Geologie

1937 · 34762 — 1937. Hardcover. Very good. Quartos. 5 volumes of 134 collected writings with typed table of content pages half title pages and occasional additional type script. Volume one is bound in drab green cloth with leather title label on the spine. Volumes II III IV and V are bound in three quarter Moroccan leather with marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands and gilt lettered title labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled end papers for volumes 2-5. Leather is rubbed and scuffed on the edges spines and raised bands. <br /> <br /> A variety of the pamphlets are illustrated. In volume 1 is an inscription from father to son - "To my son Wallace Jr. with my most sincere good wishes and affection signed Wallace W Atwood June 7 1928." This collection is one of a kind and possibly compiled by Wallace Atwood himself. Atwood's writings are taken from government publications and articles from scientific journals and magazines. Most of the works are bound in the volumes with their original covers. Some articles were taken in part from magazines. Other articles are pasted down on the pages. Occasional hand written information in the volumes. A very nice display of the Professor's works. <br /> <br /> A list of the works are recorded in the typed table of contents for each volume. A complete list for volumes 1 and 2 are provided in this description for examples of the Professor's works in the variety of publications. The entire list of papers for the remaining 3 volumes is not provided. <br /> <br /> Volume I 1900-1910<br /> <br /> Contains 6 of 11 pamphlets listed in the contents the 5 missing pamphlets are noted as "missing" in the typed contents thus these dated writings were never bound in the volume:<br /> <br /> 1. The Geography of the Region About Devil's Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 5. No. 1 1900. 151 pages. Illustrated with 38 plates 47 figures. Original printed covers included;<br /> 2. Glaciation of San Francisco Mountain Arizona. Reprinted from the Journal of Geology April-May 1905. Printed by University of Chicago Press. Pages 276-279;<br /> 3. Red Mountain Arizona. Journal of Geology Vol. 14 1906 Missing;<br /> 4. Glaciation of the Unita Mountains. Journal of Geology Vol. 15 1907 Missing;<br /> 5. Lakes of the Unita Mountains. Reprinted from Bulletin of the American Geographical Society January 1908. 6 pages. Illustrated. Original covers present;<br /> 6. Geologic Studies in the Alaska Peninsula Abstract. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America Vol. 20 1908. 1 page;<br /> 7. Alaska and its Wealth Missing "The World Today" June 1908;<br /> 8. Physical Geography of the Evanston-Waukegan Region Missing. Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin No. 7 University of Illinois 1908;<br /> 9. Mineral Resources of Alaska. Report on Progress of Investigations in 1908. C--Prince William Sound Kenzai Peninsula Southwestern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 379-C 1909. Pages 87-152. Illustrated. Original covers present;<br /> 10. Physical Geography and Geology. Educational Department Keystone View Company 1910. 28 pages plus extra catalogs pages;<br /> 11. Prospecting in Alaska Missing. University of Chicago Magazine December 1910;<br /> Additional typed manuscript inside a pocket folder on the rear paste down includes biographical material concerning Dr. Wallace W. Atwood President of Clark University; published papers to January 1 1924. <br /> <br /> Volume II 1911-1920<br /> <br /> Contains 17 of 19 listed papers. The two "missing" papers in the table of contents have a hand corrected mark through with a written note "See Supp. Vol. 1". Note: Supplement for Volume I is NOT PRESENT. <br /> 1. Geology and Mineral Resources of Parts of the Alaskan Peninsula. USGS Survey Bulletin 467 1911. 137 pages. Illustrated fold-outs. Original covers present with an inscription by Atwood written top of the front cover. <br /> 2. The First Year Science Course in High School. The School Review February 1911. Pages 119-123.<br /> 3. Physiographic Studies on the South Slope of the San Juan Mountains Colorado. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences July 1911. 