Guide to the Charles P. Berkey Papers 1884 - 1955

Collection Number MC 275

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Collection Information
Abstract:

The Charles P. Berkey Collection contains materials relating to the personal and professional life of geologist and civil engineer Berkey who was affiliated with Columbia University throughout his career. It includes correspondence, family documents, Berkey's writings, awards, and photographs. Materials in the collection date from 1884 - 1955.

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Date Revised
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Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Creator

Berkey, Charles Peter, b. 1867

Title

The Charles P. Berkey Papers 1884 - 1955

Call Number

MC 275

Extent

21 archival box, 10.5 linear feet

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language

English.

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish, Booksellers, 2000.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Charles P. Berkey Papers Special Collections Research Center, MC 0275, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Biographical Note


Charles P. Berkey was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1867. He moved with his family to a farm outside Minneapolis, Minnesota as a young adult, and enrolled in the University of Minnesota directly after graduation from Farmington High School. He continued his studies at Minnesota, earning a Ph.D. in Geology in 1894. After teaching and researching in Minnesota for several years, he transferred to Columbia University in 1903. He flourished under his mentor, James Furman Kemp, and rose through every rank of academia at Columbia until retiring in 1932 as the Newberry Professor of Geology. He lived in Palisades, N.J. with his wife Minnie (until her death in 1940), his daughter Virginia and his son Paul. He died in 1955 at the age of 88.

Professor Berkey was a celebrated instructor of geology but his skill and passion lay in fieldwork. He spent most of his career travelling the United States and select international locations surveying geological formations and advising engineering firms. He is credited with transforming the field of geology from pure science to applied science. His close work with engineers in dam construction earned him U.S. government accolades and honorary membership into the American Society of Civil Engineering. He worked consistently past retirement and could be found in the field right up until his death.

During his career he authored several books and articles and had an edited book dedicated as a fetschschrift (The Berkey Volume). He achieved international fame with his participation in the Mongolian Scientific Expedition of 1925, led by Charles Andrews. He was the recipient of many awards for outstanding contributions to the field of geology included Honorary Doctorates in Science from Columbia University and the University of Minnesota, and the first Kemp Medal in Geology to be award by Columbia University.

Scope and Content Note


This collection includes both personal and professional materials assembled by Charles P. Berkey during his lifetime. It consists primarily of correspondence, but also contains writings, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The collection spans the entire adult life of Berkey, and therefore provides insight into both his family and the growth of his career.

The Correspondence series relates primarily to Berkey's family and their activities, while the Biography series is limited to writings about Berkey and his accomplishments. The Writings/Lectures, Professional Correspondence, and Projects series address his contributions to the fields of geology and engineering, while the Awards series docuemtns the recognition he received for this work. Finally, the Family, Genealogy, and Photographs series provides insight into his personal family history. This guide concludes with a selected bibliography of texts from his collection.

Organization of Collection


The collection is organized into twelve series, including Correspondence, Biographical materials, Writings/Lectures, Professional Correspondence, Projects, Awards, Miscellaneous Professional, Family, Genealogy, Photographs, Miscellaneous, and Bibliography.

Online Catalog Headings

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Berkey, Charles Peter, b. 1867
  • Berkey Family
  • Berkey, Minnie
  • Berkey, Paul A.
  • Berkey, Virginia D.
  • Columbia University. Dept. of Geology -- Faculty
  • Dams -- United States -- Design and construction
  • Engineering geology
  • Geology -- Asia
  • Geology -- United States
  • Kemp, James Furman
  • Minneapolis (Minn.)
  • Mongolia
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Scientific expeditions -- Mongolia
  • Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
  • Studebaker Family
  • University of Minnesota -- Alumni and Alumnae
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- France

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Correspondence, 1887 - 1954


    13 archival boxes, 6 linear feet

    The largest series in the collection, it contains personal family letters and is housed in twelve archival boxes. Correspondence between Berkey and the authors, including his wife Minnie, his daughter Virginia, his son Paul, and his grandchildren is organized together chronologically, as are additional letters between several of these relations. The correspondence generally covers topics such as Berkey's travels, health, and other family matters. Paul Berkey described his experiences in the military to his father in some correspondence, while other letters bring their intended recipients up to date on such events as weddings and birthdays.

