Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 13-060
Marvin, Ursula B.
Ursula B. Marvin Papers, 1926-2007
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: | Marvin, Ursula B. |
Title: | Ursula B. Marvin Papers |
Dates: | 1926-2007 |
Quantity: | 10.5 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 13-060 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of research papers, lectures, research notes, correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, photographs, slides from various trips and lectures, clippings, professional activity files, and related materials documenting Ursula B. Marvin's career as a planetary geologist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, as well as personal papers and photographs from her childhood and education. Of special note are materials relating to Marvin's research on lunar samples from the Apollo missions and research in Antarctica studying meteorites. Also included are junior high and high school projects documenting her early interest in geology, and original artwork created by Marvin. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of research papers, lectures, research notes, correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, photographs, slides from various trips and lectures, clippings, professional activity files, and related materials documenting Ursula B. Marvin's career as a planetary geologist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, as well as personal papers and photographs from her childhood and education. Of special note are materials relating to Marvin's research on lunar samples from the Apollo missions and research in Antarctica studying meteorites. Also included are junior high and high school projects documenting her early interest in geology, and original artwork created by Marvin.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-060, Ursula B. Marvin Papers
Container List
Box 1
Snowbird Conference, 1988: Impact and Geology Talk
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium, 1985, Goa, India
Reviews, 1986-1987
History of Geology: Geological Society of America (GSA), 1980-1985
GSA Nominations - History of Geology, 1982-1985
GSA History Award, 1986. Includes Marvin's acceptance speech.
GSA Awards Committee, 1979-1989
GSA - Martin Guntau, 1993
GSA History of Geology Award Nominations, 1987-1989
Women in the History of Science, Williams College Symposium, 1980
The Environmental Movement: Its Legacy from Project Apollo, by Marvin, 1984
Meteoritical Society, Vail, Colorado, 1993
Suffolk University, 1982
Women in Science Statistics, 1972-1975
Dusel-Bacon, Cynthia, 1995
Women's Issues (primarily clippings), c. 1981-1983
Toluca: Walker-Price Correspondence, 1965-1967
Hutchinson, Robert, 1995
Women: Science Education, 1987
Women and Math, 1980-1982
GSA History of Geology: Division Chair, 1982-1983
Harvard Geology 159a, 1977-1978. Taught by Marvin.
National Organization for Women, 1980-1982. Includes correspondence and symposia information on topics of women and science.
International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO), 1990-1997
Guntau, Martin, 1990-1994
Vaccari, Ezio, 1996-1997
INHIGEO President, 1992
China: Letters and Notices before INHIGEO Meeting, 1990
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Report, 1991-1996
INHIGEO By-Laws, 1992
INHIGEO Dormant Nominations, 1991-1994
Arduino, Giovanni: Book Review, 1995
Barry j. Cooper/David Branagan, 1991-1992
Urbani, Franco, 1993-1994
Guntau, Martin, 1993-1995
INHIGEO Membership Letters, 1989-1995
Branagan, David, 1992-1995
INHIGEO, 1996
INHIGEO Letters: 1996 Elections
INHIGEO - Switzerland, 1998
INHIGEO - Beijing, 1996
INHIGEO - Sydney, 1994
Meteoritical Society Meeting - Prague, 1994
Correspondence - Dead File, c. 1991
Yagi, Kenzo, 1993-1996
Torrens, Hugh S., 1995-1998
Hongzhen, Wang, 1997
Letters, etc. - Dormant, 1991-1993
INHIGEO - Kyoto, 1992
INHIGEO - China: Post-Symposium, 1990-1991
IUGS History, 1990-1992
Oldroyd, Dave, 1996-1998
Smithsonian Press Correspondence, 1969-1976
Encyclopaedia Britannica Proof, 1969-1974
Box 2
Domenico Troili Notes, c. 2002
Reviews, 1967-1973
Chladni Notes, c. 1994-1996
Gould, Stephen, 2002-2003. Includes elegy.
Field Museum - Chicago, 1986. Includes lecture notes.
Maine Science Teachers Association, 1984
Book Reviews, 1976-1977
New Orleans: Lunar Review, 1982
National Air and Space Museum, 1981. Includes lecture notes.
Meteoritical Society - D.C., 1995
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Notices, 1966-1985. Includes expedition proposals, summaries and notes.
INHIGEO - Italy, 1995
Letters, 1975-1981
GSA - Denver, 1996
Cordierite-Spinel, 1988. Includes notes and article.
