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Contains 6 Results:

Utah, 1910

 File — Box: 6, Volume: 27
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Douglass spent almost the entire year at the dinosaur quarry. In November he began the trip to return to Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. 5 January--"We all went up to the diggings in the forenoon. Moved a good deal of dirt. We are beginning down low and preparing to sink[?] down 15 to 20 feet." 6 January--"Very cold. We think it is about down to -40°. Clear. I did not suffer much working. A...
Dates: 1910

Utah, 1910

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Typescript of Diary 27.
Dates: 1910

Pennsylvania, Utah, 1911

 File — Box: 6, Volume: 28
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Douglass worked at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh and then returned to Jensen, Utah. 4 February--"At work at the museum getting records of the quarry in shape." 23 February--"Recd a letter from Mr. Carnegie of which I am proud. . . . "Dear Mr. Douglass: Many thanks for your valued letter. Glad one more Scotsman has 'made good.' "What a wonder that monster is...
Dates: 1911

Utah, Pennsylvania (Uinta Geology), 1912-1913

 File — Box: 6, Volume: 29
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Douglass worked at the dinosaur quarry in Utah and in 1913 returned to Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. [1912]--"The large tract of country south of the Uinta Mountains and north of the Book Cliffs is of much interest, from many points of view. It is from the standpoint of a geologist however that I wish to write a general sketch of the territory, and this ought to be of service in all policies of the development...
Dates: 1912-1913

Pennsylvania, Utah, 1912-1914

 File — Box: 6, Volume: 30
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Douglass worked at the dinosaur quarry and at Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Entries in this diary are concerned with the Douglass farm or ranch in Jensen, Utah. 8 April 1912--"This book is for farm, garden surroundings etc. to keep a record of work done at home on the ranch, thoughts about home and ranch life aspirations, plans etc. and is to replace the unhandy and cumbersome book which I have been using,...
Dates: 1912-1914

Utah, 1914-1916

 File — Box: 6, Volume: 31
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Douglass worked the entire time at the dinosaur quarry in Jensen, Utah. The diary entries, concerned primarily with the Dinosaur Ranch (so named in 1914), are by both Earl and Pearl Douglass. 25 January 1915--"I have printed on the back of this book FARM. Perhaps the best title would be Farm Life. It is for the record of farm life in its hardest sense, not only what is done and to be done but its brightest...
Dates: 1914-1916