Catskill period of New York
Scope and content
Revised copy (39 pp. handwritten), of an address “Catskill Period of New York,” which Prosser gave before the Cornell Natural History Society, June 1885.
Dates
- 1885.
Creator
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Geologist. Cornell University Class of 1883. M.S. 1886, Ph.D 1907. Charles S. Prosser served as an instructor at Cornell, worked as assistant paleontologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, and taught geology at Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas, and Union College in New York. In 1899, he went to Ohio State University where he became head of the Geology Department in 1901. He served on the state geological surveys of Kansas, New York, and Ohio. He was one of the founding members of the Society of Sigma Xi.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folder.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)