AHJ_ah08971 Inventory of the Bailey Willis Papers1894-1949 Willis (Bailey) papers Processed by D. Claudia Thompson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2011

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson October 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949 Bailey Willis papers 1894-1949 08971 6.93 cubic ft. (13 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Materials documenting an explorer and geologist who traveled in China, Japan, India, Philippines, etc. in the early 20th century. Biography of Bailey Willis

Bailey Willis was a geologist with the United States Geological Survey from 1884 to 1915. He was chairman of Stanford University's Geology Department from 1916 to1922. In 1903-1904 Willis led an expedition into China for the Carnegie Institution. His route took him through Austria and Russia. He traveled on the newly-built Trans-Siberian railroad and entered China from the north. In 1910 he took ship for South America to study Patagonia. After retiring from Stanford in 1922, he embarked on a series of explorations in Asia and Africa, studying geology and culture. Willis traveled extensively in India and the Philippines in the 1920s and 1930s. He also visited Japan, Sumatra, and Java. In 1929 he traveled the length of the African continent. In addition to scientific monographs, Willis published general readership travel accounts, including "Living Africa" (1930), "A Yanqui in Patagonia" (1947), and "Friendly China" (1949).

 Scope and Content

The collection contains lantern slides and photograph albums of travels in China, Sumatra, Java, India, Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Egypt. There are also maps, artwork, and souvenirs from Willis's 1903-1904 trip through China; and photographs used in Willis's books about Patagonia and Africa, as well as China. Also included are photograph albums of camping trips to Mount Rainier and photographs of California, Stanford University, and colleagues of Bailey Willis.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

Another collection of the papers of Bailey Willis are located at the Huntington Library.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Mrs. Cornelius G. Willis in 1985

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in October 2011

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Sports and Recreation. China -- Description and travel India -- Description and travel Japan -- Description and travel Philippines -- Description and travel Lantern slides <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List Series I. China

Sub-series 1. Photograph Albums

Names are spelled as they appear on album covers.

 2 Atlantic, Siberia (Album 1) 1903 2 Tomsk -Tientsin, Grand Canal, Ping-yuen (Album 2) 1903 2 Shantung: Ping-yuen - Chiang Hsia (Album 3) 1903 2 P'ing-li - Yang-tzi (Album 4) 1903 2 Tsingtau - Cheefuo (Album 5) 1903 2 Ming Tombs, Wutai (Album 6) 1903-1904 2 Wutai: Li San (Album 7) 1904 2 Shansi (Album 8) 1904 3 Chin Ling, Shensi (Album 9) 1904 3 Ts'in-Ling-shan to P'ing-li, and beyond, Shen-si (Album 10) 1904 3 Shantun, Taishan, Poshan (unnumbered photo album) 1904 3 Yang-tzi (Album 12) 1904 Sub-series 2. Slides and Negatives

4, 6-7 Glass Lantern Slides 1903-1904 4 Film Slides 1903-1904 13 Filmstrips of Slides 1903-1904 10-13 Negatives 1903-1904 Sub-series 3. Textual Material

8 Book - "Friendly China", by Bailey Willis 1949 9 Maps - "Research in China: Geographical and Geological Maps", by Bailey Willis 1906 9 Maps, Artwork, Calligraphy, Calling Cards, Souvenirs, etc. from and about China 1903-1904 Series II. Africa

3 Africa (loose prints) 1929-1930 4 Egypt and Africa (photo album) 1929-1930 Series III. Asia and the Pacific

There are two types of albums in this series. One group is bound in brown hard covers. Another group is tipped into soft cover albums. Some of the images are identical, showing that both groups cover the same trips.

 Sub-series 1. Hard Cover Photograph Albums

5 Philippines 1 - Northern Luzon - West Coast 1930s 5 Philippines 2 - Northern Luzon - Igorotes 1930s 5 Philippines 3 - Luzon, Camarines 1930s 5 Philippines 4 - Central Islands 1930s 5 Philippines 5 - Eastern Mindanao 1930s 5 India 6 - Darjeeling, Bengal, Agra, Japur, Bombay 1930s 5 India 7 - Deccan, Hyderabad, Mysore, Ceylon 1930s 5 Formosa 1930s 5 Sumatra 1930s Sub-series 2. Soft Cover Photograph Albums

4 San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan 1920s or 1930s 4 Philippines - Luzon, North, Central, Bontoc-Baguio 1930s 13 Philippines - Luzon, North, Central, Bontoc-Baguio (negatives) 1930s 4 Northern India 1930s 4 Central India 1930s 4 Southern India 1930s 4 Java 1930s 4 Sumatra 1930s 13 Sumatra (negatives) 1930s Sub-series 3. Textual Materials

8 Notebook of Transcripts of Letters from Trip 1936-1937 8 Philippines - Bulletin 13 (front matter - photocopy) 1937 Series IV. Western United States

13 California - Isidro Camp (negatives) July-Aug. 1916 8 California - Palo Alto, Stanford University undated 13 California - Palo Alto, Stanford University (negatives) undated 13 California - Santa Inez Range (negatives) Aug. 1916 1 Montana, Mount Rainier, Washington, California (photo album) 1898 1 Mount Rainier, Washington Trip (photo album) 1898-1899 Series V. Illustrations and Miscellaneous Images

Many of the photographs in this series were used to illustrate writings of Bailey Willis. Some may be duplicated in previous series.

 8 Africa (2 folders) circa 1929 8 Bailey Willis with Suess (glass negative) Aug. 1907 8 Bailey Willis with R.H.S. [R.H. Sargent] (glass negatives - 2 items) Dec. 1903 13 Bailey Willis with Unidentified Man (negative) undated 8 China 1903-1904 8 Early Associates of Bailey Willis at USGS (cabinet cards) circa 1890s 8 Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma, Washington - Geology undated 8 Patagonia and Brazil 1912 or 1923 8 Patagonia - El Norte 1912 13 Patagonia - El Norte (negatives) 1912 8 Patagonia - Trip to (Shipboard) 1911 13 Patagonia - Trip to (on shipboard) (negatives) 1911 8 Personal and Miscellaneous 1894-1936 13 Personal and Miscellaneous - Sir Archibald Geikie and others (negative) undated 13 Personal and Miscellaneous - Bill Pemberton, Patagonia (negative) undated 13 Personal and Miscellaneous - "The Stoney River Gang" (negative) Sept. 6, 1894 8 Photographs of Watercolors undated 13 Unidentified (negatives) undated 13 Windsor Trail (filmstrip of negatives) undated