Record Unit 7281 - William F. Foshag Collection, 1923-1965 and undated

Finding Aids to Personal Papers and
Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7281
William F. Foshag Collection,
1923-1965 and undated

By William Cox and William Massa, Jr.

Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

Series 1. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1923, 1942-1965. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

Series 2. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEXICAN FIELD TRIPS, 1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1934.

Series 3. FIELD NOTES ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1952.

Series 4. PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, AND GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES OF PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1955 AND UNDATED.

Series 5. MANUSCRIPTS, REPORTS, REPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1954 AND UNDATED.

Series 6. RESEARCH NOTES ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1946-1950 AND UNDATED.

Series 7. MAPS OF MEXICO.

INTRODUCTION

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

William F. Foshag (1894-1956) joined the United States National Museum's Division of Mineralogy and Petrology as an assistant curator in 1919. From 1929 to 1941, he served as curator of the Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied) and from 1929 to 1948 was also curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. From 1948 to 1956, Foshag was head curator of the Department of Geology and acting curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology.

Foshag's research was primarily devoted to the study of the geology and mineralogy of Mexico. Between 1926 and 1941, Foshag made several collecting trips to Mexico under the auspices of the Smithsonian's Roebling Fund. While serving as a representative of the United States Geological Survey in its cooperative work with the Mexican government, Foshag was able to study the eruption of the Paricutin Volcano in 1943. He made subsequent visits to Paricutin in 1944 and 1945 to observe the volcano. In 1946, he went to Japan for the United States government to supervise the grading, classifying, and appraising of diamonds captured from the Japanese during World War II. In 1949, Foshag was commissioned by the Guatemalan government to survey ancient jade objects from Central America.

William F. Foshag working in the lab,
looking through a microscope

DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

This collection consists mostly of materials documenting Foshag's research on Paricutin Volcano. Included are field notes recorded by Foshag, as well as notes and observations made by Jenaro Gonzalez and Celedonia Gutierrez; photographs, color slides, and glass plate negatives documenting the birth and subsequent activity of the volcano; research notes mostly concerning the analysis of lava and other materials erupted from Paricutin; manuscripts, reports, reprints, and publications concerning Paricutin and volcanology; and maps of Mexico, particularly the Paricutin region. Also included in the collection is general correspondence of Foshag, 1923, 1942-1956, including letters concerning his study of Paricutin Volcano, his survey of Central American jade objects, and photographs taken on several of Foshag's mineral collecting trips to Mexico, 1926-1934.

Foshag transferred a collection of 151 photographic prints and corresponding negatives from his study of Paricutin Volcano to the National Archives in 1951 (NARS Accession Inventory No. 451-111).

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1923, 1942-1965. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of William F. Foshag, primarily during the years he served as head curator of the Department of Geology, USNM. The correspondence concerns the identification and analysis of gems and minerals; Foshag's study of the Paricutin Volcano; his survey of Guatemalan jade objects; scientific societies and conferences; and the preparation of manuscripts for publication. Correspondence post-dating Foshag's death in 1956 is mostly letters of sympathy written to the Department of Geology, USNM.

Box 1 of 16

Folder 1 Allen, Robert D., 1954-1955

Folder 2 American Chemical Society, 1950-1951

Folder 3 American Gem and Pearl Company, 1949, 1954

Folder 4 American Gem Society, 1949-1954

Folder 5 American Geological Institute, 1949, 1956

Folder 6 American Geophysical Union, 1949, 1955-1956

Folder 7 American Mineralogist, 1949, 1953-1956

Folder 8 American Museum of Natural History, 1948-1949, 1953-1954

Folder 9 American Potash and Chemical Corporation, 1949

Folder 10 American University, 1949-1950, 1953

Folder 11 Andreatta, Prof. Ciro, 1951-1954

Folder 12 Arellano, Alberto, 1949-1953

Folder 13 Australian Museum, 1949-1952

Folder 14 Austria Geologisches Bundesanstalt, 1951

Folder 15 "A" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 16 Bandy, Mark C., 1949-1956

Folder 17 Barber, Raymond J., 1951-1955

Folder 18 Barron, Elbert M., 1950-1956

Folder 19 Barry, John, 1952-1955

Folder 20 Berger, Anton, 1951-1956

Folder 21 Berlin, Heinrich, 1952-1954

Folder 22 Bideaux, Richard A., 1952-1955

Folder 23 Bliss, Robert Woods, 1948-1956

Folder 24 Borhegyi, Stephan F., 1950-1955

Folder 25 British Museum (Natural History), 1949-1953

Folder 26 Brown, J. J., 1949-1950

Folder 27 Brush Development Laboratories Co., 1948, 1953

Folder 28 Burr, C. Fred, 1950-1954

Folder 29 "B" misc., 1951-1956

Folder 30 Caplan, Allan, 1948-1951

Folder 31 Claringbull, G. F., 1950-1955

Folder 32 Colburn, Burnham S., 1955

Folder 33 Coleman, Charles, 1951-1952

Folder 34 Common Ground (1951) Ltd., 1954-1955

Folder 35 Corry, Andrew V., 1950-1952

Folder 36 Cosmos Club, 1952-1955

Folder 37 Cousen, Thomas W., 1953-1955

Folder 38 Cranbrook Institute, 1949, 1954-1955

Folder 39 Cushman Collection, 1949-1950

Folder 40 "C" misc., 1951-1956

Box 2 of 16

Folder 1 D'Ascenzo, Nicola G., 1949-1955

Folder 2 de Terra, Helmut, 1950-1954

Folder 3 de Vuhena, E., 1952

Folder 4 Dickinson College, 1949-1950

Folder 5 Duhovnik, Joze M., 1951-1954

Folder 6 DuPont, James M., 1954-1956

Folder 7 "D" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 8 Easby, Dudley T., Jr., 1955-1956

