstein, C. W. Blegen (1927-28), John Caskey and Pierre Amandry (1949)
Records:photocopy of Ch. Waldstein’s notebook (1897)/original in King’s College Library; 23 prints from Waldstein’s excavations (1925)/bought from Cambridge University Library; field notebooks kept by Apphia Hack, C. W. Blegen [microfilmed], M. Rawson, D. Burr, C. B. Spitzer, C. A. Robinson [microfilmed], D. Cox, and O. Broneer (1927-28); field notebook by J.Caskey [microfilmed].
Prints and negatives (ASCSA AH series; also P 88-120)
Plans (1949)
Artemision
Date: 1937-38
Involved: Charles Morgan, George Mylonas
Records: Papers of negotiation and memorandum (Administrative Records)
Atalante (see Kyparissi)
Athens (Agora of Athens)
Date: 1924-1940; 1947-1959, 1961-1985, 1990
Involved: Theodore. L. Shear, H. A. Thompson, T. Leslie Shear
Records: General Correspondence (Administrative Records)
Expropriation records ( Administrative Records)
Building and Dedication of Stoa of Attalos (Administrative Records)
Restoration of Holy Apostles (Administrative Records)
Restoration of the Temple of Hephaestus [1940] (Administrative Records)
Athens (Acropolis)
Date: 1903?-1928, 1938
Involved: B.H.Hill, W.B. Dinsmoor, et al.
Records: Gorham P. Stevens Papers (Erechtheum or Erechtheion)
Bert H. Hill Papers (Erechtheum and Parthenon)
Manuscript by W. B. Dinsmoor (Monument of Nikias)
Field notebook by W.B. Dinsmoor (Parthenon)-1928
Restoration of Parthenon by N. Balanos (Adm Rec 203)
Athens (North Slope of Acropolis)
Date: 1931-1939
Involved: Oscar Broneer
Records: Oscar Broneer Papers ("The Story of Per")
Ink, pencil drawings, and squeezes
Photos and negatives (ASCSA AK 783-815, 870-885, 891-932, 943-936, 968-1223,1225-1415; 1421-1469)
Administrative Records
Athens (Pnyx)
Date: 1937
Involved:
Records: Administrative Records
Assos
Date: 1881-1883
Involved: J.Th. Clarke, Francis Bacon
Records: Geological map by J. S. Diller (1881)
Map representing Mr. J. H. Haynes’ Route
Copy of Francis Bacon’s Travelling Journal “Assos Days 1881-1883.”
Armatova (Elean Pylos)
Date: 1967-1971, 1976-1977
Involved: John Coleman
Records: Inventory Cards
Photocopies of topographical plans
Administrative Records
Artemision
Date: 1937-1938, 1952
Involved: Ph. Alllen, Ch. Morgan, G. Mylonas
Records: Administrative Records
Bassae or Bassai
Date:
Involved: Prof. Frederick Cooper
Records: Architectural drawings used in the publication of Bassitas IV.
Photos used in the publication of Bassitas III.
Colophon or Kolophon
Date: 1922, 1925
Involved: Hetty Goldman
Records: Excavation permit, deeds for land (Administrative Records)
Excavation Notebooks (1922)
Carl W. Blegen Papers (correspondence)
Photos and negatives (GenPh; ASCSA M1)
Lantern slides
Plans (1922)
Corinth or Korinthos
Date: 1896-1916, 1925-1939, 1946-1948, 1950, 1953-1954, 1959ff.
