Series 6: Writings, 1901-2024
Scope and Contents
This series consists of materials related to Gaffney's scientific writings, materials related to Gaffney's scientific colleagues' writings, and clippings and periodicals collected by Gaffney. Materials related to Gaffney's writings include drafts, abstracts, and illustrations created as figures for Gaffney's papers and presumeably made by either Frank Ippolito or Lorraine Meeker. Research materials such as correspondence and photographs have been included if it could be ascertained that the materials were used in the writing of the paper.
Materials related to the writings of others include drafts, reprints, and correspondence. Clippings and publications include materials generally related to vertebrate paleontology as well as more specific topics and people. Some clippings and many of the publications have humorous, satrical perspectives on the work of paleontologists.
Additionally, materials related to the Vertebrate Paleontology department's archivists work with Gaffney have been included here in the fourth sub-series.
Dates
- 1901-2024
Extent
From the Collection: 55 Linear Feet (64 letter-sized boxes, 13 legal sized boxes, 2 oversized boxes, and 16 large custom-made boxes. )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Separated Materials
Negatives of reprint pages have been removed from the collection and transfered to the main archives. They include excerpts from the following publications: "The Cranial Arteries and Cranial Foramina of the Turtle Genera Chrysemys Sternotherus and Trionyx: a Comparative Study With Analysis of Possible Evolutionary Implications" (1967) by Philip Albrecht; "Die wirbeltierfunde aus dem Keuper von Halberstadt" (1913); Revision of the African Tortoises and Turtles of the Suborder Cryptodira" (1957) by Arthur Loveridge and Ernest Williams; "Partition of the Genus Clemmys and Related Problems in the Taxonomy of the Aquatic Testudinidae" (1963) by Samuel McDowell; "Das kopfskelett der schildkroten" (1897) by F. Siebenrock; "Einzelbeschreibung der schadelknochen" (1819) by Richard Wegner; "Huge Cretaceous Turtles" by GR Wieland; writings by Rainer Zangerl; and "Vergleich mit rezenten cheloniiden" by an unknown author.
Creator
- From the Collection: Gaffney, Eugene S. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192
