Description
The collection contains correspondence; organizational and administrative files; research, subject and teaching files; writings;
and photographs of the UCSB biogeology professor Preston Cloud.
Background
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.
Extent
48 linear feet
(36 records cartons; 1 document box; 3 oversize boxes; 3 map case drawers)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
Collection stored off-site, advance notice required for retrieval. Teaching series includes some restricted student records.