Series 1: Alumni and Students includes files the geology department maintained on undergraduate and graduate students and alumni. The files include lists of students and their theses. Individual files may include correspondence with or about an alumnus; clippings; photographs; a curriculum vitae, and so on. Material created by undergraduates includes a 1979 guide to the department and a geology notebook from 1938.
Files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department.
Graduate, 1913-2007
Undergraduate, 1918-2003
War Record, 1941-1945
Correspondence, 1949
Boyd, John, 1941-1960
Fox, S.K. *33, 1940-1948
Richard Fiske '54, 1997
McCloskey, Terry, 2003
Series 2: Associations contains records of various geology-related associations or organizations, including some records of the Geology Club at Princeton; the Princeton Geological Association; and the Geological Society of America; as well as the records of the American Institute of Geonomy and Natural Resources (an organization led by Princeton faculty members, though it was not headquartered at Princeton).
The files are arranged in the order in which they were received from the department.
Correspondence, 1959
Annual Reports, 1968
Miscellaneous, 1953-1956
Spring, Hobart W., 1970
Series 3: Department Administration contains various files maintained by the geology department, including information on course planning and course offerings; department histories often written by members of the department; departmental reports to the university president; plans for and assessment of the department's structure and academic foci; budgets and allocated funds; and records of the Geological Engineering Program. The files include correspondence, clippings, newsletters (especially The Smilodon), pamphlets, and maps.
The files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department (often in alphabetical runs). The archivist grouped files loosely by subject for the purposes of this finding aid only.
General, 1916-2000
Academic Planning, 1880-1995
Advisory Council, 1932-2000
Directories, 1933-1999
Finances, 1926-1996
Finances, 1931-1933
Funds, 1950-1964
Higgins Fund, 1948-1961
Budget, 1949-1958
Budget (Hess), 1950-1957
Dorf Fund, 1974
Frick, 1947
Hess Fund, 1971-1982
Penrose Fund, 1931
Scott Fund, 1926
Department Histories, 1880-1998
Humor, 1913-1976
Library, 1912-2000
Publications, 1934-2008
Reference, 1868-2007
Awards/Medals, 2005
Reports, Department of Natural History; List of Subjects in Geology; College Bulletin, 1881-1890
Crerarite, 1995
McPhee, John, 2005-2007
Old Microscopes, 1919
Mineralogy, 1892-1937
New Jersey, 1946-1971
Pine Barrens, 1966-1990
Clippings, 1930-1937
Clippings, 1935-1985
Biology, 1974-1978
Geology 1932, 1932
Business Cards, undated
Series 4: Faculty and Staff includes faculty meeting minutes; basic files the department maintained on faculty members (which may include clippings, correspondence, curriculum vitae, and photographs); as well as the more extensive files of longtime faculty members such as A.F. Buddington, B.F. Howell and William Taylor Thom. Files on Arnold Guyot primarily contain research about Guyot; other faculty files may have been maintained by the faculty themselves and include material such as correspondence (some personal); publications; course and lecture materials including examinations; diaries and field notes; biographies and bibliographies; faculty contracts and recommendations; photographs; and an autograph book as well as letters kept primarily for autographs. William Bonini's files include a box of his gravity journals, notebooks of field observations.
The files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department. For the purposes of this finding aid, the archivist grouped multiple files on individual faculty members.