Harvard Geology 159 and 259, 1975-1984
INHIGEO - Brazil, 1993
GSA - Atlanta, 1980
International Geological Congress - Paris, 1980
Ohio State Bonocker Lecture, 1980
Lowell Lecture, 1980
Meteoritical Society - Perth, Crater History Address, 1990
Trivia
INHIGEO - Dresden, 1991
Quartz Monzodiorites Puzzle, 1990
Cordierite-Spinel Troctolite, 1988-1989
Talks on Meteorites (Tufts, Bucknell, Harvard), 1960s
Harvard Geological Conference, 1980
Sigma Xi Lecture, B.C., 1981
University of Pennsylvania Lecture, 1975
Lyell Symposium, Scotland, 1975
Seminar: Notes and Reprints - Continental Drift, 1967-1968
Australia Abstracts, 1976
Letters - Personal, 1989-1993
Trivia: Programs, Invitations, etc., c. 1972-1976
Research Projects, 1964-1981
GSA - Boston, 1993. Includes citation for History of Geology Award to Martin Guntau.
International Geological Congress - Kyoto, 1992
Special Articles, 1965-1981
Workshop on Antarctic Meteorites, 1985
Proposal Reviews, 1981-1991
EPS-109, 1988
Josephinite Research, 1967-1968
University of New Hampshire and Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Observatory Nights Lectures, 1978-1980
History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS), 1987-1990
HESS, 1983-1991
Troost, Gerard Notes
Pairing Talk - Albuquerque, 1984
Harvard Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, 1988-1989
Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET), 1997
Box 3
GSA - G. K. Gilbert Award, 1986-1989
Pittsburgh, Oregon, Chicago Talks, 1985-1986
Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Letters and Notes, 1979-1982
Nantucket Lecture, 1988
Radcliffe Quarterly, 1990
White Deposits: Abstracts, Manuscript, 1979
Schultz, Ludolf, 1993-1994
GSA - History of Geology Committee, 1988-1996
Ganymede, 1996
Magnesium Salts: Photographs and Notes
Antarctic - Smithsonian Contributions, 1989
Meteoritical Society - Lunar Zircon, 1970-1981
Journal of Geological Education - Fan Mail, 1986-1989
Geotimes Responses, 1990
Zirconium/Niobium Minerals, undated
Pristine Highlands Rocks Workshop, 1982
INHIGEO - Berlin, 1996
IGC - Beijing, 1996
Granite Harbor Letters, 1979-1982
Meteorite Discussion Group (MDG), 1978-2001
Harvard Geology Department Annual Reports, 1976-1986
Job, Student and Publication Questions/Correspondence, 1982-1990
History Figures Copies, undated
Antarctica - Glossies, Illustrations, etc., c. 1978-1979
New Quebec Crater, 1988-1996
Meteoritical Society - Fayetteville, Arkansas: New Quebec Impactite, 1988
New Quebec Articles, 1950-1964
Krzyszton, Peter, 1993-1994
Kozak, Jan, 1994
Contributions List, 1990-1993
Killgore, Marvin, 1995-1996
Ebihara, Mitsuru and K. Yanai, 1995
Parody, Nancy, 1997
GSA - 1983 Symposium
Women's Program -Space for Women II, 1995
Inside Smithsonian Research, 2006
Meteoritics and Planetary Science (MAPS), 1999-2001
MAPS - Ross Taylor and Derek Sears, 2002
IGC Letters, 1988-1989
IGC Abstracts, 1989
Urey, Harold Articles, c. 1965-2003
Professional Women's Association - China Trip, 1980
61224, 6: Talks, Letters, Abstracts, 1976-1980
Lunar Niobian Rutile, 1971-1974
Red Spherule Paper, 1971-1978
Central Asia, 1965
Meteoritical Society Meetings, 1969-1974
Women Geoscientists Committee Newsletter, 1975-1980
American Geological Institute (AGI) Correspondence, 1977-1979
AGI Agendas, Minutes, 1977-1978
Ireland, Trevor, 1988-1991
Lowell Lecture - Museum of Science, 1980
Fireman, Edward L., 1990-1992
Densmore, Shannon (Workaholics and), 2004
Harvard Tutorial, 1994
Philadelphia Academy of Science, 1991-1994. Includes correspondence with David Challinor.
