Guide to the The Papers Of Harry O. Wood, 1905-1954

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Guide to the The Papers Of Harry O. Wood, 1905-1954

Archives

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

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Descriptive Summary

Title: The Papers Of Harry O. Wood,

Date (inclusive): 1905-1954

Creator: Wood, Harry O.

Extent: Linear feet: 12

Repository: California Institute of Technology. Archives.

Pasadena, California 91125

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the California Institute of Technology Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the California Institute of Technology Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item, Box and file number], The Papers Of Harry O. Wood, Archives, California Institute of Technology.

Biographical Sketch

Harry Oscar Wood (1879-1958) was a Research Associate in Seismology at Caltech from 1925 to 1955. Born in Gardiner, Maine, he received bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard. In 1904 he became an instructor in mineralogy and geology in the geology department at Berkeley, which was led at that time by Andrew C. Lawson. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Wood's interests shifted to seismology. Under Lawson's direction, he wrote a detailed report on the 1906 quake for the State of California's Earthquake Investigation Commission. Wood resigned his position at Berkeley in 1912 to work for T. A. Jagger at the newly founded volcano observatory at the Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii. Wood left Hawaii late in 1917 to join the Army Engineer Reserve Corps for the duration of World War I. Working in Washington, DC, he came into contact with both George E. Hale and John C. Merriam, two to the most influential scientists of their day. Merriam was an eminent paleontologist who had been a professor at Berkeley during Wood's time there. Hale, a solar astronomer, was the director of the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena. During the war Hale had established the National Research Council (NRC) to coordinate scientific efforts nationally. After the war, Merriam became director of the NRC and then, in 1921, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Both men would play a role in Harry Wood's future.

Although Wood remained in Washington for several years after the war as an NRC staff member, his dream was to study local earthquakes in California, an activity he called "provincial investigation." This was to be distinguished from the European-style study of earthquakes at long distance known as teleseismic study. Wood finally convinced Merriam that the Carnegie Institution should fund a seismological research program in California. Headquartered in Pasadena, the program at first operated out of the offices of the Mount Wilson Observatory. Wood envisioned a network of five seismic recording stations. Eventually, in 1924, Hale came to the rescue. As a trustee of the California Institute of Technology, he persuaded that institution to fund the construction of a new seismological laboratory. This building was located west of the Caltech campus in the San Rafael hills and was ready for use in December, 1926. Meanwhile, Wood, with the help of Mount Wilson astronomer John Anderson and others, was developing seismographic instruments designed to record local shocks.

The Seismology Laboratory was operated jointly by Caltech and the Carnegie Institution until 1937, when the Carnegie withdrew from the partnership. With the title of Research Associate in Seismology, Wood remained in charge of the operation of the lab and the network. In 1930 Caltech hired its first professor of geophysics, Beno Gutenberg. Charles Richter, at first Wood's graduate student assistant, was subsequently appointed Professor of Seismology. The scientific work of Gutenberg and Richter, including the invention of the earthquake magnitude scale in 1935, made the Seismology Laboratory world famous.

In 1935 Wood contracted a severe infection which affected his nervous system. Although he recovered sufficiently to continue his scientific work, he never fully regained his health. He died in Pasadena on February 4, 1958.

Scope of the Collection

The papers of Harry O. Wood were transferred to the Caltech Archives from the Seismology Laboratory. The initial donation, now occupying twenty-two document boxes, was made in 1976; it was supplemented with two more boxes about ten years later. The supplemental material has been processed separately from the original portion.

The collection consists mainly of correspondence (over 19 boxes) of a personal and general nature. The personal correspondence covers mainly the years from 1912 to 1954. It contains numbers of letters to and from prominent geologists, seismologists and private citizens of the day. Also included are letters with various manufacturers, which were furnishing, or attempting to furnish, equipment and material for the instruments used in the seismological laboratories, which needed special clocks, motors, paper, etc. There are also letters from observatories throughout the world, individuals inquiring about the earthquake situation in Southern California, which Wood always cordially answered, and reports of earthquakes from volunteers living in California. General correspondence is organized by topic. Three boxes of Carnegie Institution of Washington correspondence features especially the letters between Wood and Arthur L. Day and John C. Merriam. This correspondence is mainly concerned with the establishment of the central station for seismological investigation in Pasadena. Two boxes of Seismological Society of America correspondence contain letters to and from Ralph Arnold, Perry Byerly, George D. Louderback and S. D. Townley. Material on the 1857 California earthquake can be found in the Louderback file. There are three boxes of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey correspondence plus, in the supplement, correspondence files on specific earthquakes. Also in the supplement are correspondence files from Wood's period at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory from 1912 to 1918.

In addition to the correspondence, the papers contain manuscripts and printed materials in the form of miscellaneous manuscripts, memoranda, notes, records, reports, reprints, and copies of the publication Volcano Letter.

SECTION I: PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Box-folder 1.1

Aetna Life Insurance Co. 1927 Aug 5-1926 Jul 28

Allen, Maxwell W.

