Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- William R. Riedel Papers
- Dates:
- 1965-1988
- Creators:
- Riedel, W. R.
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and select subject files of Scripps Institution of Oceanography micropaleontologist William R. Riedel, including JOIDES Planning Committee files related to the Deep Sea Drilling Project.
- Extent:
- 1.0 Linear feet (1 carton)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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William R. Riedel Papers. SMC 82. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains the correspondence and select subject files of micropaleontologist William R. Riedel, including JOIDES Planning Committee files related to the Deep Sea Drilling Project. The correspondence contains professional letters regarding samples and studies, as well as some data and charts.
- Biographical / historical:
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William Rex Riedel (b. 1927) is a micropaleontologist from Tanunda, South Australia. He was educated at the University of Adelaide, where he received his B.Sc. (1947), M.Sc. (1952) and D.Sc. (1976). Riedel began his decades-long career at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in 1951 as a graduate research geologist. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in 1981. Riedel is distinguished for his work on taxonomy and stratigraphy of Radiolaria and marine sediments. He participated in many SIO expeditions, including Northern Holiday (1951) and the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1956-57). Riedel’s work on stratigraphy and on the analysis of sediment cores was especially important to the Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP). He was active on the JOIDES Planning Committee, and later served as chair of the SIO Geological Research Division from 1978-1983. Riedel was named curator of DSDP cores and served on the JOIDES Information Handling Panel beginning in 1990. He was a founder of EURORAD (later INTERRAD), the international community of radiolarian workers. Riedel retired in 2001.
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/biogr/Riedel_Biogr.pdf
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired 2000.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- Copyright 2016
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-06-15T15:59-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
- Terms of access:
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
- Preferred citation:
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William R. Riedel Papers. SMC 82. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Location of this collection:
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9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
- Contact:
- (858) 534-2533