Arizona and Antarctica, 1978
Optical Society of America, 1984-1985
Box 4
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Lecture, 1985-1986
Lehigh University Lecture, 1986-1988
Nichols, Bob, c. 1966-1968
Pittsburgh Talk - Allan Hills Dust, undated
Harvard Thursday Morning Talks and Harvard Neighbors, 1984
Harvard Science Center Lecture, 1984
Berwick Academy Lecture, 1986
Esteem Lecture, 1973-1980
Bantlesville Lecture, 1988
Exxon Production Research Lecture, 1983
CfA Colloquium, 1988
CfA Colloquium Clippings, 1988
American Chemical Society Lecture, 1983
Goddard Space Flight Center Lecture, 1983
Boston University Distinguished Lecture, 1984
Museum Institute for Teaching Science - Summer Science Program Lecture, 1988
Millersville, Pennsylvania Lecture, 1983
Famiglia Christiana La Recherche, 1983-1984
Hallen Seminar Lecture, 1983
Massachusetts Association of Science Supervisors Lecture, 1987
Nantucket and D.C. Lectures, 1987
Planetary Society, 1983-1984
Smithsonian World, 1983-1984
Smithsonian Books, 1985-1987
Young Person, 1985
National Geographic - San Jose, 1984-1998
Antarctic Explorers. Includes NASA photographs.
Harvard Mineralogical Museum Association and Observatory Nights, 1983-1986
Brown University and Harvard Seminar, 1982-1983
CfA Colloquium, 1995
Explorers Club, 1987
Talks on Antarctica, 1978-1989
Cassidy Numbers Systems, c. 1989
Contributions Lists, 1982-1985
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 2000
Royal Society Edinburgh, 1997
Notes and Letters, 1970-2001
HESS, 1992-1994
Lang, Bruno, 1994-1997
Newsletter Requests, 1995-1996
Mailings #26, 1994-1996
Women's Program, 1976
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) and Geological Careers, 1985, 1996
Women in Science, 1986
Filled Roster Requests and Notes, 1977-1979
Roster: Notes from Scientists, 1977-1978
Roster: Costs and Procedures, 1977
Good, Greg, 2005
Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 2004
Tea Party, 1949
Shoemaker, Eugene and Carolyn, c. 1997
Meteorite Magazine, 2005
Good, Greg and Vic Baker, 2004-2005
Meteorites: Historic Prints, 1983-2000
Bork, Ken, 2004-2006
Meteoritical Society, 1996
Crozaz, Ghislaine, 1998-2006
Baier, Agnieszka P., 2005-2007
Oldroyd, David, 2002-2004
Oldroyd, David, 2003
Antarctic Interview (Shoemaker), 2003
Engelhardt, Wolf von, 1997-2000
Dott, Bob, 1999-2007
Kolbl-Ebert, Martina, 2001-2002
Kring, David A., 1993-2002
Hurlbut, Connie, 1995-2005
Geological Time Scales
Yagi, Kenzo and Masao Goraia, etc., 1970-2002
Notes: Antarctica, 1989-2002
Taylor, Ross, 2003
Box 5
Oldroyd, David, 2002-2004
Oldroyd, David, 1993-2003
European Journal, 2001-2002
Clarke, Roy, 1995-2003
Clarke, Roy - History of Smithsonian, 2005
HESS, 2000-2005
Pataev, Michaeil (Micha), 2001-2002
Barcelona Meteorite, 2002
Oreskes, Naomi - Review, 2001
Fireman, Edward - Obituary, 1990-2002
Norton, Richard - Review, 1994-1998
Wilhelms, Don E. - Review, 1993-1995
Reviews, 1990-1994
Reviews, 1983-1991
INHIGEO Responses, 1995-1997
GSA, 1999-2001
Meteorite Questions, 1997-2002
Meteorite Queries, 1993-2002
Southern Africa Meteorites
Namibia, 1999
Herzog, Gregory, 2000-2001
Pluto
Geological Parodies
Frauds - Notes and Trivia, 1993-2003
Cassidy
Reuss, Robert L. - Tufts, 2001-2003
Tufts, 2000-2003
Lunar Mineralogy
Uniformitarianism
Continental Drift Revision, 1988
Mazapil Meteorite, 2002
Frauds - Moon Rocks
Hoaxs/Frauds
United States Antarctic Research Program, 1979
National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs, 1986
Earth Science
NSF Polar Programs Advisory Committee, 1983-1985
