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Accession 16-254
Washington, Henry S. (Henry Stephens), 1867-1934
Henry Stephens Washington Papers, 1890-1909
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: | Washington, Henry S. (Henry Stephens), 1867-1934 |
| Title: | Henry Stephens Washington Papers |
| Dates: | 1890-1909 |
| Quantity: | 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) |
| Collection: | Accession 16-254 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of the correspondence of Henry Stephens Washington, a noted geochemist, who, along with Whitman Cross, Joseph Paxson Iddings, and Louis V. Pirsson, created a system of normative nomenclature for the classification of igneous rocks, which became known as the CIPW Norm. Notable correspondents include James Furman Kemp and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Fridtjof Nansen. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence; a glass negative; and other related materials. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the correspondence of Henry Stephens Washington, a noted geochemist, who, along with Whitman Cross, Joseph Paxson Iddings, and Louis V. Pirsson, created a system of normative nomenclature for the classification of igneous rocks, which became known as the CIPW Norm. Notable correspondents include James Furman Kemp and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Fridtjof Nansen. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence; a glass negative; and other related materials.
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Name
- Cross, Whitman, 1854-1949
- Iddings, Joseph Paxson, 1857-1920
- Kemp, James Furman, 1859-1926
- Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930
- Pirsson, Louis V. (Louis Valentine), 1860-1919
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-254, Henry Stephens Washington Papers
Container List
Box 1
Letter of Agreement, December 3, 1890
G. Washington, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1892
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, December 13, 1892
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, January 1, 1893
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, January 15, 1893
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, January 29, 1893
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, March 10, 1893
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, May 7, 1893
G. Washington, Bella Vista, Florida, July 3, 1893
Travel Registration Document, Venice, Italy, July 1893
Richard Norton, August 8, 1893
S. R. Beckwith, East Orange, New Jersey, August 15, 1893
Dr. A. Rohrig, Chemist, Leipzig, Germany, August 31, 1893
G. Washington, Savannah, Georgia, December 19, 1893
Dr. A. Rohrig, Chemist, Leipzig, Germany, August 10, 1894
F. Livkel, Bonn, Germany, September 14, 1894
F. Fouque, College de France, March 23, 1895
F. Fouque, College de France, June 25, 1895
F. Fouque, Paris, France, July 10, 1895
F. W. Putnam, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, September 17, 1895
F. Fouque, College de France, December 26, 1895
J. P. Iddings, University of Chicago, January 3, 1896
Unknown Author, Leipzig, Germany, January 26, 1896
L. V. Pirsson, The Graduates Club, New Haven, Connecticut, February 22, 1896
J. P. Iddings, University of Chicago, April 29, 1896
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), May 16, 1896
S. L. Penfield, Catskill, New York, August 10, 1896
Bryn Mawr College, October 2, 1896
Hovey, American Museum of Natural History, New York, November 9, 1896
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), November 20, 1896
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), January 19, 1897
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), January 30, 1897
F. Ferkel, Leipzig, Germany, February 10, 1897
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), February 16, 1897
H. W. Turner, United States Geological Survey (USGS), March 1, 1897
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), March 3, 1897
H. Rosenbusch, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, 1897
J. P. Iddings, December 20, 1897
S. Penfield, Cleveland, Ohio, December 31, 1897
L. V. Pirsson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), January 4, 1898
B. K. Emerson, January 15, 1898
F. Leslie Ransome, USGS, January 15, 1898
J. P. Iddings, January 16, 1898
Whitman Cross, Washington, District of Columbia (D.C.), January 17, 1898
F. Leslie Ransome, USGS, January 24, 1898
J. J. H. Teale, London, January 26, 1898
Fridtjof Nansen, February 5, 1898
J. P. Iddings, February 6, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, February 11, 1898
Alfred Harker, St. John's College, Cambridge, England, February 20, 1898
F. Leslie Ransome, USGS, April 9, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, May 11, 1898
J. P. Iddings, May 31, 1898
Frank D. Adams, Montreal, June 7, 1898
Fridtjof Nansen, June 11, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), June 27, 1898
J. P. Iddings, July 9, 1898
J. P. Iddings, August 3, 1898
Henry A. Ward, Rochester, New York, Ward's Natural Science Establishment, August 24, 1898
The Boston and Colorado Smelting Company, August 24, 1898
W. O. Crosby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), August 28, 1898
Dr. Richard Lepsius, Darmstadt, Germany, September 1, 1898
J. P. Iddings, November 3, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), November 22, 1898
J. P. Iddings, November 26, 1898
S. Dana, The American Journal of Science, November 28, 1898
C. R. Van Hise, University of Wisconsin, November 29, 1898
