Scope and content

This collection contains: History of Geological Thought course materials; Sandstone petrology files and lecture notes; papers, publications on Charles Lyell; committee and professional files; History of Geology papers; professional correspondence; legal opinions and correspondence on land use for the Badger Ammunition plant and development in Wisconsin Dells; field trip notes; articles (including some unpublished by others than Dott) on St. Peter sandstone; articles and correspondence on the Ediacaran geological time period; photos, notes, correspondence, and articles on Cambrian fossils; USGS quadrangle maps with some (minimal) notation; and publications on Cambrian geology.