Das Unterdevon am Ostrand der Eifeler Nordsüd-Zone : (Stratigraphie, Fazies und Tektonik des Ober-Siegen und unter-Ems im Raum zwischen der Ahr und der Linie Daun-Ulmen) / von Günter Fuchs
Výsledky meřění pomocí Schmidtova testovacího kladiva ve Zbrašovských Aragonitových Jeskyních Morava, ČSSR = Test results of measurments with the Schmidt test-hammer in Zbrasovske Aragonite Cave, Moravia, CSSR / Rabbe Sjöberg
Devonian paleontology of New York : containing the brachiopods, bivalves, rostroconchs, gastropods, tergomyans, ammonoids, trilobites, eurypterids, and phyllocarids : based on the lithographs of James Hall and John Clarke / by David M. Linsley
The old red sandstone : or, New walks in an old field : to which is appended a series of geological papers read before the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh / by Hugh Miller
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry:
These papers consist of a small amount of Williams' professional correspondence; field, office, and laboratory notebooks; notes from International Geological Congresses,
1885 and 1891; faunal notes and lists; drafts of writings; and illustrations and plates with accompanying explanations used in his publications. Most of this material was
used in the preparation of Williams' publications on the fossils of the Watkins Glen-Catatonk Quadrangle, New York, and the Eastport Quadrangle, Maine.
Historical Note:
Henry Shaler Williams (1847-1918) was born in Ithaca, New York. He received degrees from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, Ph.B., 1868, and Yale University, Ph.D.,
1871.
In 1871, Williams went to Transylvania College, then known as Kentucky University, where he taught geology for a year. For the next several years he helped with his father's
banking and mercantile enterprises in Ithaca. In 1879, Williams joined Cornell University as an assistant professor of geology. He was later promoted to professor of paleontology,
1884, and professor of paleontology and geology, 1886. Six years later Williams was selected by James Dwight Dana to succeed him as Silliman Professor of Geology at Yale where
he remained until 1904. He returned to Cornell in 1904 as professor of geology and director of the Geological Museum, a position he held until his retirement in 1912. In addition
to his academic appointments, Williams did research and field work for the United States Geological Survey.
Williams' paleontological interests were in the Devonian fossils of southern New York, Maine, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Besides his contributions to research, Williams was
one of the founders of the Sigma Xi honorary society, 1886, and The Geological Society of America, 1888.
This accession consists of the records of William A. Oliver in his positions at the United States Geological Survey (1957-1993) and the National Museum of Natural History,
Department of Paleobiology (1967-2005), as well as some materials dating back to his studies at Cornell University. His research interests included the study of Silurian and
Devonian rugose corals. These records contain correspondence, manuscripts, reference materials (dating back to 1897), field notes and data, article and book reviews, lecture
notes, and his work with professional societies. Materials include manuscripts, photographs, negatives, slides, lantern slides, illustrations, and maps.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-060, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology, Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
Geology and palaeontology of Eighteen Mile Creek and the Lake shore sections of Erie County, New York. A handbook for the use of students and amateurs. By Amadeus W. Grabau
Author:
Grabau, Amadeus W (Amadeus William) 1870-1946 Search this
