Geophysical
Laboratory Photograph Collection, 1906-Present
GL-2004-04
Introduction
Abstract: Image
collection of the Carnegie InstitutionÕs Geophysical Laboratory field
expeditions, staff, instruments, equipment, laboratories, and buildings.
Extent: 18 linear
feet: 12 - 8x10 glass plate negative boxes; 3 - 5x7 glass plate negative boxes;
1 - 4x5 glass plate negative box; 5 - 5x7 negative boxes; 13 - print binder
boxes; 2 - 11x15 flat boxes; 1 - 14x18 flat box
Acquisition: The
records have been in the possession of the Geophysical Laboratory and its staff
since their creation.
Access Restrictions: There
are no access restrictions.
Copyright: Copyright
is held by the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington. For
permission to reproduce or publish please contact the archivist.
Preferred Citation: Geophysical
Laboratory Photograph Collection, Geophysical
Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.
Processing: Processed
by Jennifer Snyder, September 2004. All of the original boxes and sleeves were
discarded during processing. Relevant notes were transcribed on the new
archival enclosures. In some cases, notes on the enclosures were photocopied on
to acid-free archival paper. A note was placed with the photograph or negative
stating a copy of the enclosure exists. These copies are located in the
collectionÕs control file. Please see the GL archivist for access to this file.
This collection was processed through the generous support
of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical Note
Since its inception in 1905, the Geophysical Laboratory (GL)
has been one of the world's foremost laboratories in the science of petrology,
and it remains at the forefront of high-pressure and high-temperature research.
The Geophysical Laboratory Photograph Collection documents
the history of the laboratory in images. The bulk of the photographs were taken
during field expeditions between 1912 and 1937 (many of the most important
expeditions are highlighted in H.S. Yoder, Jr.Õs article ÒScientific Highlights
of the Geophysical Laboratory, 1905-1989Ó).
Scope and Content
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series:
Series 1: Field Photographs,
1912-1937, n.d.
Series 2: Staff, 1906-Present, n.d.
Series 3: Instruments, Equipment,
and Laboratories, ca. 1909-1912, n.d.
Series 4: Buildings, 1907, ca.
1909, 1979, n.d.
Series 5: Miscellaneous, ca.
1914-1970s, n.d.
Series 1: Field Photographs, 1912-1937, n.d.
The photographs and negatives in this series are arranged
alphabetically by state and country. A hierarchical distinction was not made
between U.S. states and foreign countries. Within geographic location,
materials are arranged chronologically with unknown dates falling at the end.
When known, the names of expedition leaders/researchers are given.
Notable highlights in this series are the glass plate
negatives of Day and ShepherdÕs expedition to Kilauea, Hawaii in 1912;
extensive documentation of Mount Katmai, Alaska taken in 1919 and 1923; visits
to Yellowstone National Park in the late 1920s and early 1930s; evidence of
E.G. ZiesÕ work at Santiaguito and Santa Maria, Guatemala in the 1930s.
Series 2: Staff, 1906-Present, n.d.
The photographs and negatives in this series are arranged by
the staff memberÕs last name. Images of groups are arranged chronologically. Of
note is E.S. ShepherdÕs photograph album with pictures of early GL staff
members. These photographs were taken in 1906 at the first Geophysical Lab
quarters located in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) building on F
Street, NW in Washington DC. Formal portraits and candid snapshots of the LabÕs
staff since its founding make up a significant body of the materials in this series.
Series 3: Instruments, Equipment, and Laboratories, ca.
1909-1912, n.d.
The photographs and negatives in this series are arranged
chronologically and depict laboratory interiors and scientific equipment.
Series 4: Buildings, 1907, ca. 1909, 1979, n.d.
The photographs and negatives in this series are arranged
chronologically. They are comprised mainly of shots of the Geophysical
LaboratoryÕs building on Upton Street, NW in Washington, DC.
Series 5: Miscellaneous, ca. 1914s-1970s, n.d.
