Jean Milton Berdan received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1949. In 1942 she joined the Water Resource Division of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), working in New York State. In 1949 she became a member of the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch of the USGS; where she spent the rest of her career, becoming a Scientist Emeritus in 1991. In the early 1960s she became a Research Associate of the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology. Her scientific research dealt with Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian ostracodes and stratigraphy.

These papers include USGS Examinations and Reports, project files, research notes, a small number photographs, and correspondence.

Box 1 of 5

Examinations and Reports

• Examinations and Reports, General
• Foreign, 1952-1989
• Canada, 1949-1988
• Searcy County, Arkansas, 1950-1951
• Alabama, 1964-1982
• Alaska, 1952-1986
• Arizona, 1958-1973
• Arkansas, 1967-1970
• Colorado, 1950-1984
• Georgia, 1955-1972
• Idaho, 1955-1973
• Indiana, 1959-1978
• Iowa, 1953-1958
• Kentucky, 1963-1976 (2 folders)
• Maryland, 1956-1973
• Maine, 1951-1976
• Maine - Vinalhaven, 1969-1991
• Maine - Eastport, 1951-1988
• Massachusetts, 1958-1975
• Michigan, 1951-1958
• Mississippi, 1983
• Missouri, 1974
• Montana, 1950-1981
• Nevada - Pogonip Ostracodes, 1968-1982
• Nevada - Eurypterids, 1962-1988 (2 folders)
• Nevada - Mike Murphy and Students, 1976-1988
• Nevada - Cortez, 1959-1979
• Nevada - Jess Johnson's Colls., 1961-1984
• Nevada - Horse Creek, 1960-1971
• Rodeo Creek, N.E. Nevada, 1969-1970
• Nevada - Mt. Lewis, 1951-1987
• Nevada, 1952-1983
• New Mexico, 1956-1977
• North Dakota, 1959
• Ohio, 1957-1989

Box 2 of 5

• Pennsylvania, 1955-1984
• Tennessee, 1950-1977
• Texas, 1955-1967
• Utah - Pogonip Ostracodes - Ibex Sections, 1967-1968
• Utah - General, 1950-1959
• Thomas Mountains, 1951-1957
• Tintic District, 1952-1955
• Virginia, 1945-1966
• Washington, 1954-1977
• West Virginia, 1958-1984
• Williston Basin - Ross., 1952-1965
• Wyoming, 1951-1963
• Wisconsin, 1984

  Project Files and Correspondence

• Florida Paleozoic - Miscellaneous Notes, 1950-1983
• Florida Project Reports, 1951
• P.L. Applin, Book #4, 1967
• Memorial to Esther Applin, 1973-1977
• Typed Well Logs, Florida Paleozoic, 1949
• Florida Paleozoic - GSA Abstract, 1964 (2 folders)
• Florida Project Expense Accounts, 1949-1950
• List of Wells by Companies, undated
• Applin, Paul and Esther, 1950-1977
• Bass, Manuel N., 1962-1963
• Berdan, Jean, 1950
• Berry, William B.N., 1958
• Boucot, A.J., 1973
• Burnett, C.J., 1949
• Chambers, Robert, Jr., undated
• Denison, Robert H., 1958-1959
• Flawn, Peter, 1959
• Decker, Charles E., 1949-1950
• Gunter, Herman, 1949-1953
• Howell, Ben F., 1949
• Jordan, Louise, 1948-1952
• King, Philip, 1960
• Kirby, M.F., 1950
• Knight, Wilbur H., 1950
• McGlamery, Winnie, 1950
• MacNeil, F. Stearns, 1949
• McLaughlin, R.E., 1971
• Milton, Charles, 1950-1971
• Minihan, Edward, 1959
• Munroe, D.J., 1950
• Payne, Mary Woods, 1950
• Peyton, Garland, 1950
• Pojeta, John, 1970
• Puri, Harbans, 1960-1964
• Raasch, Albert C., 1950-1976
• Reeside, John B., Jr., 1949
• Richards, Horace G., 1949
• Rust, Claude, 1975
• Schopf, James, 1958-1979
• Singewald, Joseph T., 1950
• Shell Oil Company, 1974
• Swartz, Frank M., 1959
• Vernon, Robert O., 1965-1967
• Waering, Erik N.K., 1949-1953
• Williams, James S., 1949
• White, Dennis E., 1974
• Whittington, H.B., 1950
• Wilson, J. Tuzo, 1966
• Woodward, Herbert P., 1964
• Geochemistry and Petrology Branch, 1954-1961
• Dorothy Carroll's Professional Paper, circa 1964
• Florida Photographs (notes regarding), 1960s
• Basement Rocks - Alabama, Georgia, Florida, 1947-1961 (Books 1-3)

