A. Myra Keen papers, 1936-1981.

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A. Myra Keen papers, 1936-1981.

Papers consist of correspondence with colleagues and former students, 1936-65; correspondence with her publisher Stanford University Press, 1937-80; and papers (correspondence, memos, reports, minutes, and financial records) relating to the Department of Earth Sciences and fossil and shell collections, 1937-1981. Correspondents include Edwin C. Allison, Ralph Arnold, Agustin Ayala-Castanares, Reginald Wright Barker, Herdis Bentson, Eliot Blackwelder, Welsey Roswell Coe, J. Wyatt Durham, Richard H. Jahns, Konrad Krauskopf, Owen T. Marsh, Erwin Remson, Donald B. Tresidder, Charles E. Weaver, and Ray Lyman Wilbur.

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Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949

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Jahns, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1915-1983

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Professor of Geology and Applied Sciences and Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, 1965-1983. Jahns came to Stanford following teaching positions at Cal Tech and Penn State, where he also served as Dean of the College of Mineral Industries. Jahns received many national awards and published over 100 monographs. He died in 1983. From the description of Richard H. Jahns papers, circa 1916-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446047 ...

Marsh, Owen Thayer

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Coe, Wesley R. (Wesley Roswell), 1869-1960

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Krauskopf, Konrad B. (Konrad Bates), 1910-2003

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Konrad B. Krauskopf was a pioneer in the field of geochemistry and a member of the Stanford University faculty from 1939 to 1976, when he was appointed professor emeritus. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his doctoral degree from the University of California-Berkeley in 1934. He began his graduate studies in geology at Stanford in 1935, earning his doctorate in 1939. He authored several widely used textbooks, served as president of several...

Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986

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Professor of paleontology and curator of the malachology collection of the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, until her retirement as emeritus professor in 1970. From the description of A. Myra Keen papers, 1936-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130480 Professor of paleontology at Stanford University. From the description of Women at Stanford collection, 1958-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500228 A. Myra (Angeline Myra) Keen (19...

Weaver, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1880-1958

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Barker, R. W. (Reginald Wright)

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Blackwelder, Eliot, 1880-

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Allison, Edwin C.

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Arnold, Ralph, 1875-1961

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Ralph Arnold was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on April 14, 1875. His father, Delos Arnold, was a lawyer and Iowa state senator who became interested in the study of fossils after the discovery of crinoids fossils in LeGrand, Iowa. The Arnolds moved to Pasadena, California, in 1886, and Ralph attended both Pasadena High School and Throop Polytechnic School (now Cal Tech) before receiving his B.A. in geology and mining from Stanford in 1899. He continued at Stanford to complete his M.A. (1900) and ...

Remson, Irwin

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Durham, J. Wyatt.

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Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948

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