Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of George F. Becker, geologist, mathematician, engineer, and physicist were given to the Library of Congress by his wife Florence Deakins Becker from 1952 to 1954. The first accession was transferred from the United States Geological Survey where Mrs. Becker had originally placed it. A bound volume was received as a gift from C. A. Elliott, Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, Mass., in 1992.
Processing History
The papers of George F. Becker were arranged and described circa 1954. The collection was expanded and the finding aid revised in 2009.
Transfers
Photographs and photograph albums have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the George F. Becker Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George F. Becker Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.