Antarctic Meteorites Specimens and Reports/Memos, 1977-1980
NSF Polar Programs Advisory Committee, 1985-1986
Antarctic Talks - Seymour Island, 1985
Notes of November 11 Committee and Responses, 1977-1979
ANSMET, 1981
Antarctica, 1982
Antarctic: Personal Letters, Expense Accounts, 1979-1984
Letters, 1983-1987
News Items
FRAM: Antarctican, 1984
Box 6
Reviews, 1986
Clippings, 1983-1984
Meteorite Discussion Group (MDG), 1995
Iron Meteorites - Rutgers, 1995
Amherst, 1995
Science News, 1995
Woodland School, Weston, Massachusetts, 1995
Geotimes, 1995
Shrewsbury, 1995
K/T Products, 1986-1997
NASA ADS, 2001-2002
Interviews II, 2001
Letters: Interviews, 2001-2003
Interviews, 2000-2001
Gardnos Meteorite, 1992-1995
ISIS Reviews, 2001
Wabar, c. 1966-1973
Correspondence, 1970-1975
Suess, Hans, 1968-1974
Antarctica: Kim McDonald, 1998-1999
Kassakian: Slides, 1999
Maxwell, Ted - Ganymede, 2001
Episodes, 2000
GSA - Boston, 2001
Letters, 1999-2003
Letters, 1999-2001
Interview: Joanna Ferro, 2002
Meteoritical Society - Smithsonian Archives, 2000
INHIGEO Archives, 1999-2004
Frondel, Clifford, 2003
INHIGEO: Monod, Theodore - Dublin, 2003
History of Geology Group (HOGG) - London, 2003 (2 folders)
Lowell Lecture, 2002 (2 folders)
Smithsonian National Board, 2002
Memphis, 2002
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Boston, 2002
Troili Talk - Rome, 2001
Evora Talk, 2001
Meteorite Discussion Group, 2001
Tufts Petrology Class, 2001
Boston Mineral Club, 2000
IGC - Rio de Janeiro, 2000
GSA - Uniformitarianism: Bombed Out, 1999
Brookhaven, 1999
KWA Maritane, 1999
Goldschmidt Symposium: Brian Mason, 1999
Southold-Peconic Senior Citizens Club, 1999
Cassidy Symposium, 1999
MWG, 1997-1998
Association of Engineering Geologists, 1999
Neuchatel Talk, 1998
Harvard Class of 1953, 1998
MDG, 1998
Harvard Club of Sarasota, 1997
Adventurous Women, 1997
Boston Mineral Club - Mars: Observatory Night, 1997
University of Oklahoma Talk, 1997 (2 folders)
Edinburgh - Royal Society, 1997
INHIGEO - Beijing, 1996
Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich, 1994, 1996
Boston College: Mars, 1996
Responses to Chladni, 1996
Siena Talks, 1995
Rutgers, 1995
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 1995
Life Stories: Vermont, CfA, 1994
Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, 1995
Ward's Directions, 1988-1989
Earth, 1985
Wegener Manuscript, 1984-1985
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium, January 7, 1993
Barringer Lecture, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, April 1993
Lowell Lecture, May 5, 1993
Campo del Cielo Lecture, 1993
History of the United States Antarctic Search for Meteorites, Kyoto, 1992
Perth Crater Trip, 1990
Box 7
Observatory Night Lecture, July 20, 1989
Planetary Science Talk, April 26, 1989
Apollo 20th Anniversary, July 16 and 20, 1989
International Geological Congress, 1989
New Jersey Science Teachers Association, 1977
Lunar Talks, 1971-1976
Honorarium SAO and Library, 1994-1999
1968 FF and CC (calendar of talks/engagements, 1960-1986)
Marvin Nunatak
Retirement Party
Asteroid (named for Marvin), 1991-1997
Continental Drift, 1996
Tufts Lecture on Antarctic Expedition, 1998
Brunflo Material
Fred Whipple, December 4, 2004
Wood Symposium, May 28, 2004
Geology After 1962
David Oldroyd, 2001-2004
Sarah Gibbs, 2005
London Medal, 2005
Cliff Frondel, 2003
Science and Religion
Neuchatel Manuscript Galleys
Meteoritical Society History
American Philosophical Society, 1983
Episodes, 1982
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), 1982
Proxmire Flurry, 1978-1981
Choice/Illustrations