Box-folder 1.2

1933 Jan 3-1936 Aug 26

Box-folder 1.3

1928 Apr 2-1932 Mar 30

Box-folder 1.4

Alteneder, Theo. & Sons 1922 Jan 5 -Apr 6

Box-folder 1.5

Alvarez, A. C. 1922 Feb 18-1934 Feb 27

Box-folder 1.6

American Association for the Advancement of Science 1921 Jun 8-1931 Aug 14

Box-folder 1.7

American Geographical Society 1926 Mar 2-1934 Apr 4

Box-folder 1.8

American National Red Cross 1933 Oct 19-1935 Dec 10

Box-folder 1.9

American Society of Civil Engineers 1928 Jun 1-1931 Sep 16

Box-folder 1.10

Anderson, Alexander 1921 Nov 20-1922 Mar 12

Box-folder 1.11

Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies 1930 May 24-1934 Jan 22

Box-folder 1.12

Australian National Research Council 1922 Dec 27-1923 May 7

Box-folder 1.13

A miscellaneous

Box-folder 1.14

Barton, Donald C. 1925 Mar 24-1933 Nov 2

Box-folder 1.15

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 1923 Feb 20-1925 Nov 11

Box-folder 1.16

Behr, Ernst E. 1925 Jul 10-1930 Mar 1

Box-folder 1.17

Benioff, Hugo 1924 Jul 28-1935 Nov 21

Box-folder 1.18

Best, Gerald M. 1923 Nov 24-1925 Jul 3

Box-folder 1.19

Blue Diamond Co. 1924 May 10-1930 Apr 4

Box-folder 1.20

Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacifi c 1927 Feb 23 -Jun 27; 1934 Aug 13-1936 Jul 13

Box-folder 1.21

Braun Corp. 1922 Sep 7-1926 Jul 28

Box-folder 1.22

Burke & James In c. 1921 Sep 8-1932 Apr 8

Box-folder 1.23

Buwalda, J. P. 1921 Dec 13-1938 Sep 22

Box-folder 2.1

Ba - Bo misc.

Box-folder 2.2

Br - Bu misc.

Box-folder 2.3

Caltech misc.

Box-folder 2.4

Caltech, re: Southern California Council on Earthquake Protection 1925 Oct 12-1927 Mar 12

Box-folder 2.5

Campbell. W. W. 1921 Sep 27-1925 Mar 14

Box-folder 2.6

Central Scientific Co. 1924 Jun 23-1931 Jan 2

Box-folder 2.7

Champreux, A. J., Esq. 1922 Jul 7-1933 Feb 10

Box-folder 2.8

Clausen, Walter B. 1926 Oct 18-1933 Mar 22

Box-folder 2.9

Considine, F. J. 1935 Jun 20-1937 Jun 2

Box-folder 2.10

Courtney, C. W., Co. 1922 Jul 5-1924 Jan 9

Box-folder 2.11

Curtis Studio 1932 Jul 15 -Jul 26

Box-folder 2.12

Ca - Ci misc.

Box-folder 2.13

Cl - Cu misc.

Box-folder 2.14

Davis, W. M. 1921 Nov 18-1933 Jul 7

Box-folder 2.15

Dewell, Henry D. [1926] Aug 31-1928 Oct 9

Box-folder 2.16

Dietzgen, Eugene, Co. 1926 Oct 30 -Dec 23

Box-folder 2.17

Dominion Meterological Service, British Columbia Division 1928 Jan 19-1933 Feb 9

Box-folder 2.18

Dominion Observatory, New Zealand 1925 Dec 7-1936 Nov 2

Box-folder 2.19

Dominion Observatory, Ottawa 1925 Apr 23-1936 Jun 4

Box-folder 2.20

Dublier Condenser and Radio Corp. 1924 Nov 3-1925 Apr 13

Box-folder 2.21

D misc.

Box-folder 3.1

Earthquake reports from volunteers 1921 Jun 4-1936 May 14

Box-folder 3.2

Eastman Kodak Co. 1922 Mar 12-1943 Jun 2

Box-folder 3.3

Eaton, E. C. 1929 Jul 2-1933 May 4

Box-folder 3.4

Edison Lamp Works 1923 Mar 7-1926 Dec 21

Box-folder 3.5

Electric Specialty Co. 1925 Apr 3 -Jul 8

Box-folder 3.6

Ellery Arms Co., The 1922 May 1 -Jun 21

Box-folder 3.7

Engineering Foundation 1928 Jul 5 -Aug 23

Box-folder 3.8

Everette, Willis Eugenes 1924 May 10 -Dec 26

Box-folder 3.9

Ea - Ek misc.

Box-folder 3.10

El - Ex misc.

Box-folder 3.11

Farquhar, Francis P. 1932 Feb 4-1934 May 24

Box-folder 3.12

Finch, R. H. 1940 Dec 31-1947 Aug 8

Box-folder 3.13

Forsythe, W. E. 1923 Jul 24-1927 Dec 13

Box-folder 3.14

Franklin, T. Z. 1928 Jul 11-1935 Feb 25

Box-folder 3.15

Freeman, John R. 1921 Mar 28-1932 Sep 21

Box-folder 3.16

F misc.

