CLARENCE S. FISHER PAPERS, 1895-1957
By Britta Abeln
Collection Overview
Title: Clarence S. Fisher Papers, 1895-1957
Predominant Dates: 1925-1941
Creator: Fisher, Clarence Stanley, 1876-1941
Extent: 10.0
Boxes Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetic sequence by subject except the artifact cards. The artifact cards are divided into three categories: undated, dated, and numbered. The undated are arranged by site. The dated are arranged by period (in this order: Chalcolithic, Egyptian Dynasties, Bronze Age, Pre-Israelite, Iron Age, Israelite, Persian, Jewish, Greco-Persian, Hellenistic, Seleucid, Hellenistic-Roman, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Modern) and then by site within each period. The numbered are arranged by plate and figure number.
Languages: English, French, German, Arabic, Hebrew
Scope and Contents
The artifact cards from Fisher’s Corpus of Palestinian Pottery make up the majority of the collection. Other items include personal writings, photographs, sketchbooks, financial documents, notes, excavation diaries, correspondence, and drawings. The papers primarily document pottery analysis from various excavations in the Near East. Some other information about the excavations is included also. In addition to professional work, CSF was an amateur playwright. Many of these plays are included in the Creative Writings section.
Box and Folder List
Box 1:
Folder 1: General; unidentified drawing cutouts, n.d.
Folder 2-6: Artifact Registries, n.d.
Folder 2: General, n.d.
Folder 3-4: Jerash, n.d.
Folder 5-6: Lamps, n.d.
Folder 7: Biblical Research Foundation, n.d., 1925
Folder 8: Biographical, n.d., 1925-1927, 1939-1941
Folder 9-31: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 9: Ancient Egypt: Outline, 1920-1941
Folder 10-31: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 10: General, 1920-1941
Folder 11-31: Artifact Cards, 1920-1941
Folder 11-18: Undated, 1920-1941
Folder 11: Unidentified – A, 1920-1941
Folder 12-13: Beisan, 1920-1941
Folder 14: Beth Shemesh – G, 1920-1941
Folder 15: J-K, 1920-1941
Folder 16: Meggido, 1920-1941
Folder 17: Meggido-Ta’annek, 1920-1941
Folder 18: Teppe Gawra – Z, 1920-1941
Folder 19-31: Dated, 1920-1941
Folder 19: Lower Chalcolithic, 1920-1941
Folder 20: Egyptian Dynasties IV-VI, 1920-1941
Folder 21: Bronze Age, 1920-1941
Folder 22-23: Bronze I, 1920-1941
Folder 22: Unidenitfied – G
Folder 23: H-S
Folder 24-27: Bronze II, 1920-1941
Folder 24: A-F
Folder 25-26: Gezer
Folder 27: J-Y
Folder 28-31: Bronze III, 1920-1941
Folder 28: Unidentified – Beisan
Folder 29: Beisan
Folder 30: Beit Mirsim – Gezer
Folder 31: Gezer
Box 2:
Folder 1-31: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1-31: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1-31: Artifact Cards, 1920-1941
Folder 1-31: Dated, 1920-1941
Folder 1: Bronze III
Folder 1: Gezer – T
Folder 2: Early Pre-Israel
Folder 3: Late Pre-Israel
Folder 4: Iron Age
Folder 5-7: Iron I
Folder 5: Unidentified – G
Folder 6: Gezer
Folder 7: H-Z
Folder 8-10: Iron II
Folder 8: Unidenitfied – B
Folder 9: F-M
Folder 10: N-S
Folder 11: Iron III
Folder 12: Israelite
Folder 13: Persian
Folder 14: Jewish and Late Jewish
Folder 15: Greco-Persian
Folder 16-19: Hellenistic
Folder 16: Unidentified – B
Folder 17: G-N
Folder 18: Samaria
Folder 19: Samaria – Z
Folder 20: Seleucidan
Folder 21: Hellenistic-Roman
Folder 22-23: Roman
Folder 22: Unidentified – B
Folder 23: B-S
Folder 24-31: Byzantine
Folder 24: Unidentified – B
Folder 25: Beisan
Folder 26-31: Jerash
Box 3:
Folder 1-22: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1-22: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1-22: Artifact Cards
Folder 1-5: Dated, 1920-1941
Folder 1-2: Byzantine
Folder 1: Jerash
Folder 2: J
Folder 3: Byzantine-Arab
