Manuscripts

Willis, Bailey. 17 pieces. To Charles Richard Van Hise

Description

Affixed to letter:

Van Hise, Charles Richard. 11 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1902-1908.

Wisconsin. University. 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1905-1909.

Calvin, Samuel. 1 piece. To Charles Richard Van Hise. 1908, Mar. 13.

Type

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Date

1902-1908

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.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Van Hise, Charles Richard. 12 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Van Hise, Charles Richard. 1 piece. To James Burrill Angell (inc.). [1906, May 12]?. Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Charles Richard Van Hise. 1905-1908.

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Tanakadate, Aikitsu. 1 piece. To Charles Richard Van Hise

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. 17 pieces. To Beno Gutenberg

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Willis, Bailey. 17 pieces. To Margaret Delight (Baker) Willis

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Willis, Bailey. 17 pieces. To Margaret Delight (Baker) Willis

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Willis, Margaret Delight (Baker). 17 pieces. To Bailey Willis

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Willis, Bailey. 17 pieces. To Charles Richard Van Hise

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