Box-folder 3.17

Gaertner Scientific Corp., The 1922 Dec 22-1926 Oct 18

Box-folder 3.18

Gavrilovich, V. I. 1925 Mar 21-1930 Jun 6

Box-folder 3.19

General Radio Co. 1924 Nov 3-1929 Jun 7

Box-folder 3.20

Geological Society of America, The 1921 Dec 7-1934 Nov 27

Box-folder 3.21

Gianella, Vincent P. 1924 Sep 28-1934 Mar 30

Box-folder 3.21.1

Gilbert, G. K. 1909 Sep 7

Box-folder 3.22

Graybar Electric Co. 1926 Oct 12 -Dec 9

Box-folder 3.23

Gregory, Herbert E. 1921 Jun 8-1925 May 11

Box-folder 3.24

Griffin, John J. & Sons, Ltd. 1924 Jan 16 -Apr 1

Box-folder 3.25

Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co. 1922 Feb 16-1924 Jan 15

Box-folder 3.26

Gutenberg, Beno 1925 Apr 11-1937

Box-folder 3.27

G misc.

Box-folder 4.1

Hammond Typewriter Corp. 1919 Nov 10-1928 Apr 1

Box-folder 4.2

Hannon, Arthur [n.d.] Aug 28-1933 Mar 24

Box-folder 4.3

Harvard College 1921-1937

Box-folder 4.4

Hawaii, Volcano House 1918 Dec 12-1924 Apr 4

Box-folder 4.5

Haynes Stellite Co. 1922 Mar 2-1924 Jun 3

Box-folder 4.6

Henson, Fred C. 1924 Jul 28-1937 Feb 22

Box-folder 4.7

Hercules Powder Co. 1924 Apr 14-1925 Apr 20

Box-folder 4.8

Hill, Mason L. 1930 Oct 10-1933 Feb 16

Box-folder 4.9

Hill, Robert T. 1921 Oct 3-1927 Jul 26

Box-folder 4.10

Hoover, Theodore J. 1928 Apr 24-1930 Mar 24

Box-folder 4.11

Hosmer, George L. 1925 Oct 20-1930 Apr 28

Box-folder 4.12

Howard, E., Clock Co. 1923 Jan 27-1925 Jan 24

Box-folder 4.13

Humble Oil and Refining Co. 1923 Nov 7-1930 May 20

Box-folder 4.14

Humphreys, W. J. 1921 Jun 14-1923 Apr 2

Box-folder 4.15

Hunt, Myron 1933 Mar 29-1936 Jun 2

Box-folder 4.16

Hunt, Sumner 1924 Mar 22-1926 Dec 22

Box-folder 4.17

Ha - Hi misc.

Box-folder 4.18

Ho - Hu misc.

Box-folder 4.19

India, observatories 1934 Feb 15-1936 Mar 28

Box-folder 4.20

Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co. 1927 Apr 5 -Jun 6

Box-folder 4.21

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 4th General Assembly, Stockholm 1930 Aug 15-23

Box-folder 4.22

Italy, observatories 1931 Jun 24-1936 Sep 4

Box-folder 4.23

I misc.

Box-folder 4.24

Jaggar, T. A., Jr. 1918 Jul 17-1927 Jun 15

Box-folder 4.25

Jeffreys, Harold 1932 Jun 1-1933 Jan 16

Box-folder 4.26

Johnson, Harry R. 1921 Nov 16-1934 Jun 22

Box-folder 4.27

Joliat, J. S. 1930 Feb 5-1933 Aug 4

Box-folder 4.28

J misc.

Box-folder 5.1

Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co. 1924 Nov 3-1925 Jun 15

Box-folder 5.2

Kendrick and Davis Co. 1924 Jul 1 -Oct 1

Box-folder 5.3

Keuffel and Esser Co. 1925 Mar 9 -Mar 19

Box-folder 5.4

Kew Observatory, England 1931 Feb-1934 Mar 10

Box-folder 5.5

Kew, W. S. W. 1921 Aug 10-1934 Jun 27

Box-folder 5.6

Kithil, K. L. 1924 Jul 14-1925 May 11

Box-folder 5.7

Knopf, Adolph 1921 Aug 10-1935 Feb 22

Box-folder 5.8

K misc.

Box-folder 5.9

Laughlin, Homer, Esq. 1921 Jun 10-1923 Sep 8

Box-folder 5.10

Lawson, A. C. 1921 Jun 4-1932 Apr 22

Box-folder 5.11

Leith, C. K. 1927 Feb 27-1933 Dec 30

Box-folder 5.12

Longwell, Chester R. 1922 Jun 3-1927 Mar 18

Box-folder 5.13

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1924 Dec 12-1936 Mar 6

Box-folder 5.14

Los Angeles, City of 1928 Mar 22-1935 Apr 27

Box-folder 5.15

Los Angeles, County of 1925 Jul 27-1933 Dec 27

Box-folder 5.16

Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp. 1933 Apr 28-1934 Apr 4

Box-folder 5.17

Los Angeles Harbor Dept. 1928 Dec 11-1937 Sep 7

Box-folder 5.18

Los Angeles Times 1921 Sep 27-1934 Feb 22

Box-folder 5.19

Lowry, Ruth White 1917 Sep 8-1927 Feb 16

Box-folder 5.20

L misc.

Box-folder 6.1

MacArthur, Donald 1933 Sep 8 -Nov 25

Macelwane, James B.