Involved: R. B. Richardson, B. H. Hill, T.L. Shear
Records: Excavation permits[1896-1921] (Administrative Records)
Excavation reports (Administrative Records)
Corinth Museum (Administrative Records)
Theodore W. Heermance Papers
Bert H. Hill Papers
Carl W. Blegen Papers (letters of B.H.Hill)
Richard H. Howland Papers (for photos)
Original drawings of the Odeum by Y. de Fomine (stored in Corinth )
Photos (GenPh)
Plans
Note: The majority of the records from the Corinth excavations are housed in Corinth
Cythnus or Kythnos
Date: 1974-1979
Involved:
Records: Administrative Records
Delphi
Date: 1891
Involved:
Records: Black and white photos (14)
Elateia
Date: June 1-June 16, 1959
Involved: Saul Weinberg
Records: see Saul and Gladys Weinberg Papers
Field notebook, pottery analysis notebook, catalogue cards, and related correspondence
Photos and negatives
Eleusis
Date: 1931-35, 1940-41
Involved: K. Kourouniotis
Records: Funding from the Rockefeller Foundation (Administrative Records)
Eliki
Date: 1988-1994
Involved:
Records: Administrative Records
Elis
Date: Oct.- Nov. 1967
Involved: J. R. Wiseman
Records: Field notebook
Photos and negatives (GenPh N-11--0067-0073)
Eretria
Date: January -March 1891; Jan. 1892; 1894; 1895
Involved: C. Waldstein (1891), W. C. Poland (1894), R. B. Richardson (1895)
Records: 3 field notebooks (1894, 1895)
Survey map by J. Pickard (1891)
Plan and section of theater by A. Fossum
Photos (ASCSA N 21-58, M 30); see also the Clifford Ashby Papers.
Eutresis
Date: 1924-1927, 1958
Involved: Hetty Goldman (1924-27), John Caskey (1958)
Records: State plan, plan at EH level, plan at MH level, plan at LH level (1924-27), 2 field notebooks (by J. L. Caskey and E.G. Caskey + microfilm), pottery notebook (1958), notebook on miscellaneous objects (1958) Photos and negatives (ASCSA N 94-103; GenPh N-11--0074-0104)
Franchthi (see Argolid 2)
Gonia (Corinthia)
Date: 1916
Involved: Carl W. Blegen
Records: manuscript by C.W. Blegen (see Carl W. Blegen Papers)
Photos and negatives (ASCSA M 3-8)
Hagiorgitika (Arcadia)
Date: 1928, 1963-1964
Involved: C. W. Blegen
Records: 3 field notebooks (by C.W.Blegen and D. Cox)
Inventory of Pottery and Terracotta Figurines [1964] (Administrative Records)
Photos and negatives (GenPh N-11--0107; CN-11--0023-0026)
Halae or Halai
Date: Spring 1911; 1912; 1913; Spring 1914; Spring 1921; Fall 1923; Spring 1931
Involved: Hetty Goldman (1911-1914, 1921, 1923, 1931), Alice Walker Kosmopoulos (1911-1914)
Records: Excavation notebook I and II (1911) [typed transcripts]
Typed transcripts of excavation notebooks I and II (1911), and III, IV, V (1912) with tracings of notebook drawings and ink annotations.
Part of original excavation notebook I (May 9-May 25/ June 3, 4-7, 9, 1911)
Typed transcript of excavation notebook I with intact annotations (May 9-May 25/ June 3, 4-7, 9, 1911; and page for November 1, 1912)
Blue carbon copy of excavation notebooks I and II, and black carbon of Sept. 22, 1913
Typed transcripts (two copies) of Notebook III (1913).
Two original notebooks from the excavations on the Necropolis of Halae, with tables showing statistics of corpse, and contents of graves.
Notebook with inventory of graves (1911) and inscriptions
Notes by H.G. for publication “The Cemetery of Halae of Lokris” (pot profiles, pottery parallels from Thespiae, Rhitsona, etc.)
Books of Measurement (VI and VII) 1912-1913 [typed transcripts]
Books of Measurement (1911-1913) [typed transcript] and Hetty Goldman’s original field measurement book for 1912.
