Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Bailey Willis papers
Dates: 1916-1943
Collection Number: 26011
Creator: Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The papers relate to the activities of Stanford University and former Stanford students during World War I, the Tacna-Arica
boundary dispute, European topography, and submarine warfare logistics during World War II, in writings, studies, correspondence,
and photographs.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Bailey Willis papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1926.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Bailey Willis Papers, The Huntington Library
David Starr Jordan Papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Bertram David Wolfe Papers, Hoover Institution Archives
| March 31, 1857 | Born, New York, U.S. |
| 1878-1879 | Graduated Columbia University with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1878 and in civil engineering in 1879 |
| 1881-1884 | Survey geologist for the Northern Pacific Railroad |
| 1884-1915 | Worked for the USGS |
| 1889 | Named director of the Appalachian division |
| 1893 | Author of The Mechanics of Appalachian Structure |
| 1895 to 1902 | Lectured on geology at Johns Hopkins University |
| 1900 | Appointed as head of the Division of Areal Geology of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
| 1903 | Led an expedition to northern China, an experience later described in his book Friendly China |
| 1910-1914 | Consulted for the government of Argentina, an experience later recorded in his book a Yanqui in Patagonia |
| 1910 | Awarded the Gold Medal of the Société de Géographie of France |
| 1915-1922 | Professor and chairman of the geology department at Stanford University |
| 1918 | Served as chief, Latin American Division, the Inquiry |
| 1920 | Elected to the National Academy of the Sciences |
| 1921-1926 | Served as a President of the Seismological Society of America |
| 1936 | Awarded the Legion of Honor, Belgium |
| 1944 | Awarded the Penrose Medal by the Geological Society of America |
| 1949 | Died, Palo Alto, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers relate to the activities of Stanford University and former Stanford students during World War I, the Tacna-Arica
boundary dispute, European topography, and submarine warfare logistics during World War II, in writings, studies, correspondence,
and photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stanford University.
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920). United States Division of Territorial, Economic and Political Intelligence.
Military topography.
Tacna-Arica question.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
Chile--History.
Peru--History.