The photographs and negatives in this series are organized
by subject/theme. The images in the Catalog Photographs folders were used in
the CIW publication, The Academic Catalog of the Carnegie Institution. Many of the images are duplicated elsewhere, but
many are unique to these folders; the photographs included in these folders are
of staff, equipment, and facilities. Therefore, one should also look through
the Catalog Photographs to find images that would otherwise be found in Series
1-4. The photographs and negatives which make-up the Publicity Photographs
were given to GL in 1997 by CIWÕs publications office. They also include staff,
equipment, and facilities. Of note in this series are the glass plate
negatives showing World War I glass production at two U.S. factories.
Folder Listing
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Box
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Series 1:
Field Photographs, 1912-1937, n.d.
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Alaska
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Katmai:
C.N. Fenner, 1919
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P-1
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Katmai:
Henning, 1919
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P-1
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Katmai: Stone,
1919
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P-2
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Katmai: C.
Yori, 1919 [captioned]
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P-2
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Kanatak;
Katmai; Knife Peak (now Mount Griggs): C. Yori, 1923 [captioned]
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P-2
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Katmai, 1923
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P-3 - P-5,
MN-1 - MN-2
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Valley of
10,000 Smokes; Kodiak Island; Fair Weather Range: Zies and C. Yori, n.d.
[captioned]
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P-6
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California
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DevilÕs
Kitchen; Lassen, n.d.
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SGP-1
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Lassen, 1915
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MGP-1
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Lassen, 1915
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LGP-3 Ð LGP-4
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Lassen, 1928
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GL Photo Drawer
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Salmon Trinity
Alps Primitive Area, n.d. [captioned]
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P-6
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Canada
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GaspŽ, QuŽbec, 1936
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MN-2
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Guatemala
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Guatemala,
1931, 1935, n.d. [Postcards from El Salvador] [See related maps in Zies
Papers]
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P-7
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Hawaii
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Kilauea,
Hawaii, 1912
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LGP-1 - LGP-2
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Japan
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Japan, 1926
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P-11
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Italy
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Acicastello;
Acireale; Aetna [Etna]; Vesuvius, 1912
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LGP-2 - LGP-3
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United
States, Other
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Southwest
United States, 1935
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MN-3
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Southwest
United States, 1937
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P-8, MN-4
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Yellowstone
National Park, 1928
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P-9, MN-5
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Yellowstone
National Park, 1929
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P-9, MN-5
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Yellowstone
National Park, 1930
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P-9, MN-5
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[Yellowstone
National Park], 1934
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P-10, MN-5
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[Yellowstone
National Park] Bore Hole Photographs: C.N. Fenner, n.d.
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P-12
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Unidentified
Location
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1922
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P-11
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1923
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P-11
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[1924]
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P-11
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1925 A
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P-11
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1925 B
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P-11
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1926 [Canyon]
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P-11
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1927 [Dr. Day
West]
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P-11
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C.N. Fenner, 1
December 1929
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P-12
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Unidentified
A, n.d. [Probably Southwest U.S.]
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P-12
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Unidentified
B, n.d. [Probably Southwest U.S.]
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P-12
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Unidentified
C, n.d.
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P-12
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Unidentified
D, n.d.
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P-12
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Miscellaneous
A, n.d.
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P-13
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Miscellaneous
B, n.d.
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P-13
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Miscellaneous
8x10, n.d.
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P-13
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Unidentified,
n.d.
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SGP-1
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Unidentified,
n.d.
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MGP-2 - MGP-3
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Unidentified,
n.d.
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LGP-5 Ð LGP-6
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Unidentified,
n.d.
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Box 1, Folder 1
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Series 2:
Staff, 1906-Present, n.d.
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*Please see the
GL Photo Database for a complete listing of individuals present in the
collection.
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Staff, 1913
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1919
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1920
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1920
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Box 1, Folder 5
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Staff, 1936
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1936
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Box 1, Folder 6
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Staff, 1939
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff: Slides,
1950-1972
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff,
1951/1952
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, ca. 1951
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1952
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1955
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff (print
collage), 1950s
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Box 1, Folder 7
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Staff, 1964
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1967
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1974
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1983
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1986
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1988
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1989
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1990
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1991
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1992
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1993
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1993
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Box 2, Folder 2
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Staff, 1994
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1995
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1995
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Box 2, Folder 3
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Staff, 1996
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Box 2, Folder 4
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Staff, 1997
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, 1998
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GL Photo Drawer, Box 2, Folder 5
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Staff: GL
interns, 1998
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff: GL-DTM
Interns, 1998
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Box 2, Folder 6
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Staff, Sept.