Box-folder 6.2

1932 Mar 8-1948 Feb 24

Box-folder 6.3

1928 Jan 27-1931 Dec 19

Box-folder 6.4

1926 Jan 26-1927 Nov 21

Box-folder 6.5

1922 May 29-1925 Dec 16

Box-folder 6.6

Major Disaster Emergency Council 1935 Jan 28-1940 Nov 28

Box-folder 6.7

Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 1933 Apr 19 -Sep 12

Box-folder 6.8

McAfee, Joseph 1933 Dec 17-1935 Feb 12

Box-folder 6.9

Mead, Warren J. 1924 May 1-1933 Mar 9

Box-folder 6.10

Meagher, James Stanley 1933 Oct 30-1934 Jan 11

Box-folder 6.11

Merrill, David H. 1929 Aug 7-1930 Aug 26

Box-folder 6.12

Merritt, George E. 1934 Feb 28 -Apr 4

Box-folder 6.13

Millikan, Robert A. 1921 Jun 4-1931 Oct 10

Box-folder 6.14

Mitchell, George D., Jr. 1927 Oct 13 -Oct 22

Box-folder 6.15

Mondell, Petrie 1934 Feb 18-1935 Jun 26

Box-folder 6.16

Morris, Thomas O. 1924 Nov 6 -Dec 1

Box-folder 6.17

Murray, Martin G. 1932 Apr 20-1935 Jan 7

Box-folder 6.18

Ma - Me misc.

Box-folder 6.19

Mi - Mu misc.

Box-folder 7.1

National Board of Fire Underwriters 1927 Jan 13-1936 Aug 28

Box-folder 7.2

National Research Council 1919 Jun 25-1935 Nov 5

Box-folder 7.3

National Research Council, Fifth Pacific Science Congress 1933 Feb 1 -Nov 20

Box-folder 7.4

Noble, L. F. 1922 Mar 28-1924 Feb 22

Box-folder 7.5

N misc.

Box-folder 7.6

Oxford University Observatory 1921 Nov 8-1937 Dec 22

Box-folder 7.7

O misc.

Box-folder 7.8

Pack, Frederick J. 1933 Jun 22-1934 Nov 6

Box-folder 7.9

Panama Canal 1927 Feb 25-1934 Aug 24

Box-folder 7.10

Pan-Pacific Union, The 1920 Aug 2-1932 Jan 12

Box-folder 7.11

Pasadena, City of 1930 Nov 26-1934 May 31

Box-folder 7.12

Personal information re: H. O. Wood

Box-folder 7.13

Portland Cement Asso c. 1928 Jul 20-1933 Apr 28

Box-folder 7.14

Poulter, Thos. C. 1933 Jan 28 & Feb 14; 1939 Aug 15 & 18

Box-folder 7.15

Pyrolectric Instrument Co. 1921 Nov 30-1922 Jun 10

Box-folder 7.16

P misc.

Box-folder 7.17

Q misc.

Box-folder 7.18

Radio Supply Co. 1924 Nov 18-1932 Jan 14

Box-folder 7.19

Reed, William. G. 1921 Mar 25 -Jun 14

Box-folder 7.20

Reiber, Frank 1928 Apr 20 -Oct 16

Box-folder 7.21

Reid, Harry F. 1920 Oct 27-1936 Aug 10

Box-folder 7.22

Rift Club 1927 Jan 30-1937 Dec 8

Box-folder 7.23

Riverside, City of 1925 Jul 14-1926 Jul 24

Box-folder 7.24

Roebling's, John A., Sons of California 1924 Nov 3 -Nov 29

Box-folder 7.25

Romberg, Arnold 1919 Feb. 9-1922 Apr. 6

Box-folder 7.26

Rothé, Edmond 1927 Jun 27-1933 Apr 6

Box-folder 7.27

R misc.

Box-folder 8.1

Salinas, L. Salazar 1930 Jan 3-1931 Jun 8

Box-folder 8.2

San Diego Chamber of Commerce 1933 Apr 4-1934 Nov 6

Box-folder 8.3

San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Co. 1924 Oct 23-1929 Apr 24

Box-folder 8.4

Sangamo Electric Co. 1929 Jun 17-1931 May 30

Box-folder 8.5

Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce 1926 Feb 10 -Aug 10

Box-folder 8.6

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 1926 Jul 19-1933 Jun 9

Box-folder 8.7

Santillán, Ing. Manuel 1932 May 6-1936 Sep 30

Box-folder 8.8

Sayles, Robert W. 1918 Nov 24-1932 Feb 24

Box-folder 8.9

Science Press 1930 Jun 16-1935 Nov 15

Box-folder 8.10

Science Service Nov 13 1922-1933 Dec 5

Box-folder 8.11

Scripps Institution of Oceanogaphy 1921 Feb 15-1933 Jun 7

Box-folder 8.12

Shappel, M. D. 1928 Mar 6 -Oct 1

Box-folder 8.13

Sharpe, J. A. 1932 Mar 2-1934 Jul 13

Box-folder 8.14

Shell Oil Co. 1929 Aug 2-1937 Jun 22

Box-folder 8.15

Shield, J. E. 1928 Sep 18-1936 Oct 5

Box-folder 8.16

Smith, J. Lombard 1925 May 18-1926 Dec 11

Box-folder 8.17

Smith, Susie K. 1929 Aug 22-1933 Oct 3

Box-folder 8.18

Smith, Warren D. 1923 May 9-1926 Apr 5

Box-folder 8.19

Southwestern Portland Cement Co. 1929 Nov 7-1934 Jan 12

Box-folder 8.20

Standard Oil Co. of California 1922 May 5-1934 Jun 27

Box-folder 8.21

Stechert, G. E. & Co. 1922 Jan 26-1924 Dec 5

Box-folder 8.22

Swann, W. F. G. 1919 Jul 17-1921 Feb 27

Box-folder 8.23

Sa - Sl misc.

