Guide to the Ralph Stockman Tarr Papers,
1883-1961, [1883-1912 (bulk)]

Collection Number: 14-15-92

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Fax: (607) 255-9524
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Compiled by:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
December 2000
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, August 2011
Date modified:
RMC Staff, August 2011

© 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, 1883-1961, 1883-1912 (bulk)
Collection Number:
14-15-92
Creator:
(Ralph Stockman), Tarr 1864-1912.
Quantity:
4.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, field notebooks, research material, publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Tarr's papers mainly pertaining to geography.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of geology.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers include irrigation surveys of western states, 1883-1889; pictures of the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896; diary of the expedition by B. Hoppin; scrapbook kept by Tarr as a Cornell professor; geology field books; notebooks of his son, Russel S. Tarr; diary kept on the Cornell Alaska Expedition, 1906; lectures on the geography of North America; notes on lab work in an experimental physiography course, 1907-1908; glass slides and negatives; and correspondence on Tarr's early years. Also, Geology Department records and reports kept by Tarr and his successors and a ledger of information on graduate students in the Geology Department.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Tarr, Ralph S.1864-1912.
Tarr, Russel S.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University--Students.
Cornell University.Dept. of Geology.
Peary Arctic Expedition, 1896.
Cornell Alaska Expedition, 1906.

Subjects:
Geology--Study and teaching.
Geologists.

Form and Genre Terms:
Negatives.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, #14-15-92. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1909
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey maps; publication on the Greenland expedition; Alaska-Yukon Magazine, April, 1909; Scrapbook of memorabilia from various geological society meetings; much loose material, includes TLS from Theodore Roosevelt
Box 1
1892-1962
Photographs and postcards from Greenland; published diary of Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896; Volume - Dept. records and correspondence, 1892-1894; reports and correspondence, 1895-1914 (Tarr and von Engeln); reports and correspondence, 1910-1962 (Tarr and von Engeln)
Box 2
n.d.
Maps of Switzerland, field notebooks/diaries
 Box 3
n.d.
Field notebooks/diaries
 Box 4
n.d.
Field notebooks/diaries
 Box 5
1907-1908
Notes on the Work in the Laboratory of Experimental Physiography, Year 1907-1908; Geography Course Transcript; Geography Course Syllabus; Flag from 1896 Greenland expedition; Modification of topography by Glacial Erosion; Alaska Diary; 2 glass negatives - campus scenes
Box 6
1911-1912
Glass negatives of ice experiments at Cornell
 Box 7
1896
Greenland expedition and misc. (4x5 film negatives)
 Box 7
1896
Greenland expedition and misc. (mostly 5x7 film negatives)
 Box 8
1895-1909
Alaska expeditions (5x7 and 8x10 glass negatives
 Box 9
1906-1909
Alaskan expeditions: Yakutat Peninsula (prints)
 Box 9
n.d.
Key to slides and classification: Geology Department records
 Box 10
1909
Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (glass and film negatives)
 Box 11
1909
Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (glass negatives)
 Box 12-13
1909
Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (film negatives)
 Box 14
1911
Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (film negatives)
 Box 15-17
19--
Ithaca and campus, miscellany from around the world (glass and film negatives)
 Box 18
19--
Ice movement observations (glass negatives); images from Ithaca area (photographs, and film and glass negatives)
 Box 19
1905
Alaska and North America
 Box 20