    • Minnie and Charles
      • 1887 - 1888 [1, 1]
      • May, 1889 [2]
      • June 2, 1889 - June 21, 1889 [3]
      • June 23, 1889 - June 26, 1889 [4]
      • July 28, 1889 - December 1, 1889 [5]
      • February, 1890 - March, 1890 [6]
      • May, 1890 - November, 1890 [7]
      • 1891 [8]
      • 1892 [9]
      • January, 1893 - June, 1893 [10]
      • July 15, 1893 - August 17, 1893 [11]
      • August 25, 1893 - November 10, 1893 [12]
      • November 12, 1893 - [no date] [13]
      • January 17, 1894 - May 11, 1894 [14]
      • May 17, 1894 - [no date] [15]
      • 1897 - 1898 [16]
      • May 3, 1899 - May 16, 1899 [17]
      • May 17, 1899 - June 2, 1899 [18]
      • June 4, 1899 - July 16, 1899 [19]
      • July 18, 1899 - August 7, 1899 [20]
      • August 9, 1899 - August 18, 1899 [21]
      • August 20, 1889 - [no date] [22]
      • May 2, 1901 - May 13, 1901 [2, 1]
      • May 15, 1901 - May 22, 1901 [2]
      • May 25, 1901 - July 21, 1901 [3]
      • July 24, 1901 - October 18, 1901 [4]
      • April 6, 1902 - June 22, 1902 [5]
      • June 23, 1902 - July 7, 1902 [6]
      • July 9, 1902 - July 27, 1902 [7]
      • July 29, 1902 - August 12, 1902 [8]
      • August 17, 1902 - [no date] [9]
      • June 15, 1903 - June 23, 1903 [10]
      • June 28, 1903 - July 12, 1903 [11]
      • July 16, 1903 - August 3, 1903 [12]
      • August 5, 1903 - August 16, 1903 [13]
      • August 17, 1903 - August 28, 1903 [14]
      • August 31, 1903 - [no date] [15]
      • 1904 [16]
      • January 5, 1905 - July 18, 1905 [17]
      • July 20, 1905 - August 7, 1905 [18]
      • August 9, 1905 - August 21, 1905 [19]
      • August 25, 1905 - [no date] [20]
      • June 14, 1906 - July 25, 1906 [21]
      • July 30, 1906 - September 24, 1906 [22]
      • March 23, 1907 - July 17, 1907 [3, 1]
      • July 18, 1907 - July 31, 1907 [2]
      • 1907 - August 12, 1907 [3]
      • September 5, 1907 - [no date] [4]
      • 1908 - 1909 [5]
      • July 10, 1910 - July 21, 1910 [6]
      • July 23, 1910 - [no date] [7]
      • 1911 [8]
      • July 3, 1912 - July 16, 1912 [9]
      • July 18, 1912 - [no date] [10]
      • 1912 [no date] [11]
      • 1914 [12]
      • 1916 - 1917 [13]
      • 1919 [14]
      • 1920 [15]
      • January 14, 1922 - February 9, 1922 [16]
      • February 14, 1922 - March 12, 1922 [17]
      • March 14, 1922 - April 3, 1922 [18]
      • April 5, 1922 - April 20, 1922 [19]
      • April 21, 1922 - May 19, 1922 [20]
      • May 19, 1922 - June 25, 1922 [21]
      • 1922 [no date] [22]
      • 1923 - 1924 [4, 1]
      • Febuary 21, 1925 - March 17, 1925 [2]
      • March 22, 1925 - April 8, 1925 [3]
      • April 9, 1925 - April 26, 1925 [4]
      • May 22, 1925 - July 17, 1925 [5]
      • August 2, 1925 - [no date] [6]
      • 1926 [7]
      • 1927 [8]
      • 1928 - 1929 [9]
      • 1930 [10]
      • January 25, 1931 - August 16, 1931 [11]
      • August 17, 1931 - [no date] [12]
      • 1932 [13]
      • 1933 - 1935 [14]
      • January 18, 1936 - July 13, 1936 [15]
      • July 14, 1936 - August 19, 1936 [16]
      • August 20, 1936 - [no date] [17]
      • March 17, 1938 - August 13, 1938 [18]
      • August 17, 1938 - [no date] [19]
      • January 26, 1939 - June 3, 1939 [20]
      • June 5, 1939 - July 15, 1939 [21]
      • July 18, 1939 - August 25, 1939 [22]
      • September 23, 1939 - [no date] [23]
      • [no date] [5, 1]
      • [no date] [2]
      • [no date] [3]
      • [no date] [4]
      • [no date] [5]
      • [no date] [6]
      • [no date] [7]
      • [no date] [8]
      • [no date] [9]
      • [no date] [10]
      • [no date] [11]
      • [no date] [12]
      • [no date] [13]
      • [no date] [14]
      • [no date] [15]
      • [no date] [16]
      • [no date] [17]
      • [no date] [18]
      • [no date] [19]
      • [no date] [20]
      • [no date] [21]
      • [no date] [22]
    • Virginia and Charles
      • 1907 - 1916 [6, 1]
      • July 9, 1921 - July 30, 1921 [2]
      • August 4, 1921 - August 28, 1921 [3]
      • 1922 [4]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College days] [5]
      • 1925 [6]
      • 1926 - 1927 [7]
      • 1928 [8]
      • 1928 - 1929 [Virginia in China] [9]
      • 1930 - 1939 [10]
      • 1939 - 1940 [11]
      • 1940 - 1942 [12]