Folder 9 Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, 1953-1955

Folder 10 Eldot, Herman, 1949-1954

Folder 11 Emory University, 1950-1956

Folder 12 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1954-1955

Folder 13 "E" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 14 Fischer, Walther, 1949-1956

Folder 15 Fisher, Otto O., 1948-1956

Folder 16 Flagg, Arthur, 1950-1956

Folder 17 Flores, Teodoro, 1949-1955

Folder 18 Ford, Hugh A., 1948-1955

Folder 19 Fries, Carl, Jr., 1948-1952

Folder 20 Fryxell, Fritiof M., 1954-1956

Folder 21 Fuller, Richard E., 1950

Folder 22 "F" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 23 Gemological Institute of America, 1948-1954

Folder 24 Gems and Minerals Magazine, 1953

Folder 25 General Electric Company, 1954-1956

Folder 26 Geological Society of America, 1948-1955

Folder 27 Geophysical Laboratory, 1949-1950

Folder 28 Geophysical Magazine (London), 1953-1954

Folder 29 Gonzalez, Enrique M., 1955

Folder 30 Gonzalez, Jenaro, 1949-1956

Folder 31 Graton, Louis C., 1948-1956

Folder 32 Guatemala Research, 1948-1954

Folder 33 Guild, William, 1952-1956

Folder 34 Gutierrez, Celedonio, 1948-1955

Folder 35 Gutierrez, Celedonio (manuscript), undated

Folder 36 "G" misc., 1951-1956

Folder 37 Hansen, Oskar J. W. , 1949-1955

Folder 38 Hardinge, C. E., 1953-1957

Folder 39 Healy, James, 1950-1953

Folder 40 Hermann, Felix, 1949-1952

Folder 41 Hix's Strange as It Seems, 1949

Folder 42 Hoffman, Robert D., 1952-1953

Folder 43 Holmes, Ralph J., 1951-1955

Folder 44 "H" misc., 1949-1956

Box 3 of 16

Folder 1 Ingram, W. Frank, 1950-1955

Folder 2 International Commission on Meteorites, 1948-1953

Folder 3 International Geological Congress XX, 1955-1956

Folder 4 Inter-Ocean Trade Company, 1951-1955

Folder 5 "I" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 6 Jensen, David E., 1950-1955

Folder 7 Johnston, William D., Jr., 1950-1953

Folder 8 Jones, Grover C., 1954-1956

Folder 9 Jones, Waldo H., 1953-1954

Folder 10 Jones, Warren, 1953-1955

Folder 11 Joseph, Mildred E., 1954-1956

Folder 12 "J" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 13 Kalousek, George L., 1952-1955

Folder 14 Kennedy, George C., 1954-1956

Folder 15 Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1950-1955

Folder 16 King, Lansford, 1950-1954

Folder 17 Kobayashi, Teiichi, 1951-1955

Folder 18 Kouvo, Olavi, 1953-1955

Folder 19 Kraft, James L., 1951-1952

Folder 20 Kraus, Edward H., 1950-1955

Folder 21 Kulp, J. Laurence, 1955

Folder 22 Kume, Takeo, 1948-1951

Folder 23 Kuno, Hisashi, 1948-1955

Folder 24 "K" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 25 Lane, Boodle, 1950-1953

Folder 26 Lapham, Davis M., 1953-1956

Folder 27 Laughlin, Alexander William, 1953

Folder 28 Leslie, Robert E., 1954-1955

Folder 29 "L" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 30 "Mc" misc., 1953-1956

Folder 31 Maas, Alberto E., 1952-1955

Folder 32 Macdonald, Gordon A., 1951-1956

Folder 33 Matsumoto, Tatsuro, 1955

Folder 34 Mayboeck, Franz, 1949-1953

Folder 35 Mayers, Dan E., 1948-1951

Folder 36 Meen, Victor B., 1950-1955

Folder 37 Meteoritical Society, 1953, 1957

Folder 38 Mexico Institute Nacional Recursos Minerales, 1951-1953

Folder 39 Mexico University Centennial IV, 1951

Folder 40 Meyerhoff, Howard Augustus, 1950-1951

Folder 41 Michel, Herman, 1951-1952

Folder 42 Mineralogical Society of America, 1948-1956

Folder 43 Minikami, Takeshi, 1949-1956

Folder 44 "M" misc., 1948-1958

Box 4 of 16

Folder 1 National Geographic Magazine, 1950-1956

Folder 2 National Research Council, 1949-1950

Folder 3 Natural History Magazine, 1953

Folder 4 Nelson, Elmer R., Jr., 1951-1955

Folder 5 "N" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 6 O'Daniel, H., 1954-1955