Random Pictures
Vitas, 1986-2005
Biosketches and Appointments, 1963-2003
Annual Lists Activities, 1988-2000
My Appointments, 1978-2001
Job Descriptions, Appraisals, 1976-2004
Grants - SAO/Smithsonian, 1976-1995
Radcliffe, July 24, 1983
Unsolicited Letters on Meteorites, etc., 1988-1997
Who's Who in America
Who's Who of American Women
Surveys, Biographical Listings
Historical Abstracts
Memorials
Hurlbut Honors/Cassidy Honors
GREENSMET, 1999
Harvard University Press and Smithsonian History
Dossier, 1988
Professional Accomplishments and Evaluation Committee (PAEC), 1982-1983
NASA Semi-Annuals, 1981-1990
Research Opportunity Fund/Secretary's Fluid Research Fund, 1978-1992
Geology Post 1962 Permissions
Random Correspondence, 1973-1980
Box 8
Open File, 1983-1986
Union Carbide, 1954-1955
Ohio State University Lecture, April 24, 1980
Sigma Xi, British Columbia, 1981
Meteorite Discussion/Talk, 1963
Crestone Lecture, SAO, 1963
Cristobalite Coesite, 1962
NSF History
Meteorites - Tufts, April 8, 1981
Treitel: Oklahoma - Update Plate Tectonics
London Videotape, 1979
Ottawa, 1980
Spaulding to Silliman Manuscript, 1977-1979
Peru: Hawkins Pampa de la Joya, 1969
Dental School Banquet, 1980
Bern, 1981
Sputnik IV: American Geophysical Union/Boston Mineral Club, 1962
Sky and Telescope, 1981
Technology Review, 1974-1975
Meteor Crater, Tufts University/MIT, 1972
MIT Moon Paper, 1969-1974
Letters, 1970s
Closed Correspondence, 1958-1967
Proposals, 1992
China Trip - Slides
Meteorites: Moon Mars Dynamics - Slides
Australia Crater Trip - Slides
Crater Field Trips - Slides
Ursula Marvin - Reviews, 1982
Norton Fusion Crust, 1964-1965
Letters, 1969-1971
Reviews, 1973-1974
Talks, 1966-1967
Correspondence with Readers, 1972-1979
Letters: For Action, 2004-2006
GSA Panel, 1976
Open Earth and Science A-D Lecture, 1969-1982
Correspondence, Lecture Notes and Articles, 1971-2005
Holiday Letters, 2006-2007
Open File, 1981-1982
Prairie Network: Nationalize Meteorites, 1965-1966
Letters, 1967-1971
Symposium Correspondence, 1975-1977
Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Ursula Marvin, 1955
Special Items
New York Academy of Sciences, April 1978
Geology Santa Barbara
Box 9
1968 Tufts Talk, etc.
General Correspondence, 1976-1979
Craters Talk, 1963
Observatory Night, 1981
Christmas Cards
Ensisheim: Abstract and Talk
Ensisheim Letters, 1982-1994
Ensisheim Readers, 1991
Ensisheim Slides (3 folders)
Scrapbooks (2 folders)
Scrapbook / Photo Album
A Birthday Celebration for Ursula and Tom, August 19, 2001, Wells, Maine (scrapbook)
"Happy 90th Birthday Aunt Ursula" (book)
Microscopic Views of Rocks (slides)
Seymour Island Slides (2 folders)
Derrick Peak Slides
Sarasota Martian Meteorites / Peconic: Slides
Australia Slides
Galapagos Slides
Meteoritical Society History: Slides
Diaries, 1955-1956 (2 folders)
Box 10
Diaries, 1986-2004 (19 folders)
Diplomas and Certificates
Tufts Fiftieth Anniversary (photograph), 2003
Ursula Marvin Artwork (2 folders)
Class Assignment in History, Seventh Grade, c. 1934
"Vermont in Story and Picture," Montpelier, Eighth Grade Project, Mrs. Saxby
Social Science, Twelfth Grade
Box 11
"Verde Monte," by Ursula Marvin, Eight Grade, 1935
"The Glorious Adventure" (class paper)
The United States Timber Resource: A History and Physiography, Thesis for American History Seminar, 1943
Geology Field Trips I-IV, 1941
History Assignments, Seventh Grade
Meteoritical Society: Well Wishes from Members, 1994
Photographs, 1926, 1939
Booklets About Ursula Marvin by Young Students
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