By Finding aid prepared by Tiah Edmunson-Morton.
Title: Earl L. Packard Papers, 1913-1980
ID: MSS Packard
Primary Creator: Packard, Earl L. (Earl Leroy) (1885-1983)
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Dr. Earl Leroy Packard was known for his study of the fossil records of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods along the Pacific coast, as well as his summer geology field camps in Eastern Oregon. He attended the University of Washington from 1907 to 1912, receiving his BA and MA degrees in geology; three years later, in 1915, he received his PhD in paleontology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Packard taught geology at the University of Oregon from 1918 through 1932; it was there that he began to offer summer field camps in geology. In 1932, the Oregon State System of Higher Education was reorganized; as a consequence, the School of Science was established at Oregon State College. With this reorganization, Packard began his tenure at OSC as Dean of the new School of Science, Chairman of the Department of Geology, and Director of the Research Council. He resigned as Dean in 1938, but continued to head the research council until 1946. He retired in 1950 and moved to Palo Alto, where he was named research associate at Stanford University. Packard died January 20, 1983, in Palo Alto, California.
More Extent Information: 2 boxes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: Transferred from the History Department in 2007.
Related Materials: Materials pertaining to Packard's professional activities are available in the College of Science Records (RG 024). The F. A. Gilfillan Papers (MSS Gilfillan) include correspondence with Packard from 1938; Gilfillan was the Dean of the College of Science immediately following Packard.
Preferred Citation: Earl L. Packard Papers (MSS Packard), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Packard, Earl L. (Earl Leroy) (1885-1983)
DuBar, Jules R.
Geology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
History of Science
Oregon State College. Department of Geology
Oregon State College. School of Science
Packard, Earl L. (Earl Leroy), 1885-1983
Paleontology--Oregon.
University History
Maps (documents)
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