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Accession 97-039
Lance, John
John F. Lance Papers, 1931-1990
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: | Lance, John |
Title: | John F. Lance Papers |
Dates: | 1931-1990 |
Quantity: | 7.93 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) |
Collection: | Accession 97-039 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | John F. Lance (1916-1991), was a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. He spent most of his professional career at the University of Arizona and the National Science Foundation. These papers primarily document Lance's research on vertebrate fossils and include correspondence; field, laboratory, and research notes; reports; publications; manuscripts and illustrations; and photographs and slides. |
Descriptive Entry
John F. Lance (1916-1991), was a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. He spent most of his professional career at the University of Arizona and the National Science Foundation. This accession primarily documents Lance's research on vertebrate fossils and includes correspondence; field, laboratory, and research notes; reports; publications; manuscripts and illustrations; and photographs and slides.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-039, John F. Lance Papers
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence, 1966-1980
Correspondence and Working Notes, 1959-1963
Repenning, Charles A., 1952-1957
Correspondence, 1951-1962
Correspondence, 1959-1961
Inquiries, 1963
Correspondence, 1963-1965
Correspondence, 1958-1967
Correspondence, 1964-1965
Correspondence, 1956-1970
Correspondence, 1955-1967
Letters to Answer or File, 1949-1954
Correspondence, 1949-1957
C, 1951-1953
H, 1951-1952
J, 1951-1953
Correspondence, 1953-1960
To Be Filed, 1951-1956
Correspondence, 1954-1955
Correspondence, 1952-1959
Correspondence, 1947-1959
Correspondence, 1952-1962
Correspondence, 1955-1965
Correspondence, 1956-1963
Correspondence, 1959-1969
California Institute of Technology and Army, 1944-1947
Correspondence, 1954-1960
Assorted Letters of Varying Importance, 1942-1967
Correspondence, 1955-1966
Mail to Answer, 1959-1962
Correspondence, 1963
Correspondence, 1956-1967
Correspondence, 1945-1946
Correspondence, 1964-1966
Correspondence, 1965-1966
Correspondence, 1957-1960
Correspondence, 1957-1963
Repenning, Charles A., 1954-1961
Correspondence, 1959-1963
Box 2
Correspondence, 1955-1963
Recommendations, 1959-1963
Correspondence, 1966-1968
Correspondence, 1951-1953
Correspondence, 1950-1963
Correspondence, 1963-1964
Correspondence, 1954-1967
Correspondence, 1959-1967
Correspondence, 1950-1986
Correspondence, 1946-1959
Correspondence and Research, 1959-1987
Correspondence, 1931-1957
Correspondence, 1939-1980
Correspondence, 1950-1963
Correspondence, 1959-1970
"Evolution of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems," Proposal to National Science Foundation
Proposal - "The Recent/Pleistocene Fauna of Crankshaft Pit Cave, Jefferson County, Missouri"
Project Proposal, Howard G. Wilshire
National Science Foundation, Stratigraphy and Paleontology Panel, 1983
Vertebrate Stratigraphic Paleontology
Documents for Teaching
Sonora Cenozoic
Lagomorphs
Maps
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Field Trip, Western Arizona, March 1958
Pinecate Trip, 1957 - Notes by G. G. Sykes
Specimens
Photograph - L. F. Brady
Cenozoic Life Manuscript
North American Pliocene Vertebrate Fauna, Exclusive of Fishes
Photographs
Bassariscus Material - Negatives and Photographs
Research Notes - Arizona and New Mexico
Cenozoic Fossil Record of Arizona
Correspondence and Maps
Correspondence - Fossil Mammal Finds
Correspondence, 1963-1966
Correspondence, 1966-1967
Correspondence, 1958-1967
Notebook, 1987-1988
Correspondence and Miscellaneous
National Science Foundation Correspondence
Research and Correspondence
Inqua Abstracts
Research and Notes
Lab Technique
Research - Ground Water
Research, Notes, and Correspondence
Box 3
"On Understanding Geochronological Time," by Terah L. Smiley - Sigma Xi Annual Winter Lecture, University of Arizona, January 14, 1964
"Volcanic Stratigraphy of Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona," by Joseph G. Wargo, June 15, 1959
Publications
"Geologic Sketch of the Rio Urique Region of Chihuahua, Mexico,- " by Carol A. Gifford
Ge 304, Structure
Carnivora
