Collection 1942-1974.

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Collection 1942-1974.

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This collection consists of general correspondence with other geologists and graduate students concerning geologic formations; a 1942 report on Vlightburg Hill, Rondout, New York; a 1954 report on Eagle Springs, Nye County, Nevada; manuscript and notes on Mackay School of Mines: reminiscences on the growth of a college; and two copies of Across the cordillera: genesis of a geosyncline, a 16mm, 29 minute, color film on the geology of the Basin Range province of the Great Basin region.

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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Larson, Edward Richard, 1920-1979.

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Edward R. Larson joined the geology faculty, University of Nevada, Reno, in 1949, and served as department chairman, 1952-1966. He was a graduate of Columbia University, and before coming to Nevada, was employed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Branch, and taught at the Missouri School of Mines. His primary fields of interest were stratigraphy and structural geology. In 1972, he received a grant from the National Science Foundation and produced an instructional film, Across the cordillera: ...

Mackay School of Mines

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Includes the College of Engineering for the University of Nevada, Reno. From the description of Student reports and drawings, 1914-1972. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 27990903 The John W. Mackay statue, and the Mackay School of Mines building, were originally dedicated June 10, 1908, in honor of John W. Mackay by his wife, Marie Louise Mackay, and his son, Clarence Hungerford Mackay. The statue, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, was rededicated on April 25, 199...