Papers, 1895-1960.

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Papers, 1895-1960.

Personal papers of Lazard Cahn, expert in mineralogy and crystallography and resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning minerals, including letters between Cahn and Charles Palache, who named the mineral cahnite after Lazard Cahn. Also included are inventories of Cahn's mineral collections and an article written by Cahn and published in German in 1919.

1.6 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7633666

Pikes Peak Library District

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Cahn, Lazard, 1865-1940.

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Palache, Charles, 1869-1954

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Palache (1869-1954) taught mineralogy and petrography at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Charles Palache, 1881-1954 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973147 ...

Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society.

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Kernochan, Abby Lansing, 1886-1979.

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Colorado Springs resident, active member of community organizations and writer of local and regional history. From the description of Abby L. Kernochan papers, 1917-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51723892 ...