Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/5/5
• Dates of Creation:21 June 1880
• Name of Creator:
  Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton giving the background details to the current Congress debate concerning the expansion of the United States Geological Survey to incorporate individual State Surveys. He reports that he will shortly be leaving to undertake field work at the Grand Canyon and requests that Geikie send his sister copies of the review he has written of Dutton's book.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Sarah Higgins 24 August 2001

• Subjects

  Geological Surveys

  Politics

  Scholarly Publishing

• Personal Names

  Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)

  Duton, Emily C, fl1880 (sister of Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, American Geologist)

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

  King, Clarence, 1842-1901 (American geologist)

• Corporate Names

  United States Geological Survey

• Geographical Names

  Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States