George Alfred Kiersch papers, 1991-1999.
Collection Number: 16-14-3181
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George Alfred Kiersch papers, 1991-1999.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
16-14-3181
Abstract:
Reprints from "The Heritage of Engineering Geology: The First Hundred Years," 1991;
"The Expert Witness and Litigation," in the Bulletin of the Association of Engineering
Geologists, 1993; and "Engineering geosciences and military operations," in Engineering
Geology, 1998.
Creator:
Kiersch, George A., 1918-
Quanitities:
50 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, Cornell University.
George A. Kiersch received a B.S. from the Colorado School of Mines, and a Ph.D.
from the University of Arizona. As well as teaching at Cornell, he worked as a geologist
and exploration manager for industrial firms and government agencies and as a national
and international consultant.
Reprints from "The Heritage of Engineering Geology: The First Hundred Years," 1991;
"The Expert Witness and Litigation," in the Bulletin of the Association of Engineering
Geologists, 1993; and "Engineering geosciences and military operations," in Engineering
Geology, 1998.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George Alfred Kiersch papers, #16-14-3181. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Engineering geology -- History.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Conferences, symposia, professional association meetings; Correspondence, academic
papers, newsletters, adgendas; 1987-1996
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| Box 2 |
Drilling, exploratory geology; Studies and reports on drilling; correspondence relating
to the sale of drilling equipment; course materials; 1966-1975
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| Box 3 |
Published Works Academic and Professional; Manuscripts, correspondece, journals, newsletters;
1959-1996
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| Box 4 |
Education engineering geology- methods, content, demand for; Journals, manuscripts,
course materials
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| Box 5 |
Possibly Chapters from Geothermal steam: origin, characteristics, occurrence, and
exploitation
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| Box 6 |
The Heritage of Engineering Geology; Notes, manuscripts, corespondence with contributers,
publishers, reviewers
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| Box 7 |
Chapter from ???
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| Box 8 |
"Chapters from a proposed textbook ""Engineering Geology"" 1984?
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| Box 9 |
"Chapters for Geology Lab Manual; Chapter for Textbook ""Engineering Geology Text""
other materials may have been used to produce drafts of these books"
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| Box 9 |
Folder labeled Engineering Geology Book Ch 4 Stresses
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1984-1984 | |
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Scope and Contents
"Drafts of chapters 3 and 4. Annotations show where chapter headings and numbers had
changed from an earlier version of textbook ""Engineering Geology Practice"""
Chapter Files
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| Box 9 |
Cont. from above
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Scope and Contents
"Outlines for both text books ""Engineering Geology"" and Engineering Geology Practice"""
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| Box 9 |
Chapter 5 from ??? Mapping
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March 8, 1983 | |
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Scope and Contents
"Cover is marked OSHA or Another Agency 'Manual"" For AWH '81-'82. Note on first page
reads ""JK - This is a private copy unknow to Profession - Thanks GAK"""
Chapter Files
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| Box 9 |
Recommendations On Site Investigations Techniques
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July 1975 | |
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Scope and Contents
Report published by the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Commission On Recommendations
On Site Investigations Techniques
Professional Orgs.
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| Box 9 |
Suggested Methods for Geophysical Logging of Boreholes
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1981 | |
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Scope and Contents
Report published by the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Commission On Standardization
of Laboratory and Field Tests
Professional Orgs.
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| Box 9 |
Suggested Method For Petrographic Description of Rocks - Committee On Laboratory Tests
Document No. 6
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March 1977 | |
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Scope and Contents
Report published by the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Commission On Standardization
of Laboratory and Field Tests
Professional Orgs.
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| Box 9 |
Folder SPCo Hdbk - 1959 Some Sections for Engineering Geology Text
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1959-1960 | |
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Scope and Contents
Typescript- General Guides for Diagrammic Representation of Rock - Stratigraphic Unites
1959; Letter from GAK to Warren L. Coonrad April 18, 1960
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| Box 9 |
Cont. from above
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Scope and Contents
Typescript with transparencies. PART C Field Observations, Records and Useful Techniques
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| Box 9 |
National Environmental Enforcement Journal Vol. 2 No. 3
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March 1987 | |
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Scope and Contents
Publicatoin of the National Association of Attorneys General
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| Box 9 |
Engineering Geology Office Manual - Basic Concepts and Procedures
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April 1988 | |
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Scope and Contents
US Department of the Interior
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| Box 9 |
Environmental Courses, Conferences and Workshops
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1991 | |
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Scope and Contents
Catalog from Executive Enterprises Inc
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| Box 9 |
Expense list for replacing mailbox destroyed by cable company
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Scope and Contents
Personal
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| Box 9 |
Curriculum Vitae of Jeffrey R. Keaton
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October 1987 | |
| Box 9 |
Photocopies of Appendices for a Text?
