The Midland Historical Society Archives contain a rich variety of items for the dedicated researcher to discover!
The Midland Historical Society Archives contains an accumulation of records and resources focused primarily on the history and prehistory of Midland County. Archival materials include primary documents (notes, letters, city directories, school journals, etc.), research files (newspaper clippings, research notes, etc.), and issues of a variety of archaeological and historical books and journals with a regional and state focus.
These items help preserve a portion of the memories of this place and allow us to better reconstruct and analyze the past.
The Archives are available by appointment to any interested parties for viewing, study, and research. To schedule an appointment, call (432) 688-8947 or send an email to jim@midlandhistoricalsociety.com
These items help preserve a portion of the memories of this place and allow us to better reconstruct and analyze the past.
The Archives are available by appointment to any interested parties for viewing, study, and research. To schedule an appointment, call (432) 688-8947 or send an email to jim@midlandhistoricalsociety.com
ARCHIVAL HOLDINGS
Below are lists of some of the archival holdings. This is an incomplete list of all items. Depending on your requests, there may be other resources available in the archives. Contact the archives for more information.
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MIDLAND RESOURCES
Midland City Directories
Listed below are the years for which the archives has a directory.
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1928
1952-1959 1971 1997-98 September 2003 |
1939-40
1960-61 1976-1986 March 2001 September 2004 |
1950-51
1965 1988-1996 April 2002 |
The Catoica
Listed below are the years for which the archives has an annual
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1929-1930
1946-1951 1977-1978 |
1932-1937
1953-1955 |
1939-1940
1975-1968 |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
The Midland Discovery A Report on the Pleistocene Human Remains from Midland, Texas by Fred Wendorf, Alex D. Krieger, and Claude Albritton (1955)
"This report is concerned with a partial human skeleton discovered in a deposit of late Pleistocene age, in a field of now-active sand dunes, 6 miles southwest of Midland, Texas."
The book includes a geographical description of the Midland area, the geology of the Scharbauer site, the localities examined and the artifacts found, a reconstructed history of the site, a description of the human skeletal remains, and conclusions about the "Midland Discovery."
Transactions of the Regional Archaeological Symposiums for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas
The Transactions are annual bulletins by a federation of local archaeological societies from southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The specific members have changed over time, as societies joined or became inactive. Among the societies that have been participated are: Midland Archaeological Society (originally the Lower Plains Archaeological Society), El Paso Archaeological Society, Iraan Archaeological Society, Llano Estacado Archaeological Society (Andrews), South Plains Archaeological Society (Lubbock), El Llano Archaeological Society (Portales, New Mexico), Lovington Junior Archaeological Society (Lovington, New Mexico), and Lea County Archaeological Society (Hobbs, New Mexico).
The first Symposium of local archaeological societies was held April 3-4, 1965 in Hobbs, New Mexico, with the Lea County Archaeological Society hosting the meeting. The event was organized "because of the need for an exchange and comparison of archaeological information from this region. An area where much information has been collected by the individual amateur and archaeological societies, an area where very little information has been published. An area virtually untouched by professional archaeologists.
The following year, the Southwestern Federation of Archaeological Societies was established as a non-profit organization "for the purpose of providing a regional cooperative arrangement among archaeological societies of the Southwest for the advancement of amateur archaeology, with particular emphasis on the archaeology of Western Texas and Southeastern New Mexico."
The archives holdings include:
Bulletin 1 (printed in 1965) Bulletins 3-42 Bulletins 43-45
For a list of papers in each publication, click here.
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society
The Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society publishes original papers in the field of American archeology. Emphasis is placed on Texas and the neighboring areas of the United States and Mexico; however, occasionally papers on other areas will also be considered. Articles concerning archeological theory, method, or technique are also accepted, if relevant to the region.
Listed below are the Bulletins in the archives:
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Volume 1
Volume 7-19 Volume 26-28 Volume Volume 84 |
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The Artifact
The Artifact is a quarterly journal published by the El Paso Archaeological Society which concentrates on anthropological subjects in the El Paso area.
Listed below are the issues in the archives:
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Volume 4, No. 4
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Volume 5-7
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Volume
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