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Robert E. King Archives

 Collection
Call Number: IPAR.001070

Description of the Material

Includes some annotated maps from 1894-1929, as well as catalogs of localities, field photographs, stratigraphic sections, and a catalog of localities.

Dates

  • 1894-1952

Creator

Language of Materials

In English.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ypm.ipar.001070

Abstract

The archives consist of annotated topographic maps of Texas (dated 1894-1929), stratigraphic sections from New Mexico and Texas, locality catalogs from Mexico (Sonora and Las Delicias), locality information from northern Africa (from his time with AOSP - American Overseas Petroleum), and negatives of brachiopods pictured in his dissertation.

Biographical Sketch

Completed his PhD at Yale in 1929 ("Invertebrate faunas of the Permian of Trans-Pecos Texas")

Title
Robert E. King Archives
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Samantha Murphy
Date
2014
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Repository

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