David M. Hopkins Papers 1921-1999

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David M. Hopkins Papers 1921-1999

The David M. Hopkins Papers contains correspondence and subject files from his research and work as an arctic geologist as well as notes, maps, and photographs from his field work in Alaska. Hopkins was a leading authority on the Bering Land Bridge and his correspondence especially reflects his collaboration in research, projects, and committees with other notable scientists with similar interests. The collection also includes Hopkins' diaries, educational papers, family papers and correspondence, as well as transcripts for oral history interviews he gave for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History program.

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Hopkins, David Moody, 1921-2001

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David Moody Hopkins was born in 1921 in Nashua, New Hampshire, grew up in the small village of Greenfield, N.H., and received his professional education at the University of New Hampshire (B.S., 1942) and Harvard University (M.S., 1948; Ph. D., 1955). He joined the Geological Survey as a Junior Geologist in 1942 and, except for a two-year stint in the Army Air Force in Alaska and the Aleutian islands (1944-1946), remained at the Survey until his retirement in 1984. Most of his Geological Survey ...