Papers, 1853-1968.

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Papers, 1853-1968.

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Collection contains materials relating to Howell's career as a petroleum geologist and his own and F.M. Fryxell's research on the Hayden Geological Survey. Howell materials include published articles (1922-1946); research notes and petroleum project files (1915-1967); and various maps of the western United States. Materials relating to the F.V. Hayden Survey include Hayden's correspondence (1863-1883); Hayden's research notes (1853-1883); newsclippings of Hayden's expeditions (1873-1968); Fryxell's correspondence with historians and Hayden's relatives (1951-1968); summaries of the expedition (1968); twenty-six microfilm reels of research notes on the Hayden Survey, (1853-1878) and biographical information on the members of the Hayden Survey (1853-1883).

11.7 cubic ft. (26 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887

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Geologist who began his career as a teacher in Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Ferdinand V. Hayden papers, 1846-1865. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376030 Surveyor and geologist. From the description of Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570213 F. V. Hayden (1829-1887) was a physician turned geologist, explorer, and naturalist; originally of Westfield,...

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)

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Howell, J. V. (Jesse V.), 1891-

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Jesse V. Howell was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1891, the only child of William J. and Jennie Esther Craft Howell. He graduated with a B.S. in chemistry from Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1912 and a M.S. in geology from the University of Iowa in 1915. Howell worked as a geologist for several companies from 1916-1918 and received his Ph. D. in geology from the University of Iowa in 1922. Howell was employed with Marland Oil Company from 1922-1929 as a geologist. From ...

Fryxell, Fritiof, 1900-1986

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Fritiof Melvin Fryxell (1900-1986) was a geologist, mountaineer, conservationist, and historian. He spent many summers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and wrote "Mountaineering in the Tetons: the Pioneer Period, 1898-1940". He interviewed other climbers, including W.O. Owen, who is credited as the first to reach the top of the Grand Teton. Along with Jesse V. Howell, Fryxell did extensive research on Ferdinand V. Hayden and the U.S. Geological Survey, which explored the Yellowstone Park region in the ...