      • February 10, 1943 - December 24, 1943 [13]
      • 1943 [no date] [14]
      • January 1, 1944 - July 12, 1944 [15]
      • 1944 [no date] [16]
      • 1945 - 1946 [17]
      • 1947 - 1948 [18]
      • June 5, 1950 - September 22, 1950 [19]
      • 1950 [no date] [19]
      • 1953 - 1954 [20]
      • [no date post-1940] [7, 1]
      • [no date post-1940] [2]
      • [no date post-1940] [3]
      • [no date post-1940] [4]
      • [no date post-1940] [5]
      • [no date post-1940] [6]
      • [no date post-1940] [7]
      • [no date post-1940] [8]
      • [no date post-1940] [9]
      • [no date post-1940] [10]
      • [no date post-1940] [11]
      • [no date post-1940] [12]
      • [no date post-1940] [13]
      • [no date post-1940] [14]
      • [no date post-1940] [15]
      • [no date post-1940] [16]
      • [no date post-1940] [17]
      • [no date post-1940] [18]
      • [no date post-1940] [19]
      • [no date post-1940] [20]
      • [no date post-1940] [21]
      • [no date] [8, 1]
      • [no date] [2]
      • [no date] [3]
      • [no date] [4]
      • [no date] [5]
      • [no date] [6]
      • [no date] [7]
      • [no date] [8]
      • [no date] [9]
      • [no date] [10]
      • [no date] [11]
      • [no date] [12]
      • [no date] [13]
      • [no date] [14]
      • [no date] [15]
      • [no date] [16]
      • [no date] [17]
      • [no date] [18]
      • [no date] [19]
      • [no date] [20]
      • [no date] [21]
      • [no date] [9, 1]
      • [no date] [2]
      • [no date] [3]
      • [no date] [4]
      • [no date] [5]
    • Virginia and Minnie
      • 1917 - 1919 [6]
      • 1921 [7]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [8]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [9]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [10]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [11]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [12]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [13]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [14]
      • 1921 - 1925 [College Days] [15]
      • February 27, 1925 - [no date] [16]
      • 1924 - 1925 [no date] [17]
      • 1928 [18]
      • 1931 [19]
      • June 3, 1932 - [no date June] [20]
      • July 21, 1932 - September 29, 1932 [21]
      • October 8, 1932 - [no date] [22]
      • 1935 [10, 1]
      • April 4, 1937 - April 17, 1937 [2]
      • April 19, 1937 - May 19, 1937 [3]
      • May 22, 1937 - [no date] [4]
      • 1938 [5]
      • [no date] [6]
      • [no date] [7]
      • [no date] [8]
    • Paul and Charles
      • 1899 - 1901 [9]
      • 1902 - 1903 [10]
      • 1905 - 1906 [11]
      • 1911 - 1914 [12]
      • 1916 - 1918 [13]
      • 1921 [14]
      • 1922 - 1923 [15]
      • 1924 - 1925 [16]
      • 1926 [17]
      • 1927 [18]
      • 1928 - 1929 [19]
      • 1930 - 1931 [20]
      • 1932 - 1934 [21]
      • 1936 - 1937 [11, 1]
      • 1938 - 1939 [2]
      • 1941 - 1944 [3]
      • 1945 - 1947 [4]
      • 1948 - 1949 [5]
      • 1950 - 1952 [6]
      • 1953 - 1955 [7]
      • [no date] [8]
      • [no date] [9]
    • M.H. Hartigan and Virginia
      • 1925 [10]
      • 1926 [11]
      • 1927 [12]
      • 1928 [13]
      • [no date] [14]
      • [no date] [15]
      • [no date] [16]
    • Donn Michael and Charles
      • September 3, 1940; [no date] [17]
    • Donn Michael and Virginia
      • [no date] [18]
    • Virginia Brown and Minnie
      • 1918 - 1919 [19]
      • 1920 - 1924 [20]
      • [no date] [21]
    • Loré and Minnie
      • 1929 - 1930 [12, 1]
      • 1931 [2]
      • 1932 - 1945 [3]
    • Misplaced or Not Addressed
      • [no date] [4]
    • Miscellaneous Family
      • 1882- 1906 [5]
      • 1907 [6]
      • 1912 - 1931 [7]
      • 1936 - 1952 [8]
      • [no date] [9]
    • Envelopes (additions of September, 2004)
      • Envelopes addressed to Dr. Charles P. Berkey, 1905 - 1954 [12a, 1]
      • Envelopes addressed to Master Paul Ainsworth Berkey, 1908 - 1911 [2]
      • Envelopes addressed to Mrs. Charles P. Berkey, 1922 - 1929 [3]
      • Envelopes addressed to Virginia Berkey, 1922 - 1926 [4]
      • Envelopes addressed to Virginia Berkey Berkey, 1927 - 1928 [5]
      • Envelopes addressed to Mrs. M.H. Hartigan [6-7]
      • Other envelopes [8]

