Papers of Percy Edward Raymond, 1901-1952 (inclusive).

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...

Raymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward), 1879-1952

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Percy Edward Raymond graduated from Cornell in 1902. From 1904 to 1910 he was assistant curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA. By 1929, he was a full professor at Harvard University. He was active in the Paleontology Society of America of which he was president in 1934. He wrote many articles on paleontology, stratigraphy and sedimentation. Raymond studied pewter as a hobby and wrote many articles on this topic as well. He was also instrumental i...

Harvard University. Dept. of Geology and Geography

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Schuchert, Charles, 1858-1942

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Charles Schuchert: Paleontologist; assistant to paleontologists, 1885-1891; participated in a geological survey of Minnesota, 1891-1892; preparer of fossils, Yale University, 1892-1893; assistant paleontologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 1893-1894; assistant curator paleontology, U.S. National Museum, 1894-1904; professor of paleontology, Yale University, 1904-1923, and curator, geological collection, Peabody Museum. From the description of Charles Schuchert papers, 1859-1943 (inclusiv...