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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Mitchell Carroll. 1908, Apr. 20. Foster, John Watson. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1908, Apr. 17.
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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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Manuscripts
Affixed to letter: National Geographic Society. 3 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1903. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Grove Karl Gilbert. 1903, Apr. 10. Herbert, Michael Henry. 1 piece. To Alexander Graham Bell. 1903, May 5. Bell, Alexander Graham. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1903, Apr. 30. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Michael Henry Herbert. 1903, Apr. 26.
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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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Manuscripts
Affixed to letter: Choate, Joseph Hodges. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1903, Aug. 5. Willis, Bailey. 1 piece. To Joseph Hodges Choate. 1903, July 23.
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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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