Enhancing the Ogle Archaeological Collection from Central and Southern Maryland

Anne Arundel County archaeologists with the Office of Planning and Zoning Cultural Resources Section completed a year-long project to enhance stewardship of the Robert Ogle collection. Ogle’s collection, donated to the County in 2009, consists of 176 boxes of artifacts collected over 50 years from central and southern Maryland. It also included annotated quadrangle maps, notebooks, and photographs linking collections to known archaeological sites. The collection was composed predominantly of Native artifacts, but included colonial and 19th century materials from notable sites. Preliminary assessments had demonstrated this to be one of the most significant research collections available in Maryland, once fully curated and cataloged, and will contribute greatly to understanding archaeological resources across a broad area. At the conclusion of the project, 150 Hollinger boxes of material were processed and cataloged representing 154 separate archaeological sites, 30 of which had never been recorded with MHT prior to this project, containing over 160,000 artifacts. Access is restricted to qualified researchers who meet the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Archeology,