Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | George F. Becker papers, 1814-1928 |
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Span Dates | 1814-1928 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1870-1919) |
ID No. | MSS12229 |
Creator | Becker, George F. (George Ferdinand), 1847-1919 |
Extent | 9,900 items ; 36 containers plus 1 oversize ; 14.5 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English with Spanish and German |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Geologist, mathematician, engineer, and physicist. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, notebooks, notes, memoranda, maps, charts, tables, landscape sketches, and printed matter primarily relating to Becker's service at the United States Geological Survey, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and as president of the Geological Society of America. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009321 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78012229 |