Folder 7 "O" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 8 Pabst, Adolf, 1951-1952

Folder 9 Pacific Science Congress VII, 1948-1949

Folder 10 Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1965

Folder 11 Paricutin Volcano - Film and Photos, 1949-1956

Folder 12 Perry, Stuart H., 1951-1953

Folder 13 Pfannenstiel, Max, 1954-1955

Folder 14 Phelps Dodge Corporation, 1953

Folder 15 Pitts, William B., 1948-1956

Folder 16 Pough, Frederick H., 1948-1955

Folder 17 Powers, Howard A., 1949-1951

Folder 18 "P" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 19 "Q" misc., 1955

Folder 20 Rapp, Floyd A., 1948-1954

Folder 21 Redington, C. Richard, 1952-1956

Folder 22 Renfro Collection, 1949

Folder 23 Royal Ontario Museum of Geology, 1948-1950

Folder 24 "R" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 25 Sahama, Th. G., 1949

Folder 26 Sakurai, Kin-ich, 1948-1956

Folder 27 Santillan, Manuel, 1953-1956

Folder 28 Schmitter, Eduardo, 1949-1953

Folder 29 Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1952-1954

Folder 30 Science Clubs of America, 1955

Folder 31 Seifert, H., 1953-1954

Folder 32 Shipley, Robert, 1949-1952

Folder 33 Sinkankas, John, 1949-1956

Folder 34 Skinner, George D., 1949-1953

Folder 35 Solle, G., 1953

Folder 36 Soper, Ellis Clarke, 1953-1955

Folder 37 Spence, Hugh S., 1949-1952

Folder 38 Staats, Fred, 1950-1952

Folder 39 Stevens, J. A., 1949-1950

Folder 40 Sudo, Toshio, 1949-1951

Folder 41 Sutti, Martin, 1952-1953

Folder 42 "S" misc., 1952-1956

Box 5 of 16

Folder 1 Taylor, James A., 1951-1953

Folder 2 Termer, Franz, 1950-1956

Folder 3 "T" misc., 1951-1956

Folder 4 United States Geological Survey, 1949-1956

Folder 5 United States Geological Survey - Collections, 1952-1954

Folder 6 "U" misc., 1950-1956

Folder 7 Verlag Gustao Feller-Nottuln, 1953

Folder 8 Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum, 1952-1953

Folder 9 Vonsen, Magnus, 1949-1954

Folder 10 "V" misc., 1949-1956

Folder 11 Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 1948-1954

Folder 12 Washington Academy of Sciences Journal, 1923, 1950-1955

Folder 13 Watambe, Takeo, 1949-1955

Folder 14 Wells, Francis G., 1949-1951

Folder 15 Wheeler, Harry Edgar, 1952-1956

Folder 16 Wilcox, Ray E., 1949-1956

Folder 17 Wild, Georg O., 1949-1956

Folder 18 "W" misc., 1942, 1949-1956

Folder 19 Yagi, Kenzo, 1953-1954

Folder 20 Zak, Lubor, 1955-1956

Folder 21 "X-Y-Z" misc., 1952-1956

SERIES 2.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEXICAN FIELD TRIPS, 1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1934.

This series consists of an album of photographs documenting several of William F. Foshag's trips to Mexico to collect mineral specimens for the USNM. Included are photographs of Mexican cities and villages; Mexican people; mining sites; the field parties, including several of Foshag; and specimens collected. Most of the photographs are described, but undated.

Box 5 of 16

Folder 22 Photographs of Mexican field trips, 1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1934

SERIES 3.
FIELD NOTES ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1952.

This series consists primarily of field notes concerning the eruption of Paricutin Volcano recorded by William F. Foshag. Also included are field notes on the volcano maintained by Jenaro Gonzalez and Celedonia Gutierrez. The latter notes are written in Spanish.

Box 6 of 16

Folder 1 Foshag, William F. Field notes, May 21-August 1943. Typed copy.

Folder 2 Foshag, William F. Field notes, March 21-July 8, 1944.

Folder 3 Foshag, William F. Field notes, November 28, 1943-December 8, 1944. Includes pencil drawings of Paricutin by Foshag.

Folder 4 Foshag, William F. Field notes, January 16-October 27, 1945.

Folder 5 Gonzalez, Jenaro. Field notes, July 1943-August 1945. Typed copy, in Spanish.

Folder 6 Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Field notes and observations on the activity of Paricutin Volcano," 1943, 1945-1949, 1951-1952.

SERIES 4.
PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, AND GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES OF PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1955 AND UNDATED.

This series provides extensive photographic documentation of the birth and subsequent activity of the Mexican volcano, Paricutin. Included are photographs taken by Foshag during his field work at Paricutin, as well as photographs taken by others and collected by Foshag. Most of the photographs are described and dated. Included are photographs of the volcano in eruption; pictures documenting the effect of Paricutin on local villages and people; aerial photographs of the volcano; and photographs of scientists, including Foshag, conducting field research at Paricutin.

Box 7 of 16

Folders 1-8 Foshag, William F. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, no. F2-F171, 1943-1944.

Box 8 of 16

Folders 1-6 Foshag, William F. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, no. F172-F319, 1944-1945.

