Chaney, Ralph W. (Ralph Works), 1890-1971
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Ralph W. Chaney was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at the University of Chicago. From 1922 he was a research associate at the Carnegie Institution and from 1931 a professor of paleobotany at the University of California, Berkeley. He was known for his ecological approach to paleobotany. From 1943 he was a member of the U.S. National Park Service Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, and from 1928 a member and officer of the Save the Redwoods League.
From the guide to the Ralph Works Chaney papers, 1917-1966, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
Links to collections
Chaney, Ralph W. (Ralph Works), 1890-1971. Geology of Point Lobos reserve, by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney ... and Dr. R.A. Bramkamp ... February 14, 1935.
University of California, Bancroft Library, ARL
Douglass, Ethel Roberta, 1899-1984. A report on the geological study of the Baraboo District, 1919 / Ethel Roberta Douglass.
University of Iowa Libraries
Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession, 1920-1947 (bulk 1934-1944)
American Museum of Natural History
Chaney, Ralph W. (Ralph Works), 1890-1971. Save-the-Redwoods League Semicentennial ceremony, June 15-16, 1968, Humboldt County, California : typescript, 1968.
UC Berkeley Libraries
Ralph Works Chaney papers, 1917-1966
University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Records of the California State Parks Council
Bancroft Library
John C. Merriam Papers, 1899-1938
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Silverman, Milton. 100,000,000-year old race of redwoods : typescript, 1948.
UC Berkeley Libraries
Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979
Bancroft Library
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Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960.
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Bramkamp, Richard Allan, 1910-1958.
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Condit, Carlton.
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Douglass, Ethel Roberta, 1899-1984.
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Merriam, John C. (John Campbell), 1869-1945.
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Silverman, Milton.
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Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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California State Parks Council.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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Save-the-Redwoods League.
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University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Paleontology
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Subjects:
- Conservationists
- Environmental Conditions
- Geology
- Paleobotanists
- Paleobotany
- Paleobotony
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- California (as recorded)
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Chaney, Ralph Works, 1890-
Chaney, Ralph Works
Chaney, Ralph Works 1890-1971
Chaney, Ralph W. 1890-1971
Chaney, R. W. 1890-1971
Chaney, R. W. 1890-1971 (Ralph Works),