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| Title: | Bretz, J Harlen. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1877-1996 |
| Size: | 19 linear feet (31 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | J Harlen Bretz (1882-1981), geologist. The papers include biographical and autobiographical documents, a journal of the Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland (1933), publications and correspondence related to Bretz' controversial theory of the channeled scablands of Washington, professional correspondence, field notes, offprints, and photographs. |
Series VI contains student grade reports to which access is restricted until 2027. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Bretz, J Harlen. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
J Harlen Bretz was born in 1882 in Ionia County, Michigan. After receiving an A.B. from Albion College in 1905, he taught high school for several years in Seattle, Washington, where he began independent field work in the geology of the Puget Sound region. In 1911, Bretz entered the University of Chicago as a graduate fellow in geology, studying under Thomas C. Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury, and Stuart Weller. Upon completing his Ph.D. in 1913, he accepted a position at the University of Washington as assistant professor of geology. One year later, at the invitation of Salisbury, he returned to the University of Chicago as an Instructor in Geology (1914-1915). Bretz spent the remainder of his career at Chicago as Assistant Professor (1915-1921), Associate Professor (1921-1926), and Professor of Geology (1926-1947).
Bretz' major contribution to geology was his study of the channeled scablands, a rugged, heavily scoured section of the Columbia plate in eastern Washington. Challenging the gradualist uniformitarianism that had governed previous interpretations of the area, Bretz attributed the topography of the scablands to the action of a sudden, catastrophic flood brought on by the release of waters from glacial Lake Missoula. Bretz' theory was disputed by many leading authorities in Pleistocene geology and attracted particularly severe criticism from the U.S. Geological Survey at a meeting of the Geological Society of Washington, D.C. in 1927. Later studies by Bretz and others, however, contributed supporting evidence to the theory, and final confirmation was supplied by aerial photographs taken from orbiting satellites in the mid-1970's. By that time, the geological profession had reversed itself and embraced the theory it once rejected, hailing Bretz in publications and at conferences as a courageous empiricist vindicated by fact.
Bretz also made important advances in the geological study of limestone caves and karst landscapes. In 1930, geologist William Morris Davis had argued that caves were not formed above the water table, as was commonly supposed, but were instead the result of underground water circulating below the water table. Bretz' work on the caves of Missouri, begun in the late 1930's, furnished crucial evidence to support Davis' theory and went on to make substantial contributions to the description of limestone caverns and the analysis of the general erosional history of the Ozark Uplift.
Results of Bretz' field work in Washington, Missouri, Alberta, Greenland, Bermuda, and the Chicago region were published in numerous articles and a number of monographic studies, including Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region (1913), Geology of the Chicago Region (1939-1956), Earth Sciences: Meteorology, Oceanography, Geology (1940), Caves of Missouri (1956), and Geomorphic History of the Ozarks of Missouri (1965). Bretz also received two major professional awards, the Niel A. Miner Award of the National Association of Geology Teachers in 1959, and the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America in 1979. Bretz died in 1981 at his home in Homewood, Illinois, at the age of 98.
The papers of J Harlen Bretz comprise nineteen linear feet of material, including a Bretz family genealogy; Bretz' autobiography, Memories; a journal of the Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland (1933); publications and correspondence related to Bretz' controversial theory of the channeled scablands of Washington; professional correspondence; field notes; offprints; and photographs. The papers were presented to the Library in 1981 by Bretz' son and daughter, Rudolf C. Bretz and Rhoda Bretz Riley. The collection has been divided into six series.
Series I: Biographical
Material in this series has been divided into five subseries: General, Education, Departmental and Professional, Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland, 1933, and Channeled Scablands Controversy.
Most of the General sub-series is devoted to typescript and printed copies of Bretz' autobiography, Memories, which was issued in four parts from 1973 to 1975. Friends and colleagues responded warmly to Bretz' vigorous and occasionally ribald recollections of field work and campus life at the University of Chicago. This sub-series also includes a family genealogy compiled by Bretz in 1949; a Sears, Roebuck catalog containing the model for the Bretz house in Homewood; and a humorous 95th-birthday tribute by Rudolf Bretz asserting that Bretz was born Harley but changed his to J Harlen while at Albion College. Bretz recalled in Memories, Part II that the period after the J was dropped several years later at the insistence of Rollin Salisbury, who noted that it was not properly an abbreviation of any name.
