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United States Geological Survey

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Boston lectures, c1879

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/6
Scope and Contents

The Boston lectures and other items series consists of:


  1. Text of lectures
  2. Notes for lectures
  3. Maps
Dates: c1879

Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton sub-series consists of:


  1. 18 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) concerning geological observations in the United States and the organisation of the USGS (1880-1891)
Dates: 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891

Correspondence from Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, 1874-1884

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/1
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden sub-series consists of:


  1. 51 letters, chronologically arranged (1874-1884)
  2. presscuttings, photographs, notices and notes
Dates: 1874-1884

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: John Geddes to J Gosselet, 1869-1909

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/19
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: John Geddes to J Gosselet sub-series consists of:


  1. 43 letters, alphabetically arranged (1869-1909)
Dates: 1869-1909

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/9
Scope and Contents

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879, surveyed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Primary triangulation by AD Wilson; Topography by Henry Gannett, GB Chittenden, Gustavus R Bechler and FA Clark.

Dates: 1879

Economic Map of Colorado, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/17
Scope and Contents

Economic Map of Colorado by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 03 May 1882

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/10
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that he has declined the invitation from the journal Nature to review Geikie's forthcoming publications, as he will shortly be leaving for the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) to do field work in preparation for a systematic study of the volcanic fields of California and Oregon. He recommends his colleague Grove Karl Gilbert for the task and asks Geikie if he will review his new monograph...
Dates: 03 May 1882

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 22 May 1882

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/12
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton apologising that he has only been able to send final proofs of his atlas sheets for Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882) at the current time. He apologises for being unable to review Geikie's forthcoing books due to his forthcoming field work in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and pontificates that Grove Karl Gilbert will do a better job in the long run. He reports that Gilbert and...
Dates: 22 May 1882

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 23 January 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/13
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing his field trip to the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii). He reports on the large scale of the ultra basic basalt lava flows of the Mauna Loa eruption and the lack of cinder cones. He reports on the ferruginous nature of the lavas and their high olivine content along with observed layers of hematite and magnetite. He describes the volcano's impressive topography and its inability to support running water. He...
Dates: 23 January 1883

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 May 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/14
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing the fossiliferous Upper Cambrian metamorphosed sandstone shales found at Lake Superior and the Grand Canyon. At Lake Superior these beds overlie 1400 feet of unfossiliferous sandstone and shale, interspersed with layers of copper bearing metamorphosed volcanic ash. These are the same as the Huronian metamorphic beds at Lake Huron which are possibly of the Lower Cambrian age due to an unconformity (as identified by...
Dates: 05 May 1883

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Subject
Geological Surveys 13
Geological Mapping 12
Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States) 10
Professional Interaction 10
Scholarly Publishing 9
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Hawaii (United States) 6
Topographical drawing 5
Madison River (Wyoming and Montana, United States) 4
Politics 3
Yellowstone River (United States) 3
Basaltic Lavas 2
California (United States) 2
Erosion 2
Geology, Research 2
Kaibab National Forest (Arizona, United States) 2
Oregon (United States) 2
Snake River (Colorado, United States) 2
Social Interaction 2
Utah (United States) 2
Volcanic Activity 2
Volcanoes 2
Wyoming (United States) 2
Appointment to Office 1
Boston (Massachusetts, United States) 1
California, Gulf of (Mexico) 1
Cascade Range (United States) 1
Colorado (United States) 1
Cumbria (England) 1
Diplomacy 1
Egypt Africa 1
England 1
Europe 1
Fossils 1
Gallatin River (Wyoming and Montana, United States) 1
Geologists 1
Geology 1
Geology, Economic 1
Geology, Stratigraphic 1
Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 1
Geology, Stratigraphic Devonian 1
Geology, Stratigraphic Pliocene 1
Geology, Stratigraphic Quaternary 1
Geology, Stratigraphic Tertiary 1
Green River (Wyoming and Utah, United States) 1
Hematite 1
Huron, Lake (Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada) 1
Idaho (United States) 1
Lake Superior, Michigan, USA 1
Lava Flows 1
Lectures and Lecturing 1
Magnetite 1
Mexico -- Mexico City 1
Montana (United States) 1
Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1
Photolithography 1
Professional Associations 1
Professional Criticism 1
Rocks, Metamorphic 1
Rocks, Sedimentary 1
Rocky Mountains 1
San Francisco (California, United States) 1
Scientific Bureaus 1
Shoshone (Idaho, United States) 1
Societies, Geological 1
Texas (United States) 1
Unconformities (Geology) 1
United States 1
Volcanic Fields 1
Volcanism 1
Washington (D.C., United States) 1
White River (Colorado and Utah, United States) 1
silurian 1
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