Folder 7 Andresen, Gerardo. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.

Folder 8 Brehme, Arno. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 1943.

Folder 9 Castro, Honorato Gonzalez. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.

Folder 10 Fisher, Otto O. Consists mostly of aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, December 1944. Also includes a photograph of William F. Foshag in the field at Paricutin, November 27, 1944.

Folder 11 Fries, Carl, Jr. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.

Folder 12 Garcia, Rafael. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.

Box 9 of 16

Folder 1 Gonzalez, Jenaro. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.

Folder 2 Graton, Louis C. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 19, 22, 1943.

Folder 3 Gregory, Audrey F., Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.

Folder 4 Gutierrez, Caledonio. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1947, 1949.

Folder 5 Gutierrez, Luis. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.

Folder 6 Lawrence, Donald B. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, December 1943.

Folder 7 Navarro. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.

Folder 8 Navy, United States. Aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.

Folders 9-10 Ordonez, Ezequiel. Photograph album and miscellaneous photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.

Folder 11 Perez Pena, Adan. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943, 1945.

Folder 12 Pfeiffer, Arnold. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Folder 13 Richard, Horace G. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 1944.

Folder 14 Ruesga, Edmundo. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Folder 15 Ruiz, Chavez. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Box 10 of 16

Folder 1 St. Alban, Mary. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.

Folder 2 Trask, Parker. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, February 28, 1943.

Folder 3 Termer, Franz. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, November 1949.

Folder 4 Waitz, Paul. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.

Folder 5 Zeirer, Frank. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.

Folders 6-7 Aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, no. 1-132. Taken at approximately 15,000 feet.

Folders 8-10 Miscellaneous photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Box 11 of 16

Folders 1-6 Miscellaneous photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944-1945 and undated.

Folder 7 Miscellaneous photographs of Mexico, undated.

Box 12 of 16

Color slides and glass plate negatives of Paricutin Volcano, undated.

SERIES 5.
MANUSCRIPTS, REPORTS, REPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1954 AND UNDATED.

This series consists of manuscripts, reports, reprints, and publications on Paricutin Volcano. Much of the material is written in Spanish.

Box 13 of 16

Folder 1 Barnes, Virgil E. and Romberg, Frederick. "Observations of Relative Gravity at Paricutin Volcano."' Reprint from Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vol. 59, pp. 1019-1026, 1948.

Folder 2 Berbeyer, Rafael Molina. "Angunas Observaciones Geoquimicas y Fisico-Quimicas en el Volcan Paricutin," 1946. Typed manuscript in Spanish.

Folder 3 Covarrubias, Luis Flores. "Interpretaciones. Geneticas del Volcan Paricutin a la Luz de la Sismelogia." Folleto No. 7, Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, 1945. The report is written in Spanish.

Folder 4 Foshag, William F. and Henderson, Edward P. "Primary Sublimates at Paricutin Volcano." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 27, no. 5, 1946.

Folder 5 Foshag, William F., Handwritten draft of his review of "Volumes and weights of pyroclastic material, lava, and water erupted by Paricutin Volcano, Michocacan, Mexico," by Carl Fries, Jr., 1953.

Folder 6 Fries, Carl, Jr., and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from July 1 to December 31, 1949." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 31, pp. 732-740, 1950.

Folder 7 Fries, Carl, Jr. and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from January 1 to June 30, 1950."' Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 32, pp. 227-230, 1951.

Folder 8 Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Notas de Lo Que Fue en San Juan Antes del Volcan." Typed report in Spanish.

Folder 9 Hatt, Robert T. "Bibliography of Paricutin Volcano." Reprint from Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Art's and Letters, Vol. XXXIV, 1948.

Folder 10 Lawrence, Donald B. "Paricutin: The World's Newest Mountain." Reprint from Mazama, vol. 26, pp. 15-34, 1944.

Folder 11 Milton, Charles. "Notes on Volcanic Rocks from Paricutin, Mexico." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.

Folder 12 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "The New Volcano Paricutin." Reprint from International Intellectual Interchange, 1943.

Folder 13 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan De Paricutin." Irrigacion en Mexico, July-August 1943. Written in Spanish.

Folder 14 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan de Paricutin," 1944.

Folder 15 Perez Pena, Adan. "Periodo de Actividad del volcan Paricutin; Mich. del 9 al 18 de Junio de 1943." Typed report in Spanish.

Folder 16 Segerstrom, Kenneth. Monthly report on Paricutin Volcano, July 1946.

Folder 17 Termer, Franz. "Der Paricutin Vulkan in Michoacan, Mexico," 1952. Written in German.

Folder 18 Trask, Parker D. "The Mexican Volcano Paricutin," undated. Typed report.

Folder 19 White, Donald E. "Paricutin's Cyclic Activity." Typed manuscript and reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.

Folder 20 Wilcox, Ray. E. "Activity of Paricutin, December 1945." Typed report.

Folder 21 Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from September 18 to November 30, 1946." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1947.

Folder 22 Wilcox, Ray E. Reports on Activity of Paricutin Volcano, September 1946-June 1947. Also includes notes by Foshag on Wilcox's reports.

Folder 23 Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from December 1, 1946 to March 31, 1947." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1947.

