Elmer Fred Davis papers, 1918-1971.

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Elmer Fred Davis papers, 1918-1971.

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The Elmer Fred Davis collection contains extensive subject files on areas where he worked as a geologist, mainly in California. Numerous maps of geological interest are included. Reports, notes, correspondence, books, and photographs are also included.

29.52 cubic ft. (17 boxes, 50 map tubes, 1 expandable envelope)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7914130

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Davis, Elmer Fred.

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Elmer Fred Davis was born in 1887 in rural Washington County, Colorado. He completed his Ph. D. in Geology at the University of California in 1918 and joined Shell Oil Company in 1919 in the field of oil and gas exploration. He was chief geologist, 1922-1929, and then vice president, 1929-1945, in charge of exploration in California and the Pacific Coast area. He was instrumemtal in the "Section 10" discovery in 1936. He organized micropaleontology labs in Long Beach and Bakersfield. He retired ...

Home Oil Company Canada.

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Shell Oil Company

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