Upper Miocene - Barstovian: Barstow, Tonapah, Mascall-Virgin Valley, Skull Springs, Sucher Creek, Beatty Buttes, Merychippus Zone of Temblor
West Coast
Middle Miocene - Hemingfordian: Tick Canyon, Phillips Ranch, Caliente
Sespe - General: South Mt. Arikareean - Whitneyan; Kew Quarry, Las Posas Hills - Whitneyan
Vertebrate Paleontology - General Stratigraphy
Pleistocene - General
Research Notes and Photographs
Mammal Sites - Australia, Asia, Asia Minor, Africa
Lower Pliocene - Clarendonian: Siesta - Orinda, Black Hawk Ranch, Chanac, Ricardo, Esmeralda - Fish Lake Valley, Mint Canyon, Arowatz
University of Arizona Commencement Program, 1956, and Negative
Research, Notes, and Photographs
Birthday Cards
Field Book - Cal. Tech, 1941-1945
Field Book, 1966
Research Notes, Photographs, and Correspondence
Miscellaneous Sections and Report Writing
The Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona, Revised Report of the Symposium, Carol S. Carter, January 12, 1965
Research Notes
Air Force Personnel Records
National Science Foundation
The Geological Society of America
Research Notes
"Earthquake Research for the Safer Siting of Critical Facilities," National Academy of Sciences, 1980
Military Records (2 folders)
Construction Kit - Three Dimension Models of the Basic Crystallographic Forms, 1948
Lance, John Franklin, 1st Lieutenant
Military Records
John Q. Burch, List 85
Manuscripts Submitted to Geology, 1976
Final Report to Rates of Climatic Change During the Last Interglacial/Glacial Transition - A Conference Sponsored by the Quaternary and Geomorphology Division, Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, November 10, 1976
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals (2 folders)
Photographs and Clippings
Abstract Volumes - Last Minute Details
India
Research Notes
Box 4
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals (2 folders)
Papers
Research Notes
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals
"The East Taiwan Ophiolite: Its Occurrence, Petrology, Metamorphism and Tectonic Setting"
Fox Skull Negatives
Military Records
Tavola
"Cenozoic Sedimentary Rocks of Tonto Basin," New Mexico Geological Society
Research Notes
Skull - Chondrocranium and Cartilage Bones - After Kingsley
Horses
"A Description of the Humeri of Twelve Cave Swelling Genera of Southwestern Cave Dwelling Microchiroptera," by Susi Nagoda, May 25, 1962
"The Origin and Evolution of Hypsodontry Prepares for Comparative Dental Anatomy," by John A. Stewart, December 20, 1961
Skeletal Material Borrowed from Zoology and Anthropology
Recommendations
A
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
"Craneodental Anatomy of Existing Pecaries," by Carlos Rusconi
Capybara - Safford
Tooth Growth
Research Notes
Platygonus - H. L. Gass
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Field Trips
Marine Mammals
Final Examinations
Capybara
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals
Paper - Gary Bateman
Mammal-like Reptiles - Classification
Research Notes
Geol. 304, Outline
Therapsid - Mammal Phylogeny Charts
Molding and Casting - Harold L. Gass
"Pleistocene Extinction of the North American Megafauna," by Walter J. Smith, June 15, 1962
Illustration Techniques, Walt Smith
Ge 399, George Lammers on Turtles
Ge 399P, Vertebrate Paleontology Seminar, 1961-1962 II
Ge 399P, Paul Wood - Rodent Classification, 1961-1962
Tapirs, Walt Smith
Nannippus, Robert Gray
Ge 399P, Bears, Lance, 1961-1962 II
Ge 399, Lammers - Species: Vertical and Horizontal Classification
Ge 399P, Robert Gray - Continental Drift
Ge 275, North American Provincial Ages
Rhinos, Tapirs, and Chalicotheres
Ge 399P, Seminar, Vertebrate Paleontology - Platygonus, Harold Gass
Geochronology Suggested Catalogue Changes, 1967-1969
Geochronology Laboratories
Vertebrate Paleontology Lecture Notes, Miscellaneous
Vertebrate Paleontology Lecture, Fall 1951
Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammals, Introduction
US National Museum
Courses - Geochronology
Pollen
Proposal for a Doctoral Program in Geochronology, University of Arizona, 1966
Geochronology - Paleoclimatology
Ge 209, Vertebrate Paleontology Exams, 1966-1967 I
Ge 209, Laboratory - Cat Skeleton
Ge 209, Laboratory - Notes
Ge 209, Laboratory - Bones Worksheet
Zoology 375, J. A. Stewart - Specification in the Genus Homo
Early Man in North America
"Strange Creatures Down Under," by Arthur Scholes
AE Wood - Rodent Classification, 1955
Pliocene Faunas
Ge 209, Lecture Notes
