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Title: Bailey Willis papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1943
Collection Number: 26011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The papers relate to the activities of Stanford University and former Stanford students during World War I, the Tacna-Arica
boundary dispute, European topography, and submarine warfare logistics during World War II, in writings, studies, correspondence,
and photographs.
Creator:
Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
Creator:
Paris Peace Conference. United States Division of Territorial, Economic and Political Intelligence (Date of meeting or treaty
signing: 1919-1920)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1926.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bailey Willis papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
March 31, 1857 |
Born, New York, U.S. |
1878-1879 |
Graduated Columbia University with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1878 and in civil engineering in 1879 |
1881-1884 |
Survey geologist for the Northern Pacific Railroad |
1884-1915 |
Worked for the USGS |
1889 |
Named director of the Appalachian division |
1893 |
Author of The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure |
1895 to 1902 |
Lectured on geology at Johns Hopkins University |
1900 |
Appointed as head of the Division of Areal Geology of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
1903 |
Led an expedition to northern China, an experience later described in his book
Friendly China
|
1910-1914 |
Consulted for the government of Argentina, an experience later recorded in his book a
Yanqui in Patagonia
|
1910 |
Awarded the Gold Medal of the Société de Géographie of France |
1915-1922 |
Professor and chairman of the geology department at Stanford University |
1918 |
Served as chief, Latin American Division, the Inquiry |
1920 |
Elected to the National Academy of the Sciences |
1921-1926 |
Served as a President of the Seismological Society of America |
1936 |
Awarded the Legion of Honor, Belgium |
1944 |
Awarded the Penrose Medal by the Geological Society of America |
1949 |
Died, Palo Alto, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers relate to the activities of Stanford University and former Stanford students during World War I, the Tacna-Arica
boundary dispute, European topography, and submarine warfare logistics during World War II, in writings, studies, correspondence,
and photographs.
Related Materials
Bailey Willis Papers, The Huntington Library
David Starr Jordan Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Bertram David Wolfe Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Tacna-Arica question
Military topography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
Chile -- History
Peru -- History
Stanford University