Call Number:

C0265

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 21 boxes
• 10.6 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Berryman Scott Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1910-1940 (bulk) and 1874-1946 (inclusive)

Creator:

Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947

Form:

Correspondence, Manuscripts (for publication), Notebooks., and Paleontologists.

Abstract:

Consists of papers of William Berryman Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), an eminent vertebrate paleontologist and professor of geology at Princeton University.

A graduate of Princeton University (1877), William Berryman Scott received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1880. A specialist in vertebrate paleontology, Scott was an authority on mammals and the Oligocene geologic period. He was Blair Professor of Geology at Princeton from 1886 to 1930.

The collection consists of papers of Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), professor at Princeton for 50 years. The collection includes the manuscripts for the third editions of An Introduction to Geology (1932) and A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere (1937) and the notebooks and typescript of Some Memories of a Paleontologist (1939), as well as correspondence between Scott and the leading natural scientists of the day, such as Henry Fairfield Osborn. The reminiscences in the Memories are rich in anecdotal material concerning Scott's grandfather, Charles Hodge, a leading Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Additions include three notebooks of Scott's lecture notes taken while at Princeton, 1874-1876, and a typescript autobiography of his Princeton undergraduate years, entitled "Princeton 1873-78, Underclass Life in College."

Series: I. Works--A. An Introduction to Geology, B. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere, C. Some Memories of a Paleontologist, D. Miscellaneous Manuscripts; II. Correspondence; III. Documents; IV. Miscellaneous Material--Financial; V. Printed Matter.