Manuscripts

Rizer, Henry Clay. 26 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Description

Affixed to letter:

Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1903, July 1.

Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Henry Clay Rizer. 1908, Aug. 7.

Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Charles Willard Hayes. 1910, Oct. 26.

Charles Willard Hayes. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1903, May 15.

Type

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Date

1902-1917

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.

Willis, Bailey. 58 pieces. To Charles Willard Hayes

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Hayes, Charles Willard. 8 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903-1909. Stose, George Willis. 1 piece. To Charles Doolittle Walcott. 1902, Oct. 1. Brooks, Alfred Hulse. 1 piece. To Charles Willard Hayes. 1903, Feb. 21. Osborn, Henry Fairfield. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1906, May 1. Moore, Willis L. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1908, Nov. 9.

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Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Henry Clay Rizer

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. 3 pieces. To Herbert Putnam

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Putnam, Herbert. 1 piece. To Henry Clay Rizer. 1903, Apr. 13. Rizer, Henry Clay. 2 pieces. To Herbert Putnam. 1903.

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Willis, Bailey. 9 pieces. To Henry Shaler Williams

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Williams, Henry Shaler. 7 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1905-1908. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Marius Robinson Campbell. 1906, Feb. 17. Willis, Bailey. 2 pieces. To Charles Willard Hayes. 1905.

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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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Hayes, Charles Willard. 34 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Charles Willard Hayes. 1906, May 10.

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Rizer, Henry Clay. 26 pieces. To Bailey Willis

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