RMA00092.xml Guide to the Ralph Stockman Tarr papers,1883-1961, Tarr, Ralph Stockman papers Compiled by RMC Staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library August 2011

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 Finding aid encoded by RMC Staff, August 2011 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 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu Julia Parker December 2000 RMC Staff, August 2011 RMC Staff, October 2017 © 2011 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, 1883-1961, 1883-1912 (bulk) 14-15-92 (Ralph Stockman), Tarr 1864-1912. 6.2 cubic ft. Correspondence, field notebooks, research material, publications Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Tarr's papers mainly pertaining to geography. 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 1 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 2 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) 3 n.d. Maps of Switzerland, field notebooks/diaries 4 n.d. Field notebooks/diaries 5 n.d. Field notebooks/diaries 6 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 16 1911-1912 Glass negatives of ice experiments at Cornell 16 1896 Greenland expedition and misc. (4x5 film negatives)

Includes tve_exp1896_001-291

 8 1896 Greenland expedition and misc. (mostly 5x7 film negatives)

Includes tve_exp1896_292-318

 16 1906 Greenland/Alaska negatives

Includes tve_exp1906_001-074

 17 1906 Greenland/Alaska glass slides

Includes tve_exp1906_075-240

 12 1895-1909 Alaska expeditions (5x7 and 8x10 glass negatives 14 1906-1909 Alaskan expeditions: Yakutat Peninsula (prints) 10 n.d. Key to slides and classification: Geology Department records 11, 12 1909 Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (glass and film negatives)

Includes tve_exp1909_001-049

 7 1909 Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (film negatives)

Includes tve_exp1909_050-383

 8-9 1909 Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (glass negatives)

Includes tve_384-542, with some gaps

 13 1911 Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln (film negatives)

Includes tve_exp1911_001-354

 9 19-- Ithaca and campus (glass and film negatives)

Includes tve_ithaca_026-044, 056-054

 14 19-- Ice movement observations (glass negatives); images from Ithaca area (photographs, and film and glass negatives)

Includes tve_ithaca_003-025, _045

 15 1905 Alaska and North America

Includes tve_exp1905_001-182

 21 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, scenes from Japan, and Eskimo women. 22 1905, 1906, 1909, 1911 Original sleeves from glass slides, including from Ithaca (undated) 18 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 1-60 19 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 61-120 20 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 121-180 23 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 181-240 24 Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 241-308