F. Walker Johnson papers

The F. Walker Johnson papers is a collection of correspondence, records, field notebooks, bibliographic reference materials, drawings, charts, and maps.

Boxes 1-3 labeled “Tertiary Stratigraphy and the Frick collection of fossil vertebrates from North Central Nebraska” contain material for Johnson’s 1984 publication, Bulletin AMNH, vol. 178, article 3. Box 1 (1972-1985) contains correspondence; Box 2 (1931-1979) contains photocopied field notes and M. F. Skinner’s compilation of documents used as bibliographic materials; Box 3 (1913-1933) contains photocopies of field books, journals, and papers used as research materials, included are photocopies of data from M. F. Skinner for a manuscript on the Cornell Dam Formation (1972-1974) and miscellaneous correspondence with M. F. Skinner (1963-1973).

Box 4 (1972-1988) labeled “Personal Files” contain administrative documents, CV, correspondence, donations, grants, Micropaleontology Press, volunteers, loans, maps; and documents pertaining to VP collections, Frick collection, cataloguing and systematics, and the Osborn Library.

Boxes 5-8 (1970s-1980s) labeled “Collected Notes” contain field research materials for publications, field maps and surveys, collecting reports, ash and argon dating, faunal lists, and SVP meetings, includes a folder in Box 6 labeled “Materials collected to encourage Centennial celebration for DVP.”