Collection View
Consists of correspondence, documents, ledgers, photographs of the Meteor Crater (Ariz.) site, and printed matter of Barringer (Princeton University Class of 1879). The correspondence contains letters which deal with scientific and business activities in mining and meteorology, including those of several companies which Barringer founded or developed, such as the Hanover Bessemer Iron and Copper Company, El Palmarito Leasing Company, the Texas Iron Association, and the Meteor Crater Exploration & Mining Company (general manager, George M. Calvocorresses, a major correspondent). The collection reflects Barringer's accomplishment in being the first to advance the theory that Meteor Crater was caused by the fall of a meteoric cluster, probably a small comet. There are a number of photographs, including over 100 cyanotypes and 6 lantern slides, mainly concerned with illustrating various craters and aspects of meteor study, mining equipment, and aerial surveys. There are also letters by fellow college classmate Woodrow Wilson, whose correspondence indicates that Barringer was not only a friend but also a personal adviser on mining and geological matters. In addition, the correspondence includes letters by Theodore Roosevelt, Owen Wister, General Leonard Wood, and Elihu Thomson.
Arranged in the order that it was collected.
Missouri Iron Mines, 1923
Hanover, 1893-1898
Crater - Oberg, 1921
Crater: Johnson Matthey, 1923-1925
Quincy A. Shaw, 1918-1919
East Texas Iron - Lindgren, 1924
Holsinger, includes 483, 1911
Blackmer, Commonwealth, 1909-1910
P. B. Barringer, Jr, 1916-1924
Colonial Copper, 1902-1919
El Pluton, 1907-1914
Samples Elkhorn (Montana), 1918-1919
Seligman Iron, 1921-1922
Properties of Cobalt, 1915
Paul B. Barringer, 1913-1915
Crater Material, 1905-1914
Letterbooks, 1905-1908
Letterbook, undated
Letterbook, 1928-1929
Letterbook, 1912-1914
Letterbook, 1206-1927
Trinacria Bolivia Reports, 1906-1924
Cremation of Garbage, 1894
Falcon Lead Mining Co, 1927-1928
Barringer, Victor, 1916-1918
Pioneer Exploration, 1915
Standard Extract Company, 1891-1893
International Fire Engine, 1901-1904
Federal Exploration, 1907-1908
Arkansas & Choctaw, 1902
Estate Lewin W. Barringer, 1922-1926
League of Nations Paper, 1921-1925
Senator Boise Penrose, 1894
Commonwealth Exploration, 1907-1912
Tilghman Holsinger et al., 1906-1907
George Agassiz, 1925-1926
Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1919-1926
Standard Iron Assessments, 1903-1909
Crator-Holsinger Family, 1911-1920
Miscellaneous, 1911-1915
Radford Buch Co, 1892-1894
Letter from S. General, 1898
Owen Wister, 1904-1920
General Lemand Wood, 1918-1919
Hanover, 1907
Department of State, 1925-1926
Texas...[illegible], 1915
Kansas City Southern Ry. Co, 1913
Pinkerton's Title Search, 1914
McAlester Fuel Company, 1913-1923
East Texas Iron Holdings, undated
Reports on Mining Payments #2, 1906
Caramel Deposit, 1916
Income Tax Opinions, 1917-1918
Crater - G.M. Colvocoresses, 1929
East Texas Iron - Warner Faust, 1914
East Texas Iron - Bigelow, 1917
East Texas Iron - D.M.B Repeat, 1914
Geological Survey Reports, 1915
Franklin Boche, 1917-1918
Vieta Barringer, 1915
O'Neal and Allday Lawyers, 1915
J.D. Conchran, 1911-1914
Humboldt Smelter, 1923-1926
Crater - Smelting, 1922-1923
Crater - Dall, 1911
Bureau of Mines, 1921
Roberts Report and Answers, 1919
Crater Analyses, 1909
Crater Rogers, 1927
Crater Mining Co, 1918-1919
Crater - Magie, 1921-1929
Crater - J.W. Mallet, 1907-1925
El Puton, 1902-1909
NY Evening Post: DMB's letter, 1893
Governor of Arizona, 1902 March 27
1914-1915 Tariff, 1914-1915
Canadian Mining Law, 1910
Philippus Miller, 1897-1901
1927 Contested Income Tax, 1927-1929
Dr. Jose Goncalves da Silva, owner of the copper property at Cariba in Brazil, 1910 March 7
Palmarito Mining, 1906-1925
Barringer Expenses, 1928-1929
Anjou-Geneologist, 1903
Boone and Crockett Club, 1900-1926
Wilder, 1894-1909
Rifle sight, 1918
Means: Cousins, 1893-1900
Santa Domingo Mining Law, 1910
Brazil-Hoffman's Final Report, 1915
Mine Reports, 1907-1916
Rifle Sight, 1894-1918
Ontario Properties, 1900
Paris Barringers, undated
Shasta Dredgery, 1908-1923
Report on the Harqua Hala "ledge" by Guy P. Bennett, brother-in-law of DMB, 1899 February 8
Commonwealth Exploration, 1911-1912
Mine Reports #3 and #4, 1912-1925
League of Nations Paper, 1918-1925
Photos of Meteor Crater, undated
Meteor Crater, 1906-1919
Palmarito documents, 1909-1917
Tapestries, 1909-1927
Family Letters, 1886-1888
East Texas Iron Co. H, 1912-1925
Federal Exploration, 1906-1908
Palmarito - Howard Mine, 1910
James Douglas, 1907-1910
Palmarito Miners, 1910
Reinvaldt - Oesel Crater, 1926
Robert Livermore, 1929
Crater Dab-Moulton Controversy, 1929
Cedams-Moulton Controversy, 1929
Crater - Magie-Moulton, 1929
Moulton Controversy - Olivier, 1929
Welester-Moulton Controversy, 1928
Gates-Barnes, 1928-1929
Crater - Machinery and pumps, 1929
Sullivan Machinery, 1929
H.H. Alexander, 1927-1929
Gates - Ingewell Rand, 1929
Gates- C.W. Plumb, 1928
Gates - Colvocoresses, 1928
Crater - Brawner, 1909-1921
Quincy G. Shaw, 1928-1929
Crater - Silica Sand, 1911-1921
Crater Negotiations, 1927
Miscellaneous Papers, 1911-1921
Sundry Crater Letters, 1908-1910
Geo P. Merrill, 1927
Quincy G. Shaw, 1927-1929
C.W. Plumb, 1923-1927
Scientific American, 1927-1929
Meteor Crater Subscribers, 1927-1929
Henry Russell, 1929
Letters to W.S.G., 1927
O.L. Hart - Gates Lease, 1918-1922
Letters from Harlow Shapley, 1929
Important letters, 1926
Berd Crater, 1928
Lenquah Mining Negotiation, 1927
Meteor Crater - Miscellaneous, 1928
Federal Exploration Co, 1908
Federal Exploration Co, 1908-1910
Federal Iron Ore Syndicate, 1907-1929
Gun Sight Patent, 1911-1933
Hanover, 1892-1916
Miscellaneous, 1902-1930
Early Holsinger Letter, 1903
Crater-Magie, 1911-1920
Barringer Refill, 1902
Miscellaneous 2, 1890-1922
Family Letters, 1897-1929
Hanover Acquisition, 1895-1923
Theodore Roosevelt, 1894-1918
Miscellaneous, 1898
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924), 1898-1918
DMB's Gest Speech, 1929
Letterbook, circa 1928
Report by Dr. P.R. Moulton, 1929
Letters and Legal Papers, 1897-1927
Letters to D.M.B., 1927-1929
Reports on Meteor Crater, undated
Alexander, 1912-1926
Charles K. Barnes, 1927-1929
Lewis B. Barringer, 1893-1900
Paul B. Barringer, 1920-1929
$500 Bet, undated
Commonwealth Exploration, 1912
Meteor Crater Scientific, 1928-1930
Mill Dam Club Lease, undated
Dehydrated Foods, undated
Hanover Miscellaneous, 1917-1920
Hardin County, undated
Heuer, 1908-1925
Hoffman - East Texas Iron, 1915
Miscellaneous, 1890-1900
John G. Johnson Legal Opinion, 1909
League of Nations, 1918-1929
Letters of Sympathy, 1900-1908
Texas Iron Associates Map, undated
Miscellaneous papers, 1903-1905
Graham McFarland, 1913