Books of Measurement ("of some blocks probably left in Museum")
Catalog Cards on Finds (in metal boxes)
Miscellaneous Notes including monthly reports
Correspondence (see also Bert H.Hill Papers, Carl W.Blegen Papers)
Other Documents (see Administrative Records)
Photos and negatives (ASCSA H1-143)
Watercolor with white ground pottery, by Stephanos Xenopoulos (1914)
Site Plan
Halieis (see Argolid 2)
Herakleion (St Peter)
Date: 1967
Involved: George C. Miles, Stelios Alexiou
Records: General Correspondence (Adm Rec)
Excavation Notebooks
Photos and Drawings
Pottery Notes
ExcRec#:030
Hymettus or Hymettos
Date: 1924; 1939
Involved: Carl W. Blegen and Rodney Young
Records: 2 field notebooks (1924; 1939)
Excavation Report (see Carl W. Blegen Papers)
Photos (PhA)
Icaria or Ikaria (Sanctuary of Dionysos)
Date: Jan. 30-March 9, 1888; Nov. 13-Jan. 4, 1889; 1981(clean-up)
Records: Excavation Permit (Administrative Records)
Photos (ASCSA AT 15-56, 69-71)
Preliminary drawings by W. Biers and Tom Boyd (1981)
Isthmia
Date: 1951-1968
Involved: Oscar Broneer
Records: General Correspondence, land expropriation, and the Museum (Administrative Records)
Kavousi
Date: 1900
Involved: Hariett A. Boyd
Records: Plans of Kastro and Azoria
Ink Drawings (5) by A. Moffat
Photos and negatives (GenPh)
Keos or Kea
Records: Not Accessible
Kephalari (see Argolid 1)
Kenchreai or Cenchreae
Date: 1961-1984
Involved: Robert L. Scranton
Records: Expropriation records (Administrative Records)
Inventory Cards
Photos
Video-tape recording the excavation of the glass panels (John Hawthorne Papers)
Drawings
Kommos
Date: 1970-1987
Involved: Joseph Shaw
Records: Administrative Records (Administrative Records)
Architectural Drawings
Korakou or Corakou
Date: 1915-16
Involved: Carl W. Blegen
Records: 1 field notebook
Manuscript by Carl W. Blegen. (see Carl W. Blegen Papers)
Photos of pottery
Watercolors (7) of pottery by E. Gillieron fils (1915-16)
Koukounari (near Ikaria in Attika)
Date: 1895 (4 days)
Involved: Rufus B. Richardson
Records: Field notebook by R. B. Richardson (1895)
List of inscriptions
Photos and negatives (ASCSA AT 72-78)
Kyparissi / Atalante
Date: Spring 1911
Involved: C. D. Buck, Carl W. Blegen, C. A. R. Sanborn
Records: 4 field notebooks on work in Kyparissi, Atalante, and Chiliadou
Journal of excavations in Eastern Lokris
Report by C. A. R. Sanborn
Manuscript by Carl W. Blegen (see Carl W. Blegen Papers)
Correspondence (including a proposal by C.A.R.Sanborn and A. C. Johnson)
Financial Accounts
Plans and blueprints by C.A. R Sanborn (additions by W. B. Dinsmoor in 1916)
Photos and negatives (ASCSA N 9-20; N 64-93)
Lerna
Date: 1952-1957
Involved: John L. Caskey
Records: see catalog
Lesbos or Lesvos
Date: 1932-1938
Involved:
Records: 2 ink-drawings of architectural members of the Temple at Messa(?)
Photos and plans of the Museum (Administrative Records)
Loutsa (Attika)
Date:
Involved: John Young
Records: Administrative Records
Lygourio (see Argolid 1)
Lygourio (see Argolid 1)
Minnesota Messenia Expedition (Nichoria)
Date: 1969-1985
Involved: William A. McDonald et al.
Records: Administrative Records
Field notebooks
Records of pottery, small finds, and bones
Photos and drawings. See Box Index.
