Papers, 1887-1980 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1887-1980 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, a journal, field notes, offprints, bibliographies, and photographs. Includes a Bretz family genealogy and a typescript of Bretz's autobiography, Memories. Topics covered include Bretz's theory of the channeled scablands of Washington, the Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland (1933), and the study of limestone caves.

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Bretz, J. Harlen, 1882-1981

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Geologist. A.B. Albion Colllege, 1905. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1913. Assistant professor, University of Washington, 1913. Instructor, University of Chicago, 1914-1915; assistant professor, 1915-1921; associate professor, 1921-1926; professor, 1926-1947. From the description of Papers, 1887-1980 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247558 J Harlen Bretz was born in 1882 in Ionia County, Michigan. After receiving an A.B. from ...