University of Chicago Department of Geology records 1923-1941 (inclusive).

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University of Chicago Department of Geology records 1923-1941 (inclusive).

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This collection contains correspondence, departmental publications, organizational material and other administrative records of the Department of Geology, spanning the early 1920s through the early 1940s. The largest segment of the collection is a chronological correspondence file of Edson S. Bastin, who served as chair of the department from 1922 to 1944; much of this correspondence relates to administrative activities in the department. Also included is an alphabetical sequence of inquiries from prospective students, material used to organize field trips, correspondence of the Society of Economic Geologists, and other material documenting student work and administrative activities in the department.

1 linear foot (2 boxes)

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Bastin, Edson S. (Edson Sunderland), 1878-1953

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Geologist. Professor of economic geology, University of Chicago. A.B., University of Michigan, 1902. M.S., University of Chicago, 1903. Ph. D, University of Chicago, 1909 . Died in 1953. From the description of Papers, 1913-1922. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248994 Edson Sunderland Bastin was born on December 10, 1878 in Chicago, Illinois to Edson Sewell and Christiana Boyd Bastin. He received an A.B. from the University of Michigan (19...

University of Chicago. Department of geology

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The Department of Geology was founded in 1892 by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury, who also launched the Journal of Geology in the following year. Early research in the department focused on regional studies and surveys, but fundamental problems of geology, particularly geochemistry, were emphasized beginning in the late 1910s. It produced more Ph.D.s in the field than any other geology department in the country, and influential research in areas such as petrology, sedimentary ...

Society of Economic Geologists (U.S.)

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