Manuscripts

Willis, Bailey. 36 pieces. To Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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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.

Type

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Date

1903-1918

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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Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder. 36 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 6 pieces. To Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. 1906-1908.

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Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas. 32 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Rollin Thomas Chamberlin. 1925, Jan. 31.

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Willis, Bailey. 19 pieces. To Rollin Thomas Chamberlin

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. 36 pieces. To Margaret (Willis) Smith

Manuscripts

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Chamberlin, Dorothy Ingalis (Smith). 2 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

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Willis, Bailey. 24 pieces. To George Otis Smith

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Smith, George Otis. 4 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1908-1909. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Thomas E. Will. 1909, Aug. 1. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Gifford Pinchot. 1909, Aug. 1.

mssWillis

Willis, Bailey. 36 pieces. To Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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