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William S. Bayley Papers, 1884-86, 1895, 1906-13, 1916-25, 1927, 1929, 1937

Collection Overview

Title: William S. Bayley Papers, 1884-86, 1895, 1906-13, 1916-25, 1927, 1929, 1937

ID: 15/11/21

Creator: Bayley, William Shirley (1861-1943)

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: by type of material and alphabetically (correspondence) and chronologically (publications) thereunde

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of William S. Bayley (1861-1943), professor of geology (1907-32), including a manuscript titled, "Mineralogy of the Silicates" based on notes of lectures given by Dr. George H. Williams at Johns Hopkins University (1885-86); correspondence concerning U.S. Geological Survey field work; publications; academic positions and curricula; state geological survey work in North Carolina, Tennessee and New Jersey; the Crocker Land arctic expedition (1913-17); graduate work; World War I service; scientific organizations and publications; Wyoming oil drilling (1925-28); geological notes; scientific society programs (1916-25) and publications (1895, 1912, 1920-24, 1925, 1937).

Correspondents include H. Foster Bain, Joseph Barrell, Eliot Blackwelder, E. F. Burchard, F. W. DeWolf, W. Elmer Ekblaw, C. Willard Hayes, L. E. Kennedy, David Kinley, Henry B. Kummel, Edward B. Mathews, Wilbur A. Nelson, Joseph H. Pratt, T. T. Quirke, Heinrich Ries, Clarence S. Ross, George O. Smith and David White.