Box 3 of 5

• Basement Rocks - Alabama, Georgia, Florida, 1947-1961 (Books 4-7)
• Highlands Plant Waste Well #1, 1963-1964
• Humble Oil and Refining Co. Square Taylor #1, 1964-1967
• Jett-Phillips #1 Buckeye Cellulose, 1965
• Thayer-Davis #1 Francis Ripley, 1965
• Francis Ripley #1, 1976
• Bennett and Langsdale, undated
• Bishop, Ruth M., 1949
• Brooks-Scanlon Inc., 1949-1950 (3 folders)
• Buie, J.A., 1950
• Camp, H.N., 1966
• Cato, R.H., 1947
• Chandler, A.C., 1944-1950
• Clark-Ray-Johnson, 1950
• Cone, J.P., 1948
• Foremost Properties, Inc., 1949-1970
• Gibson, J.W., 1950
• Gibson, J.W., 1950
• Hernasco Corp., 1950
• Hilliard Turpentine Co., 1949
• Hodges, G.T., 1951
• Kirkland E.C., 1949-1963
• Langston, Hazel, 1949
• Loyd, Clarence, 1949
• National Turpentine Co., 1950
• Odom, Earl, 1947
• Perpetual Forest, Inc., 1950
• Pullen, J.H., 1950
• Sapp, M.W., 1950
• Superior Pine Prod. Co., 1949-1950 (2 folders)
• Tindel, C.W., 1949
• Vining, Kie, 1950
• Wiggins, M.F., 1950
• Williams, Bros., 1948
• Florida Paleozoic G&P Reports, 1953-1954
• Grady Butcher #1, 1953
• California Coastal State Lease, undated
• Pan-Am Sealy #1, undated
• Log of the Geo. Vasen et. al. (Stone Co., Mississippi), 1961-1962
• Manlius Problem, 1949-1955
• Personal Correspondence, 1948-1964
• Geologist Staffing Committee, 1953-1960
• Merriam Correspondence, 1954-1972
• Paleontology & Stratigraphy (Miscellaneous Correspondence), 1951-1952
• Correspondence, 1954-1959 (2 folders)
• American Geophysical Union, 1947-1948
• Correspondence, 1951-1953
• Correspondence relating to Jo's Unfinished Manuscript, 1951-1953
• Pavlides, Louis, 1976
• Maine Ostracodes, Correspondence, 1966-1980
• Acknowledgments, 1952-1990
• Adamczak, Franciszek, 1972-1991
• Ahern, Kevin E., 1978
• Amundsen, C.T., 1979
• Bate, R.H., 1974
• Becker, Gerhard, 1972-1976
• Bengtson, Stefan, 1974
• Belak, Ronald, 1977-1979
• Berry, W.B.N., 1969-1975
• Boucot, A.J. and Burk, C.F.J., 1964-1965
• Boucot, A.J., 1966-1988
• Bowen, Zeddie P., 1961-1964
• Branstrator, J.W., 1969
• Braun, Willi K., 1967
• Calver, James L., 1966
• Chilman, Ruth B., 1970-1971
• Christiansen, David J., 1979-1990
• Churkin, Mike, 1978

