Manuscripts

Willis, Bailey. 4 pieces. To Baron Speck von Sternburg

Description: Affixed to letter: Speck von Sternburg. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1903-1905
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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Sternburg, Hermann von Speck. 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. 4 pieces. To Charles Kephart Swartz

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To William Bullock Clark. 1903. Swartz, Charles Kephart. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903. Clark, William Bullock. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1903, Mar. 24.

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Willis, Bailey. 4 pieces. To H. B. Cramer

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Cramer, H. B. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903. Great Northern Railway. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1903, June 23.

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Willis, Bailey. 4 pieces. To Thomas Augustus Jaggar

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Jaggar, Thomas Augustus. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903.

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Speck von Sternburg, Hermann, freiherr see Sternburg, Herman von Speck, Baron

Manuscripts

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Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Comte Cassini

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Theodore Hansen. 1903. Hansen, Theodore. 3 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903. (Drafts of 5 other letters). 5 pieces. 1903

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Willis, Bailey. 4 pieces. To Baron Speck von Sternburg

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