Finding Aid for the Harold W. Fairbanks Papers LSC.0194
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2004; reprocessed by Lindsay Chaney with assistance from Jillian Cuellar
in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2014.; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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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
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Processed by Special Collections staff, 2004, reprocessed by Lindsay Chaney with assistance from Jillian Cuellar in the Center
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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
box 1, folder 1-2
Writings: Geography in education
circa 1900
box 1, folder 3-4
Curriculum outlines: Geography in education
circa 1900
box 2, folder 1-3
Writings: Geography in education
circa 1900
box 2, folder 4
Notes: Geography in education
circa 1900
box 3, folder 1
Geographical Review, Published by the American Geographical Society of New York
October 1932
box 3, folder 3
Writings: South American Geography
circa 1900
box 3, folder 4
Writings: Geography
circa 1900
box 3, folder 5
Writings: Geography in education
circa 1900
box 3, folder 7
Writings and newspaper clippings
circa 1900
box 4, folder 1-4
Book manuscript: California geography
circa 1900
box 5, folder 2
Writings: The White Race in the Tropics
circa 1900
box 5, folder 3
Notes: Geography
circa 1900
box 5, folder 4
UCLA Summer Session: California geography course
1931-1933
box 5, folder 6
Educational Publishing Company Agreement
1902
box 5, folder 7
Correspondence
circa 1900
box 5, folder 8
Harr Wagner Publishing Company: Correspondence
1926-1929
box 5, folder 9
World Book Company: Correspondence
circa 1900
box 6, folder 1
University summer school class catalogs and commencement program
1896-1933
box 6, folder 2
Material used by John Passerello for paper "Four Aspects of California Geography as Treated by Harold W. Fairbanks"
circa 1900
box 6, folder 3
Notes and correspondence
circa 1900
box 6, folder 4
Newspaper clippings
circa 1900
box 6, folder 5
Book manuscript:
The Natural Wealth of California, Its Origins and Car
circa 1900
box 6, folder 6
Writing and Notes: California geography
circa 1900
box 6, folder 7
Writing: California geography
circa 1900
box 7
Offprints of periodical articles
circa 1900
box 7, box 8
Geography books
circa 1900
box 9, box 10
Research citation index cards
circa 1900
Scope and Content
Contains research references filed under the following topics: California-General, Agriculture, Basin Province, Coast Range
Province, Citites and Seaports, Climate, Communication, Earthquake Data, Fishing, Geology and Physiography, Great Valley,
Historical, Mineral Wealth, Population, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Klamath Province, Sierra Nevada Province