Box 4 of 5

• Copeland, Murray J., 1960-1991
• Creath, Wilgus B., 1975
• Curtis, M.L.K., 1966-1969
• Dhondt, Annie, 1990-1992
• Epstein, Anita, 1962-1964
• Echols, Dorothy, 1969
• Evola, Gina, 1983-1984
• Fogerstrom, J.A., 1966-1967
• Finney, Stanley C., 1987
• Fisher, Donald W., 1974-1975
• Gates, Olcott, 1965-1974
• Gray, Jane, 1981-1986
• Gordon, Elizabeth A., 1969
• Groessens, Eric, 1969
• Groos-Uffenorde, Helga, 1972-1988
• Guber, Albert L., 1963-1968
• Harper, John D., 1973
• Hill, Dorothy, 1966
• Ho, Diana Yunn, 1966
• Hoskins, Donald M., 1958-1972
• House, Michael, 1961
• Hughes, Chris, 1979-1980
• International Geological Congress, 1968-1969
• Valdar, Joanusson, 1965-1977
• Jenson, Lyndon R., 1971
• Johansson, Warren I., 1962-1964
• Johnson, Jess G., 1961-1987
• Johnson, John H., 1964-1976
• Jones, Clive R., 1981-1984
• Jones, P.J., 1985
• Kennedy, Patrick J., 1976-1977
• Kilgour, W.J., 1964-1965
• Krommelbein, Karl, 1961
• Kruta, M., 1989
• LaFevre, Jean, 1967-1972
• Loranger, Diane, 1962
• Ludvigsen, Rolf, 1974-1975
• Lundin, Robert F., 1964-1989
• Luptowitz, Lisa M., 1990
• Mavis, Kathleen, 1970
• McGill, Peter, 1963-1965
• McKenzie, K.G., 1981-1986
• McKerrow, Stuart, 1975
• Meyerhoff, A.A., 1970-1989
• Mikulic, D., 1979
• Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1953-1992
• Molenock, Joanne, 1981-1986
• Murphy, Michael A., 1978-1987
• Murray, Joseph B., 1968-1970
• Murphy, Sean, 1975-1985
• Nadeau, Betty Kellett, 1964-1965
• Nickey, David A., 1964-1965
• Nion, J., 1975-1977
• Olempska, Ewa, 1992
• Orr, Robert J., 1982
• Ostracodes, 1949-1953
• Paleontology & Stratigraphy - Space, 1985-1986
• Petersen, Lee E., 1972-1990
• Polenova, E.N., 1964-1973
• Puri, Harbans, 1974
• Rader, E.K., 1964-1965
• Reynolds, Linda, 1987-1988
• Ross, Reuben J., 1954-1987
• Rowell, A.J., 1962
• Rozhdestvenskaja, A.A., 1969
• Schallrewter, Roger, 1976-1984
• Schopf, Thomas, undated
• Schmidt, R.A.M., 1971
• Sherrard, Kathleen, 1970
• Shaver, R.H., 1976
• Siveter, David, 1976-1990
• Slatten, Mark H., 1978-1993
• Sohn, I.G., 1977-1993
• Sorauf, Jim, 1984
• Vannier, Jean, 1986-1993
• Spojeldnaes, Nils, 1976-1977
• Swain, Fred M., 1964-1991 (2 folders)
• Swartz, F.M., 1968-1985
• Sweet, Walter, 1970
• Teeter, James W., 1964-1965
• Tepper, Dorothy, 1992
• Tillman, John R., 1977-1978
• Tollefson, Linda, 1978
• Warschauer, Steven M., 1969-1983
• Warthin, A. Scott, 1948
• Whitaker, J.H. McD., 1966-1972
• Whittington, Harry, 1963-1966
• Willey, Edwin C., 1968
• Williams, Mark, 1989-1993
• Zenger, Donald H., 1961-1965
• Martinsson, Anders, 1956-1983
• Berdan C.V.
• Manning Drilling Project, 1950-1952
• Geological Names Committee, 1953-1968

Box 5 of 5

• Delaware County, NY, 1947-1950
• Ground Water - Memoranda, 1943-1950
• Ground Water - Inquiries, 1947
• Schoharie County, NY, 1950
• Greene County, NY, 1950-1955
• Stratigraphy of East Central New York, 1945-1950