The Education subseries consists of notes from courses and extracurricular activities that Bretz was a part of at Albion College from 1901 to 1905. It also contains memorabilia items from the Albion class of 1905.
The Departmental and Professional material consists of chronologically organized folders containing bibliographies of Bretz' publications; notes taken at a course given by Stuart Weller; letters from students; correspondence related to the Miner Award and Penrose Medal; and a tribute to Bretz' field pedagogy from M. King Hubbert. Bretz' remarks at his retirement dinner in 1947 are also worth noting in that they anticipate many of the themes developed later in the Memories, and include an admission by Bretz that he sometimes imitated the harsh classroom manner of his mentor, Salisbury.
The Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland in 1933 was financed and led by Louise Boyd, a wealthy amateur photographer, under the auspices of the American Geographical Society. Bretz joined the expedition as physiographer and published the results of his observations in “Physiographic Studies in East Greenland.” This sub-series devoted to the expedition includes correspondence with Louise Boyd and Isaiah Bowman of the A.G.S.; short vignettes of wildlife and scenery; and Bretz' journal describing his personal experiences on the trip.
The controversy over the channeled scablands is documented in the fourth sub-series. Here can be found Bretz' outline for his 1927 lecture at the Cosmos Club; a U.S. Geological Survey booklet of 1973 incorporating Bretz' conclusions; articles by Victor R. Baker comparing Bretz' scablands to similarly channeled areas on the planet Mars; congratulations from friends and colleagues on Bretz' vindication; and two articles by Stephen Jay Gould summarizing the entire debate.
Series II: Correspondence
This series consists of alphabetically arranged professional correspondence. Topics reflected in the correspondence include Victor Baker's defense of Bretz' scablands theory; Bretz' dispute with William H. Hobbs over the interpretation of scablands topography; a proposal to John C. Merriam of the Carnegie Institution for possible grant support for scablands studies; discussion with Rollin Salisbury regarding a fellowship at the University of Chicago in 1911; and the editing and publication of Earth Sciences (1940) by John Wiley and Sons.
Series III: Field Notes
Field notes in this series have been arranged into two chronological sub-series. The first, Notebooks, consists of 78 small field notebooks or notebook fragments containing Bretz' manuscript notes on field work from 1905 to 1954. The early notebooks concentrate on Puget Sound glaciation and the formation of the channeled scablands, while later ones reflect his subsequent travels and research interests. A series of nine numbered notebooks from 1948 deals exclusively with Bretz' study of limestone caves in Missouri.
The second group of notes, Looseleaf Binders, consists of typescript field notes from 1916 to 1956 bound in 13 looseleaf binders with some additional disbound looseleaf material. In general, the binders contain notes for a particular year or group of years, although some are devoted largely to a single topic. A binder from 1928, for instance, contains reports on soil samples taken at various points in Washington and Oregon, while other binders have notes on such specific subjects as the Chicago region; Greenland; limestone caves in Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and other states; Grand Coulee; Alberta; Ozark peneplanation; and Bermuda. A final binder contains undated notes.
Series IV: Publications
This series contains offprints of Bretz' published work and occasional folders of related correspondence. The series is divided into four subseries: Caves and Karst Formations; Channeled Scablands; Glaciation; and Other Publications. Within each sub-series, offprints have been arranged in strict chronological order by date of publication.
Series V: Images, Artifacts, and Oversize
Photographs in this series have been separated into two subseries. The first contains images reflecting Bretz's career, personal life, and family history. Included are photos depicting Bretz with his family, portraits of Bretz family members and homes, and images from the field with colleagues and students. Three folders of photographs concern the Bretz Laboratory for Geomorphology and Sedimentation at Albion College and Bretz' donation of boulders for study by geology students at his alma mater. Also included are images demonstrating his interest in double entendre signs, of which he had a large collection. Subseries 2 contains photos of sites that Bretz visited as part of his studies. Subseries 3 includes artifacts and oversize photographs, primarily documenting Bretz's education and family history, and two maps of geological features.
Series VI: Restricted, contains grade reports for courses taught by Bretz. Access to these files is restricted until 2027.
Series I: Biographical |
Subseries 1: General |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Bretz family genealogy, 1949 |
| Box 1 Folder 1a | Bretz family genealogy, edited, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Bretz family genealogy, correspondence, 1950-1996 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Bretz family genealogy, related materials, 1913-1996 |
| Box 1 Folder 3a | Diary, Volume I, June to July, 1899 |
| Box 1 Folder 3b | Diary, Volume II, July to November 1899; March to April, 1900 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Memories, Part I; Some Recollections of a Geologist on Entering His 90th Year; typescript |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Memories, Part I; printed copy with correspondence tipped in, 1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Memories, Part I; second printed copy |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Memories, Part II: printed copy with correspondence tipped in, 1973 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Memories, Part II: second printed copy |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Memories, Part III; typescript |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Memories, Part III; printed copy |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Memories, Part III; second printed copy |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Memories, Part IV: Additional Albion Matter and Other Memories and Stories, 1975 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Memories, Part IV: Additional Albion Matter and Other Memories and Stories; second printed copy |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Reactions to Memories from friends |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Sears, Roebuck prefabricated house catalog, 1924 (including “The Verona,” p. 84, model for JHB home |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Datebook, 1929 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Fanny Bretz Garden Notebook, 1933-1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Fanny Bretz Garden Notebook, 1946-1955 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Miscellaneous autobiographical notes and reminiscences, 1976-1979 and undated |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | “In Celebration,” tribute to JHB by Rudolf Bretz, 1977 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | With Jerry Vineyard, “J Harlen Bretz in Missouri,” Missouri Speleology 19:3-4. October to December, 1979. |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Biographical clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | The Edward S. Curtis Indians catalog, “The North American Indian,” undated |
Subseries 2: Education |
| Box 2a Folder 1 | Albion College, Michigan 1901-1905 |
| Box 2a Folder 2 | Memorabilia, Albion College, 1900-1905 |
| Box 2a Folder 3 | Victorian Poets, Albion College, undated |
| Box 2a Folder 4 | YMCA, Albion College, Work, Thoughts and Expressions; Missionary Work, 1901-1905 |
| Box 2a Folder 5 | Lakeside and Pontiac Notes, Albion College, 1901-1905 |
| Box 2a Folder 6 | Bibliography of Altitudes, University of Chicago, undated |
Subseries 3: Departmental and Professional |
| Box 2a Folder 7 | Julian D. Barksdale, Geology at the University of Washington, 1895-1973 (1974) |
| Box 2a Folder 8 | Bibliographies of JHB, 1907-1980 |
| Box 2a Folder 9 | Invertebrate Paleontology (Geology 21-22), Autumn and Winter Quarters 1911-1912, Professor Stuart Weller, lecture and laboratory notes |
| Box 3 Folder 1-3 | Letters from students in military service, 1942-1945 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Geological Society of America, annual meeting, December 1946, JHB general chairman |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | “Memoirs,” remarks at retirement dinner, 1947 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Tributes from colleagues, 1949-1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Department of Geology, social events, 1950-1951 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Niel A. Miner Award, National Association of Geology Teachers, 1959 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | D. Jerome Fisher, The Seventy Years of the Department of Geology, University of Chicago, 1892-1961 (1963), annotated |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | M. King Hubbert, “Bretz' Baraboo, Wisconsin, Field Course: An Example of Superb Scientific Pedagogy,” address, 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Seattle Times article on JHB and reactions, 1971 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Correspondence with M. King Hubbert regarding JHB professional biography, 1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, arrangements for
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| Box 4 Folder 2 | Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, citation |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, congratulations |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Penrose Medal, Geological Society of America, congratulations |
Subseries 4: Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Correspondence, December 1932-October 1933 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Correspondence, January-June 1934 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Correspondence, July-December 1934 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Correspondence, January 1935-April 1937 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Reading notes on the geology of Greenland |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | “Munchausen in Greenland,” manuscript |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | “Baron Bunyan in Greenland,” typescript |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Journal, July-September 1933 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | “Greenland: To and In and From,” bound typescript journal, 1933 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Miscellaneous memorabilia |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | “Physiographic Studies in East Greenland,” 1935 |