Box-folder 8.24

Sm - Sw misc.

Box-folder 9.1

Thomas, Seth, Clock Co. 1923 Jan 27 -May 14

Box-folder 9.2

Thomas-Skinner Steel Products Co. 1923 Oct 24-1924 Jan 21

Box-folder 9.3

Thurston, Lorrin A. 1918 Jan 25-1923 May 14

Box-folder 9.4

Tinsley, H. & Co. 1924 Jul 7 -Oct 10

Box-folder 9.5

Tobin, Charles M. 1927 Jun 18 -Oct 17

Box-folder 9.6

Tokyo Imperial University, Earthquake Research Institute 1922 Aug 1-1936 Sep 28

Box-folder 9.7

Tondorf, Francis A. 1921 Oct 31-1939 Sep 23

Box-folder 9.8

T misc.

Box-folder 9.9

Union Oil Co. of California 1929 May 27-1934 Apr 24

Box-folder 9.10

U.S. Geological Survey 1921 Jun 11-1936 Jul 14

Box-folder 9.11

U.S. Naval Observatory 1931 Oct 7-1932 Jul 4

Box-folder 9.12

U.S. Navy Yard 1928 Dec 22-1933 Aug 14

Box-folder 9.13

U.S. Post Office 1921 Aug 9-1936 Nov 6

Box-folder 9.14

U.S. Weather Bureau 1921 Jun 8-1935 May 3

Box-folder 9.15

U misc.

Box-folder 9.16

Vicars, G. H. 1921 Jun 20 -Nov 14

Box-folder 9.17

Vickery, Frederick P. 1922 May 3-1928 Jan 5

Box-folder 9.18

V misc.

Box-folder 9.19

Ward, Freeman 1928 Jan 6 -Mar 28

Box-folder 9.20

Watson, W., & Sons Ltd. 1922 May 15-1932 Oct 4

Box-folder 9.21

Wenner, Frank 1921 Jun 16-1934 Jun 19

Box-folder 9.22

West, Clarence J. 1927 May 23-1933 Aug 26

Box-folder 9.23

Western Electric Co. 1919 Nov 14-1924 Dec 11

Box-folder 9.24

Whitman, Alfred R. 1922 May 17 -Aug 14

Willis, Bailey

Box-folder 10.1

1926 Jan 8-1933 Sep 16

Box-folder 10.2

1924 Jan 28-1925 Dec 28

Box-folder 10.3

1920 Dec 27-1923 Dec 27

Box-folder 10.4

Wood, Helen A. 1928 Oct. 28-1933 Jun 12

Box-folder 10.5

Woodford, A. O. 1920 Dec 29-1934 Jun 11

Box-folder 10.6

Woodworth, J. B. 1921 Feb 14 -Jun 28

Box-folder 10.7

W misc.

Box-folder 10.8

X,Y,Z misc.

SECTION II: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

PART A: CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON

Box-folder 11.1

Adams, L. H. 1927 May 23-1946 Sep 20

Box-folder 11.2

Anderson, John A. 1923 Mar 2-1932 Mar 28

Box-folder 11.3

Bauer, Louis A. 1920 Apr 4-1921 Apr 8

Box-folder 11.4

Carnegie funds for seismological laboratory 1948 Jan 13

Box-folder 11.5

Clements, Frederic E. 1926 Feb 3 -May 30

Day, Arthur L.

Box-folder 11.6

1936 Jan 3-1938 Aug 3

Box-folder 11.7

1934 Jan 2-1935 Dec 27

Box-folder 11.8

1932 Jan 7-1933 Dec 28

Box-folder 11.9

1931 Jan 6 -Dec 30

Box-folder 11.10

1930 Jan 8 -Dec 27; Conference of Seismologists, Seismological Laboratory, CIT 1929 Oct 2-16

Box-folder 11.11

1929 Jan 2 -Dec 26

Box-folder 11.12

1928 Jan 3 -Dec 19

Box-folder 12.1

1927 Jan 6 - Dec 23

See also: Photograph file: Building - Seismological Laboratory

Box-folder 12.2

1926 Jan 22 -Dec 30

Box-folder 12.3

1925 Jan 7 -Dec 21

Box-folder 12.4

1924 Jan 4 -Dec 27

Box-folder 12.5

1923 Jan 2 -Dec 22

Box-folder 12.6

1922 Jan 5 -Dec 28

Box-folder 12.7

1917 Oct 7-1921 Dec 30

Box-folder 13.1

Expense accounts 1921 Jun 8-1936

Box-folder 13.2

Fleming, John A. 1931 Apr 1-1937 Jul 14

Gilbert, Walter M.

Box-folder 13.3

1925 Aug 10-1942 Jan 15

Box-folder 13.4

1921 May 20-1924 Mar 10

Box-folder 13.5

MacDowell, E. C. 1933 Sep 11 -Oct 25

Merriam, John C.

