Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, 1883-1961,-1883-1912 (bulk)
Collection Number: 14-15-92
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, 1883-1961,-1883-1912 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-15-92
Abstract:
Tarr's papers mainly pertaining to geography.
Creator:
Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912.
Quanitities:
6.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of geology.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ralph Stockman Tarr papers, #14-15-92. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Tarr, Russel S.
Cornell University. Department of Geology
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Peary Arctic Expedition, 1896
Cornell Alaska Expedition, 1906
Subjects:
Geologists.
Geology -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Negatives.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Expeditions
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1892-1911 | ||
| Box 1 |
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
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1909 | |
| Box 2 |
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)
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1892-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Maps of Switzerland
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n.d. | |
| Box 345 |
Field notebooks/diaries
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n.d. | |
| Box 6 |
Flag from 1896 Greenland expedition; Modification of topography by Glacial Erosion;
Alaska Diary
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1907-1908 | |
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Greenland expedition and misc.
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1896 | ||
| Box 22 |
4x5 film negatives
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1896 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1896_001-291
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| Box 8 |
Glass negatives
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1896 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1896_292-318
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Alaska and North America
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1905 | ||
| Box 15 |
Glass negatives
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1905 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1905_68-185.
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| Box 22 |
Film negatives
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1905 | |
| Box 12 |
Alaskan expeditions: Yakutat Peninsula (prints)
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1906-1909 | |
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Greenland/Alaska
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1906 | ||
| Box 227 |
Film negatives
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1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1906_001-163.
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| Box 17 |
Glass negatives
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1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1906_164-240
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Alaskan Expedition: Tarr and von Engeln
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1909 | ||
| Box 89 |
Glass negatives
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1909_284-542.
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| Box 22 |
Panoramic film negatives
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1909 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1909_001-049.
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| Box 7 |
Film negatives
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1909 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1909_050-383
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| Box 13 |
Alaskan expedition: Tarr and von Engeln
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1911 | |
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Glass negatives
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_exp1911_001-354
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Glass slides of glaciers and travel
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Undated | ||
| Box 10 |
Key to slides and classification: Geology Department records
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n.d. | |
| Box 21 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, scenes from Japan, and Eskimo women.
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| Box 18 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 1-60
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| Box 19 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 61-120
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| Box 20 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 121-180
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| Box 23 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 181-240
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| Box 24 |
Glass lantern slides of glaciers, Alaska and Greenland, slides 241-308
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Ithaca and Cornell
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1900-1912 | ||
| Box 14 |
Glass negatives of ice experiments at Cornell
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1911-1912 | |
| Box 14 |
Ice movement observations (glass negatives)
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19-- | |
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Glass negatives
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_ithaca_003-025, _045
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| Box 6 |
Notes on the Work in the Laboratory of Experimental Physiography, Year 1907-1908;
Geography Course Transcript; Geography Course Syllabus
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1907-1908 | |
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Ithaca and campus
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1895-1912 | ||
| Box 12 |
Ithaca and campus, including Beebe Lake
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1895-1909 | |
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Includes glass negatives and prints.
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| Box 14 |
Photographs of Ithaca area
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| Box 22 |
Film negatives
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| Box 15 |
Glass negatives
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Scope and Contents
Includes tve_ithaca_26-54.
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