Letters to G.K. Gilbert on the occasion of his 75th birthday, May 6, 1918. $f 1918.

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Letters to G.K. Gilbert on the occasion of his 75th birthday, May 6, 1918. $f 1918.

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In 1940, these letters were given by Gilbert's son, Archibald Marvine Gilbert, to the American Geographical Society. In October 1978, the letters were in the custody of Irvil P. Schultz, then head of the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library, who deposited them in the Field Records Library in 1980. NO-7704. Two expandable envelopes with: letter dated February 14, 1940, signed by Archibald Marvine Gilbert; also, 86 additional letters, most from individuals, congratulating G.K. Gilbert on his upcoming 75th birthday, May 6, 1918. G.K. Gilbert died May 1, 1918. Correspondents (names as signed): Geo. H. Ashley; Henry M. Ami (2 letters); Mrs. G.T. Backus; H. Foster Bain; Joseph Barrell; Willet G. Miller, Cyril W. Knight and Alfred G. Burrows - the three signed one letter; George F. Becker; William Bowie; John C. Branner; Florence Bascom; John P. Buwalda; T.C. Chamberlin; F.W. Clarke; William H. Dall; N.H. Darton; W.M. Davis; Arthur L. Day; Davis T. Day; J.S. Diller; B.K. Emerson; H.L. Fairchild; Nevin M. Fenneman; R.W. Gannett; Herbert E. Gregory; John F. Hayford; Henry W. Henshaw; W.F. Hillebrand; William H. Hobbs; W.H. Holmes; E.C. Hutchinson; J.S. Hutchinson; Lincoln Hutchinson; Joseph P. Iddings. Also, Arthur Keith; J.F. Kemp; Mrs. J.F. Kemp; F.H. Knowlton; S.J. Kubel; Andrew Lawson; Joseph N. LeConte; M.O. Leighton; Frank Leverett; Waldemar Lindgren; George D. Louderback; Hiram Dryer McCaskey; John D. McChesney; I.R. Marshall; R.B. Marshall; C.F. Marvin; Edward B. Matthews; W.C. Mendenhall; George P. Merrill; E.E. Murphy; F.H. Newell; Edmond O'Neill; Henry Fairfield Osborn; Louis V. Pirrson; Raphael Pumpelly; Frederick Leslie Ransome; Richard Rathbun; Harry Fielding Reid; John H. Renshawe; Wm. North Rice; H.C. Rizer; Henry H. Robinson; Charles Schuchert; W.B. Scott; H. M. Smith; Arthur C. Spence. Also, J.E. Spurr; J.J. Stevenson; George W. Stose; Frank B. Taylor; James E. Talmage; Rush Rhees and Charles Hoenig - signed same letter; Henry W. Turner; Charles R. VanHise; T. Wayland Vaughan; Charles D. Walcott; W.W. Watts; Bailey Willis; Robert S. Woodward; Charles G. Yale; Faculty Club of the University of California - multiple signatures.

2 expandable envelopes.

U.S. Geological Survey Library, Denver, USGS Denver

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U.S. Geological Survey Library, Denver, USGS Denver

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Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918

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William Morris Davis (1850-1934) was an American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist, often called the "father of American geography." Grove Karl Gilbert, also known as G.K. Gilbert, was an American geologist. In 1871 he joined George M. Wheeler's geographical survey as its first geologist. He then joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879. From the description of Let...