Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 16-255
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
Curatorial Records, 1940-2006
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of field notes created by Carl Huntington Broedel, William Richard Jones, E. C. T. Chao, Everett Dale Jackson, James F. Luhr, and Tom Simkin. Created under the auspices of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), these field books document volcanological, petrological, and geological field work conducted in numerous places around the world. Sites include: Stillwater County, Montana; the Lake Bosumtwi Crater, Ghana; the Nordlinger Ries Crater, Germany; California; Washington; Hawaii; American Samoa; South Africa; Europe; Greece; Italy; Mexico; Soviet Union; Spain; Australia; Chile; Armenia; Scotland; and Ireland. Materials include field notes.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Jones, William Richard, 1880-
- Broedel, Carl H. (Carl Huntington), 1908-
- Chao, E. C. T.
- Jackson, Everett D. (Everett Dale), 1925-1978
- Luhr, James F.
- Simkin, Tom
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
Subject
- Geology
- Geologists
- Museums -- Collection management
- Volcanology
- Volcanoes
- Volcanological research
- Volcanologists
- Petrology
- Stillwater County (Mont.)
- California
- Ries Crater (Germany)
- Bosumtwi, Lake (Ghana)
- Washington (State)
- Hawaii
- American Samoa
- South Africa
- Europe
- Greece
- Italy
- Mexico
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Australia
- Chile
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Armenia
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-255, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences, Curatorial Records