1905-1920, 1905-1920
1921-1932, 1921-1932
1933-1940, 1933-1940
1940-1944, 1940-1944
1944-1950, 1944-1950
1950-1960, 1950-1960
1960-1966, 1960-1966
1966-1969, 1966-1969
1966-1969, 1966-1969
1970-1975, 1970-1975
1975-1978, 1975-1978
1975-1978, 1975-1978
1978-1980, 1978-1980
1978-1980, 1978-1980
1980-1982, 1980-1982
1982-1986, 1982-1986
1988-1994, 1988-1994
William Bonini, 1948-2004
Arthur Buddington, 1887-2003
Erling Dorf, 1926-1987
Dorf Awards, 1959-1984
Erling Dorf Day, 1980
Exams (Dorf), 1940-1973
Dorf Pictures, 1930-1986
Richard Field, 1907-1998
Arnold Guyot, 1846-2007
Reprints, 1926-1959
Ziswiler, Urs, 2007
Guyot Photocopies, 2007
Bonini Guyot File, 2007
National Science Foundation Petrological Study of the Diana Syenite Complex--R.B. Hargraves, 1963
Harry Hess, 1956-1972
B.F. Howell, 1845-1976
Glenn Jepsen, 1903-2008
Alexander Phillips, 1924-1987
W. B. Scott, 1878-1961
W. B. Sinclair, 1904 May 4-1968
C. H. Smyth, Jr., 1896-1982
W.T. Thom, 1907-1956
Alvarez, Luis, 1989
Anderson, Jeffrey, 1992
Borcsik, Maria, 2002
Berez, Linda, 2003
Carl Bowin, 1960
Brown, Gordon, 1970-1973
Kirk Bryan, 1927-1985
Crerar, David, 1974-2001
Dodds, H. W., 1933-1964
Donner, Leo, 1991
Evans, Brian, 1980-1983
Faculty Plans, 1927-1978
Faculty Plaque--48, 1988
Faculty 1990s, 1998-1999
Fels, Steve, 1977-1989
Ted Forseman, 1986
A. G. Fischer, 1939-1997
Jacob Green, 1978
Heaney, Peter J., 1992
Key, Robert, 1980
Prof. Lindgren, 1916
Norman MacLeod, 1992
Morgan, Jason, 1963-2004
Nolet, Guust, 1992-1999
Series 5: Field Trips and Expeditions documents geology department travels, to the American west in particular. The series is grouped into early expeditions (19th century), expeditions between 1900 and 1924, and expeditions after 1924. Photographs are present throughout the records, but folders and albums that contain almost entirely photographs have been placed in the subgroup "Photographs." Another subgroup, Summer Field Courses, contains records of summer trips beginning with the Pullman car excursions of 1926 through the field courses of the 1990s.
The files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department. For the purposes of this finding aid, the archivist has arranged the series into time periods and photographic material as noted below.
Early Expeditions, 1854-1996
Field Trips 1900-1924, 1902-1999
Photographs, 1891-1967
Summer Field Courses, 1926-1991
Field Course--1990, 1990
Field Course--1991, 1991
Field Course--1989, 1989
1985 Field Course, 1985
1984 Field Course, 1984
1983 Field Course, 1983
1982 Field Course, 1982
1981 Field Course, 1981
Summer School Trip, 1934
1979 Field Course, 1979
Brochure: Pre-Assembly Trip No. 1 to Kingston, Ontario, Watertown, NY and Washington, DC, 1939
Series 6: Natural History Museum contains files that relate directly to the Natural History Museum in Guyot Hall. The series contains records of collections, exhibits and loans, as well as records of the major museum deaccession of fossils in the 1980s.
The files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department.
Cases, 1936-1977
Collections, 1854-2007
Memorabilia, 1895-1980
Field Records, 1932-1954
Old labels, undated
Man (Prehistoric), 1922
Patagonia, 1952-1995
Catalogue, 1937-1974
Artiodactyls, undated
Artiodactyls, undated
Carnivores, 1917
Edentates, undated
E. Marsh Museum, undated
Committee, 1938-1981
Correspondence, 1900-2008
Deaccession, 1878-2014
Exhibits, 1887-1988
Bryant, W.L., 1919-1940
Dinosaur Eggs, 1931-1978
Green River, 1941-1942
Fish Models, 1944
Coelacanth fish, undated
Hatcher, J.B., undated
Hegetotherium, 1887-1898
Phenacodus, 1942-1954
Sandpiper, 1971
Santa Cruz Exhibit, 1965
Sauropod Exhibit, 1976
Tiger Fetus, 1969
Uintatherium, 1891
Facilities, 1944-1981
Guyot Hall, 1908-2008
Histories, 1928-1982
Loans, 1923-1990
People, 1899-2005
Photographs, 1907-2000
Policy and Procedures, 1915-1972
Reports, 1936-2008
Museum Publicity, 2000
Series 7: Photographs, 1870-2005
Series 7: Photographs contains files which for the most part were grouped under the heading "Photographs" by the department. The files include photographs of faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students; of field trips and scenery; of events on campus; and of campus buildings. The files in Series 7 tend to contain photographs almost exclusively, while many folders throughout the rest of the Department of Geosciences Records contain photographs stored together with other materials. Note that both Series 5: Field Trips and Expeditions and Series 6: Natural History Museum also contain subgroups called "Photographs." Photographs of individual faculty and staff are often found in their files in Series 2.
