Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | George Frederick Kunz papers, 1783-1930 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1783-1930 |
Bulk Dates | 1890-1922 |
ID No. | MSS29041 |
Creator | Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 |
Extent | 1,700 items |
Extent | 5 containers plus 3 oversize |
Extent | 2 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English, with Russian, German, and French |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms022014 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77029041 |
Summary | Gemologist and geologist. Correspondence, notes, speeches, typescripts, broadsides, certificates, clippings, illuminated Russian manuscripts, maps, minutes, pamphlets, photographs, printed matter, reports, and other papers relating to Kunz's career as a gemologist and geologist, with a chief focus on the mineralogy of Russia and Kunz's trip to Russia in 1891, his involvement with the American Museum of Safety (renamed Safety Institute of America in 1918), New York, N.Y., and his work on an appendix about the construction of bridges and tunnels on the Hudson River. |