1 page;<br /> 4. Physiographic Studies in the San Juan District of Colorado Missing. Journal of Geology July 1911;<br /> 5. The Evidence of Three Distinct Glacial Epochs in the Pleistocene History of the San Juan Mountains Colorado. The Journal of Geology July-August 1912. Pages 385-409. Illustrated. Original covers present;<br /> 6. Some Triassic Fossils from Southeastern Alaska Missing. Journal of Geology Oct-Nov. 1912;<br /> 7. The Atwood Celestial Sphere. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences May 1913. 38 pages. Illustrated. Original covers present;<br /> 8. A New Way of Studying Astronomy - The Atwood Celestial Sphere. Scientific American June 1913. Clipped article placed inside pocket folder;<br /> 9. Bringing the Stars to Earth. Technical World Mag. July 1913. A clipped section of the magazine. Article by Richard Morrison who writes of Atwoods Sphere with illustrations of Atwood and others;<br /> 10. Geographic History of the San Juan Mountains since the Close of the Mesozoic Era. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences March. 1916. Pages 177-181;<br /> 11. Saving the Silts of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 1916. Pages 149-50;<br /> 12. The Physiographic Conditions at Butte Montana and Bingham Canyon Uta when Copper Ores in These Districts were Enriched. A Shaler Memorial Investigation reprinted from Economic Geology December 1916. Pages 697-740. Numerous photographs illustrations. Folding panorama view. Original covers present;<br /> 13. Another Locality of Eocene Glaciation in Southern Colorado. The Journal of Geology Oct-Nov. 1917. Pages 783-686. Original covers present;<br /> 14. Relation of landslides and Glacial Deposits to Reservoir Sites in the San Juan Mountains Colorado. USGS Survey 685 1918. 38 pages. Illustrated. Original covers present;<br /> 15. Geography in America. Reprinted from the Geographical Review January 1919. 8 pages;<br /> 16. First Steps in the Study of Geography. Visual Education Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1 January 1920. Pages 17-24. Not all pages bound in but the original covers were;<br /> 17. The New Meaning of Geography in American Education. Also appeared in School and Society February 1921. Address before the meeting of the Rochester City Teachers' Association February 6 1920. 16 pages;<br /> 18. Habitat Groups in the Teaching of Geography. Visual Education Magazine May 1920. Pages 29-36. Illustrated. Not a complete issue but both covers bound in;<br /> 19. The Regional Treatment of Geography. Also appeared in School Century December 1920. Visual Education Magazine June 1920. Pages 15-17. Not a complete issue but both covers bound in.<br /> <br /> Volume III 1921-1930<br /> <br /> Contains 34 papers all present. The first paper is titled "The Inauguration of Wallace Walter Atwood As President of Clark University February 1 1921. Worcester Mass. Mr. Atwoods inaugural has 71 pages. Both covers present. Contents also include articles on teaching geography to children elements of Social Studies more San Juan scientific papers and an article titled "In the Background of the Turmoil in China."<br /> <br /> Volume IV 1931-1933<br /> <br /> Contains 33 papers all present. Subjects include Nominations of Officers. Association of American Universities; The New Ph.D. Degrees in Great Britain and France; The High Sierra and the Redwood Highway Sierra Club Bulletin 1933; How the specialized Motion Picture is Developed; Dr. Attwood addresses; National Parks; an article on Ellen Chuchill Semple 1863-1932; and more. Some of the articles are cut out and pasted down on paper. <br /> <br /> Volume V 1934-1937<br /> <br /> Contains 43 numbers all present. Contents include 3 titles covering the Ancient Mayan Civilization; Guides versus Teachers; Humanity Among the Faculty; the Pan American Institute of Geography and History; the Students of Clark; association and meeting presentations; some scientific articles and more. William Walter Atwood 1872-1949 studied geology at the University of Chicago and graduated there in 1897. He earned is Pd.D. in 1903 and was Associate Professor of Geology until 1913. Atwood later became Professor of Physiography at Harvard 1913-1920. In 1921 Atwood was elected President of Clark University in Worceser in 1920 and began his term in February 1921. Clark University currently has a large collection of Wallace Walter Atwood papers. hardcover