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Willis, Bailey. African Rift Valleys: [Proposed Report]

Description
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.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1929
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.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Berkey, Charles Peter, (1867-1955.)
Blackwelder, Eliot, (1880-1969.)
Chamberlin, Rollin T. (1881-1948.)
Chamberlin, Thomas C. (1843-1928.)
Day, Arthur L. (1869-1960.)
Gulliver, F. P. (1865-1919.)
Hayes, C. W. (1859-1916.)
Kubel, Stephen Joseph. (1857-1935.)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, (1858-1945.)
Penck, Albrecht, (1837-1923.)
Pumpelly, Raphael, (1858-1922.)
Salisbury, Rollin D., (1858-1942.)
Schuchert, Charles, (1871-1944.)
Smith, George Otis, (1869-1960.)
Stose, George Willis, (1857-1930,)
Taft, William H. (1857-1918.)
Van Hise, Charles Richard, (1850-1927.)
Walcott, Charles D. (1825-1904.)
Willis, Cornelia Grinnell, (1849-1924.)
Willis, Margaret Delight Baker.
Woodward, Robert Simpson,
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