Query: Paleogeography
In Search of the Early Americans
Creators:
Pendry, Alan
Shell Oil Company
Dates:
circa 1975
Size:
Film reels (42 minutes, color sound, 1,512 feet, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1976.01
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Edited film produced by the Shell Oil Company in consultation with the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology. Film presents the theory that a prehistoric land bridge existed between Seward Peninsula and Siberia allowing the migration of man to North America. Animated scenes depict the formation of glaciers and the subsequent fall …

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in HSFA.1976.01 for Paleogeography
Thomas J. M. Schopf Papers
Creators:
Schopf, Thomas J. M.
Dates:
circa 1963-1984
Size:
22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7429
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consists primarily of Schopf's personal correspondence with professional colleagues and friends, and his extensive research, laboratory, and field notes. Also included in these papers are documents regarding grant proposals, classes at Lehigh and Chicago, Schopf's involvement in professional societies, and administrative records and class notes from his years …

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in Record Unit 7429 for Paleogeography
Farouk El-Baz Papers
Creators:
El-Baz, Farouk
Dates:
1927-2012
Size:
88.891 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (14 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession 17-262
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Farouk El-Baz (1938- ) was born in Zagazig, Egypt. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geology in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In 1960 he came to the United States, where he earned an M.S. in geology at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1961 and a Ph.D. in geology at …

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in Accession 17-262 for Paleogeography