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Record Unit 7281
Foshag, William F. (William Frederick), 1894-1956
William F. Foshag Papers, 1923-1965 and undated
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
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| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Foshag, William F. (William Frederick), 1894-1956 |
| Title: | William F. Foshag Papers |
| Dates: | 1923-1965 and undated |
| Quantity: | 8.59 cu. ft. (14 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 3x5 box) (2 5x8 boxes) (1 oversize folder) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7281 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | 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 Gutierrez Celedonio; 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 Parícutin; manuscripts, reports, reprints, and publications concerning Parícutin and volcanology, and maps of Mexico, particularly the Parícutin region. Also included in the collection is general correspondence of Foshag, 1923, 1942-1965, including letters concerning his study of Parícutin Volcano and his survey of Central American jade objects, and photographs taken on several of Foshag's mineral collecting trips to Mexico, 1926-1934. A collection of 151 photographic prints and corresponding negatives from his study of Parícutin Volcano were transferred by Foshag to the National Archives in 1951 (NARS Accession Inventory No. 451-111). |
Historical Note
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 Parícutin Volcano in 1943. He made subsequent visits to Parícutin 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.
Introduction
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Descriptive Entry
This collection consists mostly of materials documenting Foshag's research on Parícutin Volcano. Included are field notes recorded by Foshag, as well as notes and observations made by Jenaro Gonzalez-Reyna and Celedonia Gutiérrez; 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 Parícutin; manuscripts, reports, reprints, and publications concerning Parícutin and volcanology; and maps of Mexico, particularly the Parícutin region. Also included in the collection is general correspondence of Foshag, 1923, 1942-1956, including letters concerning his study of Parícutin 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 Parícutin Volcano to the National Archives in 1951 (NARS Accession Inventory No. 451-111).
Index Terms
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Name
- Foshag, William F. (William Frederick), 1894-1956
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Gonzalez-Reyna, Jenaro, 1905-
- Gutiérrez, Celedonio, 1908-
- John A. Roebling Solar Research Fund
- United States National Museum. Department of Geology
- United States National Museum. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
- United States National Museum. Division of Physical and Chemical Geology (Systematic and Applied)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7281, William F. Foshag Papers
Container List
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, United States National Museum (USNM). The correspondence concerns the identification and analysis of gems and minerals; Foshag's study of the Parícutin 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
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
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 Gutiérrez, Celedonio, 1948-1955
Folder 35 Gutiérrez, 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
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
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 Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1965
Folder 11 Parícutin 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
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
Folder 22 Photographs of Mexican field trips, 1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1934
Series 3
FIELD NOTES ON PARÍCUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1952.This series consists primarily of field notes concerning the eruption of Parícutin Volcano recorded by William F. Foshag. Also included are field notes on the volcano maintained by Jenaro Gonzalez and Celedonia Gutiérrez. The latter notes are written in Spanish.
Box 6
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 Parícutin by Foshag.
Folder 4 Foshag, William F. Field notes, January 16-October 27, 1945.
Folder 5 Gonzalez-Reyna, Jenaro. Field notes, July 1943-August 1945. Typed copy, in Spanish.
Folders 6-7 Gutiérrez, Celedonio. "Field notes and observations on the activity of Parícutin Volcano," 1943, 1945-1949, 1951-1952.
Series 4
PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES, AND GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES OF PARÍCUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1955 AND UNDATED.This series provides extensive photographic documentation of the birth and subsequent activity of the Mexican volcano, Parícutin. Included are photographs taken by Foshag during his field work at Parícutin, 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 Parícutin on local villages and people; aerial photographs of the volcano; and photographs of scientists, including Foshag, conducting field research at Parícutin.
Box 7
Folders 1-8 Foshag, William F. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, no. F2-F171, 1943-1944.
Box 8
Folders 1-6 Foshag, William F. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, no. F172-F319, 1944-1945.
Folder 7 Andresen, Gerardo. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, undated.
Folder 8 Brehme, Arno. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, April 1943.
Folder 9 Castro, Honorato Gonzalez. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder 10 Fisher, Otto O. Consists mostly of aerial photographs of Parícutin Volcano, December 1944. Also includes a photograph of William F. Foshag in the field at Parícutin, November 27, 1944.
Folder 11 Fries, Carl, Jr. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder 12 Garcia, Rafael. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Box 9
Folder 1 Gonzalez, Jenaro. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder 2 Graton, Louis C. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, April 19, 22, 1943.
Folder 3 Gregory, Audrey F., Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1944.
Folder 4 Gutiérrez, Caledonio. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1947, 1949.
Folder 5 Gutiérrez, Luis. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, undated.
Folder 6 Lawrence, Donald B. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, December 1943.
Folder 7 Navarro. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folder 8 Navy, United States. Aerial photographs of Parícutin Volcano, undated.
Folders 9-10 Ordonez, Ezequiel. Photograph album and miscellaneous photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder 11 Perez Pena, Adan. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943, 1945.
Folder 12 Pfeiffer, Arnold. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943.
Folder 13 Richard, Horace G. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, April 1944.
