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George Alfred Kiersch papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-14-3181

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reprints from "The Heritage of Engineering Geology: The First Hundred Years," 1991; "The Expert Witness and Litigation," in the Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, 1993; and "Engineering geosciences and military operations," in Engineering Geology, 1998.

Dates

  • 1991-1999.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Mapcase Folders 7-44 are stored offsite and require additional arrangements for viewing, contact rareref for requests.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, Cornell University.

George A. Kiersch received a B.S. from the Colorado School of Mines, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. As well as teaching at Cornell, he worked as a geologist and exploration manager for industrial firms and government agencies and as a national and international consultant.

Extent

50 cubic feet. (50 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Reprints from "The Heritage of Engineering Geology: The First Hundred Years," 1991; "The Expert Witness and Litigation," in the Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, 1993; and "Engineering geosciences and military operations," in Engineering Geology, 1998.

SERIES LIST

Professional Organizations

Textbooks

Private Reports

Court Documents

Course Material

Maps

Photographs

Bound Works

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Peter Martinez
Date completed:
N/A
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, August 2005
Status
In Progress
Author
Compiled by Peter Martinez
Date
August 2005
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)