Art Woodward Vaquero Hat

Art Woodward Vaquero Hat
Ribbon edge vaquero style hat by Tarden (Paris) with a ribbon bound 4" brim. Inscribed in pen under the brim "Art Woodward / for Dick Flood / 7-11-74"

WOODWARD, Arthur (1898-1986), curator of history at the Los Angeles County Museum. He was an active and prolific scholar in the fields of historical archaeology, museum curatorship, and military and Western history.

WOODWARD, Arthur (1898-1986), curator of history at the Los Angeles County Museum who participated in the museum's Channel Islands Biological Survey (1939-1941). He accompanied six expeditions, including trips to San Clemente, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel islands. On Santa Cruz Island he conducted an excavation at Prisoners' Harbor in 1939. At Cuyler's Harbor, San Miguel Island he noted a cemetery that A. R. Sanger had "vandalized as usual." When Woodward was on Santa Rosa Island in 1939 and again in 1941, he relocated what he believed to be Nidever's Cave. Woodward's field notes are in the Arizona Historical Society, Tucson. Arthur Woodward was an active and prolific scholar in the fields of historical archaeology, museum curatorship, and military and Western history. Although his depth of knowledge and interests spanned many fields, he was particularly interested in the archaeology and history of California and the Southwest. Woodward's specialty interest was the field of historical archeology, in which he synthesized his in- terest in trade goods dispersal patterns and archeological investigation. His research resulted in sig- nificant publications on American Indian trade goods, especially beads, silver, tomahawks and pipes. Throughout his career he worked closely with colleagues in and consulted for the National Parks Service, and authored or co-authored numerous Parks Service reports. As a museum professional in California and Arizona, at the Los Angeles County Museum and the Arizona Historical Society respectively, Woodward designed and administered museum exhibits and collecting policies. Woodward died in Tucson, Arizona in 1986.