Folder 24 Wilcox, Ray E. and Oropeza, Samuel Shoup. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from April 1 to November 30, 1947." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.

Folder 25 Wilcox, Ray E. and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from April 1 to July 31, 1948." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.

Folder 26 Wilcox, Ray E. "Petrology of Paricutin Volcano, Mexico." United States Geological Survey Bulletin 965-C, 1954.

Folder 27 Williams, Howel. "Volcanoes of the Paricutin Region, Mexico." United States Geological Survey Bulletin 965-B, 1950.

Folder 28 "Geologia de Tierra Caliente y Parte de la Costa de Michoacan," author unknown and undated. Written in Spanish.

Folder 29 Miscellaneous articles concerning Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1952 and undated.

Folder 30 Miscellaneous publications concerning volcanoes.

SERIES 6.
RESEARCH NOTES ON PARICUTIN VOLCANO, 1946-1950 AND UNDATED.

This series consists of research notes taken by William F. Foshag during his study of Paricutin Volcano. Most of the notes concern the analysis of lava and other materials erupted from the volcano. Also included are notes made by Foshag during his survey of Central American jade objects (box 14, folder 1).

Box 14 of 16

Folder 1 Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, mostly concerning the analysis of Paricutin lava samples. Also includes notes on Central American jade objects.

Folder 2 Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, concerning mud and salt samples from Paricutin.

Folder 3 Ammonia and sal-ammoniac.

Folder 4 Ascensive force.

Folder 5 Ash-lava ratio

Folder 6 Ash solubility

Folder 7 Bombs

Folder 8 Crater

Folder 9 Eruptions

Folder 10 Flashing arcs

Folder 11 Fumaroles

Folder 12 Gases

Folder 13 Gases, burning

Folder 14 Geology of Michoacan, Mexico.

Folder 15 Hornitos

Folder 16 Inclusions

Folder 17 Laccoliths

Folder 18 Lavas

Folder 19 Lava, flows

Folder 20 Lightning

Folder 21 Rainfall

Folder 22 Rock alteration

Folder 23 Secondary sublimates

Folder 24 Sublimates. Includes letter from Charles Milton to Foshag (May 22, 1947) regarding the analysis of rocks from Paricutin.

Folder 25 United States Geological Survey. Analysis of lava and other materials recovered from Paricutin and submitted by Foshag, 1946-1950.

Folder 26 Vapor clouds

Folder 27 Volcanoes, general

Folder 28 Water

Folder 29 Miscellaneous research notes on Paricutin Volcano.

SERIES 7.
MAPS OF MEXICO.

This series consists of maps collected by William F. Foshag on his many field trips to Mexico. Particularly represented are maps of the Paricutin region, Michoacan, Mexico.

Box 15 of 16

Folders 1-4 Maps of Mexico

Box 16 of 16

Maps of Mexico

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Maps of Mexico

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Folder	1	Allen, Robert D., 1954-1955
Folder	2	American Chemical Society, 1950-1951
Folder	3	American Gem and Pearl Company, 1949, 1954
Folder	4	American Gem Society, 1949-1954
Folder	5	American Geological Institute, 1949, 1956
Folder	6	American Geophysical Union, 1949, 1955-1956
Folder	7	American Mineralogist, 1949, 1953-1956
Folder	8	American Museum of Natural History, 1948-1949, 1953-1954
Folder	9	American Potash and Chemical Corporation, 1949
Folder	10	American University, 1949-1950, 1953
Folder	11	Andreatta, Prof. Ciro, 1951-1954
Folder	12	Arellano, Alberto, 1949-1953
Folder	13	Australian Museum, 1949-1952
Folder	14	Austria Geologisches Bundesanstalt, 1951
Folder	15	"A" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	16	Bandy, Mark C., 1949-1956
Folder	17	Barber, Raymond J., 1951-1955
Folder	18	Barron, Elbert M., 1950-1956
Folder	19	Barry, John, 1952-1955
Folder	20	Berger, Anton, 1951-1956
Folder	21	Berlin, Heinrich, 1952-1954
Folder	22	Bideaux, Richard A., 1952-1955
Folder	23	Bliss, Robert Woods, 1948-1956
Folder	24	Borhegyi, Stephan F., 1950-1955
Folder	25	British Museum (Natural History), 1949-1953
Folder	26	Brown, J. J., 1949-1950
Folder	27	Brush Development Laboratories Co., 1948, 1953
Folder	28	Burr, C. Fred, 1950-1954
Folder	29	"B" misc., 1951-1956
Folder	30	Caplan, Allan, 1948-1951
Folder	31	Claringbull, G. F., 1950-1955
Folder	32	Colburn, Burnham S., 1955
Folder	33	Coleman, Charles, 1951-1952
Folder	34	Common Ground (1951) Ltd., 1954-1955
Folder	35	Corry, Andrew V., 1950-1952
Folder	36	Cosmos Club, 1952-1955
Folder	37	Cousen, Thomas W., 1953-1955
Folder	38	Cranbrook Institute, 1949, 1954-1955
Folder	39	Cushman Collection, 1949-1950
Folder	40	"C" misc., 1951-1956

