15/11/24 Guide to the Harold R. Wanless Papers Harold R. Wanless Papers Finding Aid Authors: (Unknown); Salvatore V. De Sando.

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Guide to the Harold R. Wanless Papers 1916/1970 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Harold R. Wanless Papers 1916-70 15/11/24 Wanless, Harold R. (Harold Rollin), 1899-1970 17.30 English University of Illinois Archives
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Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Aerial Photography Alumni American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Carboniferous Rocks Coal Course Notes Faculty Papers General Studies, Division of Geological Survey, Illinois Graduate Study Illinois Academy of Sciences Illinois Junior Academy of Science Illinois State Geological Survey International Geological Congresses Kentucky Geological Survey Music -- Australia -- Agriculture and Natural Resources Paleontology Paleozoic Glaciation Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy Princeton University Sedimentation Sigma Xi Stratigraphy
Title:

Harold R. Wanless Papers (Digital Surrogates)

Administrative Information Accruals:

6/2/1970, 6/20/1978, 2/4/200

Arrangement of Materials:

by type of files and alphabetically by subject thereunder

Scope and Contents

Papers of Harold Rollin Wanless (1898-1970), professor of geology (1929-67), including correspondence, reports, manuscripts, photographs, publications, course materials, research data, maps and financial records relating to stratigraphy and sedimentation of carboniferous rocks of North American and Australia; Pennsylvanian geological formations; regional lithofacies studies; cyclical sedimentation; interpretation of aerial photography; academic work at Princeton (1916-24); field work, conferences and publications of the Illinois and Kentucky State Geological Surveys; paleontology; paleozoic glaciation; Division of General Studies courses in the physical sciences; research, dissertations, placement and publications of graduate students; administration of the Geology Department; service on committees of geological societies; international geological congresses (1933-60); meetings and conferences; visiting lectureships and sabbatical leaves; research grants; consulting services; bibliographies and publications. Organizational files include material relating to the AAAS, the Geological Society of America, the Illinois State Academy of Sciences and Sigma Xi.