Mexican field photographs, 1943-1944.

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Mexican field photographs, 1943-1944.

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Photographs documenting the eruption of the Paricutin Volcano in Michoacán, Mexico and showing expedition members viewing the eruption, volcanic debris, and effects of the eruption on the area and its inhabitants. Scientists included Thomas D. Nicholson and William Frederick Foshag. Photographers were Frederick H. Pough, Life Magazine, Te Ata and George Clyde Fisher, and Otto Fisher. Photographs are identified.

67 photonegatives : b&w.44 photoprints : b&w.1 transparency : b&w.15 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Foshag, William F. (William Frederick), 1894-1956

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William F. Foshag (1894-1956) joined the United States National Museum's Division of Mineralogy and Petrology as an Assistant Curator in 1919. From 1929 to 1941, he served as Curator of the Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied), and from 1929 to 1948 was also Curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. From 1948 to 1956, Foshag was Head Curator of the Department of Geology and Acting Curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology Foshag's research was p...

American Museum of Natural History. Council Fund.

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American Museum of Natural History. Paricutín Expeditions (1943-1944)

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The expeditions to the Paricutin Volcano in Mexico were sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History Council Fund and Otto Fisher. From the description of Mexican field photographs, 1943-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155516138 ...

Fisher, Te Ata

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Fisher, Clyde, 1878-1949

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George Clyde Fisher (1878-1949) was an astronomer and educator employed by the American Museum of Natural History from 1913-1941. From the description of George Clyde Fisher papers, 1903-1912. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155462356 From the description of George Clyde Fisher papers 1903-1912. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 47108834 ...

Nicholson, Thomas D.

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Thomas Dominic Nicholson was with the American Museum of Natural History for 35 years, rising from planetarium lecturer, 1952-1953, to museum director, 1969-1989. With a background in the merchant marine and service in World War II, Nicholson earned degrees in astronomy while teaching navigation and astronomy. He became a lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium, was made associate astronomer in 1954, then director. In 1969, Nicholson was appointed director of the AMNH, follow...

Pough, Frederick H.

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Fisher, O.

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