Papers of Marland Pratt Billings, 1939-1972 (inclusive).

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Papers of Marland Pratt Billings, 1939-1972 (inclusive).

Includes personal and professional correspondence and other manuscripts relating to the Department of Geology and the Geological Museum. Also reviews and other materials about Billings' book Structural Geology. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

40 containers of mss.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Harvard University. Geological Museum.

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The geological section of the Harvard University Museum was built in 1900 by the family of Louis Agassiz. From the description of Records of the Geological Museum, 1876-1924 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972537 ...

Harvard University. Dept. of Geological Sciences

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Billings, Marland Pratt, 1902-

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Billings graduated from Harvard in 1923 and taught geology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Marland Pratt Billings, 1939-1972 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972977 Billings earned his Harvard AB in 1923, his AM in 1925, and his PhD in 1927. From the description of Joints and their field relations / by M. P. Billings. 1923. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075502 ...