Ge 275
University of Arizona
Vertebrate Paleontology
Vertebrate Paleontology Lab and Preparation
Class Notes and Papers
Examinations
Class Notes, Photographs
Vertebrate Paleontology Notes
Ge 209, Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology, 1957
Paleontology 127, Lecture Notes
Vertebrate Paleontology - General Anatomy and Osteology
Lecture Notes
Rodents
"The Second Mammoth and Associated artifacts at Santa Isabel Iztapan, Meixco," by Luis Aveleyra A. de Anda
Box 5
Vertebrate Paleontology Exams
Lecture Notes
Cenozoic - AGS Digest, 1959
Ge 275, Final Exam, 1962
Vertebrate Paleontology Exams, 1961-1962
Ge 209, Final Exam, 1961-1962
Ge 209, Final Exam, 1966
Addresses
Geology 295a, Joe Ben Wheat - Dating Early Man: Paleontology
Photographs - Beuld Park, Todolto Park, Indian Wells
Notebook, 1967
National Science Foundation
International Council for Archaeozoology, 1990
Notebook, December 10, 1981-March 25, 1983
Reviews
EAR Programs
National Science Foundation Proposals
Arizona Cenozoic Summary
Thesis - Klaus Voelger
University of Arizona Graduate Handbook
Basin and Range
Lecture Excerpts by Mary Blair Wallace, 1939-1940
Instruction and Information for Advisors of Geochronology Graduate Students
Lake Canyon Notes
"Geologic Studies in the Meade County Area, Kansas and Oklahoma," by D. W. Taylor and C. W. Hibbard
Charles Merriam Notes
Eocene - Mid and Upper Of Europe
"Geologic Report of Jerusalem Area," by A. Z. Kilani, 1960
Correspondence
Courses - Outlines, etc.
Sabbatical Leave
Teeth Drawings
Star Finder
National Science Foundation Final Report
Account Book
"A History of the Colorado River," by Charles A. Repenning, John F. Lance, and Chester R. Longwell
Manuscripts - "University of California Localities in Washington;" "Oregon"
Lecture Notes
Correspondence, 1959, 1977-1987
Record
Publications
California Maps and Brochures
Photographs, Negatives, and Drawings
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Writings, and Notes (Folders 1-5 of 6)
Box 6
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Writings, and Notes (Folder 6 of 6)
Manuscripts
Plesippus or Hippotigris
Vallecito Creek - Theodore Downs and John A. White
Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii
Correspondence, 1939-1958
Department Curriculum
Geo-Study, Miscellaneous Correspondence
Correspondence - Berkeley, 1962
US Geological Survey, Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch, 1960-1962
Correspondence, 1950-1958
Correspondence, 1951-1987
University of Arizona - Excavations
Walnut Grove Illustrations
Walnut Grove - Supplies and Expenses, 1963
Walnut Grove Project, 1963
Walnut Grove - Elephant Location; Photographs
Noble Ranch Canid
Portheus, Cretaceous, Kansas
Kansas - Fish
Grand Canyon Photographs
Arizona Geological Society Field Trip
Photographs
Naco Mammoth Manuscript
New Mexico - Winston titanothere
Correspondence, 1963
Library Reserve Book Lists
Manuscript and Notes: Geologic Framework of Arid Basins in Arizona (2 folders)
Chert
"The Giant Ground Squirrel Paenemarmota," by Charles A. Repenning
"Physiographic Division of Arizona," by L. A. Heindl and J.F. Lance
"A History of the Colorado River," by Charles A. Repenning, John F. Lance, and Chester R. Longwell (3 folders)
"The Empire Mountains, Southeastern Arizona"
"Geology of the Empire Mountains, Arizona," by Frederic W. Galbraith
75th Anniversary
"Geomorphology and the Age of Volcanic Rocks in Northeastern Arizona," by Maurice E. Cooley
Naco Mammoth
Colorado River Paper - Illustrations
Colorado River Paper - Correspondence
Ge 105, Field Geology
Colorado River Paper - Second Rough Draft
"Reconnaissance Geology of the Tonto Basin," by J. S. Downey and M. Alford
China Lake
Photographs
"Mineta Formation, A Middle Tertiary Unit in Southeastern Arizona," by Randall T. Chew, III
Parker, Arizona - Fossil Wood
Safford - Print and Negative
Safford - Photographs
Safford - Swift Trail Area
McRae Wash. Loc. - San Pedro Valley
San Pedro Valley
"Cenozoic Sedimentary Rocks of Tonto Basin," by J. F. Lance, J. S. Downey, and M. Alford
Yuma, Arizona - Fossil Wood
75th Anniversary Volume
Pleistocene Committee - National Science Foundation Project
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Writings, and Notes
Ge 105, Notes
Field Geology
Field Geology, Whittier College
Field Geology
Box 7
Tectonics
Tertiary Symposium Manuscript
"Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in Southwestern U.S.A."