Folder 4: Arab
Folder 5: Modern
Folder 6-22: Numbered, 1920-1941
Folder 6: 1-7
Folder 7: 8-14
Folder 8: 16-20
Folder 9: 21-23
Folder 10: 24-31
Folder 11: 32-38
Folder 12: 39-41
Folder 13: 42-43
Folder 14: 44-45
Folder 15: 46-47
Folder 16: 47-49
Folder 17: 49-50
Folder 18: 51-52
Folder 19: 52-53
Folder 20: 54-55
Folder 21: 56-58
Folder 22: 58-60
Box 4:
Folder 1-19: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1-19: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1-19: Artifact Cards, 1920-1941
Folder 1-19: Numbered, 1920-1941
Folder 1: 60-62
Folder 2: 63-64
Folder 3: 65-66
Folder 4: 67-68
Folder 5: 69-71
Folder 6: 72-75
Folder 7: 77-78
Folder 8: 79-81
Folder 9: 82-84
Folder 10: 85-88
Folder 11: 89-92
Folder 12: 93-95
Folder 13: 96-97
Folder 14: 98-101
Folder 15: 101-105
Folder 16: 105-108
Folder 17: 109-114
Folder 18: 115-118
Folder 19: 119-122
Box 5:
Folder 1-20:
Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1-20: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1-20: Artifact Cards, 1920-1941
Folder 1-20: Numbered, 1920-1941
Folder 1: 122-126
Folder 2: 127-132
Folder 3: 132-140
Folder 4: 141-146
Folder 5: 147-152
Folder 6: 153-156
Folder 7: 156-158
Folder 8: 159-161
Folder 9: 161-163
Folder 10: 164-166
Folder 11: 167-168
Folder 12: 169-170
Folder 13: 171-173
Folder 14: 174-175
Folder 15: 176-178
Folder 16: 179-181
Folder 17: 182-184
Folder 18: 185-187
Folder 19: 187-190
Folder 20: 191-192
Box 6:
Folder 1-36: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1-36: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1-11: Artifact Cards, 1920-1941
Folder 1-11: Numbered, 1920-1941
Folder 1: 193-194
Folder 2: 195-197
Folder 3: 198-200
Folder 4: 201-203
Folder 5: 204-206
Folder 6: 207-208
Folder 7: 209-210
Folder 8: 211-213
Folder 9: 214-217
Folder 10: 218-223
Folder 11: 224-237
Folder 12: Bronze Age (Early), 1920-1941
Folder 13: Bronze Age (Late), 1920-1941
Folder 14: Bronze Age (Middle), 1920-1941
Folder 15: Classification, 1920-1941
Folder 16: Decoration, 1920-1941
Folder 17: Definitions, 1920-1941
Folder 18: Drawings, 1920-1941
Folder 19: Form Origin and Modification, 1920-1941
Folder 20: Furnaces, 1920-1941
Folder 21: Hellenistic, 1920-1941
Folder 22: History, 1920-1941, 1931
Folder 23: Iron Age (Early), 1920-1941
Folder 24: Iron Age (Late), 1920-1941
Folder 25: Iron Age (Middle), 1920-1941
Folder 26-30: Manuscript: A Corpus of Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 31: Neolithic, 1920-1941
Folder 32: Potters’ Marks, 1920-1941
Folder 33: Publication, 1920-1941
Folder 34: Roman, 1920-1941
Folder 35: Sites, 1920-1941
Folder 36: Technical Processes, 1920-1941
Box 7:
Folder 1-2: Corpuses, 1920-1941
Folder 1: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Folder 1: Tomb Types, 1920-1941
Folder 2: Roman Architecture, n.d.
Folder 3: Correspondence, n.d., 1933-1941
Folder 4: Cyprus Research Society, n.d.
Folder 5-9: Drawings, n.d.
Folder 10: Egypt: General, n.d.
Folder 11-12: Financial, 1930-1951
Folder 13: Handles, n.d.
Folder 14: Jerash Excavation, n.d., 1933
Folder 15: Jericho Excavation, 1936
Folder 16: Kufic Inscriptional Material from Jawa and Tell el Abd, n.d., 1957
Folder 17-19: Notes, n.d.
Folder 20: Palestine Oriental Society, n.d., 1920-1949
Folder 21: Palestinian Nursery Rhymes, n.d., 1934
Folder 22: Press, n.d., 1912-1914
Folder 23: The School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, n.d., 1914
Folder 24: Sketchbooks, n.d., 1930
Folder 25: Translations and Transcriptions: Ghassul, n.d.
Folder 26: Workman’s Comp Poster, 1927
Folder 27-40: Writings, n.d., 1902, 1907-1908, 1932, 1965
Folder 27: Antioch Diary, 1932
Folder 28: Archaeological Methods, n.d.
Folder 29-34: Creative Writings, n.d., 1902
Folder 29: General, n.d., 1902
Folder 30: “Ali of Baghdad”, n.d.
