Aten Drafts, 2000 - 2017

The Lawrence E. Aten Research Papers on Clarence Bloomfield Moore are an extensive collection of research materials gathered by the Atens about the archaeologist Clarence Bloomfield Moore. Larry Aten intended to write a biography of but passed away, before completing it. The collection contains drafts of his work and notes and materials copied from various archives, including articles, bibliographies, biographical materials, books, correspondence, documents, field reports, indexes, manuscript drafts, newspaper clippings, and photographs. For the sake of convenience, the first part of the collection highlights Aten’s work on Moore, followed by duplicates of original materials covering Moore's excavations and his personal and professional relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Researchers interested in archaeological methods and techniques, southeastern Native American mounds and artifacts, prehistoric cultures and societies, and Clarence B. Moore himself will find this collection valuable for their research. Despite the controversies, Moore contributed significantly to the field of archaeology, from which current-day archaeologists and researchers can reference.

Series 1. Aten Book Drafts This series contains partial manuscript drafts, written mainly by Larry Aten. Highlighted materials include a completed draft written by Aten and collaborator Jerald T. Milanich, with editor notes and reviewer comments. Jerald T. Milanich is emeritus faculty at the University of Florida who served as a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History for 35 years with special interests in prehistoric cultures of the Southeast, early Spanish exploration, culture and society of the Seminole, and the writings of early archaeologists and ethnologists of the region.

Series 2. Aten Correspondence This series contains email exchanges between Larry Aten and acquaintances, collaborators, expert specialists, and archival and library institutions.

Series 3. Aten Research Notes This series contains a mixed collection of materials that covers logistics related to Larry Aten’s manuscript preparation and research into C.B. Moore’s life. Materials include Moore biographical materials, compiled research data, copyright permissions, correspondence, index notes, museum accession and donation records, and general research materials and notes. Notable materials include C.B. Moore’s will and estate records, his archaeological collection at the Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation), and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Aten’s index notes categorized by specific topics, to assist in writing the C.B. Moore biography.

Series 4. Clarence Bloomfield Moore Archaeology Fieldwork This collection contains copies of C.B. Moore’s written documentation of fieldwork conducted at excavation sites between 1891 and 1918. Highlighted materials include C.B. Moore’s excavation work on Tick Island, documented in the book “The East Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore,” a compilation of his archaeological publications published by the University of Alabama Press. This book is just one of nine in the Clarence Bloomfield Moore Expedition series, along with sixty-eight other books related to Moore’s life in UF’s library catalog.

Series 5. Clarence Bloomfield Moore Family and Associates Correspondence This series contains correspondence between C.B. Moore and family and associates. Highlighted materials include correspondence between C.B. Moore and his niece and nephew, as well as correspondence between C.B. Moore and Frederic Ward Putnam, a curator of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard and later a curator at the American Museum of Natural History.

Series 6. Clarence Bloomfield Moore Family History Friends and Associates This series contains biographical material, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and research materials about C.B. Moore’s family members, friends, and associates. Notable materials include correspondence between Aten and Moore’s descendants, an interview with Celia J. Clime, the wife of Arthur Clime, a photographer who worked with C.B. Moore for 5 years documenting the excavation sites, an index of C.B. Moore’s associates and friends, and research material on Josiah Raybon, the Captain of the Gopher.

Series 7. Clarence Bloomfield Moore Peer Reviews and Publications This series contains published writings written by Moore or written about Moore and his work in archaeology. Notable material includes an article written by W.H. Holmes with notations by C.B. Moore.

Series 8. Clarence Bloomfield Moore Newspaper Clippings This series contains copies of newspaper clippings about C.B. Moore and his family, written over the course of their lives.

Series 9. Photographs This series contains photographs of C.B. Moore and family and associates. Also included are images of the excavation sites, as well as pictures taken by Larry Aten of C.B. Moore’s residences in Philadelphia and Florida.