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

King, Robert Evans

Language of Materials

In English.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Persistent URL

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

Additional Description

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")

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

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.

Repository Details

Part of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Repository

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