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  • Biographical materials


    1.5 archival boxes, .75 linear feet

    This series contains printed biographical information, autobiographical manuscripts, letters of personal commendation, and birthday correspondence. In 1937, on Berkey's 70th birthday, a surprise dinner was held in his honor. Over 300 guests attended it from several countries. This series contains a large number of letters from those who were unable to attend, as well as the invitation, program, and speech transcripts. This series also has the printed obituaries and official memorials dedicated to Berkey. His daughter, Virginia Berkey Hartigan, presumably collected this last part.

    • Minnesota [10]
    • Columbia [11]
    • Autobiographical Notes (1) [12]
    • Autobiographical Notes (2) [13]
    • Autobiographical Notes (3) [14]
    • Miscellaneous Biography [15]
    • Personal Commendation, 1903 - 1926 [16]
    • Personal Commendation, January 7, 1927 - March 4, 1927 [17]
    • Personal Commendation, March 11, 1927 - May 28, 1927 [18]
    • Personal Commendation, 1928 - 1938 [19]
    • Personal Commendation, 1940 - 1959, [no date] [17]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [13, 1]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [2]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [3]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [4]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [5]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [6]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [7]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [8]
    • 70th Birthday, Correspondence [9]
    • 70th Birthday, Information [10]
    • 70th Birthday, Clippings [11]
    • 80th Birthday, Correspondence (1) [12]
    • 80th Birthday, Correspondence (2) [13]
    • 80th Birthday, Clippings [14]
    • Miscellaneous Birthday [15]
    • Berkey Will Drafts and Revisions [16]
    • University of Minnesota Reunion Invitations [17]
    • University of Minnesota Reunion Minutes, 1935, 1939, 1940 [18]
    • University of Minnesota Reunion Minutes, 1941 - 1942 [19]
    • University of Minnesota Reunion Minutes, 1943 - 1946 [20]
    • University of Minnesota Reunion Minutes, 1947 - 1949 [21]
    • Berkey Obituaries, 1955 [14, 1]
    • Berkey Obituary Clippings, 1955 [2]

