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- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947
- Title:
- William Berryman Scott Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pv63g029p
- Dates:
- 1874-1946 (mostly 1910-1940)
- Size:
- 21 boxes and 10.6 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-21
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of William Berryman Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), an eminent vertebrate paleontologist and professor of geology at Princeton University.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of papers of Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), professor at Princeton for 50 years. The collection includes the manuscripts for the third editions of An Introduction to Geology (1932) and A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere (1937) and the notebooks and typescript of Some Memories of a Paleontologist (1939), as well as correspondence between Scott and the leading natural scientists of the day, such as Henry Fairfield Osborn. The reminiscences in the Memories are rich in anecdotal material concerning Scott's grandfather, Charles Hodge, a leading Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Additions include three notebooks of Scott's lecture notes taken while at Princeton, 1874-1876, and a typescript autobiography of his Princeton undergraduate years, entitled "Princeton 1873-78, Underclass Life in College."
- Arrangement
Series: I. Works--A. An Introduction to Geology, B. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere, C. Some Memories of a Paleontologist, D. Miscellaneous Manuscripts; II. Correspondence; III. Documents; IV. Miscellaneous Material--Financial; V. Printed Matter.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947
A graduate of Princeton University (1877), William Berryman Scott received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1880. A specialist in vertebrate paleontology, Scott was an authority on mammals and the Oligocene geologic period. He was Blair Professor of Geology at Princeton from 1886 to 1930.
Collection History
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
William Berryman Scott Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pv63g029p
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-21
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- Existence and Location of Copies
Publications by Scott: An Introduction to Geology (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932), A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937), Some Memories of a Paleontologist (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1939)
- Subject Terms:
- College students -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Biography.
Geologists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Mammals -- Western Hemisphere -- Evolution.
Paleontologists -- United States -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Manuscripts (for publication)
Notebooks.
Paleontologists. - Names:
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1877
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Dept. of Geology.
Hodge, Charles, 1797-1878.
