Ida Shepard Oldroyd papers, 1888-1940

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Ida Shepard Oldroyd papers, 1888-1940

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Collection contains incoming correspondence, 1888-1940 addressed to Ida Shepard Oldroyd, a curator of Geology at the Stanford University Museum, as well as records of transfers, exchanges and acquisitions of materials for the geology collection from the same time period.

1 linear ft.; (2 manuscript boxes)

eng,

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650258

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Oldroyd, Ida Shepard, 1857-

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Ida Shepard Oldroyd was a curator of Geology at the Stanford University Museum. She was born in 1857 and died on July 9, 1940. She was an authority on sea shells, or conchology, and wrote three extensive volumes entitled THE MARINE SHELLS OF THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, Stanford University Press, 1924-1927. From the description of Ida Shepard Oldroyd papers, 1888-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571300 Biography / Administrative Histor...