Folder	1	D'Ascenzo, Nicola G., 1949-1955
Folder	2	de Terra, Helmut, 1950-1954
Folder	3	de Vuhena, E., 1952
Folder	4	Dickinson College, 1949-1950
Folder	5	Duhovnik, Joze M., 1951-1954
Folder	6	DuPont, James M., 1954-1956
Folder	7	"D" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	8	Easby, Dudley T., Jr., 1955-1956
Folder	9	Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, 1953-1955
Folder	10	Eldot, Herman, 1949-1954
Folder	11	Emory University, 1950-1956
Folder	12	Encyclopedia Britannica, 1954-1955
Folder	13	"E" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	14	Fischer, Walther, 1949-1956
Folder	15	Fisher, Otto O., 1948-1956
Folder	16	Flagg, Arthur, 1950-1956
Folder	17	Flores, Teodoro, 1949-1955
Folder	18	Ford, Hugh A., 1948-1955
Folder	19	Fries, Carl, Jr., 1948-1952
Folder	20	Fryxell, Fritiof M., 1954-1956
Folder	21	Fuller, Richard E., 1950
Folder	22	"F" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	23	Gemological Institute of America, 1948-1954
Folder	24	Gems and Minerals Magazine, 1953
Folder	25	General Electric Company, 1954-1956
Folder	26	Geological Society of America, 1948-1955
Folder	27	Geophysical Laboratory, 1949-1950
Folder	28	Geophysical Magazine (London), 1953-1954
Folder	29	Gonzalez, Enrique M., 1955
Folder	30	Gonzalez, Jenaro, 1949-1956
Folder	31	Graton, Louis C., 1948-1956
Folder	32	Guatemala Research, 1948-1954
Folder	33	Guild, William, 1952-1956
Folder	34	Gutierrez, Celedonio, 1948-1955
Folder	35	Gutierrez, Celedonio (manuscript), undated
Folder	36	"G" misc., 1951-1956
Folder	37	Hansen, Oskar J. W. , 1949-1955
Folder	38	Hardinge, C. E., 1953-1957
Folder	39	Healy, James, 1950-1953
Folder	40	Hermann, Felix, 1949-1952
Folder	41	Hix's Strange as It Seems, 1949
Folder	42	Hoffman, Robert D., 1952-1953
Folder	43	Holmes, Ralph J., 1951-1955
Folder	44	"H" misc., 1949-1956

Folder	1	Ingram, W. Frank, 1950-1955
Folder	2	International Commission on Meteorites, 1948-1953
Folder	3	International Geological Congress XX, 1955-1956
Folder	4	Inter-Ocean Trade Company, 1951-1955
Folder	5	"I" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	6	Jensen, David E., 1950-1955
Folder	7	Johnston, William D., Jr., 1950-1953
Folder	8	Jones, Grover C., 1954-1956
Folder	9	Jones, Waldo H., 1953-1954
Folder	10	Jones, Warren, 1953-1955
Folder	11	Joseph, Mildred E., 1954-1956
Folder	12	"J" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	13	Kalousek, George L., 1952-1955
Folder	14	Kennedy, George C., 1954-1956
Folder	15	Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1950-1955
Folder	16	King, Lansford, 1950-1954
Folder	17	Kobayashi, Teiichi, 1951-1955
Folder	18	Kouvo, Olavi, 1953-1955
Folder	19	Kraft, James L., 1951-1952
Folder	20	Kraus, Edward H., 1950-1955
Folder	21	Kulp, J. Laurence, 1955
Folder	22	Kume, Takeo, 1948-1951
Folder	23	Kuno, Hisashi, 1948-1955
Folder	24	"K" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	25	Lane, Boodle, 1950-1953
Folder	26	Lapham, Davis M., 1953-1956
Folder	27	Laughlin, Alexander William, 1953
Folder	28	Leslie, Robert E., 1954-1955
Folder	29	"L" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	30	"Mc" misc., 1953-1956
Folder	31	Maas, Alberto E., 1952-1955
Folder	32	Macdonald, Gordon A., 1951-1956
Folder	33	Matsumoto, Tatsuro, 1955
Folder	34	Mayboeck, Franz, 1949-1953
Folder	35	Mayers, Dan E., 1948-1951
Folder	36	Meen, Victor B., 1950-1955
Folder	37	Meteoritical Society, 1953, 1957
Folder	38	Mexico Institute Nacional Recursos Minerales, 1951-1953
Folder	39	Mexico University Centennial IV, 1951
Folder	40	Meyerhoff, Howard Augustus, 1950-1951
Folder	41	Michel, Herman, 1951-1952
Folder	42	Mineralogical Society of America, 1948-1956
Folder	43	Minikami, Takeshi, 1949-1956
Folder	44	"M" misc., 1948-1958

