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Historical subject files, 1810s-2022, bulk 1968-1972
182.23 linear feetOffice of Public Affairs Photograph Collection, 1947-2016
138.80 linear feetVema-Lamont geologists, 10/1/1956 Box 27
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Frederick A.P. Barnard Papers, 1830-1944, bulk circa 1855-1889
7 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, and printed material by and about Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889), spanning his adult life from 1831 to 1889. The majority of the correspondence covers his positions as President of the University of Mississippi, 1856-1861, and President of Columbia College, 1864-1889.
"Answers of Geologists to an Inquiry as to the Theory of Atlantis, as set forth by Ignatius Donnelly", 1883 February Box 6, Folder 57
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Lynn Ray Sykes papers, 1970-2020
3.75 Linear FeetThe Sykes papers consist of information covering 55 years of professional involvement on questions relating to methods to identify underground nuclear testing, including Sykes' long arguments that a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban could be verified scientifically; the earlier Threshold Nuclear Test Ban for which Sykes was part of the U.S. delegation that negotiated it in Moscow in 1974, and his involvement with nuclear arms control measures in general, including teaching, testifying before Congress and lecturing. Sykes was one of the main proponents of the Comprehensive Treaty, which was finally signed in 1996. Sykes also chaired the U.S. National Earthquake Prediction Council, which advised the U.S. Geological Survey, for four years in the 1980s.
Hubbard family letters, 1849-1950
2 boxesDomestic correspondence of Lucius Lee Hubbard (1849-1933), and that of his wife, Frances Johnson Lambard Hubbard (1852-1927), their three daughters, and other relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Houghton, Michigan. Most of the letters are addressed to Hubbard's daughter Frances Hubbard Flaherty, the wife and co-worker of Robert J. Flaherty, the film director. There is also correspondence of the parents and relatives of Frances Hubbard, the Lambard family of Georgia.
Edward Crisp Bullard papers, 1923-1980
2 linear feetThese research notes on William Maurice Ewing (1906-1974), Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1944-1974, and Director of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1949-1972, were compiled by Sir Edward Crisp Bullard for his "Biographical Notice" for The Royal Society, 1975. The materials are mostly correspondence with Ewing's colleagues and family, corrected drafts of the memoir, photographs, and approximately 250 reprints of scientific papers by Ewing, arranged chronologically, 1930-1977.
William Campbell papers, 1900-1925
2 linear feetMarshall Kay papers, 1923-1976
26 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, and photographs of Kay, including files of correspondence from his student years to the time of his death, primarily on professional and academic matters; geological field notebooks, 1923-1975; manuscript materials for his book, STRATIGRAPHY AND LIFE HISTORY (written with E.H. Colbert); files on the Gander Conference, 1964-1970; manuscripts and typescripts of various lectures and articles; syllabi and various other academic files; and photographs and illustrations, primarily those used in STRATIGRAPHY AND LIFE HISTORY.
Walter H. Bucher papers, 1915-1963
2.5 linear feetArmin Kohl Lobeck papers, 1918-1919
1 boxPapers of Lobeck while he was in Paris as Assistant to the Chief Cartographer of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. Included are memorabilia, some correspondence, several docuements, and some photographs. The correspondence consists of his letters of appointment from Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, and his postcards to his wife, Bertha Merrill Lobeck, who later joined him in Paris. There are official documents such as passports, Commission memoranda, identification cards, and passes. Of particular interest are sixteen photographs of persons and places in France, and one drawing and one caricature of Lobeck that he sketched. The collection, however, is chiefly memorabilia of Lobeck's crossing the Atlantic on the U.S.S. George Washington with the members of the Commission; over 700 picture postcards, with no messages, of the Lobeck's travels in France, Spain, Great Britain, and other European countries; railway, subway, and bus maps, schedules, and tickets; tourist maps; hotel and restaurant receipts and menus; money; ration coupons; and theater programs.