Society Economic Petrologists and Mineralogists Raymond C. Moore Medal*, 1980
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of Newell’s scientific work at the American Museum of Natural History from 1973-2005, and Columbia University from 1945-1997; and his contributions mentioned below in the individual Series. They also include some personal and family papers dating from his childhood in Kansas through his education at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and Yale University, to his death in 2005.
Series I: Correspondence with Individuals (includes some institutions, where contact was more personal). Includes: Boyd, Cloud, Colbert, Cooper, Fischer, Golden, Gould, Mayr, McKenna, McRoberts, Rigby, Simpson, Stanley, George. Boxes 1-20.
Series II: Correspondence with institutions. Includes: American Philosophical Society, Columbia University, Geological Society of America, Kansas University, National Academy of Sciences, United States National Museum, Yale University. Boxes 21-24.
Series III: The American Museum of Natural History. Administration, Committees and Eduction, Invertebrate Paleontology Department, Personnel, Norman D. Newell Endowment Fund. Boxes 25-28.
Series IV: Foreign travel for research, International Meetings, and field work. Boxes 29-38B.
Series V: Travel and field work in North America: Includes meetings, awards, research and Visiting Committees. Boxes 39-42C.
Series VI: Personal: CVs, Memoirs, Bibliography, Publicity, Awards, Oral History.
MSS A45.073. Box 43
Series VII: Committees (not AMNH). Boxes 43-44.
Series VIII: Population/CO2/Environment. Box 44
Series IX: Creation and Evolution. Correspondence and writings. Boxes 45-48.
Series X: Miscellaneous manuscripts and talks, early letters and diaries.
Boxes 49A-51.
Series XI: Collected articles, reprints and handwritten research
notes, and Newell publication information. Boxes 52-56.
Series XII: Collected reprints by subject. Boxes 57-65.
Series XIII: Photographic plates from Newell reprints: Plates were kept when they show better detail than the reprints themselves. Boxes 66-70.
Dates
- 1980
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions pertinent to the collection. Requests to use the collection should be made in advance to Library Special Collections, who may be contacted at 212:769-5420, or at [email protected]. Application on web site, http://library.amnh.org.
Extent
From the Collection: 33 Linear Feet (74 boxes) : Handwritten and typed or printed material, and photographic plates.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Newell, Norman Dennis, 1909-2005 (Person)
- From the Collection: Boyd, Donald Wilkin (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Cloud, Preston, 1912-1991 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Fischer, Alfred G. (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Gould, Stephen Jay (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: American Museum of Natural History (Organization)
- From the Collection: American Philosophical Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: Geological Society of America (Organization)
- From the Collection: University of Kansas (Organization)
- From the Collection: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: United States National Museum (Organization)
- From the Collection: Yale University (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]