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The Roland Wells Robbins Collection in the Thoreau Society Collections

Roland Wells Robbins (1908-1987)

Archaeological Projects of Roland Wells Robbins

Compiled by Donald W. Linebaugh,
University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
with additional information by Jeffrey S. Cramer

Site Name	Organization	Dates
Location	Site Type	Project Type

 

Thoreau's Cabin	N/A	1945-1947
Concord, MA	Domestic	Excavation/Restoration
»»» Finding aid to material on the Thoreau's Cabin site
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Read: Roland Robbins' Discovery at Walden
The Road to Walden Pond: Revisiting Roland Robbins' 1945 Excavation of Thoreau's House (15FA218), Middlesex County, Massachusetts

 

Saugus Iron Works	First Iron Works Assoc.	1948-1954
Saugus, MA	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration

 

Falling Creek Ironworks	Chesterfield Historical Soc.	1951,1961-1962
Falling Creek, VA	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Old Glebe House	Rev. Charles Harriman	1952
Woodbury, CT	Domestic	Survey/Excavation

 

Lincoln Beehives	N/A	1953-1963
Lincoln, MA	Domestic/Farm	Survey

 

Dover Union Iron Works	Amelia Peabody	1954
Dover, MA	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration

 

Shadwell	Thomas Jefferson Birthplace Memorial Park Commission		1954-1955
Shadwell, VA	Domestic	Excavation/Restoration
Finding aid to material on Shadwell

 

Eleutherian Mills/Birkenhead Mills	Hagley Foundation	1955
Wilmington, DE	Industrial/Mill	Survey/Excavation

 

Monticello “Mulberry Road”	Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation		1956
Charlottesville, VA	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

John Winthrop Jr. Blast Furnace	City of Quincy, MA	1956
West Quincy, MA	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation

 

Crown Point State Park	W.R. Slack	1956
Crown Point, NY	Military/Revolutionary	Preliminary Survey
Finding aid to material on Crown Point State Park

 

Philipse Castle/ Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills	Sleep Hollow Restorations & Restoration/Historic Hudson Valley	1956-1961
N. Tarrytown, NY	Industrial/Mill	Excavation/Restoration

 

Wharton Tract/Batsto Ironworks	NJ Dept. of Conservation & Economic Development	1957
Burlington Co., NJ	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary

 

Brothers House, Apothecary Gardens, Moravian College Campus	Historic Bethlehem, Inc.	1958-1959
Bethlehem, PA	Domestic	Survey/Excavation

 

Temple Hill	National Temple Hill Assoc., Inc.	1959-1960
Newburgh, NY	Military/Revolutionary	Preliminary Survey

Crown Point State Park	Bulwagga Bay Assoc./Colonial Crown Point, Inc.		1959-1960
Crown Point, NY	Military/Revolutionary	Excavation/Restoration
Finding aid to material on Crown Point State Park

 

Sterling Blast Furnace	The Sterling Forest Corp.	1959, 1961-1962
Sterling Lake, NY	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration
Finding aid to material on Sterling Blast Furnace

 

Capt. John Sands House	Block Island Tercentenary Committee	1960
Block Island, NJ	Domestic	Survey

 

John Alden House	Alden Kindred of America	1960-1964
Duxbury, MA	Domestic	Excavation/Restoration

 

Parson Barnard House/Anne Bradstreet House	N. Andover Historical Society	1962
N. Andover, MA	Domestic	Survey

 

Gov. John Wentworth Farm	NH Dept. of Resources & Economic Development/ Division of Parks		1962
Wolfeboro, NH	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

Manursing Island	Ellen C. McKay	1962
Rye, NY	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

Nassawango Iron Works	Worcester Co. Historical Society	1962
Snow Hill, MD	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Dover Furnace/South Boston Furnace Co.	NY City Mission Society	1963
Dover Furnace, NY	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Hasenclever Blast Furnace/Hewitt Iron Works	Edward Ryerson	1963
Ringwood State Park, NJ	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Peter Folger Homestead/Tristam Coffin Homestead	Dorothy Whitman	1964
Nantucket, MA	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

Hancock-Clarke Homestead	Lexington Historical Society	1965
Lexington, MA	Domestic	Excavation/Restoration

 

Katadin Iron Works	Maine Bureau of Public Improvements		1966
Brownville Junction, ME	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration

 

Puddle Dock	Strawbery Banke, Inc.	1966
Portsmouth, NH	Commercial/Wharf	Survey/Excavation

 

Hasenclever Blast Furnace/Hewitt Iron Works	NJ Dept. of Conservation & Development	1967
Ringwood State Park, NJ	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/restoration

 

Crown Point State Park	Barker & Henry / Architects-Engineers for the State of NY	1967-1968
Crown Point, NY	Military/Revolutionary	Survey/Extraction/Restoration
Finding aid to material on Crown Point State Park

 

Von Steuben Mansion	Bergen Co. Historical Society	1967-1968
River Edge, NJ	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

First Parish Church Cellar Site/Wheeler Property Pottery	Weston Historical Society	1967-1968
Weston, CT	Domestic/Industrial	Survey/Excavation

 

Oliver Mill Park Restoration	Oliver Mill Park Coordinating Committee, Town of Middleborough		1967, 1969, 1971-1973, 1975-1976, 1980
Middleborough, MA	Industrial/Mill	Excavation/Restoration

 

Hammondville Furnace/Ironville Forge	Penfield Foundation	1968
Crown Point, NY	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Gilmanton Iron Works	Gilmanton Historical Society	1968
Gilmanton, NH	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Rockport Lime Kiln	Town of Rockport	1969
Rockport, MA	Industrial/Lime Kilns	Preliminary Survey

 

Kent Furnace	Connecticut Historical Commission	1970
Kent, CT	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Rev. Samuel Parris Parsonage	Danvers Historical Society	1970
Danvers, MA	Domestic	Excavation/Restoration

 

Tufts Meter Building	US Coast Guard	1971
Boston, MA	Commercial	Survey

 

Old Mill Park	Town of Bolton	1972
Bolton, MA	Industrial/Mill	Preliminary Survey

 

Revolutionary War Encampment Avon Mountain	Connecticut Dept. of Transportation	1972-1973
West Hartford, CT	Military/Revolutionary	Preliminary Survey/Excavation
Revolutionary War Encampment Preliminary Site Survey Revolutionary War Encampment Site Survey

 

Fort Ticonderoga	Fort Ticonderoga	1972-1973
Ticonderoga, NY	Military/Revolutionary	Preliminary Survey

 

Fort Stamford	City of Stamford	1973
Stamford, CT	Military/Revolutionary	Preliminary Survey

 

Richard Smith Forge/Colebrook Mills	Colebrook Historical Society	1974
Colebrook, CT	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Gov. Moses Gill Mansion	Princeton Bicentennial Committee	1974
Princeton, MA	Domestic	Survey

 

Moore Memorial State Park	MA Dept. of Natural Resources	1974, 1979
Paxton, MA	Industrial;/Mill	Excavation/Restoration

 

Beaver Dam Village	School of Cultural Arts, Inc.	1974
Westhampton (Long Island) NY	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

Lexington Meeting House	Lexington Bicentennial Committee	1975
Lexington, MA	Religious	Survey

 

Rogers-Sheldon East Bridgewater Iron Works	East Bridgewater Bicentennial Commission	1975-1976
East Bridgewater, MA	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration

 

Moore Memorial State Park	The Friends of the Mill Village, Inc.		1976
Paxton, MA	Industrial/Mill	Excavation/Restoration

 

Clinton Blast Furnace	Newark Watershed Conservation & Development Corp.	1976
Newfoundland, NJ	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Cape Ann Industrial Park	Tibbetts Engineering Corp.	1977
Gloucester, MA	N/A	Survey

 

Lakeville Industrial Park	Town of Lakeville	1978-1979
Lakeville, MA	N/A	Survey

 

Rev. Daniel Shute Site	Hingham Historical Commission	1980
Hingham, MA	Domestic	Preliminary Survey

 

Clove Furnace Historic Site	Orange Co. Historical Society	1982
Arden, NY	Industrial/Ironworks	Preliminary Survey

 

Munroe Tavern	Lexington Historical Society	1982-1984
Lexington, MA	Commercial	Excavation

 

Clove Furnace Historic Site	Orange Co. Historical Society	1983-1984
Arden, NY	Industrial/Ironworks	Excavation/Restoration

 

Sabbathday Lake	The United Society of Shakers	1985
Poland Springs, ME	Domestic/Commercial	Preliminary Survey

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