The files are arranged physically in the order in which they were received from the department. For the purposes of this finding aid, the archivist has grouped the photographs loosely into three categories.
Campus, 1911-1992
Events and Trips, 1885-2005
People, 1870-2004
Staff Pre-1960s, 1942
Staff 1970s, 1970-1979
Class Photographs, 1977
Class Photographs, 1978
Class Photographs, 1979
Groups, 1982-1985
Graduate Students, 2000
Undergrads, 1981
Staff Photographs, 1987
Staff Photographs, 1980s
Undergrads, 1982-1989
Students, 1980
Series 8: Public Website, 2015-2017
Full text searching of this archived website is available through the <a href="https://www.archive-it.org/collections/5151/?show=ArchivedPages">Archive-It</a> interface.
No arrangement has been imposed on this series.
- Scope and Contents
The records document the department from its 19th-century origins to the recent past with departmental files, faculty files, faculty meeting minutes and visual materials. In Series 4, a variety of materials document significant figures in the department such as Arnold Guyot, Richard Field, and William B. Scott. A consistent run of faculty meeting minutes in Series 4 provides a detailed picture of the department's development over the course of the 20th century.
The records are rich in photographs, slides and film that document many of the department's expeditions and excavations in North America—primarily in the American West. Photographs and negatives appear throughout the records, and not only in Series 7: Photographs. Both Series 5: Field Trips and Expeditions and Series 6: Natural History Museum contain a subseries of photographs.
The collection also includes the records of the defunct organization the American Institute of Geonomy and Natural Resources.
Histories of the department written by members of the department appear in Series 3: Department Administration under "Department Histories."
- Collection Creator Biography:
American Institute of Geonomy and Natural Resources
Established in 1904 as the Department of Geology, and later known as the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, the Department of Geosciences has grown to become the center for the study of Earth, atmospheric, oceanographic, and environmental sciences at Princeton. Geoscientific studies at Princeton University date from 1854, when Arnold Guyot was appointed Professor of Geography and Physical Geology. Guyot was the sole instructor in geological sciences for 19 years and he was primarily responsible for the creation of the Geological Museum (located first in Nassau Hall and later in Guyot Hall), which grew from the fossils and geological specimens he collected for instructional purposes. Even in its early years, the department was a leader in geological and paleontological fieldwork. In 1877, three of Guyot's students - William Berryman Scott, Henry F. Osborn and Francis Speer - participated in Princeton's first field expedition to Colorado and Wyoming in order to collect vertebrate fossils. It was the first in a series of expeditions to the American west made by Princeton students and faculty, eight of which Scott himself led between 1882-1893. Scott was awarded the Blair Professorship of Geology and Paleontology in 1884 and was the department chair from 1904-1930. In 1909, five years after its founding, the Department of Geology moved into its home in Guyot Hall, a facility that also housed the department's growing Geological (or Natural History) Museum. Guyot Hall was designed by members of the department and funded by the mother of Cleveland H. Dodge (Class of 1879) who was a University trustee. In 1926, Richard M. Field initiated Princeton's Summer School of Geology and Natural Resources, a still-extant annual field course designed to teach students in techniques of geological and geophysical research. Under the tenure of chairman Harry H. Hess (1950-1966), the Department of Geology expanded its course offerings to touch on many subjects under the umbrella of geological science. In 1968, the name of the department was changed to the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences to reflect the new curriculum. The department became known as the Department of Geosciences in 1996.
