William M. Fontaine papers 1836-1902.

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William M. Fontaine papers 1836-1902.

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Included is correspondence to Jedediah Hotchkiss of the United States Geological Survey on topics concerning geology in Georgia, Virginia, and Washington State (Washington materials from Fred. G. Plummer). Included are numerous reports, notebooks, and lecture notes by Fontaine and others on the natural sciences including geology, botany, and paleontology in Virginia, North Carolina, Oregon, Maryland and elsewhere. Geology of the Mesozoic Era is covered in several reports. Notable are extracts from an 1836 report by William B. Rogers, "Geological Reconnaissance of Virginia" and an 1894 report by Robert B. Hay, "Geology and Mineral Resources of Kansas" submitted by Hay to Jedediah Hotchkiss. Included is a diary kept by Maury Fontaine (1866-1928) at Rochelle Farm (7 miles west of Wytheville) for the period 1883-1886. Included is the "Catalogue of Fossils & Minerals in Cabinet of G.A. Williamson, M.D." The catalogue includes a biographical note on Williamson written by William M. Buck around the time of Williamson's death (ca. 1879).

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Plummer, Fred G. (Fred Gordon), 1864-1913

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Fontaine, William Morris, 1835-1913

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Corcoran professor of natural history and geology, University of Virginia. From the description of Letters to William Morris Fontaine, 1874-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958747 William M. Fontaine, son of James Fontaine and Juliet C. Morris. Born 1835 in Hanover County, Virginia, died 1913 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Professor of geology at the University of Virginia, hired at the University of Virginia in 1878 as the first professor of natural hist...

Hay, Robert, 1835-1895

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Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899

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Confederate Army officer, topographical and mining engineer, and historian. From the description of Jedediah Hotchkiss papers, 1835-1908 (bulk 1875-1898). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317574630 Jedediah Hotchkiss, of Staunton, Va., served with the Confederate States Army Corps of Engineers, with primary duties of map-making during the Army's Virginia campaigns. After the war, he became an author, lecturer, and editor and continued to produce maps, especially for various Ci...

Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

Williams, Gustavus A.

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Fontaine, Maury, 1866-1928.

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