COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Mainly personal and professional correspondence, especially concerning Cornell Geology Department administration and conflicts; correspondents include Henry Platt Cushing, Edmund Ezra Day, Livingston Farrand, Adam C. Gill, Gilbert D. Harris, Charles W. Merriam, Charles S. Prosser, Floyd K. Richtmyer, Ralph S. Tarr, Oscar D. von Engeln, Henry Shaler Williams, and others. Also, one diary kept by Ries (ca. 1914-1939) and one by Henry S. Williams (1889-1892, 1904-1908) concerning departmental affairs, typescript departmental minutes (1904-1914), laboratory notes (1904-1909), memoranda, enrollment statistics, reports, notes, condolence letters, and other items relating to Ries, Williams, and the Geology Department at Cornell University.
Dates
- 1889-1951.
Creator
- Ries, Heinrich, 1871-1951. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Heinrich Ries was professor of geology at Cornell University.
Extent
1.6 cubic feet. (1.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence and other papers relating to Ries' career as professor of geology at Cornell University.
Physical Description
Correspondence, diaries, minutes, notes, memoranda, reports, and other papers.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- M. Warren
- Date completed:
- Sept. 1984
- EAD encoding:
- J.M. Nicholas, May 2003
- College teachers.
- Cornell University. Geology Department
- Cornell University. Geology Department -- : Administration.
- Cushing, Henry Platt.
- Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951.
- Engeln, O. D. von (Oscar Diedrich), 1880-1965.
- Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939.
- Geologists.
- Gill, Adam C.
- Harris, Gilbert D.
- Merriam, Charles Warren, 1905-
- Prosser, Charles S.
- Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939.
- Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912.
- Williams, Henry Shaler.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M. Warren
- Date
- May 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu