University of Wyoming
Ernst Cloos (1898-1974), a structural geologist, was born in Germany and educated at the University of Breslau. He did various geologic investigations in Europe and the Middle East before settling permanently in the United States. Cloos was appointed a lecturer in structural geology at Johns Hopkins University in 1931 and rose to professor in 1941. He was chairman of the geology department from 1951-1963 and retired from Johns Hopkins in 1968. Cloos specialized in microtechtonics and played a major role in the study of the geology of the Appalachian Mountains. Cloos served as president of the Geological Society of America in 1953.
Collection includes manuscripts and printed articles and papers by Cloos (1922-1973); maps, chiefly of the Appalachian mountains; correspondence (1953-1969); and miscellaneous other materials. Some of the materials are in German.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Ernst Cloos at the date of processing.
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