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Title: Preston E. Cloud Papers
Dates: ca. 1913-1989
Bulk Dates: ca. 1940s-1980s
Collection number: UArch FacP 5
Creator:
Cloud, Preston, 1912-1991
Collection Size:
48 linear feet
(36 records cartons; 1 document box; 3 oversize boxes; 3 map case drawers)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence; organizational and administrative files; research, subject and teaching files; writings;
and photographs of the UCSB biogeology professor Preston Cloud.
Physical location: SRLF.
Languages:
English
Collection stored off-site, advance notice required for retrieval. Teaching series includes some restricted student records.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preston E. Cloud Papers. UArch FacP 5. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Donated by Janice Cloud, 1991.
Preston Cloud was born in 1912 and educated at George Washington and Yale universities. He worked for many years with the
U.S. Geological Survey and taught at Harvard, the University of Minnesota, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, UCLA,
and the University of California Santa Barbara. He was internationally renowned for his work in paleontology, geology, biogeology,
and environmental studies, and was the recipient of many awards, including the 1976 Penrose Medalist of the Geological Society
of America. He died in 1991.
See UCSB UArch Biographical files for further biographical details.
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
The Collection contains the following series:
Correspondence (Boxes 1-19). Incoming and outgoing., ca. 1934-1979.
Organizational and Administrative Files (Boxes 19-20). Includes various boards, committees, conferences, programs, projects, and studies.
Research (Boxes 21-22). Includes journals (daily record of activities); field notebooks (geological observations and professional
activities); and photo notebooks (logs of photos taken).
Subject Files (Boxes 23-25). Includes research and project notes, maps, some drafts of papers,
along with related printed material.
Teaching (Boxes 26-27). Mainly Harvard and UCSB, with class/lecture notes, syllabi, exams, and related materials.
Writings (Boxes 27-34). Monographs (incl. correspondence, notes, drafts, editorial files, photos, and other illustrations, reviews,
and related materials) and papers (reports and articles, many co-authored, also some talks, reviews and letters to editors,
and some research files; includes drafts of papers/articles and related correspondence, b/w photographs and negatives, research
notes, and copies of articles by others).
Photographs. (Box 35): Mainly b/w prints and 35 mm negatives; a few color prints and color slides. Aerial Photos (b/w, Naval Operations,
with index). (Boxes 36-37): Aerial photos have been transferred to the UCSB Libraries, Map and Imagery Laboratory (MIL).
Oversize – Boxed (Boxes 38-40). Charts, drawings, maps, and photographs.
Oversize – Map Cases (Drawers 19/14-19/16). Aerial photographs, charts, drawings, maps, and other photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cloud, Preston, 1912-1991
University of California, Santa Barbara
Geology.