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Descriptive Summary
Title:
John P. Buwalda and Imra Wann Buwalda Papers, 1907-1981
Collection number:
10056-MS
Creator:
Buwalda, John P. 1886-1954
Extent:
8 linear feet
Repository:
California Institute of Technology. Caltech Archives
Pasadena, California 91125
Abstract:
The personal and organizational correspondence, working papers, notebooks, and manuscripts of John P. Buwalda (1886-1954) form the the bulk of the collection known as the John P. and Imra Wann Buwalda Papers in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The writings of Imra Wann Buwalda, wife of John P. Buwalda, on the history of Caltech, the subject of earthquakes, and miscellaneous family and professional papers connected to her work as a policewoman form a subgroup of this collection. John P. Buwalda was a structural geologist who became the first chairman of Caltech's new Geology Division in 1925.
Physical location:
Archives, California Institute of Technology.
Languages represented in the collection:
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