Skip to content

Rare Books

Little Derwent's breakfast

Image not available



You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Mary Derwent

    Rare Books

    298033

  • Image not available

    A little book of remembrance

    Rare Books

    423288

  • Image not available

    The little singer : and other verses

    Rare Books

    285630

  • Image not available

    Mary Derwent : a tale of the early American settlers

    Rare Books

    221290

  • Image not available

    Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Derwent Stainthorpe Whittlesey

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including diaries and scientific reports), documents and photographs related to the life and interests of geologist Bailey Willis. Subject matter includes: the work, travels and family of Bailey Willis; geology, especially earthquakes; scientists and scientific institutions. There are also early photographs of China (1903-04) and Argentina (1911-13). Persons represented by over twenty pieces in the collection include: Charles Peter Berkey, Eliot Blackwelder, Rollin Thomas Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Arthur Louis Day, Frederick Putnam Gulliver, Charles Willard Hayes, Stephen Joseph Kubel, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Albrecht Penck, Raphael Pumpelly, Rollin D. Salisbury, Charles Schuchert, George Otis Smith, George Willis Stose, Charles Richard Van Hise, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Bailey Willis, Cornelia Grinnell Willis, Margaret Delight Baker Willis, and Robert Simpson Woodward. Also present is a typscript letter signed from William H. Taft to Bailey Willis, 1908 December 12.

    mssWillis