Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1853, Apr. 17 | Born near Farley, Iowa |
1878-1882 | Made surveys of the geology of Iowa |
1883 | Joined the United States Geological Survey |
1883-1894 | Surveyed the geology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain |
1888 | Married Anita Newcomb (died 1940) |
1893 | Became anthropologist in charge, Bureau of American Ethnology |
1903-1904 | In charge of the anthropological and historical exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to the Inland Waterways Commission Appointed by the secretary of agriculture to take charge of the study of the water resources of the United States. |
1912, Sept. 4 | Died, Washington, D.C. |