Box-folder 13.6

1933 Mar 9-1938 Dec 7

Box-folder 13.7

1929 Jul 1-1932 Jun 30

Box-folder 13.8

1925 Mar 9-1928 Nov 23

Box-folder 13.9

1920 Nov 3-1924 Sep 24

Box-folder 13.10

Wirt, John L. 1921 Jun 24-1924 Sep 19

PART B: SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Arnold, Ralph

Box-folder 14.1

1926 Feb 19-1933 Oct 20

Box-folder 14.2

1920 Oct 5-1925 Nov 10

Byerly, Perry

Box-folder 14.3

1938 Feb 10-1947 Sep 4

Box-folder 14.4

1934 Jan 2-1937 Sep 13

Box-folder 14.5

1931 Jan 5-1933 Oct 6

Box-folder 14.6

1928 Jan 2-1930 Dec 9

Box-folder 14.7

1925 Jul 4-1927 Dec 30

Louderback, George D.

Box-folder 15.1

1946 Jan 2-1948 Jan 14

Box-folder 15.1.1

1950 Jan 31-1954 Dec 27 (re: 1857 earthquake)

Box-folder 15.2

1936 Feb 20-1945 Dec 5

Box-folder 15.3

1921 Jun 4-1935 Nov 5

Townley, S. D.

Box-folder 15.4

1934 Jan 20-1944 Jun 9

Box-folder 15.5

1931 Feb 21-1933 Nov 27

Box-folder 15.6

1929 Jan 2-1930 Dec 8

Box-folder 15.7

1927 Jan 11-1928 Dec 31

Box-folder 15.8

1920 Jul 2-1926 May

PART C: U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

Bowie, William

Box-folder 16.1

1926 Jan 23-1935 Aug 7

Box-folder 16.2

1920 Nov 8-1925 Dec 8

Faris, R. L.

Box-folder 16.3

1929 Jan 2-1932 Aug 26

Box-folder 16.4

1921 Jun 24-1928 Dec 18

Box-folder 16.5

Hawley, J. H. 1932 Dec 21-1941 May 15

Heck, N. H.

Box-folder 17.1

1941 Jan 10-1944 Jun 28

Box-folder 17.2

1931 Jan 15-1940 Dec 11

Box-folder 17.3

1927 Jan 11-1930 Dec 1

Box-folder 17.4

1922 Jan 4-1926 Dec 30

Box-folder 17.5

Jones, E. Lester 1921 Mar 3-1926 Nov 21

Box-folder 17.6

Lambert, Walter D. 1921 Jun 14-1948 Feb 13

Maher, Thos. J.

Box-folder 18.1

1932 Jan 21-1935 Feb 13

Box-folder 18.2

1930 Jan 8-1931 Dec 22

Box-folder 18.3

1928 Nov 14-1929 Dec 27

Box-folder 18.4

McComb, H. E. 1923 Apr 17-1937 Aug 17

Box-folder 18.5

Neumann, Frank 1927 Jul 11-1933 Nov 10

Patton, R. S.

Box-folder 18.6

1933 Jan 3-1934 Oct 8

Box-folder 18.7

1929 May 24-1932 Dec 29

Box-folder 18.8

Ulrich, Franklin P. 1934 Sep 28-1949 Dec 13

SECTION III: MANUSCRIPTS

Box-folder 19.1

"Weekly Bulletin of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory" 1913

Box-folder 19.2

"Kilauea" c.1918

Box-folder 19.3

"Some Considerations Touching upon Isostasy" 1922 Dec

Box-folder 19.4

"Earthquakes and Disturbances to Leveling in Imperial Valley" 1930-1931

Box-folder 19.5

"Earthquake Prediction" 1935 Aug 5

Box-folder 19.6

"Earthquake Risk and It's Abatement in California" 1935 Oct 21

Box-folder 19.7

"Seismic Activity in the Imperial Valley, California" c.1940

Box-folder 19.8

"A Chronologic Conspectus of Seismologic Stations" c.1940

Box-folder 19.9

"Earthquakes in Southern California with Geologic Relations" 1948

Box-folder 19.10

"Earthquakes in Southern California with Geologic Relations, Part III" 1948

Box-folder 19.11

"Some of the Larger and More Important Earthquakes Associated with the San Andreas Fault" c.1951

Box-folder 19.12

"A Possible Layer for the Transmission of Fast P Waves from Surface Disturbances" n.d.

Box-folder 19.13

"The Earthquake Problem in Southern California" n.d.

Box-folder 19.14

"The Observation of Earthquakes: Second Paper" n.d.

Box-folder 19.15

With Richter, "Recent Earthquakes near Whittier, California" 1931 Mar 28

Box-folder 19.16

With Gutenberg and Richter, "The Earthquake in Santa Monica Bay, California, on August 30, 1930" 1932 Jan 7

Box-folder 19.17

With Neumann, "Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale of 1931 1932 Jan 9

Box-folder 19.18

With Richter, "A Study of Blasting Recorded in Southern California" 1930 Nov 28

Box-folder 19.19

With Richter, "A Second Study of Blasting Recorded in Southern California" 1932 Jul 1

Box-folder 19.20

With Anderson, " Description and Theory of the Torsion Seismometer n.d.

Box-folder 19.21

With Heck, "Description of Earthquakes from 1769 to 1940"

Box-folder 19.22

Review: "On Cyclical Variation in Eruption at Kilauea, 1917," and additional comments n.d.

