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Orville A. Derby miscellany

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 14-15-1183

Scope and content

Includes Cornell University Geology Department correspondence about Orville A. Derby; commemorative medals and stamps; newsclippings; pamphlets; and photographs.

Dates

1874-1951,-1948-1951 (bulk).

Creator

Derby, Orville A. (Orville Adelbert), 1851-1915. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Orville A. Derby taught geology and paleontology at Cornell University from 1873-1875. He then moved to Brazil and became a highly respected geologist and mineralogist in that country. He committed suicide in 1915.