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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

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    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