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Scope and Contents
Chapter Files
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| Box 9 |
Folder Part C Automatic Dip?
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Scope and Contents
Transperancies and Typescript-
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| Box 9 |
"Copies of Chapters from ""Environmental Geology Practical Exercises by Bernard W.
Pipkin and David Cummings"
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Scope and Contents
Copy of index and some chapters
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| Box 9 |
Folder - Course Outlines Cornell
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1967-1971 | |
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Scope and Contents
Course Materials
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| Box 9 |
Course Outline and Lab No. 1
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September 1967 | |
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Scope and Contents
Course Materials
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| Box 9 |
Several Letters between GAK and Jeffrey Keaton
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1988-1989 | |
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Scope and Contents
RE: engineering geology text
Chapter Files
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| Box 9 |
Several Lab Exercises from Cornell courses
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| Box 9 |
The Geology Publisher
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1991 | |
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Scope and Contents
Macmillan publishing catalog
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| Box 9 |
Folder - Kendall Hunt 1996 Publ -Lab Manual
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1990 | |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photocopies, course materials. All for use in preparing the Lab Manual
or Exercise Manual
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| Box 9 |
Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company Catalog
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1990 | |
| Box 10 |
Chapter from ???; Publications; Vaiont Slide; Course outlines
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| Box 11 |
Chapters??? Graphics; Photos; Research; Clippings
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| Box 12 |
Chapters???- Folders; Clippings, Publications
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| Box 13 |
4 Drawer cabinet containing slides
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| Box 14 |
Boxes of slided, some marked with chapter numbers; audio cassettes; audio reel, small
slide projector
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| Box 14A |
Slides; audio tapes; microphone
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| Box 14 (?) |
Chapter Folders for ???
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| Box 15 |
Overhead projector slides marked PRWICA? Nuclear 1971-1972; 4 drawer cabinet with
slides, some glass
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| Box 16 |
Photos-prints, lsides, negs. 1950s and 1960s
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| Box 16A |
Photos; microfilm; microscope slides with specimens
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| Box 17 |
"Cornell MS and PhD Theses 1969-1971; 1 copy ea. of ""Heritage..."" and Centennial
Field Guide, both unwrapped"
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| Box 18 |
Maps, Cert. Of Frank Laverty P.E.; Pubs- Navajo, others some in German; Folders with
photocopies
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| Box 21 |
Slides and photos
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| Box 22 |
Maps, Photos, Reports
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| Box 22 (?) |
Course materials
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| Box 22A |
Publications
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| Box 23 |
Mixed files
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| Box 24 |
Publications, lots of Navajo
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| Box 26 |
Slides
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| Box 26A |
Slides in a tin box
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| Box 27 |
Mixed files - research for a report; Correspondence; Clippings
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| Box 28 |
AEG Files
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| Box 29 |
Paper and Spiral bound publications
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| Box 29A |
Drafts, Publications, Maps
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| Box 30 |
Paper bound publications
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| Box 31 |
SA45
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| Box 32 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research; Plastic spiral bound reports
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| Box 33 |
Publications; Maps
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| Box 34 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 35 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research; Supplements to bound volumes-Maps
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| Box 36 |
Publications. Including Cornell publs; Mineral resources, Navajo-Hopi Indian Reservations
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| Box 37 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 38 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 39 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 40 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 41 |
Publications and reasearch notes; All possibly for chapters
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| Box 42 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research; Folder of Loose photocopies
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| Box 43 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research; Loose photocopies
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| Box 44 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 45 |
Bound Volumes of GAK's Reports and Research
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| Box 46 |
Course Materials
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| Box 47 |
Course Materials - Illustrations, papers, reports; Maps; Engineering Geology textbook
materials - appendices, foreword/intro
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| Box 54 |
Course Materials; Legas cases; slides; Handbook for Geologists
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| Box 55 |
Slides; Materials for Publications and Abstracts meant to be bound; slides for legal
cases
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| Box 56 |
Material to be bound - legal cases
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| Box 57 |
Reports; Legal material - slides. All meant to be bound
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| Box 52 |
Some course material; Legal docs
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| Box 53 |
Mostly Course Material; photos; some reports
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Photos; Book plates and Block for book plates
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| Box 38 |
Undescribed
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Scope and Contents
Folder in Box 38
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Unprocessed
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| Box ? (unprocessed) |
Unprocessed
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| Box ? (unprocessed) |
Unprocessed
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