United States Geological Survey
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Boston lectures, c1879
Series
Identifier: Coll-74/6
Scope and Contents
The Boston lectures and other items series consists of:
- Text of lectures
- Notes for lectures
- 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:
- 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:
- 51 letters, chronologically arranged (1874-1884)
- presscuttings, photographs, notices and notes
Dates:
1874-1884
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 27 May 1880
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/4
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton sending him an advance copy of his book for review with some notes concerning known typographical errors. He reports that the United States Geological Survey is awaiting a decision from the Senate concerning expansion to incorporate individual State Surveys. He is not hopeful of a favourable outcome due to some hostility from Congress.
Dates:
27 May 1880
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 21 June 1880
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/5
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton giving the background details to the current Congress debate concerning the expansion of the United States Geological Survey to incorporate individual State Surveys. He reports that he will shortly be leaving to undertake field work at the Grand Canyon and requests that Geikie send his sister copies of the review he has written of Dutton's book.
Dates:
21 June 1880
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 17 January 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/6
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, thanking him for his articles on weathering and postulating that the Grand Canyon was formed in this manner, and that he is preparing a section concerning this for Geikie's manual. He recommends William Henry Holmes' topographical drawings of the Grand Canyon and reports that photolithographs are being prepared. He gives details of the depths of the individual geological stratifications which can be observed at the Grand...
Dates:
17 January 1881
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 20 January 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/7
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton. He encloses a report by Clarence King and explains the poor quality of his own entry in this. He discusses the formation of the basaltic plateaux which are cut by the Grand Canyon in the light of some articles written by Geikie. He concludes that there are 2 models of volcanic eruption: The Mediterranean Type where many small eruptions concentrated in a small area produce cinder cones and the Rocky Mountain Type where few very...
Dates:
20 January 1881
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/8
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton enclosing copies of topographical drawings of the Grand Canyon by William Henry Holmes. He pontificates over what text he will eventually send to accompany the drawings and asserts that the Grand Canyon was formed during the Pliocene and the Quaternary geological periods rather than by erosion during the Tertiary period. He promises to forward copies of Holmes' drawings of the Kaibab region shortly. He reports that John W Powell...
Dates:
16 March 1881
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
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