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Record Unit 7232
Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
Charles Elmer Resser Papers, 1912-1942 and undated
Historical Note
Charles Elmer Resser (1889-1943), paleontologist, was born in East Berlin, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Pennsylvania State Teachers College, B. Ped., 1912; Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 1913; Princeton University, M.A., 1915; and The George Washington University, Ph.D., 1917. Resser's interest in Cambrian fossils was developed while a student of H. Justin Roddy at Franklin and Marshall.
In 1914 Resser came to the United States National Museum as an assistant to Charles D. Walcott. In 1915 he was appointed Assistant Curator in the Division of Paleontology and subsequently held positions as Assistant Curator, Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, 1923; Associate Curator, Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, 1924-1928; Curator, Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, 1929-1940; and Curator, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany, 1941-1943. Resser was also a part-time faculty member at The George Washington University, 1915-1932. Resser also taught geology at the University of Maryland for several years.
Descriptive Entry
These papers consist of Resser's professional correspondence, 1912-1940 and undated; notebooks from field trips in the United States and museum collection study trips in Europe; a manuscript on Wisconsin localities at the Milwaukee Public Museum; and photographs from his field trips.
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- Franklin and Marshall College
- George Washington University
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Pennsylvania State Teachers College
- Princeton University
- Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
- Roddy, H. Justin (Henry Justin), 1856-1943
- United States National Museum. Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany
- United States National Museum. Division of Paleontology
- United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology
- University of Maryland at College Park
- Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7232, Charles Elmer Resser Papers