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Call Number: SC0382
Creator:
Compton, Robert R.
Title: Robert R. Compton papers
Dates: 1947-1984
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Compton earned his A.B. in 1943 and his Ph.D. in physical
science in 1949 from Stanford University. He joined the Stanford faculty in the Dept. of
Geology in 1949 and was appointed full professor in 1962. His MANUAL OF FIELD GEOLOGY is
recognized as the definitive work on this subject.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
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Robert R. Compton Papers (SC0382). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The papers largely consist of his field notebooks, 1947-49 and 1955-73, some of which
contained reading notes and bibliographies. Also included are the typescripts of several
chapters from a book on field geology, 1984; and one letter from R. I. Harker. The
California notes appear to be research for his Stanford doctorate: PETROLOGY OF THE
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE BIDWELL BAR (30') QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA, (1949). Other
geologic areas covered include the Grouse Creek Range in Utah, the Santa Lucia range in
California, the Santa Rosa mountains in Nevada, and the British Isles (England,
Scotland, Ireland).
Compton earned his A.B. in 1943 and his Ph.D. in physical science in 1949 from Stanford
University. He joined the Stanford faculty in the Dept. of Geology in 1949 and was
appointed full professor in 1962. His MANUAL OF FIELD GEOLOGY is recognized as the
definitive work on this subject.
Compton, Robert R.
Stanford University. Dept. of
Geology--Faculty.
Field notes
Geology--California --Butte County.
Geology--Field work.
Geology--Great Britain.
Geology--Ireland.
Geology--Nevada.
Geology--Research.
Geology--Utah--Grouse Mountains.