John Eliot Allen Papers 1923-1994

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John Eliot Allen Papers 1923-1994

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John Eliot Allen was the founder of the Portland State College Department of Earth Science (later the Portland State University's Geology Department). The papers contains correspondence, course and class materials and syllabi, descriptions of minerals, date books, diaries, field notes, photographs, publications, and reports.

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Portland State University LibrarySpecial Collections & University Archives

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Portland State University. Dept. of Geology

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Allen, John Eliot, 1908-1996

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Geologist, educator, author, newspaper columnist, expert on Columbia River Gorge, professor of geology at Portland State University; born in Seattle; active in Boy Scouts; M.A., Univ. of Oregon, 1932; Ph. D., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1944; worked for private industry and Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries; taught in Pennsylvania and New Mexico; founded Dept. of Earth Sciences, Portland State College, 1956 (later called: Dept. of Geology, Portland State University); emeritus, 19...