Papers, 1898-1976.

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Papers, 1898-1976.

Correspondence and reports relating to a 1937 China trip, Weller's recommendation of R.C. Moore for the 1955 presidency of Geological Society of America, and requests for fossil identifications and collection transfers from American and international scholars; together with Weller's Outline of the Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy of the Eastern Interior Basin (1933), research project reports in India by J.M. Weller and B.R. Mackay, correspondence and mss. of Stuart Weller, and correspondence and reports of National Research Council Committee on Stratigraphy. Correspondents include J. Brookes Knight, M.M. Leighton, American Metal Company, and Geological Society of Kentucky.

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University of Texas.

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These slides were transferred to the Briscoe Center from the Harry Ransom Center in 2008. From the guide to the UT Color Slides Collection 2008-079., 1938-1965, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) These images were used for UT’s 75th Anniversary presentations in 1958. Many are copies of photographs in the Briscoe Center’s collections and are dated much earlier than the reproductions in this collection. From the guide to ...

Weller, J. Marvin (James Marvin), 1899-1976

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Assistant professor of geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, visiting professor of geology, University of Texas, and professor of invertebrate paleontology, University of Chicago; d. 1976. From the description of Papers, 1898-1976. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28409465 ...

Moore, Raymond C. (Raymond Cecil), 1892-1974

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Raymond C. Moore was a researcher, teacher, science administrator, and "Kansas' All-time Geologist." Moore was born February 20, 1892 in Roslyn, Washington. He grew up in the Midwest, finished high school in Chicago and was graduated with honors from Denison University, Granville, Ohio in 1913; he continued his graduate studies in geology and paleontology at the University of Chicago. In 1916, Moore received his Ph.D., summa cum laude. Later that year, Moore joined the faculty of th...

Leighton, Morris M. (Morris Morgan), 1887-1971

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Chief of Illinois Geological Survey; d. 1971. From the description of Papers, 1928-1940. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28421966 ...

Mackay, B. R. (Bertram Reid), 1885-

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Geological society of America

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Knight, J. Brookes (James Brookes), 1888-1960

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Weller, Stuart, 1870-1927

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Paleontologist. B.A., Cornell University, 1894. Ph. D., Yale University, 1901. Associate, Department of Geology, University of Chicago, 1897-1900; Instructor, 1900-1901; Assistant Professor, 1902-1908; Associate Professor, 1908-1915; and Professor of Paleontologic Geology, 1915-1927. From the description of Papers, 1900-1927. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248517 Stuart Weller was born in Maine, New York in 1870. Encouraged by a professor...

American Metal Company

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Geological Society of Kentucky

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