Guide to the Cornell University Department of Geology records,
1875-1957

Collection Number: 14-15-728

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
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
T.A. Gobert
Date completed:
August 1988
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, September 2011

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
1875-1957.
Collection Number:
14-15-728
Creator:
Cornell University. Dept. of Geology.
Quantity:
2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, abtracts, registers, and other records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The papers of the Geology Department consist of examination reports, reptints, abstracts of geology lectures, estimates of departmental needs, registers of geology students (1947, 1957), and other records and correspondence.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of the Geology Department consist of examination reports, abstracts of geology lectures, estimates of departmental needs, registers of geology students (1947, 1957), and other records and correspondence, including letters and copies of letters to and/or from George Francis Atkinson, Thomas Frederick Crane, Adam Capen Gill, Gilbert Dennison Harris, Heinrich Ries, Jacob Gould Schurman, Ralph Stockman Tarr, Walter Francis Willcox, Henry Shaler Williams, and others. Also reprints from Department faculty.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Department of Geology.
Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918.
Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927.
Gill, Adam Capen.
Harris, Gilbert D. (Gilbert Dennison), 1864-1952.
Ries, Heinrich, 1871-1951.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912.
Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964.
Williams, Henry Shaler, 1847-1918.
Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:
Geology--Study and teaching, Higher.
Geologists.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University Department of Geology records, #14-15-728. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Dec. 1901-Dec. 1904
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 1
Jan. 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 2
Feb.-Mar. 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 3
Apr. 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 4
May 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 5
June 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 6
July-Oct. 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 7
Nov.-Dec. 1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 8
1904-1905
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 9
Jan. 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 10
Feb.-Mar. 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 11
Apr. 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 12
May 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 13
June 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 14
July-Dec. 1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 15
1905-1906
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 16
Jan.-Apr. 1907
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 17
May-Aug. 1907
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 18
n.d.
Correspondence, examinations, and other records
Box 1 Folder 19
1905-1907
Miscelaneous, notes, and reports. Includes report on the adjustment of McGraw Hall, annual reports, inventory of the department, term information..
Box 1 Folder 20
1870s
T.B. Comstock abstract of lectures
Box 1 Folder 21
1885
Geology Department abstract of lectures
Box 1 Folder 22
Dec. 1947
Geology Department newsletter
Box 1 Folder 23
1947, 1957
Geology Department registers
Box 1 Folder 24
1947-1951
Register 1868-1947 and News Letters 1947-1951
Box 1 Volume
1880-1881
McGraw Hall and the Department of Geology - Excerpts from the Cornell Era
Box 1 Volume
1882-1890
McGraw Hall and the Department of Geology - Excerpts from the Cornell Era
Box 1 Volume
1871-1957
Bound volumes of reprints by Department of Geology faculty or otherwise related to the Department
An index to the reprints is available here. This 5MB PDF guide scanned from the table of contents of each volume.
1871-1902
Reprints - Department of Geology (1-37)
Box 1 Volume
1902-1908
Reprints - Department of Geology (38-58)
Box 1 Volume
1908-1917
Reprints - Department of Geology (59-95)
Box 1 Volume
1917-1925
Reprints - Department of Geology (96-136)
Box 1 Volume
1925-1926
Reprints - Department of Geology (137-158)
Box 2 Volume
1926-1930
Reprints - Department of Geology (159-200)
Box 2 Volume
1931-1934
Reprints - Department of Geology (201-241)
Box 2 Volume
1934-1937
Reprints - Department of Geology (242-282)
Box 2 Volume
1937-1940
Reprints - Department of Geology (283-305)
Box 2 Volume
1940-1943
Reprints - Department of Geology (306-322)
Box 2 Volume
1943-1949
Reprints - Department of Geology (323-347)
Box 2 Volume
1950-1953
Reprints - Department of Geology (348-366)
Box 2 Volume
1953-1957
Reprints - Department of Geology (367-385)
Box 2 Volume