SECTION IV: MEMORANDUMS

Box-folder 20.1

Memo: Plans for Scientific Work in Hawaii 1918

Box-folder 20.2

Memo: Seismology in the United States-Its Problems and Needs c.1918

Box-folder 20.3

Memo on earth strain-detection measurement n.d

Box-folder 20.4

Memos to the Administrative Committee, Seismological Laboratory 1920 Jan 22-1938 Mar 28

SECTION V: NOTES

Box-folder 20.5

A note on the Charleston earthquake

Box-folder 20.6

Notes on the 1887 earthquake, Summerville, S.C.

Box-folder 20.7

Notes on large earthquakes

Box-folder 20.8

Notes on the Santa Barbara earthquake 1925 Jun 29

Box-folder 20.9-20.13

Miscellaneous notes

SECTION VI: RECORDS

Records of earthquakes

Box-folder 21.1

1912-1913

Box-folder 21.2

1936 May-1937 April

Box-folder 21.3

1915-1917

Records of epicenters

Box-folder 21.4

1905-1924

Box-folder 21.5

1920-1930

Box-folder 21.6

1913-1933

Box-folder 21.7

Miscellaneous records

SECTION VII: REPORTS

Box-folder 22.1

Report on earthquake activity 1934 Jun 1-1935 Jun 30

Box-folder 22.2

Report by the Research Information Service 1918 Nov 7

Box-folder 22.3

Earthquake report for the Whitney Laboratory of Seismology 1913

Box-folder 22.4

Published reports, Systematic Report of the Whitney Laboratory of Seismology

1915 Jan 1 -Feb 28

1915 Mar 1 -April 30

1915 May 1 -Jun 30

1915 Jul 1 -Aug 31

SECTION VII: REPRINTS

Box-folder 22.5

List of reprints 1933-1935

Box-folder 22.6

Reprints 1911-1917

"The Observation of Earthquakes" 1911 Jun

"The Registration of Earthquakes at the Berkeley Station from October 30, 1910, to March 31, 1911" 1912 Jan 2

"The Registration of Earthquakes at the Berkeley Station from April 1 to September 30, 1911" 1912 Sep 5

"The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory" 1913 Mar

"On the Earthquakes of 1868 in Hawaii" 1914 Dec

"The Seismic Prelude to the 1914 Eruption of Mauna Loa" 1915 Mar

"A Consideration of Recent Earthquakes Local to Hawaii, and of the Seismological Problem they Indicate" 1915 May

"On a Possible Causal Mechanism for Heave-Fault Slipping in the California Coast Range Region" 1915 Dec

"Effects in Mokuaweoweo of the Eruption of 1914" 1916 May [2 copies]

"The Earthquake Problem in the Western United States" Dec 1916 "Notes on the 1916 Eruption of Mauna Loa" 1917 Jul-Aug

"A Further Note on Seismometric Bookkeeping" 1917 Sep

"California Earthquakes: A Synthetic Study of Recorded Shocks" 1916 Jun -Sep

"On Cyclical Variations in Eruption at Kilauea" 1917

Box-folder 22.7

Reprints 1921-1947

"On a Piezo-Electrical Accelerograph" 1921 Mar

"A List of Seismologic Stations of the World" 1921 Jul

"The Tectonic Aspect of Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii" 1921 [2 copies]

" 'Regional' versus 'World' Seismology in Relation to the Pacific Basin" 1921

"Some Considerations Touching on Isostasy" 1922 Jun 30

"Earthquake Reports" 1924 Mar

"The Practical Lesson of the Santa Barbara Earthquake 1925 Aug 1

"Earthquake Study in Southern California" 1935 Feb 15

"A Plan for Research in Regional Seismology" n.d.

Box-folder 22.8

Reprints with others 1924-1951

Anderson, J. A., "A Torsion Seismometer" 1924 Jun

Richter, C. F., "A Study of Blasting Recorded in Southern California" 1931 Mar

Richter, C. F. "Recent Earthquakes near Whittier, California 1931 Sep

Neumann, F., "Modified Mecalli Intensity Scale of 1931" 1931 Dec

Heck, N. H., "Earthquake History of the United States, Part II-- Stronger Earthquakes of California and Western Nevada" 1951

Box-folder 22.9

Reprints by others

Benioff, H., "Operating Frequency of Regenerative Oscillatory Systems" 1931 July

Gutenberg, B.

"Microseisms in North America" 1931 Mar

"Aufbau und Temperatur der Stratosphäre" 1931

"Das Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena" 1934

"Energy Ratio of Reflected and Refracted Seismic Waves" 1944 Apr

"Crustal Layers of the Continents and Oceans" 1951 May

"Wave Velocities at Depths between 50 and 600 Kilometers" 1953 Jul

Gutenberg, B. and Richter, C. F.

"Pseudoseisms Caused by Abnormal Audibility of Gunfire in California" n.d.

"On Supposed Discontinuities in the Mantle of the Earth" 1931 Sep

"Materials for the Study of Deep-Focus Earthquakes" 1936 "Depth and Geographical Distribution of Deep-Focus Earthquakes" 1937

"Materials for the Study of Deep-Focus Earthquakes (Second Paper)" 1937 Jul [2 copies]

"Frequency of Earthquakes in California" 1944 Oct

"Earthquake Study in Southern California, 1944" 1945 Oct

"On P'P' and Related Waves." 1934 [2 copies]

McComb, H. E. and West, C. J.

