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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Harold W. Fairbanks papers
Creator:
Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0194
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear Feet
(8 boxes and 2 shoeboxes)
Date (inclusive): 1894-1933
Abstract: Harold W. Fairbanks (b.1860) was an expert on the geology and geography of the Pacific Coast, and author of over 40 articles.
His published works include
Stories of our mother Earth (1899),
Home geography (1902),
Physiography of California (1903), and
Stories of rocks and minerals (1903). The collection consists of manuscripts and published materials.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harold W. Fairbanks Papers (Collection 194). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Helena Fairbanks, 1952
Processing Information
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interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2004, reprocessed by Lindsay Chaney with assistance from Jillian Cuellar in the Center
for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2014.
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Biography
Fairbanks was born on August 29, 1860 in Conewango, New York; BS, University of Michigan, 1890; Ph.D, UC Berkeley, 1896; became
an expert on the geology and geography of the Pacific Coast, and author of over 40 articles; published works include
Stories of our mother Earth (1899),
Home geography (1902),
Physiography of California (1903), and
Stories of rocks and minerals (1903).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts and published materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Geologists -- California -- Archives.
Manuscripts for publication