Roy S. Clarke Papers, 1967-2009
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Descriptive Entry...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... 3 Roy S. Clarke Papers https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_379394
Collection Overview
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected]
Title: Roy S. Clarke Papers
Identifier: Accession 15-302
Date: 1967-2009
Extent: 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Creator:: Clarke, Roy S.
Language: Language of Materials: English
Administrative Information
Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-302, Roy S. Clarke Papers
Descriptive Entry
Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Curator and Curator Emeritus in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, is an authority on meteorites. This accession consists of correspondence; data sheets; numerous photographs, slides and negatives; articles; sketches; and other materials relating to meteorite identification and research. A significant amount of material relates to Antarctic Meteorites and the Old Woman Meteorite. The Old Woman Meteorite is the largest meteorite discovered in California (Barstow). Clarke and several others helped to analyze, research and extract the meteorite. A large number of photographs document this process.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Meteorites Old Woman meteorite
Types of Materials: Black-and-white negatives Black-and-white photographs Black-and-white transparencies Color negatives
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Color photographs Color transparencies Field notes Manuscripts
Names: Clarke, Roy S. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Mineral Sciences
Geographic Names: Antarctica
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Container Listing
Box 1
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA77219, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA77283, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA78100, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA81013, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA78252, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA80104, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA84165, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ALHA84233, Allan Hills, Antarctica
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: DRPA78001 and General, Derrick Peak
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: DRPA78003, Derrick Peak
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: DRPA78008, Derrick Peak
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: DRPA78007, Derrick Peak
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: DRPA78009, Derrick Peak
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET83245, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET83230, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET83333, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET83390, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET84300, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET87504, EET87505 and EET87506, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET87516, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET92029, Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: EET92148 (Artificial), Elephant Moraine
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: GRO85201, Grosvenor Mountains
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Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: GRO95511, Grosvenor Mountains
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: GRO95522, Grosvenor Mountains
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: HOW88403, Mount Howe (2 folders)
Box 1 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: Laserev
Box 2
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: ILD83500, Inland Forts
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: Laserev
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW85369, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW86211, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW86220, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW86498, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW86540, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW87109, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88023, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88055, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88432, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88631, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88677, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: LEW88698, Lewis Cliff
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: Mt. Wegener
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: Neptune Mountains
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: PCA91003, Pecora Escarpment
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: PGPA77006
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: RKPA79015, Reckling Peak
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: RKPA80226, Reckling Peak
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: TIL91725, Thiel Mountains
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Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: WIS91214, Wisconsin Range
Box 2 of 5 Antarctic Meteorite Data: RKPA80229, Reckling Peak
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Arlington, Minnesota
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: ACFER234, Algeria
Box 2 of 5 Buchwald and Clarke Meteorite Weathering
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Twin City Meteorite
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Waverly Meteorite
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Wethersfield Meteorite, Connecticut
Box 2 of 5 Wethersfield Meteorite, Connecticut - Clippings
Box 2 of 5 Wethersfield Meteorite, Connecticut - Images
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Acuna Meteorite
Box 2 of 5 Meteorite Data: Alvord Meteorite
Box 3
Box 3 of 5 Campo del Cielo Meteorite (2 folders)
Box 3 of 5 Chaunskij Meteorite
Box 3 of 5 Freda Meteorite
Box 3 of 5 Lexington County Meteorite, South Carolina
Box 3 of 5 Lost City Meteorite
Box 3 of 5 Mundrabilla Meteorite
Box 3 of 5 Santa Catharina Meteorite (2 folders)
Box 3 of 5 Santa Luzia Meteorite
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, Miscellaneous
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, 1976
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, 1977
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, April-March 1978
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, April-June 1978
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Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, July-September 1978
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, October-December 1978
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, January-June 1979
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, August-December 1979
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite, 1980-1983
Box 3 of 5 Department of Defense Correspondence, 1977
Box 3 of 5 Perry, Loran E., 1980-1982
Box 3 of 5 Regents Minutes - Old Woman Meteorite, 1977-1980
Box 3 of 5 Robinson, George S., 1978-1993
Box 3 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Court Dossier, 2003
Box 3 of 5 Marvin, Ursula, 1978-2009
Box 4
Box 4 of 5 Australian Craters Field Trip, 1991 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 5 Czechoslovakia Field Trips, 1971
Box 4 of 5 Alps Field Trip, 1983
Box 4 of 5 Ries Field Trip, 1971
Box 4 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite - Legal (3 folders)
Box 4 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Slides, 1976-1979 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Slides, 1977
Box 4 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Photographs (2 folders)
Box 4 of 5 Campo del Cielo Meteorite, 1967
Box 4 of 5 Silicon (Si) in Meteorites
Box 4 of 5 Sombrerete Meteorite
Box 4 of 5 South Danna Meteorite
Box 5
Box 5 of 5 Saudi Arabian Meteorites
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Box 5 of 5 Port Orford Meteorite
Box 5 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Clippings/Public Relations (2 folders)
Box 5 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Clippings
Box 5 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Complaints
Box 5 of 5 National Geographic Society Proposal, Old Woman Meteorite
Box 5 of 5 Old Woman Meteorite Miscellaneous. Includes news clippings, correspondence, legal matters, maps and images. (4 folders)
Box 5 of 5 History of Meteoritics
Oversize
Oversize Sketches of Old Woman Meteorite
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