Chester Stock Papers 1900-1951

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CHESTER STOCK: 1892-1950. Paleontologist; Professor of Paleontology, CIT 1926-1950; Chairman, Division of Geological Sciences 1947-50. Research in vertebrate paleontology, especially mammalian fossil remains in the tertiary formations west of the Rocky Mountains of USA & northern part of Mexico. The papers include general correspondence, letters regarding CIT & the running of the division, a few technical letters, field & technical notebooks, including some early field notebooks of other geologists, manuscripts & reprints, and photographs. The complete finding aid with full container list is available in PDF by accessing the Online Archive of California (OAC): http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4g5003nm

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ACQUIRED HOW OR DONOR: La Co.Nat.His.Museum; Geology Division

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