Subseries 5: Channeled Scablands Controversy |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Lecture before the Geological Society of Washington, D. C., Cosmos Club, 1927, outline |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Lecture before the Geological Society of Washington, related correspondence |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | International Geological Congress excursion to the Channeled Scablands, correspondence, 1930-1933 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | U.S. Geological Survey, The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood (1973), annotated |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Geological Society of America, Geological Excursions in the Pacific Northwest (1977). |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Victor R. Baker, articles on catastrophic flooding on Mars and Earth, 1973-1978 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Richard B. Waitt, Jr., Guidebook to Quaternary Geology of the Columbia, Wenatchee, Peshastin, and Upper Yakima Valleys, West-Central Washington (1977) |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Victor R. Baker and Dag Nummedal, eds., The Channeled Scabland (1978), with other articles and letters of tribute tipped in |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Victor R. Baker and Dag Nummedal, reactions from friends and colleagues |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Stephen Jay Gould, “When the Unorthodox Prevails” and “The Great Scablands Debate,” with related correspondence, 1978 |
Series II: Correspondence |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Introduction to correspondence by JHB, 1978 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | A, general |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | B, general |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Baker, Victor R. |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Behre, Charles H., Jr. |
| Box 6 Folder 10a | Bretz, Rhoda (daughter), undated |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | C, general |
| Box 6 Folder 11a | Carter, Rosalyn and Jimmy, 1980 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Chaney, Ralph W. |
| Box 6 Folder 12a | Composition and Structure of Scabland Gravel Deposits, 1952-1956 |
| Box 6 Folder 12b | Controversy with Jack Hough, 1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Culver, Harold E. |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | D, general |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | E, general |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | Ekblaw, George E. |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | F, general |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Fenneman, Nevin M. |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Flint, Richard F. |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Freeman, Otis W. |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Fryxell, F. M. |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | G, general |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Goldman, Marcus I. |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Goldsmith, Julian R. |
| Box 7 Folder 9a | Greenland Trip, 1933 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | H, general |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Hay, Oliver P. |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Hill, C. L. |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Hobbs, William H. |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Hubbert, M. King |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | I-J, general |
| Box 7 Folder 16 | K, general |
| Box 7 Folder 17 | Kay, George F. |
| Box 7 Folder 18 | L, general |
| Box 7 Folder 18a | Lake Missoula, 1947-1970 |
| Box 7 Folder 19 | Lamey, Carl A. |
| Box 7 Folder 20 | Landes, Henry |
| Box 7 Folder 21 | Large, Thomas |
| Box 7 Folder 22 | Lehman, S. W. |
| Box 7 Folder 23 | Leighton, Morris M. |
| Box 7 Folder 24 | Link, Theodore |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | M, general |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | McCann, Frank |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Madison, Hector T. |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Malott, Clyde A. |
| Box 8 Folder 4a | Meinzer, O.E., 1922 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Merriam, John C. |
| Box 8 Folder 5a | Meyerhoff, Howard A. (scabland visit by critics), 1931-1940 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | N-O, general |
| Box 8 Folder 6a | Neff, George 1952-1955 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | P, general |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Parks, Henry M. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Q, general |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | R, general |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Runner, Joseph L. |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | S, general |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Salisbury, Rollin D. |
| Box 8 Folder 13a | Smith, Harold T.U. 1952-1955 |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | T, general |
| Box 8 Folder 15 | Taylor, Lawrence D. |
| Box 8 Folder 16 | Thomson, Francis A. |
| Box 8 Folder 17 | Trowbridge, A. C. |
| Box 8 Folder 18 | U-W, general |
| Box 8 Folder 18a | Valley Deposits West, 1930 |
| Box 8 Folder 19 | Waitt, Richard B., Jr. |
| Box 8 Folder 20 | Watson, Russell |
| Box 8 Folder 21 | Weaver, Charles E. |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Wentworth, Chester |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Wiley & Sons, John (includes Gerald Wendt), 1936-1939 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Wiley & Sons, John (includes Gerald Wendt), 1940-1945 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Williams, Ira |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Willis, Bailey |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Zahuranec, Bernard J. |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Unidentified |
Series III: Field Notes |
Subseries 1: Notebooks |
