CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF REPORTED
ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS

Fort McHenry NM&HS
as of March 1997

Year Report (Author/date) Areas/Features Investigated Park accession # - collection/records

1958

Smith 1958

Boundary Wall, Tavern, Upper and Lower Water Batteries, 1803 Flagstaff, Powder Mag., etc.

Acc 103 & Acc 150

1958

Cotter and Nelson 1958

Star Fort Residential Bldgs.

Acc 107

1961

Carson 1961

v. brief report on background/potential of 1814 Hospital, Gun Shed, Store House sites

no collection

1961

Cotter 1961

Brick Drain deep beneath Parade Ground

no collection

1963

Carson 1963

ca. {1776-1794}- {1811-1813}Barracks nr. Ravelin

Acc 116

1963

Campbell 1963

ca. {1776-1794} - {1811-1813) Barracks nr. Ravelin

Acc 116

1964

Campbell 1964a, 1964b

Boundary Wall, Gun Shed, Store House, Hospital

Acc 142

1964

Cotter 1964a, 1964b

1819 Entrance Road, Gun Shed, Store House

Acc 139

1964

Powell 1964

Boundary Wall, Gun Shed, Store House

no collection

1966

Cotter 1966a, 1966b

Tavern, Gun Shed, Store House, Hospital; Bldg. E Kitchen (Cellar) - Archeo. Observations

Acc 139

1968

Sarles 1968

Bldg. E Kitchen (Cellar) - HSR/Historical Data Sec.

Acc 139

1974

Rutch 1974

Dry Moat, Postern Drain

no collection

1974-75

Stokinger and Blades 1979a

Parade/Terreplein Wall

Acc 358

1974-75

Stokinger 1976a

Detached (Civil War) Magazine

Acc 358

1975

Cotter 1975

Harbor Tunnel Test Borings Observations

no collection

1975?

Stokinger 1975a, 1975b

Battery Walkway, Scarp Wall French Drain Construction Monitoring

Acc 358

1975

Stokinger 1976b

Detached (Water) Battery Bombproof B, Monitoring of reconstruction of revetment wall

Acc 358

1975

Stokinger and Blades 1979b

July 3-4 Celebration Electrical Lines

Acc 358

1978

Aivazian 1978, 1982

Various locations - Star Fort, Ravelin

Acc 183-85, 199

1980

Stokinger, Rubertone, and Babits 1980, 1982

Various locations - Star Fort, Ravelin

Acc 190

1981-1982

Stokinger 1982

Water Main Testing / Construction Monitoring

Acc 243 (and Acc 271)

1982

Orr, Blades and Campana 1982

Sally Port Paving Project

Acc 271

1983

Stokinger 1983a, 1983b, 1983c, 1983d, 1983e, 1983f

Various Construction Monitoring Projects

Acc 271 / Acc 295

1984

Cheek and Joseph 1984; Joseph and Cheek 1985

Star Fort - various historical construction and drainage features

Acc 235

1986-87

Orrence, Zitzler, and Bouslog 1988

Seawall

Acc 298

1988

Cheek, Balicki, and Joseph 1989

Moat and Drainage Features (Star Fort)

Acc 297

1988

Kurtz 1989

Various Star Fort locations

Acc 363

1991-92

Cheek and Balicki 1993

Draft review and synthesis (overview) report

no collection

1993

Abel 1994

Various Star Fort locations - Archeo. Testing

Acc 340

1994

Abel and Cheek 1996

Various Star Fort locations - Archeo. Testing

Acc 350

1996

Pousson 1996

Archeo. Observations - new maintenance shop site

no collection

Research on specific objects or databases can only be done by appointment with the Park Curator. For further information, write to: Curator, Fort McHenry NMHS, 2400 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230 or send e-mail to: fomc_Ranger/Curatorial_Services@nps.gov.

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