National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Department of Mineral Sciences, Curatorial Records, 1940-2016

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Description

This accession consists of field notes created by Carl Huntington Broedel, William Richard Jones, E. C. T. Chao, Everett Dale Jackson, James F. Luhr, and Tom Simkin. Created under the auspices of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), these field books document volcanological, petrological, and geological field work conducted in numerous places around the world. Sites include: Stillwater County, Montana; the Lake Bosumtwi Crater, Ghana; the Nördlinger Ries Crater, Germany; California; Washington; Hawaii; American Samoa; South Africa; Europe; Greece; Italy; Mexico; Soviet Union; Spain; Australia; Chile; Armenia; Scotland; and Ireland.

Date Range

1940-2016

Access Information

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Topic

Place

  • Montana
  • United States
  • Europe
  • Hawaii
  • American Samoa
  • Ghana
  • Washington
  • Spain
  • Greece
  • South Africa
  • Italy
  • Mexico
  • Germany

Form/Genre

Collection record

Accession #

SIA Acc. 16-255

Extent

79 field books

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives