Robert M. Chapman photograph collection, ca. 1898-1983.

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Robert M. Chapman photograph collection, ca. 1898-1983.

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The Robert M. Chapman Photograph Collection consists of 501 images, both loose and in albums, of U.S. Geological Survey personnel and their expeditions in Alaska. Subjects include field camps, survey crews, field situations, and geologic features. Geologists pictured include Alfred Hulse Brooks, J.B. Mertie, Jr., and others.

1.90 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Chapman, Robert Mills, 1918-

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Robert Mills Chapman (1918-2009) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in nearby Oak Park. A graduate of Northwestern University, he began his 44-year career as U.S. Geological Survey geologist with a stint in Alaska. His fieldwork concentrated primarily in northwestern and interior Alaska. He subsequently transferred to the USGS office in Menlo Park, California, from which he retired in 1986. (From obituary, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2009, viewed on SFGate.com.). From the ...