Dr. Merrill, 1912-1926
Metals, 1914
Miles Milward, 1922-1923
F.H.Minnard, 1910
Commonwealth Mining, 1898
12 Miscellaneous, 1896-1900
Miscellaneous, 1907-1908
Montana, 1911-1912
E.E. Vaughan, 1911-1912
D.M.Barringer, 1910-1915
Ledgers, undated
Pacific Iron and Steel, 1904
Palmarito Mining, 1904-1926
1 Separation patent, 1923 January 20
Penich, 1903-1905
Penn Fishing Club, 1927-1928
Pluton Coal and Iron, 1910-1915
Radiogram, 1928
Raleigh Real Estate, 1900-1906
5 Rafler and Pertol Sight, 1917-1919
D.M.B's Magnetic, 1914
Palmarito, 1911-1916
Sharta Drudging, 1914-1923
Shumurray Puerto Rica, 1927-1928
Standard Iron Smelting, undated
Sundries, undated
Gold Hill Syndicate, undated
Texas Iron Association, 1911-1929
Texas - E.W. Shark, 1915-1929
Texas Iron Technical, 1913
E.E. Vaughn, 1912-1913
White Heats Product Co, 1927
Miscellaneous, 1901-1909
Wall Street Journal, undated
Ledgers, undated
Letterbook, undated
Minutes, undated
Letterbook, undated
Ledger, undated
Miscellaneous Papers, 1911-1962
Meteor Crater, 1926-1930
D.M.Barringer, 1917-1926
Paper by D. M. Barringer - "Meteoritics: A Bird's Eye View of Recent Developments", undated
Industrial Photos, 1917
D. M. Barringer (2 copies), undated
D. M. Barringer, portrait, 1852
P. Barringer, undated
Alexander, H. H, 1893
Bache, Franklin, 1912-1914
Allday, Martin L, 1916-1926
Barringer, Lewin W, 1893-1895
Bernhard, John H, 1915-1917
Bigelow, Ernest A, 1908-1921
Blackmer, William D, 1915
Bridges, Wainwright, 1923
Buckner, J. T, 1922-1923
Dana, J. W, 1923-1925
Denby, Charles Jr, 1927-1929
Erwin, R. W, 1914-1919
Fordyce, W. C, 1914
Haggin, Edwin R, 1921
Hill, John T, 1913-1922
Langeweiche, Wolfgang, 1962
Lewis, George S, 1915-1920
Ludlow, Edwin, 1917-1923
McAuliffe, Eugene, 1923
McClurg, W. F, 1912
Minard, Frederick H, 1914
Moore, C. F, 1920
Murtagh, J. Charles, 1925-1929
Nakdimen, I. H, 1923
O'Neal, H. A, 1914
Porter, H. G, 1917
Rice, W. M, 1925
Roberts, Frank C, 1916-1927
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1908
Sheppard, Morris, 1915-1916
Sherred, John M, 1913
Shook, J. Warner, 1916
Thomson, Professor Elihu, 1911-1926
Townsend, Charles C, 1914
Vauclain, Samuel M, 1927
Vaughn, E. E, 1912-1913
Bingham School, 1871-1876
Carissa Mine, 1920
El Palmarito Mining Co, 1908-1921
Girand Engineering Co, 1912
Meteor Crater, 1905-1923
Letters, 1901
Black Pig's Dyke - Maps, 1940-1954
Charts and Maps, undated
Daniel Moreau Barringer, 1908-1929
Daniel Moreau Barringer, 1903-1929
Daniel Moreau Barringer, 1912-1928
Ledger Binder, 1912-1929
The collection covers a period primarily from 1817 to 1979, and includes a large amount of business and personal correspondence from Brandon Barringer's life and career, along with financial reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, and copies of legal documents; plus clippings, periodicals and other printed materials compiled by Barringer regarding his associations with various businesses and scientific and medical organizations (up to 1979). Other materials in the collection such as field notes, maps, manuscripts and clippings reflect Brandon Barringer's various scientific interests, including archaeology. Research materials and correspondence for a book of family history he co-authored with his cousin, L. Wethered Barroll, The Whethered Book is included, along with correspondence, reports, orders and other papers regarding his military career in the Army Air Force Office of Statistical Control (1942-1948). Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items regarding Brandon Barringer's personal and family matters add to the significant amount of personal correspondence.
