Ralph Works Chaney papers 1917-1966

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Ralph Works Chaney papers 1917-1966

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Ralph W. Chaney was an paleobotanist, an author, and a long-time member of the U.S. Park Service Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, and of the Save the Redwoods League. The collection contains professional correspondence, paleobotany research, mounted botany specimens, manuscripts and published material, Carnegie Institution research work material, Berkeley faculty material including lectures, correspondence, and committee work, Save the Redwoods League files, manuscripts of books and articles, and photographs.

32.0 linear feet, 44 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372317

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Save-the-Redwoods League

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University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Paleontology.

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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. ...

Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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