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The following note is included in Publications of the Geological Survey 1879 -1961, U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, reprinted 1965:
“Note: On July 1, 1925, by Executive order, the Division of Mineral Resources of the Geological Survey was transferred to the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. On April 24, 1934, the Bureau was transferred to the Department of the Interior. The series (entitled Mineral Resources during the years 1924-31 and Minerals Yearbook thereafter) is published by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines....”
Canada – Calgary, Canada – A Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary, presented by the Calgary Public Library
Massachusetts – Boston, Massachusetts – “Boston Rocks: A History of the Earth in 13 Landmarks,” article by David B. Williams, Graphics by Javier Zarracina (in PDF format). This article was published on the May 3, 2009, in the Boston Globe. David Williams has a new book, Stories in Stone, that will be published in June 2009 by Walker and Company. More information on this book is available in the “Stone” section of his web site. (The following buildings are discussed in the above article (which includes photos of the buildings and the stones): 100 Cambridge Street, Government Center; Trinity Church, Copley Square; “New” Old South Church, Copley Square; Morse Auditorium, Boston University; Massachusetts General Hospital; Townhouses, Beacon Hill; Cathedral Church of St. Paul, downtown Massachusetts; Boston Public Library, Copley Square; Memorial Hall & Hauser Hall, Harvard University; King’s Chapel, downtown Massachusetts; Algonquin Club, Back Bay; and the Keystone Building, Financial District.)
Missouri – Springfield, Missouri – Field Trip Guide to the Geology of Missouri State University’s Springfield Campus, written by Dr. Kevin R. Evans, Department of Geography, Geology & Planning, Missouri State University, edited by Dr. James F. Miller, Department of Geography, Geology & Planning Missouri State University, Dr. Thomas G. Plymate, Department of Geography, Geology & Planning, Missouri State University, Revised December 2006. [PDF]
Ohio – Columbus, Ohio – Building Stones in the Vicinity of Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio, A Walking Tour in Celebration of Earth Week October 10, 2000 (PDF), Tour Leaders: Garry D. McKenzie and Dale M. Gnidovec, Sponsors: the American Institute of Professional Geologists, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, and the Ohio State University, 3 pp.
Washington, D.C. – National Mall and Memorials Washington DC – Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. This article discusses the history and geology of the large stone monuments and memorials in the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
“Welcome to the National Mall, a National Park in Washington, DC where large stone monuments and memorials honor important historical people and events. The National Mall is a good place to visit if you want to learn about American history and be a historian. Because of all the different stones used in the construction of the memorials, it is also a good place to visit if you want to learn about rocks and be a geologist.
“Historians and Geologists actually have many similarities. They both look at past events to better understand the present, and guess what will happen in the future. They both use tools to help them in their research. They both make timelines to keep track of events. The biggest difference is that Historians study the events of humans while Geologists study the events of the earth….”
Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Virtual Tour of Downtown Milwaukee’s Geology and Architecture: The Buildings and Building Stones of Downtown Milwaukee, presented by Tim Grundl, Associate Professor, Geosciences Department, Nancy Hubbard, Associate Professor, Architecture and Urban Planning, Bill Kean, Professor, Geosciences Department, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Collecting Rocks – Rocks Tell the Story of the Earth, by Rachel M. Barker, United States Geological Survey.
Do We Take Minerals For Granted? U. S. Geological Survey.
Mineralogy for Kids, presented by the Mineral Society of America.
Neighborhood Rocks - Find - Collect - Name & Play, presented by Eric D. Gyllenhaal. (Neighborhood Rocks is part of the Salt the Sandbox Web.)
Rocks of Famous Monuments, presented by Guillermo Rocha, P.G. / Brooklyn College Geology Department.
Geoscience Departments
WWW Directory - U.S. & Canada, created by V. J. Ansfield, University
of South Dakota. 
NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Association)
(From the web site) “There are a wide range of options one can use to begin a mineral collection. These can range from buying specimens (or a mine) to field collecting and trading. This is a brief introduction to rockhounding and mineral collecting.”
“A Field Trip Transect of the Northern Sierra Via Interstate 80,” (California) by Richard P. Hilton, Department of Geosciences, Sierra College, Journal of the Sierra College Natural History Museum, Spring 2009, vol. 2, no. 1, Rocklin, California.