"List of Seismological Stations of the World" 1931

Richter, C. F.

"Earthquake of January 28, 1931" 1931 Dec

"Earthquake Epicenters and Structure of the Pacific Region of North America (Southern Part)" 1939 [2 copies]

"Mathematical Questions in Seismology" 1943 July

"Seismology: Report of the Advisory Committee 1930 Dec 11

Box-folder 22.10

Volcano Letter, 1934 Jun-1940 Jun

Correspondence from period at Hawaii Volcano Observatory 1911-1918

Box-folder 23.1

Army, Department of, Chief of Engineers 1917-1918

Box-folder 23.2

Behr, Ernst E. 1913-1914, n.d.

Box-folder 23.3

Branner, John C. 1914-1917

Box-folder 23.4

Castle, W. R. and Castle, Alfred L. and Beatrice 1916-1917

Box-folder 23.5

Day, Arthur L. 1913-1917

Box-folder 23.6

Galt, J. R. 1916-1917

Box-folder 23.7

Gregory, Herbert E. 1916-1917

Box-folder 23.8

Hale, George E. 1917

Box-folder 23.9

Hammond Typewriter Company 1916-1918

Box-folder 23.10

Hannon, Arthur 1915-1917

Box-folder 23.11

Hawaii County Fair 1916

Box-folder 23.12

Hess-Ives Corporation (N. H. Gellert) 1916-1917

Box-folder 23.13

Jagger, T. A. 1917

Box-folder 23.14

Judd, A. F. 1917

Box-folder 23.15

Lawson, Andrew C. 1915, n.d.

Box-folder 23.16

Louderback, George 1917

Box-folder 23.17

Millikan, Robert A. 1917-1918

Box-folder 23.18

Mott-Smith, E. A. 1917

Box-folder 23.19

Powers, Sidney 1915-1916

Box-folder 23.20

Thurston, L. A. and Harriet P. 1914-1917

Box-folder 23.21

Shepherd, E. S. 1913-1917

Box-folder 23.22

White, J. B. and Ruth 1911-1916, n.d.

Box-folder 23.23

Woodworth, J. B. 1917-1918

Box-folder 23.24

Zeitschrift für Vulkanologie (I. Friedlaender) 1916-1917

Box-folder 23.25

A-L misc.

Allen, Mary

Académie Impériale des Sciences, Laboratoire de Physique

Andrews, Carl B.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Geographical Society

Baldwin & Alexander

Ballou, Howard K.

Barnes, Walter A.

Bartels, Georg, Werkstätte

Bode, Helen

Bowie, William

Brigham, W. T.

Cartwright, Bruce (Preferred Accident Insurance Company)

Chamberlin, T. C.

Chicago, University of, Press

Cooper, Henry E.

Cosmos Club

Damon, Mary M.

Davis [incomplete]

Einarsson, Sturla

First Trust Co. of Hilo

Frear, Prosser, Anderson and Marx

Gardner, A. (C. Brewer & Company)

Gilbert, G. K.

Hall, Charlotte

Hawaii Publicity Commission

Hawaiian Volcano Research Association

Hind, Alice R.

Hobbs, William H.

Hosmer, Ralph S.

Interior, Department of the

Jefferson, J. P.

Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.

Kennedy, James A. (Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.)

Klotz, Otto

Leuschner, H. O.

Box-folder 23.26

M-Z misc.

Mason, Frederic (Boston Globe)

MacCauley, Clay [?]

McDonald, J. H.

Meyer, W. F.

Moore, Nell L.

Newman & Guardia, Ltd.

Noyes, Bernice

Oahu College

Reid, Harry F.

Renton, Kate L.

Roessler, S. W.

Sierra Club

Waldron, J. W. (F. A. Schaefer & Co., Ltd.)

Wallridge, Bernice

Watson and Sons, Ltd.

Wolff, J. E.

Woodward, R. S.

Box-folder 23.27

Cards, greeting cards, misc.

Correspondence and documents on climate and earthquakes

Box-folder 23.28

Weather Bureau 1921-1923

Box-folder 23.29

Long Beach earthquake 1933-1934, n.d.

Box-folder 23.30

Long Beach earthquake, misc. notes and documents

Box-folder 23.31

Long Beach earthquake, Preliminary Report manuscript

Box-folder 24.1

Correspondence about 1838 and earlier quakes 1936-1947

Box-folder 24.2

Mono earthquake, 1890 1951-1952

Box-folder 24.3

Correspondence, unmatched pages

Manuscripts and publications

Box-folder 24.4

"The Volcano of Kilauea, May 1868," manuscript translation [2 copies]

Box-folder 24.5

"Notes Made Ascending and Descending Mauna Loa, July 1915," manuscript

Box-folder 24.6

Misc. technical notes and manuscripts

Box-folder 24.7

Reprints by Harry O. Wood 1914-1955

Box-folder 24.8

Seismological Society of America, printed material

Box-folder 24.9

"Destructive and Near-Destructive Earthquakes...," paper by Wood, Allen and Heck. Print, plus MS notes by Allen.

Box-folder 24.10

"Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast... 1769-1928," Townley and Allen, 1935

Box-folder 24.11

"The Earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska, in September 1899," Tarr and Martin, 1912

Box-folder 24.12

Prints, reprints, mis c. 1869-ca. 1919

Biographical

Box-folder 24.13

General