Princeton University. Department of Geosciences
Established in 1904 as the Department of Geology, and later known as the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, the Department of Geosciences has grown to become the center for the study of Earth, atmospheric, oceanographic, and environmental sciences at Princeton. Geoscientific studies at Princeton University date from 1854, when Arnold Guyot was appointed Professor of Geography and Physical Geology. Guyot was the sole instructor in geological sciences for 19 years and he was primarily responsible for the creation of the Geological Museum (located first in Nassau Hall and later in Guyot Hall), which grew from the fossils and geological specimens he collected for instructional purposes. Even in its early years, the department was a leader in geological and paleontological fieldwork. In 1877, three of Guyot's students - William Berryman Scott, Henry F. Osborn and Francis Speer - participated in Princeton's first field expedition to Colorado and Wyoming in order to collect vertebrate fossils. It was the first in a series of expeditions to the American west made by Princeton students and faculty, eight of which Scott himself led between 1882-1893. Scott was awarded the Blair Professorship of Geology and Paleontology in 1884 and was the department chair from 1904-1930. In 1909, five years after its founding, the Department of Geology moved into its home in Guyot Hall, a facility that also housed the department's growing Geological (or Natural History) Museum. Guyot Hall was designed by members of the department and funded by the mother of Cleveland H. Dodge (Class of 1879) who was a University trustee. In 1926, Richard M. Field initiated Princeton's Summer School of Geology and Natural Resources, a still-extant annual field course designed to teach students in techniques of geological and geophysical research. Under the tenure of chairman Harry H. Hess (1950-1966), the Department of Geology expanded its course offerings to touch on many subjects under the umbrella of geological science. In 1968, the name of the department was changed to the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences to reflect the new curriculum. The department became known as the Department of Geosciences in 1996.
- Acquisition:
Transferred from the Department of Geosciences in 1985 , 1995 [AR.1995.096], 1997 [AR.1997.007], 2004 [AR.2004.079], 2009 [AR.2009.026], 2016 [AR.2016.117], 2017 [AR.2017.001, AR.2017.015, AR.2017.067, and AR.2017.081], and 2018 [AR.2018.026].
- Appraisal
Duplicates and published volumes available elsewhere have been separated from the records. Grades from summer field courses during the years 1955-1990 have been separated from the records.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lynn Durgin in October 2010. Finding aid written by Lynn Durgin in October 2010. After significant accessions, the finding aid was revised by Phoebe Nobles in 2018. Materials were added from Accession AR.2019.043 by Kimberly McCauley in July 2019.
- Conditions Governing Access
The Department of Geosciences Records are open for research with some exceptions. Due to the presence of student educational records and personnel records, access to certain folders is restricted for 75 years from the date of creation. See individual folder descriptions for more information.
Access to glass-plate negatives is restricted due to their fragility. Where prints of the negatives are present, the prints are open for research use. Though digitization may not be possible for every negative, researchers may make requests to digitize material according to Mudd Library's policy on digitization of photographs.
For a general guide to access restrictions, please see the Access Policy for Princeton University Archives Collections
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Department of Geosciences Records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8910jt59t
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-53
- Other Finding Aids
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- Bibliography
In the composition of this finding aid's organizational history, the history section of the Department of Geosciences' website (http://www.princeton.edu/geosciences/about/history/) and Alexander Leitch's A Princeton Companion were consulted.
- Subject Terms:
- Geology -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Universities and colleges -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Departments. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Minutes.
Photographs, Original.
Slides (photographs).
Web sites. - Names:
- Princeton University. Dept. of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.
Princeton University. Dept. of Geology
Princeton University. Dept. of Geology.
Princeton University. Faculty.
Princeton University. Natural History Museum
Field, R. M. (Richard Montgomery), 1834-1902
Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884
Hess, Harry Hammond, 1906-1969
Jepsen, Glenn L. (Glenn Lowell), 1904-1974
Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947
Smyth, Charles Henry, 1866-1937
Thom, W. T. (William Taylor), 1891-1979