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Box 5

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Manuscripts of Original Work on Iron Ores

 Sub-Group — Box: 5
Scope and Content

History of the Iron Ore Industry of the United States (typescript of Holden's doctoral dissertation for the University of Wisconsin, 1915; 506 pp.)

Dates: 1904 - 1945

Field Notes, 1905 - 1929

 Sub-Group — Box: 5
Scope and Content

30 small notebooks, many dealing with Virginia Geological Survey, including:

  • 1905: #1-3, 5
  • 1906: #4, 6, x
  • 1907: #7, x, Carnegie work
  • 1908: #1
  • 1909: #3-7, 7a, x
  • 1910: #8, 10-11
  • 1912: Zinc
  • 1914: #12
  • 1919: #13
  • 1929: "Red notebook"
  • History notes 1-3
  • Ore & furnaces
  • Historical notes

Dates: 1905 - 1929

Duplicates of Field Notes (see list of folder above)

 Sub-Group — Box: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...
Dates: 1904 - 1945

Geographic distribution (3 folders)

 Sub-Group — Box: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...
Dates: 1904 - 1945