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  • Writings/Lectures


    1 archival box , .5 linear feet

    This series contains only a very small portion of Berkey's published works and unpublished manuscripts. There is a listing of his extensive publications in the first folder of the series. Berkey was invited to give a series of lectures for Columbia University in 1914 - 1915 called the Jessup Lectures. Drafts and completed copies of these lectures are contained in this series.

    • Publication Lists [3]
    • Manuscript Notes Misc. [4]
    • Manuscript Notes, "The Engineering Geology of NYC" [5]
    • Publications (1) [6]
    • Publications (2) [7]
    • Jessup Lecture, 1914 - 1915 [8]
    • Lecture Notes (1) [9]
    • Lecture Notes (2) [10]
    • Lecture Notes (3) [11]
    • Lecture Clipplings (1) [12]
    • Lecture Clippings (2) [13]

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  • Professional Correspondence, 1904 - 1955


    2 archival boxes , 1 linear feet

    Berkey maintained a long-standing relationship with his mentor at Columbia University, James Furman Kemp. Their correspondence deals with both professional and personal matters but is kept in this one series for ease of organization. The large amount of miscellaneous correspondence contains letters and telegrams from Berkey's employers and colleagues. This series maintains Berkey's original classification order.

    • Kemp, J.F., 1904 - 1908 [14]
    • Kemp, J.F., July 1, 1913 - August 23, 1913 [15]
    • Kemp, J.F., August 25, 1913 - November 3, 1913 [16]
    • Kemp, J.F., 1914 - 1915 [17]
    • Kemp, J.F., 1916 [18]
    • Kemp, J.F., 1917 [19]
    • Kemp, J.F., 1918 - 1951 [20]
    • Kemp. J.F., no date [21]
    • Columbia Univeristy, 1904 - 1916 [15, 1]
    • Columbia University, 1921 - 1935 [2]
    • Columbia University, 1938 - 1942 [3]
    • Colorado River Board, 1928 - 1932 [4]
    • Colorado River Board, 1933 - 1934 [5]
    • Colorado River Board, no date [6]
    • Miscellaneous, 1899 - 1908 [7]
    • Miscellaneous, 1912 - 1924 [8]
    • Miscellaneous, 1925 [9]
    • Miscellaneous, 1926 - 1943 [10]
    • Miscellaneous, March 31, 1944 - April 7, 1944 [11]
    • Miscellaneous, April 10, 1944 - May 4, 1944 [12]
    • Miscellaneous, 1945 [13]
    • Miscellaneous, 1946 [14]
    • Miscellaneous, 1947 [15]
    • Miscellaneous, January 8, 1948 - February 24, 1948 [16]
    • Miscellaneous, March 25, 1948 - December 30, 1948 [17]
    • Miscellaneous, 1949 [18]
    • Miscellaneous, 1950 [19]
    • Miscellaneous, 1952 - 1955 [20]
    • Miscellaneous, no date [21]

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  • Projects


    .5 archival box , .25 linear feet

    This series consists primarily of newspaper clippings from Berkey's many projects throughout the United States. Also contained in this series is the extensive record of Berkey's trip to Mongolia in 1925. The expedition was followed closely by the United States press and Berkey gave lectures and interviews on this event for many years.