Folder 31: “David the Gerasene”, n.d.
Folder 32: “Friends”, n.d.
Folder 33: “Retribution”, n.d.
Folder 34: “The Water Jar”, n.d.
Folder 35: Excavation Diaries: Samaria/Sebaste, 1907-1908
Folder 36: Jerash Provenance Notes, n.d.
Folder 37: Jerash Survey Notes, n.d.
Folder 38: Nippur: General, n.d.
Folder 39: “Researches Archaeologiques à Ayin-Dara”, 1965
Folder 40: Unidentified Manuscript, n.d.
Box 8:
Folder 1-8: Photographs, n.d., 1949-1950
Folder 1-4: General, n.d.
Folder 5: Nasbeh, n.d.
Folder 6-8: Tulul Abu el Alayiq, n.d., 1949-1950
Box 9: Oversized
Oversize Folder 1: Artifact Registries, n.d.
Oversize Folder 2: Biographical, n.d.
Oversize Folder 3-17: Corpuses, n.d., 1920-1941
Oversize Folder 3: Ancient Egypt Corpus: Outline, n.d.
Oversize Folder 4-17: Palestinian Pottery, 1920-1941
Oversize Folder 4: Arab
Oversize Folder 5: Bronze Age (Early)
Oversize Folder 6: Bronze Age (Late)
Oversize Folder 7: Bronze Age (Middle)
Oversize Folder 8: Byzantine
Oversize Folder 9: Byzantine-Arab
Oversize Folder 10: Definitions
Oversize Folder 11: Hellenistic
Oversize Folder 12: Hellenistic-Roman
Oversize Folder 13: History Oversize
Folder 14: Iron Age (Early)
Oversize Folder 15: Iron Age (Middle)
Oversize Folder 16: Roman
Oversize Folder 17: Sites
Oversize Folder 18: Correspondence, 1936, 1941
Oversize Folder 19: Cyprus Research Society, n.d., 1935-1938
Oversize Folder 20: Drawings, n.d.
Oversize Folder 21: Egypt: General, 1911
Oversize Folder 22: Financial, 1920-1934
Oversize Folder 23: Jerusalem Survey, n.d., 1936
Oversize Folder 24: Palestinian Oriental Society, n.d., 1920, 1933-1939
Oversize Folder 25: Palestinian Oriental Society: Journal, n.d., 1947
Oversize Folder 26-38: Writings, n.d, 1912-1913
Oversize Folder 26-30: The Architectural Survey of Egypt, 1912-1913
Oversize Folder 26-27: Giza Diary, 1912
Oversize Folder 26: Kephren Cemetery
Oversize Folder 27: Main Cemetery
Oversize Folder 28: Kerma Diary, 1913
Oversize Folder 29: Mesheikh Diary, 1912
Oversize Folder 30: Zaweit-el-Aryan, 191?
Oversize Folder 31-32: Creative Writings, n.d.
Oversize Folder 31: Cynthia
Oversize Folder 32: “The Primitive Man”
Oversize Folder 33: Excavation Diaries, n.d.
Oversize Folder 34: “Excavation at Gerasa”, n.d.
Oversize Folder 35-38: Nippur, n.d., 1899-1900
Oversize Folder 35: General, n.d.
Oversize Folder 36: Local, n.d.
Oversize Folder 37: Visit to Sheikhs, n.d., 1899-1900
Oversize Folder 38: Personal Life, n.d.
Oversize Folder 39: Photographs: Pottery Corpus, n.d.
Box 10:
Book 1-2: Personal Library Catalog, 1895-1901
Oversize Folder 1-4: Corpuses, n.d., 1920-1941
Oversize Folder 1-4: Palestinian Pottery, n.d., 1920-1941
Oversize Folder 1: General, n.d.
Oversize Folder 2: Drawings, 1920-1941
Oversize Folder 3: Diagram for Reconstruction of Pottery, n.d.
Oversize Folder 4: Pottery Wheel Charts, 1920-1941
Box 11:
Item 1: Drawings!
Box 12:
Item 1: Corpus of Palestinian Pottery drawings, Part 1, n.d.
Box 13:
Photograph 1-166: Antioch Mosaic Photos, n.d.
These photographs have limited accessibility due to preservation issues. Please contact the archivist for more information.
On Shelf 1. These are oversized materials, stored on shelf.
Folder 1: Photographs: Tulul Abu el Alayiq, 1950
Folder 2: “Der Tempel” manuscript, n.d.
Oversize Folder 1: General Corpus of Palestinian Pottery drawings, n.d.
Oversize Folder 2:
Corpus of Palestinian Pottery drawings, Gezer I-III, n.d.