Material has been organized into 14 subseries, 2A-2N.
Barroll, L. Wthered, W. B. Shubrick Clymer, and William L. Bauhan - THE WETHERED BOOK, 1964-1969
Bryn Mawr Group, 1973
Crossley, Gene, 1967
Delaware Fund, 1942-1962
Finnish Relief, 1940
Genealogy, 1969-1976
Investments, 1948-1960
Mill Dam Club, 1950-1978
Past Books, 1942-1943
Racquet Club, 1947-1962
Seligman Iron, 1904-1952
Space Travel, 1953-1958
United Fund, 1953-1972
A, 1954-1975
B, 1958-1975
C, 1950-1975
D, 1949-1976
E, 1950-1976
F, 1949-1976
G, 1949-1961
H, 1944-1962
I-J, 1952-1962
K, 1951-1955
L, 1946-1959
M, 1949-1975
N, 1949-1971
O, 1950-1962
P, 1957-1973
R, 1946-1975
S, 1944-1975
T, 1950-1962
U, 1950-1968
V, 1950-1974
W, 1949-1975
SUDBURY ASTROBLEME, SPLASH EMPLACED SUBLAYER AND POSSIBLE COSMOGENIC ORES by R. S. Dietz, 1971
UNTITLED (draft of a paper) on The Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona by D. Moreau Barringer, undated
Subseries 2G: Maps, 1942
Photographs, 1936, 1961
1920-1929, 1920-1929
1930-1939, 1930-1939
1940-1949, 1940-1949
1950-1959, 1950-1959
1960-1969, 1960-1969
1960-1969, 1960-1969
1970-1979, 1970-1979
1970-1979, 1970-1979
1970-1979, 1970-1979
undated, undated
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of material from Daniel Moreau Barringer (Princeton University Class of 1879) and his son, Brandon Barringer (Princeton University Class of 1921). Material regarding the careers of the two men includes correspondence, documents, ledgers, photographs, maps, and printed matter. A large section of the material focuses on the Arizona Meteor Crater, the studying of which Daniel Moreau Barringer devoted much of his time and career. The collection also contains material relating to Brandon Barringer's careers both in finance and in the Army Air Force Office of Statistical Control. In addition to providing insight into their careers, the collection documents their personal lives through correspondence with family and friends, as well as their shared interests in science through organizational and institutional activities.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Barringer
Daniel Moreau Barringer (1860-1928) is perhaps best known for his work with the Meteor Crater in Arizona. After graduating from Princeton University in 1879 and then from law school at University of Pennsylvania in 1882, Barringer began to study geology and minerology, first at Harvard University and then at the University of Virginia. In the early 1890s Barringer put his geology and minerology skills to work as he entered the mining business. It was after his mining career took off that he became aware of the crater in Arizona that would later make him famous. Before Barringer stepped in, the Meteor Crater was known as "Coon Mountain." Barringer proposed the theory that Coon Mountain was actually caused by the collision of meteoric material, most likely a small comet, with the earth. After proposing his theory Barringer founded a variety of mining, exploration, and iron companies in order to further explore the crater, which he studied in depth for a large portion of his remaining career. His theory has proven to be correct.