Folder	1	National Geographic Magazine, 1950-1956
Folder	2	National Research Council, 1949-1950
Folder	3	Natural History Magazine, 1953
Folder	4	Nelson, Elmer R., Jr., 1951-1955
Folder	5	"N" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	6	O'Daniel, H., 1954-1955
Folder	7	"O" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	8	Pabst, Adolf, 1951-1952
Folder	9	Pacific Science Congress VII, 1948-1949
Folder	10	Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1965
Folder	11	Paricutin Volcano - Film and Photos, 1949-1956
Folder	12	Perry, Stuart H., 1951-1953
Folder	13	Pfannenstiel, Max, 1954-1955
Folder	14	Phelps Dodge Corporation, 1953
Folder	15	Pitts, William B., 1948-1956
Folder	16	Pough, Frederick H., 1948-1955
Folder	17	Powers, Howard A., 1949-1951
Folder	18	"P" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	19	"Q" misc., 1955
Folder	20	Rapp, Floyd A., 1948-1954
Folder	21	Redington, C. Richard, 1952-1956
Folder	22	Renfro Collection, 1949
Folder	23	Royal Ontario Museum of Geology, 1948-1950
Folder	24	"R" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	25	Sahama, Th. G., 1949
Folder	26	Sakurai, Kin-ich, 1948-1956
Folder	27	Santillan, Manuel, 1953-1956
Folder	28	Schmitter, Eduardo, 1949-1953
Folder	29	Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1952-1954
Folder	30	Science Clubs of America, 1955
Folder	31	Seifert, H., 1953-1954
Folder	32	Shipley, Robert, 1949-1952
Folder	33	Sinkankas, John, 1949-1956
Folder	34	Skinner, George D., 1949-1953
Folder	35	Solle, G., 1953
Folder	36	Soper, Ellis Clarke, 1953-1955
Folder	37	Spence, Hugh S., 1949-1952
Folder	38	Staats, Fred, 1950-1952
Folder	39	Stevens, J. A., 1949-1950
Folder	40	Sudo, Toshio, 1949-1951
Folder	41	Sutti, Martin, 1952-1953
Folder	42	"S" misc., 1952-1956

Folder	1	Taylor, James A., 1951-1953
Folder	2	Termer, Franz, 1950-1956
Folder	3	"T" misc., 1951-1956
Folder	4	United States Geological Survey, 1949-1956
Folder	5	United States Geological Survey - Collections, 1952-1954
Folder	6	"U" misc., 1950-1956
Folder	7	Verlag Gustao Feller-Nottuln, 1953
Folder	8	Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum, 1952-1953
Folder	9	Vonsen, Magnus, 1949-1954
Folder	10	"V" misc., 1949-1956
Folder	11	Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 1948-1954
Folder	12	Washington Academy of Sciences Journal, 1923, 1950-1955
Folder	13	Watambe, Takeo, 1949-1955
Folder	14	Wells, Francis G., 1949-1951
Folder	15	Wheeler, Harry Edgar, 1952-1956
Folder	16	Wilcox, Ray E., 1949-1956
Folder	17	Wild, Georg O., 1949-1956
Folder	18	"W" misc., 1942, 1949-1956
Folder	19	Yagi, Kenzo, 1953-1954
Folder	20	Zak, Lubor, 1955-1956
Folder	21	"X-Y-Z" misc., 1952-1956

Folder	1	Foshag, William F. Field notes, May 21-August 1943. Typed copy.
Folder	2	Foshag, William F. Field notes, March 21-July 8, 1944.
Folder	3	Foshag, William F. Field notes, November 28, 1943-December 8, 1944. Includes pencil drawings of Paricutin by Foshag.
Folder	4	Foshag, William F. Field notes, January 16-October 27, 1945.
Folder	5	Gonzalez, Jenaro. Field notes, July 1943-August 1945. Typed copy, in Spanish.
Folder	6	Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Field notes and observations on the activity of Paricutin Volcano," 1943, 1945-1949, 1951-1952.

Folders	1-6	Foshag, William F. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, no. F172-F319, 1944-1945.
Folder	7	Andresen, Gerardo. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.
Folder	8	Brehme, Arno. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 1943.
Folder	9	Castro, Honorato Gonzalez. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder	10	Fisher, Otto O. Consists mostly of aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, December 1944. Also includes a photograph of William F. Foshag in the field at Paricutin, November 27, 1944.
Folder	11	Fries, Carl, Jr. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder	12	Garcia, Rafael. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.

Folder	1	Gonzalez, Jenaro. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder	2	Graton, Louis C. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 19, 22, 1943.
Folder	3	Gregory, Audrey F., Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder	4	Gutierrez, Caledonio. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1947, 1949.
Folder	5	Gutierrez, Luis. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.
Folder	6	Lawrence, Donald B. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, December 1943.
Folder	7	Navarro. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folder	8	Navy, United States. Aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, undated.
Folders	9-10	Ordonez, Ezequiel. Photograph album and miscellaneous photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder	11	Perez Pena, Adan. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943, 1945.
Folder	12	Pfeiffer, Arnold. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.
Folder	13	Richard, Horace G. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, April 1944.
Folder	14	Ruesga, Edmundo. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.
Folder	15	Ruiz, Chavez. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Folder	1	St. Alban, Mary. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folder	2	Trask, Parker. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, February 28, 1943.
Folder	3	Termer, Franz. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, November 1949.
Folder	4	Waitz, Paul. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder	5	Zeirer, Frank. Photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folders	6-7	Aerial photographs of Paricutin Volcano, no. 1-132. Taken at approximately 15,000 feet.
Folders	8-10	Miscellaneous photographs of Paricutin Volcano, 1943.

