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Accrual to Thomas R. Stetson papers

 Unprocessed
Identifier: acc-2022-20

Content Description

Donation of three books, one itinerary, and one underwater illumination guide.

Provenance

Items were delivered to the DLA by Judith Stetson in August 2022.

Restrictions Apply

No

Inventory

1. The Origin of Submarine Canyons, a critical view of hypotheses, by Douglas Johnson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. On front flyleaf in manuscript: "George C. Eaton January fourth 1940" and "T. Stetson (from Al Eaton) 1/76". Manuscript note also in front of book, from Eaton's mother, Mary Princess (?) Saurull (?), dated January 4, 1940. 2. The Floors of the Oceans, I. the North Atlantic Geological Society of America Special Paper 65, by Bruce Heezen, Marie Tharp, and Maurice Ewing, April 11, 1959. On front flyleaf in manuscript: "T. Stetson Nov '59". On front pastedown: Bookplate: "Henry C. Stetson, Geological Library, Woods Hole Massachusetts" Bookplate includes a 3/4 photo of a middle-aged man in a suit coat, white-collared shirt, and dark four-in-hand tie. This book also includes (tucked into the front cover): Physiographic Diagram Atlantic Ocean, Heezen and Tharp, circa 1957; and Physiographic Diagram of the South Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Scotia Sea, and the Eastern Margin of the South Pacific Ocean, Heezen and Tharp, printed in 1961. 3. The Geology of the Boston Area Massachusetts, U. S. Department of the Interior, by Laurence LaForge. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1932. On front flyleaf: "T. Stetson W. H. O. I." Bookplate on front pastedown: "Henry C. Stetson, Geological Library, Woods Hole Massachusetts" Bookplate includes a 3/4 photo of a middle-aged man in a suit coat, white-collared shirt, and dark four-in-hand tie. 4. The Clays of Martha's Vineyard, MA, Itinerary for Field Trip, September 12, 1972, 21st Clay Minerals Conference and 9th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society. By John C. Hathaway, USGS Woods Hole and Clifford A. Kaye, USGS Boston. 5. Facts on Underwater Illumination, by Hydro Products, Dillingham Corporation, San Diego, CA 92112. Stamped with the date: 1968.