Judge James Polk Sams journal
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS C87
Overview
This handwritten journal by Judge James Polk Sams describes an expedition of fossil hunting in Wyoming undertaken in 1895. According to the journal, the Kansas State legislature appropriated twelve hundred dollars to Dr. W. S. Williston, to be expended in obtaining geological specimens for the State University of Kansas.
Dates
- Creation: 1895
Creator
- Sams, James Polk, 1849?-1943 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume ; 25 cm
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS C87
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Grace J. Beall, 1990
- Title
- Guide to the James Polk Sams Journal
- Subtitle
- Judge James Polk Sams journal
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, 2006. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6928327688
- Preferred citation
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James Polk Sams Journal, Kansas Collection, RH MS C87, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository