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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Bailey Willis papers
- Description
This 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).
Some notable items include:
Taft, William H. To Bailey Willis. 1908, Dec. 12. Typescript letter signed. Declining dinner invitation. Box 22 (37) Tolmie, William Fraser. To Bailey Willis. 1883, May. 22. Copy of letter giving description of his ascent of Mount Rainier in 1833. Box 22 (74) Willis, Bailey. To Eduoard Suess. 1904, Apr. 17. Draft of letter describing his work in China. Box 33 (23) Willis, Bailey. To Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1904, Mar. 8. Report on his work in China. Box 34 (4) Willis, Bailey. To Margaret Delight (Baker) Willis. 1911, Oct. 25. Description of crossing the Andes on a cow catcher. Box 36 (21) Willis, Bailey. To Margaret Delight (Baker) Willis. 1937, Apr. 16. Discussion of possible Japanese penetration on Philippine Islands. Box 32 (5) (See also letter of Bailey Willis to Margaret (Willis) Smith. 1941, Dec. 13. Box 32 (9) Willis, Bailey. To Margaret (Willis) Smith. 1937, July 2. Description of Japanese on Formosa. Box 37 (5) Willis, Bailey. Letters to his family (filed under letters to Margaret Delight (Baker) Willis, Margaret (Willis) Smith, Cornelius Grinnell Willis, Robin Willis, and Hope (Willis) Rathbun written on his travels (the letters are sometimes called "budgets" or "logs")Persons represented by over 20 pieces consist of:
Berkey, Charles Peter (30 pieces) Blackwelder, Eliot (147 pieces) Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas (32 pieces) Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder (46 pieces) Day, Arthur Louis (51 pieces) Gulliver, Frederick Putnam (21 pieces) Hayes, Charles Willard (44 pieces) Kubel, Stephen Joseph (24 pieces) Osborn, Henry Fairfield (21 pieces) Penck, Albrecht (21 pieces) Pumpelly, Raphael (41 pieces) Salisbury, Rollin D. (21 pieces) Schuchert, Charles (30 pieces) Smith, George Otis (28 pieces) Stose, George Willis (52 pieces) Van Hise, Charles Richard (25 pieces) Walcott, Charles Doolittle (74 pieces) Willis, Bailey (4,193 pieces) Willis, Cornelia (Grinnell) (290 pieces) Willis, Margaret Delight (Baker) (854 pieces) Woodward, Robert Simpson (64 pieces)All incoming letters are originals and in good condition; letters from Bailey Willis to his family are originals but many have been cut with portions extracted and many have pages missing; the outgoing letters of Bailey Willis (other than to family) are typewritten carbon copies of drafts of letters.