| Box 9 Folder 7a | Astronomy, News Clippings, 1900 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | 1905-1907 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | 1909 |
| Box 9 Folder 10-13 | 1910-1914 |
| Box 10 Folder 1-3 | 1910-1914 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | 1912 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | 1913 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | 1914 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | 1916 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | 1919 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | 1920, July-August |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | 1920, August-September |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | 1921 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | 1922 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | 1923 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | 1924 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | 1926 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | 1927, July-August |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | 1927, August-September |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | 1928 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | 1929 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | 1932 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | 1933 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | 1935 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | 1946 |
| Box 12 Folder 4-8 | 1948 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | 1949 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | 1950 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | 1951 |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | 1954 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | Niagaran reefs, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Wisconsin/Illinois, driftless vs. Ozarks, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Miscellaneous, undated |
Subseries 2: Looseleaf Binders |
| Box 13 Folder 3-8 | Disbound notes, 1916-1920 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | 1922-1926 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | 1927 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | 1928 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | Soil analyses, 1928 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | 1929 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | 1931-1932 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | 1933 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | 1935-1940 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | 1937 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | 1941 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | 1946 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Drawings, Filled Sink-Structures and Circled Deposits of Missouri, circa 1950 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Grand River Valley, 1950 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | 1952 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | 1956 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Illinois Caves and Ozark Geomorphic Literature, 1956 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Undated, Guadalupe, Pecos, Llano |
Series IV: Publications |
Subseries 1: Caves and Karst Formations |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Caves and Karst Formations
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| Box 18 Folder 3 | “Origin of the Filled Sink-Structures and Circle Deposits of Missouri,” 1950 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Caves and Karst Formations
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| Box 18 Folder 5 | “Caves of Illinois,” 1961 |
Subseries 2: Channeled Scablands |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Channeled Scablands
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| Box 18 Folder 7 | Channeled Scablands
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| Box 18 Folder 8 | “The Spokane Flood Beyond the Channeled Scablands,” 1925 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | “Channeled Scabland and the Spokane Flood 1927 The Spokane
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| Box 18 Folder 10 | Channeled Scablands
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| Box 19 Folder 1 | “Valley Deposits Immediately East of the Channeled Scabland of Washington,” 1929 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | “Valley Deposits Immediately West of the Channeled Scabland,” 1930 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | “The Channeled Scabland,” 1932 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | “Channeled Scabland of Washington: New Data and Interpretations,” 1956 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | “Washington's Channeled Scabland,” 1959 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | “The Lake Missoula Floods and the Channeled Scabland, 1969 Glaciation |
Subseries 3: Glaciation |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Glaciation
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| Box 19 Folder 8 | “Keewatin End Moraines in Alberta, Canada,” 1943 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | “Keewatin End Moraines in Alberta, Canada,” related correspondence |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Glaciation
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| Box 19 Folder 11 | Glaciation
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Subseries 4: Other Publications |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | Publications, 1924-1932
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| Box 19 Folder 13 | “The Physiography of North America,” 1939 |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | “Geology of the Chicago Region,” Part I, 1939; Part II, 1955 |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | “Geology of the Chicago Region,”, map supplement, 1943 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | “Caliche in Southeastern New Mexico,” 1949 |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | “A High-Level Boulder Deposit East of the Laramie Range, Wyoming,” 1952 |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Review of Kenneth Roberts, Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod (1951), 1952 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Review of Kenneth Roberts, The Seventh Sense - A Sequel to “Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod' (1953), 1954 Review of Kenneth Roberts, related correspondence |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | “Dynamic Equilibrium and the Ozark Land Forms,” 1962 Review of Kenneth Roberts, related correspondence |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | “An Open Letter Chiefly to Geologists Interested in the Pleistocene of the Midwest,” 1968 Review of Kenneth Roberts, related correspondence |