Generic geologic sites that every geologist should visit, presented by McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geology.
Geology of National Parks: 3D and Photographic Tours Featuring Park Geology and Natural History, U. S. Geological Survey.
Tour of Park Geology, presented by the National Park Service.
Virtual Field Trip Guides: United States & Canada, presented by the Walter Geology Library.
Geolographic Names of the United States (GEONAMES), presented by the Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. The U.S. Geological Survey GEONAMES data base is an annotated index lexicon of formal geologic nomenclature of the United States, its territories, and possessions.
Geography Dictionary and Glossary, presented by ITS Tutorial School. (The material covers Physical Geography, Human Geography, and related subjects.)
Geologic Names Lexicon - National Geologic Map Database - “GEOLEX,” presented by the United States Geological Survey. (GEOLEX is a search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names.)
Geology, presented on Wikipedia.
Historical Geology Topics, presented by Cochise College students, Roger Weller, Geology Instructor.
History of geology resources on the web: A selection by the History of Geology Group (HOGG), presented by the Geological Society in London.
“History of Geoscience: Women in the History of Geoscience,” on enotes.com (Women in this article include: * Etheldred Bennett, “a scientific researcher in paleontology and an accomplished artist,” from the south of England . * Mary Anning from the United Kingdom was the “most famous early female geologist.” * Florence Bascom , a female geologist from Williamstown , Massachusetts , “founded the department of geology at Bryn Mawr College . Bascom was the first woman geologist employed by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1896. * Eileen Gupp was “the first successful woman to be employed by the British Survey in the petrology department in 1927.” * Alice Wilson, born in 1881 in Cobourg, Ontario , Canada “became the first woman to reach a prominent position within the Geological Survey of Canada. * Mary Emilee Holmes was the “first fellow of the Geological Society of America” in 1889.
“Lessons
in Stone - Harvard's
Building Blocks Teach Natural and Cultural History” -
in Harvard Magazine (Text by David B. Williams;
photographs by Jim Harrison).
A Location Guide for Rockhounds, (PDF) Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)
Mineral Resources Program, U. S. Geological Survey (A few of the sections in the “Mineral Resources Program” section available are listed below.)
Modern Life Emerges From The Rock (and industry terms), presented by the Rogers Group, Inc.
Physical Geology Topics, presented by Cochise College students, Roger Weller, Geology Instructor.
The Role of Women in the History of Geology, Special Publication No. 1281, (book) by Cynthia V. Burek (Author, Editor), Bettie Higgs (Editor) A conference held at the London Geological Society, Burlington House, London, on 28 November 2005), Geological Society of London; 1st edition (September 15, 2007), 352 pages, ISBN-10: 1862392277, ISBN-13: 978-1862392274. (Description: “Where were the women in Geology? This book is a first as it unravels the diverse roles women have played in the history and development of geology as a science predominantly in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and selectively in Germany, Russia and US. The volume covers the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day and shows how the roles that women have played changed with time. These included illustrators, museum collectors and curators, educationalists, researchers and geologists. Originally as wives, sisters or mothers many were assistants to their male relatives. This book looks at all these forgotten women and for the first time historians and scientists together explore the contribution they made to this male-dominated subject. There are individual profiles on remarkable women: Catherine Raisin, Dorothea Bate, Cuviers daughters, Grace Prestwich, Annie Greenly, Nancy Kirk, Margaret Crosfield, Ethel Skeat, Maria Ogivlie Gordon, Marie Stopes, Anne Phillips, Muriel Arber and Etheldred Bennett.”)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Building Stones Collection: “Rocks utilized for building and ornamentation, composed primarily of material received from the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 and from the Tenth Census at the close of an investigation into the quarrying industries of the U.S. in 1880. Most specimens are from domestic quarries, with some foreign varieties represented, if imported into the U.S. between 1880 and 1920. A substantial portion of the original collection was transferred to the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in the late 1940s for weathering tests. In 1989, the NBS changed its name to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 714 specimens remain.”
The following articles can be found online at the Library of Congress, American Memories, The Nineteenth Century in Print (1831-1893). These digital images are from Cornell University. (These images are slow to load.)
(Also see Limestone)
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