Folder	1	Barnes, Virgil E. and Romberg, Frederick. "Observations of Relative Gravity at Paricutin Volcano."' Reprint from Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, vol. 59, pp. 1019-1026, 1948.
Folder	2	Berbeyer, Rafael Molina. "Angunas Observaciones Geoquimicas y Fisico-Quimicas en el Volcan Paricutin," 1946. Typed manuscript in Spanish.
Folder	3	Covarrubias, Luis Flores. "Interpretaciones. Geneticas del Volcan Paricutin a la Luz de la Sismelogia." Folleto No. 7, Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, 1945. The report is written in Spanish.
Folder	4	Foshag, William F. and Henderson, Edward P. "Primary Sublimates at Paricutin Volcano." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 27, no. 5, 1946.
Folder	5	Foshag, William F., Handwritten draft of his review of "Volumes and weights of pyroclastic material, lava, and water erupted by Paricutin Volcano, Michocacan, Mexico," by Carl Fries, Jr., 1953.
Folder	6	Fries, Carl, Jr., and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from July 1 to December 31, 1949." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 31, pp. 732-740, 1950.
Folder	7	Fries, Carl, Jr. and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from January 1 to June 30, 1950."' Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 32, pp. 227-230, 1951.
Folder	8	Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Notas de Lo Que Fue en San Juan Antes del Volcan." Typed report in Spanish.
Folder	9	Hatt, Robert T. "Bibliography of Paricutin Volcano." Reprint from Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Art's and Letters, Vol. XXXIV, 1948.
Folder	10	Lawrence, Donald B. "Paricutin: The World's Newest Mountain." Reprint from Mazama, vol. 26, pp. 15-34, 1944.
Folder	11	Milton, Charles. "Notes on Volcanic Rocks from Paricutin, Mexico." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.
Folder	12	Ordonez, Ezequiel. "The New Volcano Paricutin." Reprint from International Intellectual Interchange, 1943.
Folder	13	Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan De Paricutin." Irrigacion en Mexico, July-August 1943. Written in Spanish.
Folder	14	Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan de Paricutin," 1944.
Folder	15	Perez Pena, Adan. "Periodo de Actividad del volcan Paricutin; Mich. del 9 al 18 de Junio de 1943." Typed report in Spanish.
Folder	16	Segerstrom, Kenneth. Monthly report on Paricutin Volcano, July 1946.
Folder	17	Termer, Franz. "Der Paricutin Vulkan in Michoacan, Mexico," 1952. Written in German.
Folder	18	Trask, Parker D. "The Mexican Volcano Paricutin," undated. Typed report.
Folder	19	White, Donald E. "Paricutin's Cyclic Activity." Typed manuscript and reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.
Folder	20	Wilcox, Ray. E. "Activity of Paricutin, December 1945." Typed report.
Folder	21	Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from September 18 to November 30, 1946." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1947.
Folder	22	Wilcox, Ray E. Reports on Activity of Paricutin Volcano, September 1946-June 1947. Also includes notes by Foshag on Wilcox's reports.
Folder	23	Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from December 1, 1946 to March 31, 1947." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1947.
Folder	24	Wilcox, Ray E. and Oropeza, Samuel Shoup. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from April 1 to November 30, 1947." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.
Folder	25	Wilcox, Ray E. and Gutierrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Paricutin Volcano from April 1 to July 31, 1948." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.
Folder	26	Wilcox, Ray E. "Petrology of Paricutin Volcano, Mexico." United States Geological Survey Bulletin 965-C, 1954.
Folder	27	Williams, Howel. "Volcanoes of the Paricutin Region, Mexico." United States Geological Survey Bulletin 965-B, 1950.
Folder	28	"Geologia de Tierra Caliente y Parte de la Costa de Michoacan," author unknown and undated. Written in Spanish.
Folder	29	Miscellaneous articles concerning Paricutin Volcano, 1943-1952 and undated.
Folder	30	Miscellaneous publications concerning volcanoes.

Folder	1	Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, mostly concerning the analysis of Paricutin lava samples. Also includes notes on Central American jade objects.
Folder	2	Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, concerning mud and salt samples from Paricutin.
Folder	3	Ammonia and sal-ammoniac.
Folder	4	Ascensive force.
Folder	5	Ash-lava ratio
Folder	6	Ash solubility
Folder	7	Bombs
Folder	8	Crater
Folder	9	Eruptions
Folder	10	Flashing arcs
Folder	11	Fumaroles
Folder	12	Gases
Folder	13	Gases, burning
Folder	14	Geology of Michoacan, Mexico.
Folder	15	Hornitos
Folder	16	Inclusions
Folder	17	Laccoliths
Folder	18	Lavas
Folder	19	Lava, flows
Folder	20	Lightning
Folder	21	Rainfall
Folder	22	Rock alteration
Folder	23	Secondary sublimates
Folder	24	Sublimates. Includes letter from Charles Milton to Foshag (May 22, 1947) regarding the analysis of rocks from Paricutin.
Folder	25	United States Geological Survey. Analysis of lava and other materials recovered from Paricutin and submitted by Foshag, 1946-1950.
Folder	26	Vapor clouds
Folder	27	Volcanoes, general
Folder	28	Water
Folder	29	Miscellaneous research notes on Paricutin Volcano.

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