William Lee Stokes papers 1844-1996

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William Lee Stokes papers 1844-1996

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The William Lee Stokes papers (1844-1996) contain news clippings, journal articles, and magazine articles on geology, geophysics, dinosaurs, archeology, biology, religion, evolution, and other scientific topics. The collection also contains office files, teaching materials, and technical reports, research notes, maps, field reports, journals, daily planners, geological reports, personal and professional correspondence, essays, lectures, manuscripts, and books. William Lee Stokes (1915-1995) was the head of the Geology Department at the University of Utah from 1954 to 1968, organizer and director of the Earth Science Museum from 1960 to 1965, a professor of Geology at the University of Utah from 1947 to 1982, and a successful writer. His focuses of study were on geology, mineral deposits, creationism vs. evolutionism, dinosaurs, earthquakes, archeology, time line development, and the dependance of science on religion.

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Stokes, William Lee, 1915-1994

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Dr. William Lee Stokes (1915-1994) was the chairman of the Geology Department at the University of Utah from 1955 to 1968. Stokes' focus of study was geology, mineral deposits, stratigraphy, dinosaurs, creationism vs. evolutionism, and religion's dependance on science. Stokes published seven books and more than 100 journal articles from 1949 through 1994. During his life, he gave many lectures on geology, science and religion, dinosaurs, and earthquakes. His first invited lecture wa...

University of Utah. Dept. of Geology

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University of Utah.

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The paleontological research was sponsored by the University of Utah. From the description of Utah vertebrate paleontological field photographs, [ca. 1965]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518067 The following history is from the UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA article on the University of Utah, by Dr. Gregory C. Thompson: Originally named the University of Deseret, the University of Utah is the oldest state university west of the Missouri River. Founded...