Nea Nikomedeia
Date: 1962-1963
Involved: H. Hencken, R. J. Rodden
Records: Administrative Records
Nemea, Nemea Valley Survey, Tsoungiza
Nemea, Nemea Valley Survey, Tsoungiza
Date: 1924-26, 1961-63, 1971-1977, 1978-1984
Involved: Bert H. Hill, Charles K. Williams, Stephen Miller
Records: General correspondence and expropriation records (Administrative Records)
Originals and copies of drawings prepared for B.H.Hill’s publication The Temple of Zeus at Nemea (Princeton 1966)
Drawings by C. K. Williams
Army maps
Drawings related to land expropriation and proposed archaeological park
Profiles of pottery from the Gymnasium
Photos (ASCSA P 6-11, P 28-30)
Aerial photographs (Myers Collection)
Nemea Mueseum (Administrative Records)
Nichoria (see Minnesota Messenia Expedition)
Oeniadae or Oeniadai
Date:1900-1
Involved: Benjamin Powell
Records: Excavation permit (Administrative Records)
Original plans
Photos (ASCSA P 31-41, 134-138)
Olynthus or Olynthos
Date: 1928-1938, 1971
Involved: David M. Robinson
Records: General correspondence (Administrative Records)
Development of Olynthus as a tourist site
Photos (see Saul and Gladys Weinberg Papers)
Patroclus Island or Patroklos Island
Date: 1972
Involved: James R. McCredie, Eugene Vanderpool
Records: Administrative Records
Perachora
Date: 1930’s
Involved:
Records: copy of field notebook kept by Piet de Jong (original was given to the British School of Archaeology)
Peiraeus
Date: 1930
Involved:
Records: Pencil drawings of Philo’s Arsenal by H.A. Thompson, L.T.Shoe, G. Matz, R. Young, A. Franz, C. Bishop, and E. Vanderpool
Phlious or Phlius
Date:1924-25, 1970, 1972-73
Involved: Carl W. Blegen, William R. Biers
Records:Original drawings (1924, 1972)
Photos and negatives [1924] (ASCSA P 12-27, P 68-87; GenPh N 0286-0320, CN 0027)
Transcriptions of field notebooks (1924)
Field sketches (1970-72)
Season reports (1970-72)
Aerial photographs (1970-72)
Photographic Albums (1970, 1972-1973)
Paper squeezes of inscriptions
Copies of excavation permits
Plataea or Plataia
Date: 1889-1891
Involved: Charles Waldstein
Records: Map of Plataea and the Valley of Assopus showing excavations by ASCSA
Photos and negatives (ASCSA N 59-63)
Porto Raphthi (Koroni)
Date: 1959-1961
Involved: Eugene Vanderpool, James R. McCredie, Arthur Steinberg
Records: Administrative Records
1 field notebook
1 notebook recording small finds
Site-plan of Prasiai by M. R. Jones
Photos and negatives (GenPh N-11--0113-0136 / N-21--0137-0177)
Pylos
Date:1939, 1948-1968, 1975-1976
Involved: Carl W. Blegen
Records: Administrative Records
Field notebooks[nearly complete series]
Plans of palace by Theocharis[1955] and Travlos[1964]
Plans and sections of Vayenas grave circle
Sketch-book with pencil drawings of objects from Vayenas grave circle
Plans showing 1962 Kirtredge trenches
Cave of Nestor excavation. Plans and notes by Theocharis
Photographic Albums (duplicates at the University of Cinicinnati)
William (Billy).L. Taylor Papers
see Carl W. Blegen Papers
Samothrace
Date:1937-1986
Involved: K. Lehmann, J. McCredie
Records: Administrative Records
Homer A. Thompson Papers (correspondence with K. Lehmann)
Sikinos
Date: 1967
Involved: A. Frantz, J. Travlos
Records: Administrative Records
Sicyon or Sikyon
Date:1898
Involved:
Records: Original drawings of theater by A. Fossum
Watercolored plan of theater by Trowbridge
Manuscript (16 pages) by A. Fossum
Excavation Permits (Administrative Records)
Photos (ASCSA P 121-123)
Sounion or Sounium
Date: 1969
Involved: H. A. Thompson, W. B. Dinsmoor
Records: Cleaning and study permit (Administrative Records)
Syme
Date: 1981-1982
Involved: Jerome Sperling
Records: Notes on sites and surface finds (Restricted Access)
Thera
Date: 1967
Involved: James Mavor Jr.
Records: Administrative Records concerning geophysical and geological underwater survey (Administrative Records)
Tegea
Date: 1946, 1951-52, 1954
Involved: Bert H. Hill
Records: Notes, drawings, and sketches (see Bert H. Hill Papers)
Thoricus or Thorikos
Date: 1886
Involved: W. Miller, W. Cushing
Records: Excavation permit (Administrative Records)
Vari Cave (Attika)
Date: 1901
Involved: Charles H. Weller
Records: see Charles H. Weller Papers; Ida Thallon Hill Papers
Photos and negatives (ASCSA AT57-68, AK 962)
Zygouries
Date: 1921-22
Involved: Carl W. Blegen
Records: Field report (see Carl W. Blegen Papers)
Ink drawings
Sketchbook
Photos and negatives (GenPh N 0178-0193, ASCSA P 44-66)