2000
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, Nov.
2001
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, Nov.
2003
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GL Photo Drawer
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Staff, n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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GL Group
Photographs, n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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Seismological
Conference in Pasadena, CA, Oct. 1929
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Box 1, Folder 8
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International
Conference on the Physicochemical Principles of Magmatic Processes. In honor
of Hatten S. Yoder, Jr., 16-22 June 1986
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GL Photo Drawer
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Misasa Seminar
on Evolutionary Processes of earth and Planetary Materials, Misasa, Japan,
1996
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Box 2, Folder 7
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Series 3:
Instruments, Equipment, and Laboratories, ca. 1909-1912, n.d.
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Equipment and
Laboratories, n.d. (3 folders)
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GL Photo Drawer
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Laboratories,
ca 1909-1912
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LGP-5
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Laboratories,
ca 1909-1912
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GL Photo Drawer
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Laboratory, ca.
1909-1912 [GLASS PLATE Ð FRAGILE!!]
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Box 1, Folder 9
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Equipment, n.d.
(3 folders)
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GL Photo Drawer
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Laboratories
and Apparatus, ca. 1909
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LGP-7 Ð LGP-8, MGP-3,
Broken GP-2
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Iridium Furnace
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Broken GP-1
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Potentiometer
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Broken GP-1
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Series 4:
Buildings, 1907, ca. 1909, 1979, n.d.
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Geophysical Lab
Buildings, 1907, 1979, n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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Geophysical Lab
Buildings: Negatives, n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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Building Plans:
Films, n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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Building
Exterior, ca. 1909
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LGP-7
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Floor plans,
ca. 1909
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LGP-7
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Series 5:
Miscellaneous, ca. 1914s-1970s, n.d.
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Catalog
Photographs, ca. 1920s-1970s (2 folders)
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GL Photo Drawer
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Publicity
Photographs, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1979, n.d.
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MN-4, GL Photo Drawer
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Miscellaneous,
n.d.
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GL Photo Drawer
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Bausch &
Lomb Optical Co., [ca. 1914-1918]
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LGP-9 Ð LGP-11
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Spencer Lens
Co., [ca. 1914-1918]
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LGP-11 Ð LGP-12, Broken GP-2
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Optics: SL 20
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Broken GP-1
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Optics: SL 35
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Broken GP-1
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WWI Glass
Production, [ca. 1914-1918]
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P-12
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Subject Terms
Topics:
GeologyÑField work
Hot springs
Laboratories
Scientific apparatus and
instruments
Scientific expeditions
Volcanoes
Occupation:
Geophysicists
Scientists
Seismologists
Geography:
Katmai, Mount (Alaska)
Lassen Peak (Calif.)
GaspŽ (QuŽbec)
Guatemala
Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii)
Etna, Mount (Italy)
Vesuvius (Italy)
Yellowstone National Park
Corporate
Names:
Carnegie Institution of
Washington. Geophysical Laboratory.
Forms:
Photographs
Photograph albums
Negatives
Slides (photographs)
Transparencies
Bibliography
Yoder, Jr., H.S.
ÒScientific Highlights of the Geophysical Laboratory, 1905-1989,Ó Annual
Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of
Washington, 1988-1989, Geophysical
Laboratory, Washington, D.C., 144-197, 1989.
Related Collections
A large collection of field photographs (spanning 1898-1955)
assembled by late GL staff member Emanuel George Zies document volcanic
eruptions and geological features in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Indonesia,
Central America, Italy, Japan, and elsewhere. The images were donated in
1987 by GL to the Global Volcanism Program, Department of Mineral Sciences,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. A
finding aid is
available in the Geophysical Laboratory General Files,
Series 3 Archives Files, Zies Collection.
N.L. Bowen Papers, 1907-1980, Geophysical Laboratory,
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington D.C.
E.G. Zies Papers [unprocessed], Geophysical
Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington D.C.
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Photograph
Collection, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Washington D.C.
