Manuscripts

Day, Arthur Louis. 44 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Description: Affixed to letter: Willis, Bailey. 3 pieces. To Arthur Louis Day. 1922.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1909-1948
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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Willis, Bailey. 33 pieces. To Arthur Louis Day

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. 11 pieces. To Charles Kenneth Leith

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Leith, Charles Kenneth. 3 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1904-1922.

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Willis, Bailey. 5 pieces. To Arthur Keith

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Keith, Arthur. 1 piece. To Bailey Willis. 1909, Nov. 13.

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McGraw-Hill Book Co. 47 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: Lindgren, Waldemar. 1 piece. To McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1923, Oct. 10. Willis, Bailey. 3 pieces. To McGraw-Hill Book Co.1920-1922.

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Willis, Cornelia (Grinnell). 44 pieces. To Bailey Willis

Manuscripts

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Willis, Bailey. 46 pieces. To McGraw-Hill Book Co

Manuscripts

Affixed to letter: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 6 pieces. To Bailey Willis. 1920-1922.

mssWillis

Day, Arthur Louis. 44 pieces. To Bailey Willis

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