Brandon Barringer (1899-1991) led a busy career as an investment advisor and Chartered Financial Analyst, working for many corporations and institutions. After graduating from Princeton University in 1921, he joined the First Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trusts, serving as Vice President for Trust Investments from 1933 to his departure from the company in 1949. He then began a more concentrated association with the Curtis Publishing Company, publishers of The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Barringer worked for Curtis until 1962, having served as a Director and Treasurer. He also served as President of the Barringer Crater Company and the East Texas Iron Company, in addition to acting as a director of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, Bantam Books, and the New York and Pennsylvania Company. He was a longtime member of the Finance Committee of the Wellington Fund.
Brandon Barringer was also active in many civic and scientific institutions, often serving as a financial advisor, trustee or manager. These organizations include the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Jefferson Medical College, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, the Nature Conservancy, The National Mental Health Association, the United Fund, and the Meteoritical Society, among others. He participated in archaeological expeditions to Ireland and Libya, and maintained active interests in such subjects as economics, politics, geology, meteoritics, and anthropology.
- Acquisition:
The Daniel Moreau Barringer material was given by Brandon Barringer over a number of years, 1961-1973 .
The Brandon Barringer material was given by the University of Wyoming in 2008 .
Other accessions have been added to this collection over the years.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
For the most part, the collection is arranged as it was received: unprocessed. The finding aid was written by Christine Call in December 2008.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Credit this material:
Barringer Family Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2z10wq28b
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Boxes 1-2; 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.8; 1.9; 1.10; 1.11; 1.12; 1.13; 1.14; 1.15; 1.16; 1.17; 1.18; 1.19; 1.20; 1.21; 1.22; 1.23; 1.23a; 1.24; 1.25; 1.26; 1.27; 1.28; 1.29; 1.30; 1.31; 1.32; 1.33; 1.34; 1.35; 1.36; 1.37; 1.38; 1.39; 1.40; 1.41; 1.42; 1.43; 1.44; 1.45; 1.46; 1.47; 1.48; 1.49; 1.50; 1.51; 1.52; 1.53; 1.54; 1.55; 1.56; 1.57; 1.58; 1.59; 1.60; 1.61; 1.62; 1.63; 1.64; 1.65; 1.66; 1.67; 1.68; 1.69; 1.70; 1.71; 1.72; 1.73; 1.74; 1.75; 1.76; 1.77; 1.78; 1.79; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 2.18; 2.19; 2.20; 2.21; 2.22; 2.23; 2.24; 2.25; 2.26; 2.27; 2.28; 2.29; 2.30; 2.31; 2.32; 2.33
- Bibliography
The Barringer Meteorite Crater website was consulted during preparation of the biographical notes.
- Subject Terms:
- Archaeology -- West (U.S.). -- 20th century
Geologists -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Meteorite craters -- Arizona.
Meteorites.
Mining corporations -- United States
Mining engineers -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Mining geology -- United States -- 20th century
Mining industry and finance -- United States -- 20th century - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Cyanotypes (photographic prints).
Lantern slides
Ledgers.
Photograph albums.
Photographs, Original. - Names:
- Federal Exploration Company
Barringer Crater Company
Eastern Exploration Syndicate.
Texas Iron Association
Standard Iron Company
Hanover Bessemer Iron and Copper Company
Meteor Crater Exploration & Mining Company
Palmarito Leasing Company
Barringer, Brandon (1899) - Places:
- Meteor Crater (Ariz.)
