Inventory of the North Carolina Geological Survey Papers, 1885-1914

Collection Number 2306


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905)
Title
North Carolina Geological Survey Papers, 1885-1914.
Call Number
2306
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 20,000 items (25.0 linear feet).
Abstract
The North Carolina Geological Survey was created in 1891 to assess the natural resources of the state and suggest economic development. In 1924 the functions of the Survey were transferred to the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. Records relating to North Carolina mineral resources and mining development, forest conservation, drainage, fisheries, and roads. Included are correspondence, reports, and related papers of the North Carolina Geological Survey; of its successor, the Geological and Economic Survey; and of the State Geologist and State Mineralogist. During most of the period covered by these papers the agencies were headed by Joseph Austin Holmes, who served 1891-1904, and Joseph Hyde Pratt, who served 1906-1923. Also included are papers of Holmes and Pratt as industrial consultants, as faculty members at the University of North Carolina, and as participants in organizations, conferences, and movements in the field of conservation and the development of natural resources.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift prior to 1940
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the North Carolina Geological Survey Papers, #2306, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Fishery resources--North Carolina--History.
Forest conservation--North Carolina--History.
Holmes, J. A. (Joseph Austin), 1859-1915.
Mines and mineral resources--North Carolina--History.
Natural resources--North Carolina--History.
North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey.
North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905)
North Carolina. State Geologist.
Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942.
Roads--North Carolina--History.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
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Related Material

Joseph Hyde Pratt Papers (#2169); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

The North Carolina Geological Survey was created in 1891 to assess the natural resources of the state and suggest economic development. In 1924 the functions of the Survey were transferred to the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.

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Collection Overview

Records relating to North Carolina mineral resources and mining development, forest conservation, drainage, fisheries, and roads. Included are correspondence, reports, and related papers of the North Carolina Geological Survey; of its successor, the Geological and Economic Survey; and of the State Geologist and State Mineralogist. During most of the period covered by these papers the agencies were headed by Joseph Austin Holmes, who served 1891-1904, and Joseph Hyde Pratt, who served 1906-1923. Also included are papers of Holmes and Pratt as industrial consultants, as faculty members at the University of North Carolina, and as participants in organizations, conferences, and movements in the field of conservation and the development of natural resources.