Permits - Forms, etc.
Fossil Localities: Bowie, Arizona
Fossil Localities: Duncan
Fossil Localities: Lehner Ranch
Fossil Localities: Lehner Ranch Fauna
Fossil Localities: Lehner Ranch Tapir
Fossil Localities: Lehner Mammoth
Fossil Localities: Lewis Springs, Wolf Ranch
Fossil Localities: Montezuma Well, Verde Valley
Fossil Localities: Pyeatts Cave Sloth
Fossil Localities: Prescott Peccary
Fossil Localities: Rampart Cave
Fossil Localities: Richville Gravels
Fossil Localities: Safford, General
Fossil Localities: Safford
Fossil Localities: San Pedro Valley, J. W. Gidley, 1926
Fossil Localities: Shonto
Fossil Localities: Shonto, Antelope
Fossil Localities: Tonto Basin
Fossil Localities: Tonto Basin Paper
Wellton Fauna
Milk Creek
White Cone Fauna
White Cone
Wickieup, Arizona - University of California Material
Wilcox Playa
Fossil Localities: Nevada Report, USGS
Fossil Localities: University of California Localities
Fossil Localities
Fossil Localities: California and Oregon
Fossil Localities: Caborca, Mexico
Fossil Localities: Dark Canyon Cave, New Mexico
Tertiary Symposium
Cenozoic Land Lye
Goodwater
La Playa, Sonora, Mexico
Verde Valley
Road Log
Kern County Land Company
Maps - South America
Arizona Fossil Localities - Miscellaneous or Un-named
Ainsworth Fauna, Brown County, Nebraska
Anderson Mine, Arizona
Clarkdale, Arizona
Coconino Cavern
Maps
Graywater, Washington
Hazlewood Ranch
"How One Floating Line Apparatus was Constructed," by Stan Williams
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Writings, and Notes
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology News Bulletins, 1948-1965 (4 folders)
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Bibliographies
Slides: Houston to Los Angeles, November 1962
Slides: Bozeman-Pocatello Trip; Christmas 1967; Kitty - Tucson, April 1968
Slides: Mexico City and Capybara Skulls, November 1968
Slides: Tlapacoya, Mexico, and Capybara Skulls, November 1968
Slides: Mountains in Mexico, San Diego, Tucson; Lightning, March 2, 1972
Slides: Sunsets, June 1974; Hechinger Fire
Slides: Ribbon Lightning, May 22, 1975
Slides: Valley of Kings, November 1976
Slides: Lightning, August 8, 1979
Slides: Carolina Bays, January 1980
Slides: Relief Maps
Slides: Clarkdale; Snowflake Illinois Ranch (?); Denver Flight
Slides: Horizontal Lightning Strikes
Slides: Clouds, Falls Church
Slides: Mexico City; Lightning
Miscellaneous and Unidentified Slides
Unidentified Slides
Negatives of Fox Skull, Jaw Bones, etc., June 1955
Miscellaneous Prints
Assorted Photographs and Negatives: Fossils and Locales
Photographs and Negatives: Lance's Fossil Beast
Miscellaneous Prints
Aerial Photographs (3 folders)
Aerial Photographs - Strip 5
Aerial Photographs - Strip 7
Aerial Photographs - Strip 8
Aerial Photographs - Strip 9
Miscellaneous Photographs
Box 8
Aerial Photographs
Photographs and Plates: Cenozoic Mammals, Arizona and Sonora
Correspondence: Cenozoic Mammals, Arizona and Sonora
Mounted Transparencies
Aerial Photographs
Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, and Slides
Negatives: Arcadia
Negatives: Marry Springs Petrified Forest, June 1966
Miscellaneous Photographs and Negatives
Negatives: Terraces
Aerial Photographs
Miscellaneous Photographs
Photographs and Negatives (to Morgan Monroe)
Correspondence
Negatives: Child; Skull
Box 9
Aerial Photographs
Miscellaneous Plates
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