The museum archives is the official repository for documentation produced by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures since its founding in 1919. The archives are a repository for historical documentation and photography relating to ISAC's expeditions, administrative history, museum, faculty, and staff. It is the mission of the archives to provide information about and research access to its archival collections. The primary holdings of the archives consist of the following:
- Field records of ISAC's expeditions
- Correspondence of the Institute's Directors beginning with James Henry Breasted
- Papers of ISAC faculty and staff
- Historical documentation pertaining to the museum's history
- Photographic records, comprised of over 100,000 negatives, prints, and slides
Research Requests: Contact the ISAC Archivist, Anne Flannery (asflanne@uchicago.edu)
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