Alfred C. Lane, Michigan Geological Survey, November 30, 1898
J. P. Iddings, December 1, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, December 6, 1898
L. V. Pirrson, December 21, 1898
J. P. Iddings, January 8, 1898
Charles Stein, King's College, November 1, 1899
J. J. H. Teale, Geological Survey of England and Wales, December 12, 1899
Fridtjof Nansen, January 7, 1900
John D., January 9, 1900
Frank Adams, McGill University, February 10, 1900
J. F. Kemp, April 7, 1900
L. Monaco, November 23, 1900
George I. Finley, Columbia University, December 22, 1900
Alfred E. Barlow, Geological Survey of Canada, December 31, 1900
J. F. Kemp, Columbia University, January 9, 1901
J. F. Kemp, Columbia University, January 14, 1901
Alfred E. Barlow, Geological Survey of Canada, January 17, 1901
H. S. Washington to J. P. Iddings, January 18, 1901
H. S. Washington to J. P. Iddings, January 24, 1901
H. S. Washington to L. V. Pirrson, January 29, 1901
Alfred E. Barlow, Geological Survey of Canada, February 1, 1901
Frank D. Adams, McGill University, February 2, 1901
H. S. Washington to J. P. Iddings, February 10, 1901
Alfred E. Barlow, Geological Survey of Canada, February 14, 1901
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Bryn Mawr College, March 5, 1901
J. P. Iddings, March 8, 1901
H. S. Washington to Pirrson, Cross, and Iddings, March 9, 1901 (larger mylar)
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 1, 1901
Verlagsbuchhandlung Gebruder Borntraeger (Scientific Publisher), April 15, 1901
George W. Card, Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, April 30, 1901
J. B. Card, May 7, 1901
H. S. J., May 12, 1901
London, May 14, 1901
J. F. Kemp, Columbia University, May 20, 1901
C. R. Vantisse, University of Wisconsin, May 20, 1901
John H. Wright, Harvard University, May 24, 1901
J. F. Kemp, May 27, 1901
Joseph Clark Hoppin, June 21, 1901
Joseph Clark Hoppin, July 1, 1901
Robert Lilly, July 8, 1901
J. P. Iddings, August 2, 1901
Ordonez, July 15, 1901
J. D. Harrison, August 24, 1901
J. L. Ransome, USGS, September 30, 1901
J. B. Harrison, November 25, 1901
H. Stanley Jevons, July 11, 1901
J. D. Harrison, November 25, 1901
H. Stanley Jevons, November 29, 1901
L. Monaco, 1902
J. D. Harrison, February 13, 1902
J. P. Iddings, February 22, 1902
Ralph Arnold, Stanford University, March 17, 1902
Oliver Farrington, Field Museum, April 9, 1902
H. S. Washington to Geheimath, April 12, 1902
J. P. Iddings, April 16, 1902
John H. Sears, Field Museum, April 25, 1902
L. V. Pirrson, April 30, 1902
J. F. Kemp, May 18, 1902
George Finlay, May 23, 1902
George Finlay, June 10, 1902
George Finlay, July 5, 1902
J. F. Kemp, September 30, 1902
Whitman Cross, October 22, 1902
George W. Card, November 3, 1902
E. O. Hovey, November 17, 1902
H. S. Washington to E. O. Hovey, November 24, 1902
H. S. Washington to J. B. Card, December 8, 1902
J. P. Iddings, December 10, 1902
H. S. Washington to E. O. Hovey, December 13, 1902
H. S. Washington to Professor H. L. Fairchild, December 17, 1902
Ulysses Sherman Grant, Northwestern University, January 16, 1903
Edward B. Matthews, January 24, 1903
H. S. Washington to E. B. Matthews, January 24, 1903
T. L. Walker, February 6, 1903
W. T. Bayley, February 21, 1903
John W. Evans, February 24, 1903
George W. Card, February 26, 1903
C. F. Goodrich, U. S. R. S. Minneapolis, April 8, 1903
H. S. Washington to P. C. Warman, April 8, 1903
H. S. Washington to "Colleagues," April 18, 1903
P. C. Warman, USGS, May 7, 1903
Charles Walcott, USGS, May 18, 1903
Frank D. Adams, May 20, 1903
H. S. Washington to P. C. Warman, June 5, 1903
Frank D. Adams, June 10, 1903
H. S. Washington to Frank D. Adams, June 17, 1903
Alfred C. Lane, August 9, 1903
C. L. Whittle, August 11, 1903
H. Stanley Jevons, August 20, 1903
W. W. H. Hobbs, August 27, 1903
John E. Wolff, September 2, 1903
J. C. Brenner, September 2, 1903
George M. Mood, September 3, 1903
George H. Kunz, September 9, 1903
H. S. Washington to George H. Kunz, September 11, 1903
George H. Kunz, September 12, 1903
Frank D. Adams, September 17, 1903
J. P. Iddings, October 1, 1903
J. P. Iddings, October 15, 1903
George D. Louderback, January 20, 1904
H. S. Washington to George D. Louderback, January 31, 1904
George D. Louderback, February 12, 1904
J. P. Iddings, April 8, 1904
W. G. Woolhough, April 13, 1904
C. M. Washington, September 2, 1904
H. S. Washington to the Agent-General for Victoria, September 4, 1904
George W. Card, November 10, 1904
John C. H. F., November 10, 1904
L. V. Pirrson, February 1, 1905
Bryn Mawr College, February 28, 1905
L. V. Pirrson, March 11, 1905
Salvador Calderon, July 8, 1905
F. Zirkel, December 31, 1905
L. V. Pirrson, January 12, 1906
J. W. Clarke, USGS, January 17, 1906
Salvador Calderon, February 25, 1906
A. Dannenberg, March 16, 1906
W. F. Hillebrand, March 20, 1906
Museum D'Historie Naturelle, Mineralogie, March 26, 1906
F. Zirkel, April 4, 1906
Mineralogisches Institut der Universitat Frieburg i. B., April 10, 1906
Ordonez, April 23, 1906
A. Lucas, May 2, 1906
Salvador Calderon, May 2, 1906
J. B. Harrison, May 9, 1906
F. Zirkel, June 5, 1906
B. Von Aber, June 6, 1906
Whitman Cross, June 16, 1906
F. Zirkel, October 5, 1906
The Royal Society, London, October 12, 1906
Orville A. Derby, October 16, 1906
Sam W. Reyburn, December 1, 1906
B. F. Hall, February 25, 1909
John Irving, undated
George W. Card, undated
Correspondence, undated
J. F. Kemp, undated
Martha Rose Washington, undated
C. Waldstein, undated
E. S. Dana, undated
L. V. Pirsson, undated
S. Lacroix, undated
Henry Stephens Washington, Glass Plate Negative, undated
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