Folder 14 Ruesga, Edmundo. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943.
Folder 15 Ruiz, Chavez. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943.
Box 10
Folder 1 St. Alban, Mary. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folder 2 Trask, Parker. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, February 28, 1943.
Folder 3 Termer, Franz. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, November 1949.
Folder 4 Waitz, Paul. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1945.
Folder 5 Zeirer, Frank. Photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1944.
Folders 6-7 Aerial photographs of Parícutin Volcano, no. 1-132. Taken at approximately 15,000 feet.
Folders 8-10 Miscellaneous photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1943.
Box 11
Folders 1-6 Miscellaneous photographs of Parícutin Volcano, 1944-1945 and undated.
Folder 7 Miscellaneous photographs of Mexico, undated.
Box 12
Color slides and glass plate negatives of Parícutin Volcano, undated.
Series 5
MANUSCRIPTS, REPORTS, REPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS ON PARÍCUTIN VOLCANO, 1943-1954 AND UNDATED.This series consists of manuscripts, reports, reprints, and publications on Parícutin Volcano. Much of the material is written in Spanish.
Box 13
Folder 1 Barnes, Virgil E. and Romberg, Frederick. "Observations of Relative Gravity at Parícutin 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 Parícutin," 1946. Typed manuscript in Spanish.
Folder 3 Covarrubias, Luis Flores. "Interpretaciones. Geneticas del Volcan Parícutin 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 Parícutin 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 Parícutin Volcano, Michocacan, Mexico," by Carl Fries, Jr., 1953.
Folder 6 Fries, Carl, Jr., and Gutiérrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Parícutin 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 Gutiérrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Parícutin Volcano from January 1 to June 30, 1950."' Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 32, pp. 227-230, 1951.
Folder 8 Gutiérrez, Celedonio. "Notas de Lo Que Fue en San Juan Antes del Volcan." Typed report in Spanish.
Folder 9 Hatt, Robert T. "Bibliography of Parícutin Volcano." Reprint from Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Art's and Letters, Vol. XXXIV, 1948.
Folder 10 Lawrence, Donald B. "Parícutin: The World's Newest Mountain." Reprint from Mazama, vol. 26, pp. 15-34, 1944.
Folder 11 Milton, Charles. "Notes on Volcanic Rocks from Parícutin, Mexico." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.
Folder 12 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "The New Volcano Parícutin." Reprint from International Intellectual Interchange, 1943.
Folder 13 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan De Parícutin." Irrigacion en Mexico, July-August 1943. Written in Spanish.
Folder 14 Ordonez, Ezequiel. "El Volcan de Parícutin," 1944.
Folder 15 Perez Pena, Adan. "Periodo de Actividad del volcan Parícutin; Mich. del 9 al 18 de Junio de 1943." Typed report in Spanish.
Folder 16 Segerstrom, Kenneth. Monthly report on Parícutin Volcano, July 1946.
Folder 17 Termer, Franz. "Der Parícutin Vulkan in Michoacan, Mexico," 1952. Written in German.
Folder 18 Trask, Parker D. "The Mexican Volcano Parícutin," undated. Typed report.
Folder 19 White, Donald E. "Parícutin's Cyclic Activity." Typed manuscript and reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1944.
Folder 20 Wilcox, Ray. E. "Activity of Parícutin, December 1945." Typed report.
Folder 21 Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Parícutin 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 Parícutin Volcano, September 1946-June 1947. Also includes notes by Foshag on Wilcox's reports.
Folder 23 Wilcox, Ray E. "Activity of Parícutin 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 Parícutin Volcano from April 1 to November 30, 1947." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.
Folder 25 Wilcox, Ray E. and Gutiérrez, Celedonio. "Activity of Parícutin Volcano from April 1 to July 31, 1948." Reprint from Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1948.
Folder 26 Wilcox, Ray E. "Petrology of Parícutin Volcano, Mexico." United States Geological Survey Bulletin 965-C, 1954.
Folder 27 Williams, Howel. "Volcanoes of the Parícutin 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 Parícutin Volcano, 1943-1952 and undated.
Folder 30 Miscellaneous publications concerning volcanoes.
Series 6
RESEARCH NOTES ON PARÍCUTIN VOLCANO, 1946-1950 AND UNDATED.This series consists of research notes taken by William F. Foshag during his study of Parícutin 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
Folder 1 Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, mostly concerning the analysis of Parícutin lava samples. Also includes notes on Central American jade objects.
Folder 2 Notebook containing notes, recorded by Foshag, concerning mud and salt samples from Parícutin.
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 Parícutin.
Folder 25 United States Geological Survey. Analysis of lava and other materials recovered from Parícutin and submitted by Foshag, 1946-1950.
Folder 26 Vapor clouds
Folder 27 Volcanoes, general
Folder 28 Water
Folder 29 Miscellaneous research notes on Parícutin 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 Parícutin region, Michoacan, Mexico.
Box 15
Box 16
Maps of Mexico
Maps of Mexico
Series 8
COPY NEGATIVES.Box 17
Copy Negatives 1-284
Box 18
Copy Negatives 285-487
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