Manuscripts

Willis, Bailey. 3 pieces. To Edward Francis Baxter Orton

Description: Affixed to letter: Orton, Edward F. B. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1908.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1905-1908
Call number: mssWillis
Creator: Willis, Bailey (1857-1949)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of D.F. Smith, C.G. Willis, and R. Willis, June 1962.; Gift of Margaret Willis Smith, March 1964.; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Grinnell Willis, October 1969.
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Dana, Edward Salisbury. 3 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Edward Salisbury Dana. 1908.

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Orton, Edward Francis Baxter. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis

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.

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Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Edward Salisbury Dana

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Dana, Edward Salisbury. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1908.

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Willis, Bailey. 36 pieces. To Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder. 10 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903-1908. Johnson, Willard D. 2 pieces. To Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. 1904. Williams, Edward Thomas. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1908, Sep. 3. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To William Woodville Rockhill. 1908, July 18.

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Evans, A. Grant. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To A. Grant Evans. 1908. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Charles Willard Hayes. 1908, Aug. 27.

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Willis, Bailey. 11 pieces. To Scott & Van Altena (firm)

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Scott & Van Altena (firm). 4 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1908. Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To George Otis Smith. 1908. Elsing, W. T. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1908, May 23.

mssWillis

Willis, Bailey. 3 pieces. To Edward Francis Baxter Orton

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