SPECIMEN RELATED CORRESPONDENCE, 1913-1946. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY CORRESPONDENT.
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the paleontological research of Thomas Wayland Vaughan and Lloyd William Stephenson. The
letters concern the identification, loan, and acquisition of invertebrate fossil specimens. Correspondents include museum curators, university professors, state geologists,
and economic geologists. Correspondence between 1913 and 1923 was carried out by Vaughan and Stephenson. Correspondence after 1923 is primarily that of Stephenson. Also included
are a few letters documenting research activities of other staff members of the Section of Coastal Plain Investigations.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7327, Geological Survey (U.S.), Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Records
TEXAS MAP PROJECT RECORDS, 1931-1935, AND UNDATED. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
During the 1930s, Lloyd William Stephenson was involved in preparing part of the geological map of Texas. This series contains correspondence, maps, charts, and
related materials documenting Stephenson's work.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7327, Geological Survey (U.S.), Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Records
TEXAS WELL RECORDS, 1902-1939. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTY.
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of correspondence, maps, specimen lists, charts, well logs, and related material concerning the examination of sediment samples (and accompanying
fossils) submitted by companies drilling oil prospecting wells in Texas. The records are arranged alphabetically by Texas county.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7327, Geological Survey (U.S.), Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Records
This series contains personnel records of the professional, technical, clerical, and temporary employees of the Section of Coastal Plains Investigations; monthly
reports of the Section, 1925-1936, which include a synopsis of research activities of the staff; and records concerning field property charged to Lloyd William Stephenson
and reports on collections examined by Stephenson.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7327, Geological Survey (U.S.), Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Records
CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST INVESTIGATIONS, 1907-1945, AND UNDATED. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE.
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists primarily of correspondence documenting the geological and paleontological investigations of the Section of Coastal Plain Investigations. Correspondents
include state geologists; taxonomic paleontologists; and economic geologists, including many affiliated with oil companies. The letters concern the identification of fossil
specimens and the analysis of stratigraphic samples submitted by oil companies drilling wells. Also included are maps, charts, well logs, and specimen lists.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7327, Geological Survey (U.S.), Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Records
