Richard Joel Russell papers, [ca. 1930s-1971] Circa 1930-1971

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Penck, Albrecht, 1858-

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Albrecht Penck was born on 25 September 1858 in Reudnitz, near Leipzig. In 1885, he was appointed professor of geography at the University of Vienna, a post he held until 1906 when he was appointed professor of geography at the University of Berlin and director of the Institutes of Oceanology and Geography in Berlin. Penck specialized in geomorphology and climatology and was noted for his study of glaciation, his pioneering classification of landforms, and his work in the developmen...

Jones, Wellington Downing

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Sauer, Carl Ortwin, 1889-1975

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Sauer was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Carl Ortwin Sauer papers, 1909-1975. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26643557 ...

Lawson, Andrew C. (Andrew Cowper), 1861-1952

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Biographical Information Andrew Cowper Lawson, geologist and professor, was born in Anstruther, Scotland, July 25, 1861, moving to Hamilton, Ontario when he was five. Graduating from the University of Toronto in 1883, he worked with the Canadian Geological Survey and continued his education, receiving a Masters in 1885. In 1888 he received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He continued work with the Canadian Geological Survey...

Sternberg, Hilgard O'Reilly

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Roy, Chalmer John, 1907-

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Howe, Henry V. (Henry Van Wagenen), 1896-1973

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Henry V. Howe earned his Ph.D. in geology at Stanford in 1922. From the description of Markers of the California tertiary horizons : paper, circa 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872770 Biographical/Historical Sketch Henry V. Howe earned his Ph.D. in geology at Stanford in 1922. From the guide to the Henry V. Howe, "Markers of the California Tertiary Horizons", circa 1922, (Department of Special Collect...

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Thornthwaite, C. W. (Charles Warren), 1899-1963

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Morgan, James P. (James Plummer), 1919-1995

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Louderback, George D. (George Davis), 1874-1957

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Biography George Davis Louderback, geologist, was born in San Francisco on April 6, 1874. He attended public schools in San Francisco, and then went to the University of California, where he was an assistant in mineralogy from 1897 to 1900. After obtaining his doctorate in Berkeley, he went to the University of Nevada for six years, and here developed the department of geology and mineralogy and aided in the organization of the Mackay School ...

Kniffen, Fred Bowerman, 1900-1993

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Fred B. Kniffen, professor of geography and anthropology, retired from Louisiana State University in 1970, after a career that spanned 41 years. Considered a pioneer in the field of cultural geography, he rose to the rank of Boyd professor in 1967. A prolific writer, Kniffen wrote several articles and books on the cultures of the world and America. Among his publications are CULTURAL DIFFUSION AND LANDSCAPES (1990), LOUISIANA; ITS LAND AND PEOPLE, THE INDIANS OF LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA HOUSE TYPES,...

Russell, Richard Joel, 1895-

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Richard Joel Russell was a geologist and geographer. He studied the river deltas of America (chiefly the Mississippi River), Spain, France, and Turkey. He also studied the coastal morphology of the Gulf of Mexico; stream patterns; arid areas of the United States; and he worked on a climatic map of California. He came to Louisiana State University in 1928, where he created the Department of Geography, and he remained there all his academic life. From the guide to the Richard Joel Russ...

Price, W. Armstrong (William Armstrong), 1889-

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W. Armstrong Price was a noted Texas geologist who specialized in Texas coastal surveys. He worked at the UT Bureau of Economic Geology as well as at Texas A&M. From the guide to the W. Armstrong Price Papers, ca. 1920-1983. AR 88-240; 2008-192., (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) W. Armstrong Price, a petroleum geologist, worked in the Southwestern United States (chiefly Texas) and Northwestern Mexico. From the des...