    • Mongolia documents [16, 1]
    • Mongolia Clippings (1) [2]
    • Mongolia Clippings (2) [3]
    • Mongolia Clippings (3) [4]
    • Mongolia Clippings (4) [5]
    • Mongolia Clippings (5) [6]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (1) [7]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (2) [8]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (3) [9]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (4) [10]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (5) [11]
    • Miscellaneous Clippings (6) [12]

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  • Awards, 1929 - 1954


    1 archival box , .5 linear feet

    Berkey was the recipient of numerous awards, medals, and honorary degrees. This series contains newspaper announcements, congratulatory correspondence, and official invitations and programs of the ceremonies. It is organized according to the date of the award.

    • Columbia DSc 1929 [13]
    • Minnesota DSc 1940, Correspondence [14]
    • Minnesota DSc 1940, Documentation [15]
    • Minnesota DSc 1940, Clippings [16]
    • American Society of Civil Engineering Honorary Membership 1941, Official Correspondence [17]
    • American Society of Civil Engineering Honorary Membership 1941, Personal Correspondence [18]
    • American Society of Civil Engineering Honorary Membership 1941, Documentation [19]
    • Kemp Medal, Documentation [17, 1]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, October 5, 1948 - October 24, 1948 [2]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, October 25, 1948 [3]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, October 26, 1948 [4]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, October 27, 1948 - October 31, 1948 [5]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, November 1, 1948 - November 29, 1948 [6]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, December 7, 1948 - January 29, 1949 [7]
    • Kemp Medal, Correspondence, no date [8]
    • Kemp Medal, Clippings [9]
    • Berkey Volume, Correspondence, 1951 [10]
    • Berkey Volume, Correspondence, 1951 - 1954 [11]
    • Personal Commendation [12]

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  • Miscellaneous Professional, 1894 - 1948


    1 archival box , .5 linear feet

    This series contains the mundane official documentation of Berkey's professional career. It contains his handwritten (and undated for the most part) itineraries that he left for his family, as well as legal documents. The contracts, licenses, and invoices necessary for a professional career are contained in this series. The last folder in this series contains two of Berkey's geological journals in which he kept notes of the projects for which he consulted from 1945 - 1948. They contain minutes of meetings, random observations, and topographical sketches.

    • References, 1894 [14]
    • Itineraries [15]
    • Licenses [16]
    • Contracts [17]
    • Invoices, 1923 - 1946 [18]
    • Invoices, 1947 - 1948 [19]
    • Invoices, 1949 - 1951 [20]
    • Taxes, 1926 - 1935 [21]
    • Invoices, 1936 - 1946 [22]
    • Certificates, 1900 - 1924 [18, 1]
    • Invoices, 1929 [2]
    • Associations [3]
    • Memorials (non-Berkey) [4]
    • Geological Journals, 1945 - 1948 [5]

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  • Family


    .5 archival box , .25 linear feet

    This small series contains clippings and official letters that pertain to Berkey's wife, children, and grandchildren. Minnie Berkey, the wife of Charles, left a sizable donation to the New Jersey College for Women (now a part of Rutgers University) in her will. This series has the correspondence between the College and Charles on the disposition of the funds. The last two folders of this series are long manuscripts in the form of family letters. Charles and Minnie traveled through Europe in 1929 and maintained a running diary complete with photographs. One manuscript treats the journey as a whole, while the other focuses on a tour of World War I battlefields of northern France. Their son, Paul, fought in the war as an artillery officer and the parents traced the movements of his company through his wartime letters.

    • Minnie, Letters of Consolation [6]
    • Minnie, New Jersey College for Women [7]
    • Minnie, Miscellaneous [8]
    • Virginia, Miscellaneous [9]
    • Virginia, Clippings [10]
    • Paul [11]
    • Hartigan, M.H. [12]
    • Mike [13]
    • Miscellaneous [14]
    • Family Letter, "A Day on the Battlefields of France" [15]
    • Family Letter, "A Holiday in Europe" [15]

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  • Genealogy


    1 archival box , .5 linear feet

    Berkey toiled on the genealogy of the Berkey Family all his life. This series contains folders of various branches of the family and correspondence between Berkey and distant relatives. The largest amount of information describes the Studebaker-Stutsman line, of which Berkey's mother was a part. The Studebaker family maintained correspondence with Berkey's daughter, Virginia, after his death in 1955. This series maintains Berkey's original classification scheme.

