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
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.
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New Haven CT 06511
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(203) 432-9816 (Fax)
peabody.permissions@yale.edu