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Papers 1880-1932.

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Geologist, dean of the College of Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, and ceramic engineer and manufacturer, Standard Pyrometric Cone Company. Business, personal, and academic correspondence, diaries, account books, and other papers. Includes material relating to Orton's military career during World War I, genealogy, geology, family affairs, and European travels, and letters of condolence to Mina A. Orton on the death of her husband. Contact repository for more information.

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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