[Geological society of America Collection]. 1972-1974.

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[Geological society of America Collection]. 1972-1974.

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Collection consists of correspondence between members of the Geological Society of America regarding plans for their annual conference in Las Vegas. Includes numerous letters from Chester Longwell. Also includes planning documents such as lists of speakers, preliminary program schedule, etc.

3 folders.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7538879

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

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Longwell, Chester R. (Chester Ray), 1887-1975

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Born in Missouri in 1887, Chester R. Longwell became a Yale educated geologist who did significant fieldwork and research in the desert wilds of Clark County. After serving in the First World War, Longwell returned to Yale and focused his dissertation research on the Muddy Mountains of Southern Nevada, spending his summers exploring and surveying this area near Las Vegas from 1921 to 1928. A keen observer of the land, Longwell recorded data on the geology, vegetation and weather, and even penned...

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