    • Berkey (1) [19, 1]
    • Berkey (2) [2]
    • Berkey (3) [3]
    • Berkey (4) [4]
    • Captain Peter Berkey [5]
    • Jacob Berkey [6]
    • Hazel Berkey [7]
    • Berkeys West of Goshen [8]
    • Salem IN, Berkeys [9]
    • Peter Berkey [10]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (1) [11]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (2) [12]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (3) [13]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (4) [14]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (5) [15]
    • Studebaker-Stutsman (6) [16]
    • Henry Clay Dewey [17]
    • Riley [18]
    • Bonner [19]
    • Miscellaneous [20]

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  • Photographs


    .5 archival boxes , .25 linear feet

    This series is split into three sections: Berkey, professional, and family. All photos that depict Berket are in the first section, while those that only treat the projects on which he worked are in the second. The family section contains several photos of unknown personages assumed to be related to Berkey.

    • Berkey (1) [20, 1]
    • Berkey (2) [2]
    • Berkey (3) [3]
    • Professional [4]
    • Family [5]

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  • Miscellaneous


    .5 archival boxes , .25 linear feet

    This series contains only two items. The first is an original invitation to the coronation of Edward VII of England in 1903. It is unknown, and considered unlikely, that Berkey attended the coronation. The invitation is unaddressed. The second item is an unsigned engraving of an unknown building, possibly on Columbia's campus.

    • Edward VII Coronation Invitation [6]
    • Engraving [Columbia?] [7]

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Bibliography

Check the NCSU Catalog for these titles

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Berkey, Charles Peter, Collected Works, 1894 - 1947
Berkey, Charles Peter, Geology of Mongolia: A Reconnaissance Report Based on the Investigations of the Years 1922 - 1923, New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1927
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Bradshaw, Marion John, Third Class World: A Roving Philosopher Observes the Common Man, Alliance: The Bradshaw Printing Company, 1938
Clements, Frederic E., Minnesota Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Manual of the Native and Cultivated Woody Plants of the State, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1912
Dampier, William Cecil, A History of Science and its Relations with Philosophy & Religion, Cambridge: The University Press, 1943
Duffus, R. L., The Valley and its People: A Portrait of TVA, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944
Geological Society of America, Geology, 1888 - 1938: Fiftieth Anniversary Volume, New York: The Society, 1941
Goodrich, L. Carrington, A Short History of the Chinese People, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943
Heim, Arnold Albert, Minya Gongkar: forschungsreise ins hochgebirge von Chinesisch Tibet: erlebnisse und entdeckungen, Bern: Verlag Hans Huber, 1933
Jones, Fred O., Grand Coulee from "Hell to Breakfast": A Story of the Columbia River from Molten Lavas and Ice to the Grand Coulee Dam, Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1947
Larson, Frans August, Larson, Duke of Mongolia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930
Lobeck, A.K., Military Maps and Air Photographs; Their Use and Interpretation, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1944
Mack, Arthur Carlyle, The Palisades of the Hudson: Their Formation, Tradition, Romance, Historical Associations, Natural Wonders and Preservation, Edgewater, NJ: The Palisade Press, 1909
New York State Museum, Museum Bulletin, Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908 - 1916
Norton, William Wellington, The University of Minnesota Song Book, New York: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1911
Paige, Sidney, ed., Application of Geology to Engineering Practice: Berkey Volume, New York: Geological Society of America, 1950
Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton, Life and Letters of R.A.F. Penrose, Jr., New York: Geological Society of America, 1952
Squier, George Owen, Telling the World, Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company in cooperation with the Century of Progress Exposition, 1933
Wu, Shu-ch'iung Huang, The Most Famous Beauty of China, London: Brentano's Ltd. Publishers, 1924