Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of John Robert Procter, geologist and civil service reformer, Kentucky state geologist from 1880 to 1893, and chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission from 1893 to 1903, were given to the library of Congress by Mrs. John Robert Procter in 1927.
Processing History
The Procter Papers were processed circa 1930. The finding aid was revised in 2013.
Transfers
Lantern slides have been transferred to the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the John Robert Procter Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John Robert Procter Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.