| Box 20 Folder 8a | H.F. Garner, “Rivers in the Making,” undated |
Series V: Images, Artifacts, and Oversize |
Subseries 1: Family and Personal Photographs |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Phillip Bretz stone house, Melmore, Ohio, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Bretz family reunion, 1887 |
| Box 20 Folder 11-12 | Bretz family portraits |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | J Harlen Bretz, childhood |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Boulder Strewn, J Harlen Bretz home |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | J Harlen Bretz with colleagues |
| Box 21 Folder 3-4 | Fieldwork, general |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Fieldwork, caves |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Devil's Lake field course group, 1947 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Perry Farm Canyon field trip, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Humorous |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | J Harlen Bretz Laboratory for Geomorphology and Sedimentation, Albion College, 1971 |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Moving of boulders from Bretz home to Albion College, 1976 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Bretz boulders in courtyard of Science Center, Albion College |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | 19th Century Family Photos |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | J Harlen Bretz, 1882-1980 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Saranac School, 1890-1906 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Albion College, 1904-1905 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Fanny Challis (Bretz), 1902-1970 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Prints and Negatives, 1907-1914 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Friday Harbor, 1911 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | R. Riley, 1975 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Rhoda Brentz, undated |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Michael Bretz, undated |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | Bretz Family Portraits, undated |
Subseries 2: Travel and Study Images |
| Box 23 Folder 1-3 | Alberta, Canada, General views |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Alberta, Canada, Contact prints and negatives |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Cave entrances |
| Box 23 Folder 6-8 | Cave interiors |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Cave rock specimens |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Meramec Cavern, Missouri, c. 1890 and 1940 |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Mark Twain Cave, Missouri, 1920 |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Caves and Sinks, Book of Prints and Negatives, 1938 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Paradise-Stevens Ice Caves, National Park Service, Mount Rainier National Park, undateds |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Zane and Ohio Caverns, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 5-6 | Channeled Scablands, General views |
| Box 24 Folder 7-8 | Channeled Scablands, Aerial views |
| Box 24 Folder 9-10 | Channeled Scablands, Maps |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Channeled Scablands, Photo album with prints and negatives, 1922-1927 |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Grand Coulee, photo album with typescript commentary |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | England, Norway, and Greenland, photo album |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | England, Norway, and Greenland, contact prints and negatives |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Greenland, photo album, 1933 |
| Box 27 Folder 1-5 | Greenland, General views |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Baraboo and Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, undated |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Burlingame Canyon, Walla Walla Valley, Washington 1983 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Laramie Boulder Train, undated |
| Box 28 Folder 1 | Lehigh and Sol Cavities, Kankakee “Sinks” Problem, 1942 |
| Box 28 Folder 2 | Miscellaneous Photographs, 1958-1963 |
| Box 28 Folder 3 | Miscellaneous Photographs, undated |
| Box 28 Folder 4 | Filled Sink-Structures and Circled Deposits of Missouri, 1 of 2, c 1950 |
| Box 28 Folder 5 | Filled Sink-Structures and Circled Deposits of Missouri, 2 of 2, c 1950 |
| Box 28 Folder 6 | Untitled Photograph of a Mountain, undated |
Subseries 3: Artifacts, Albums and Oversized Items |
| Box 29 | Photograph, Home of Ephraim Bretz, c. 1881 |
| Box 29 | Photograph, West Odessa Church, c. 1875 |
| Box 29 | Photograph, Furniture Store, c. 1888 |
| Box 29 | Photograph, Bretz and friends outside a cabin, undated |
| Box 29 | Album, graduate portraits, Saranac High School, 1900 |
| Box 29 | “Brown Eyes,” a heart carved by J Harlen (Harley) Bretz for Fanny Challis, c. 1905 |
| Box 29 | Jacob Bretz and Philadelphia (Woolf) Bretz, Parents of Ephraim Bretz, small framed photograph, undated |
| Box 29 | Unidentified man, small framed photograph, undated |
| Box 30 | Marriage certificate, Oliver Bretz and Rhoda Howell, 1877 |
| Box 30 | Albion College pennant, 1905 |
| Box 30 | Map, Filled Sink structures of the Ozarks, 1950 |
| Box 30 | Geologic Map of Missouri, Compiled by Mary H. McCracken and the Staff of the Missouri Geological Survey, 1961 |
Series VI: Restricted |
| Box 31 | Student grade reports, 1929-1947 |