All Items 4 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 4 Contributor 2 Association of American Geologists and Naturalists 4 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 4 Location 1 United States 4 Topic 5 Congresses 4 Geology 4 Knowledge 4 Drift 1 Glaciology 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 4 Genre 2 Extracts 4 Proceedings 4 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 17 Folder 39 4 Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists Association of American Geologists and Naturalists Pages extracted from volume 47, number 1 of the American Journal of Science and Arts containing a summary of the proceedings of the fifth meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, which was held in Washington, D.C. in May 1844. The document summarizes what occurred each day of the meeting, including papers presented and ensuing discussions, committees formed, and resolutions made. Hitchcock's contributions to the meeting are included. Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, extract Association of American Geologists and Naturalists Two pages from "Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists" extracted from volume 45, number 2 of the American Journal of Science and Arts, published in 1843. The extract describes a debate between Edward Hitchcock, Joseph Nicollete, William C. Redfield, and Henry Darwin Rogers regarding Louis Agassiz's glacial theory. Hitchcock notes that he is almost afraid to say anything more on the subject due to much misunderstanding of his previous reports on it, but states that he believes the phenomena of drift is the result of ice and water, though he is uncertain which is a greater force or what causes such action of ice and water. Abstract of the proceedings of the fourth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, extract Abstract of the proceedings of the Association of American Geologists, at their 1st meeting held in Philadelphia, April, 1840 Association of American Geologists and Naturalists A printed document containing summaries of the first and second meetings of the Association of American Geologists. Both meetings took place in Philadelphia, the first in early April 1840, and the second in early April 1841. The summary of the proceedings of the first meeting is brief, listing who was present, that Edward Hitchcock was appointed chairman of the meeting and Professor L.C. Beck was appointed secretary, what the association decided the organization should be named, and brief descriptions of what was discussed each day. The summary of the proceedings of the second meeting is much more detailed, discussing what was exhibited, what various members of the association thought about the presentations, and summarizing the papers read at the meeting. Included in the summary is a "Report on the Ornithichnites or Foot Marks of Extinct Birds, in the new red Sandstone of Massachusetts and Connecticut, observed and described by Prof. Hitchcock, of Amherst," by Henry D. Rogers, Lardner Vanuxem, Richard C. Taylor, Ebenezer Emmons, and T.A. Conrad, which is in agreement with Edward Hitchcock's original reports about these tracks. Abstract of the proceedings of the Association of American Geologists, at their 1st meeting held in Philadelphia, April, 1840 Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists Association of American Geologists and Naturalists A printed document containing a summary of the proceedings of the fifth meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, which was held at Washington, D.C., in May 1844. Several pages are missing from the document, including 3-8, 17-18, 25-28, 31-40, and 43. The missing pages appear to be those that do not include any material related to Edward Hitchcock. The document summarizes what occurred each day of the meeting, who presented, and what was discussed. The abstract notes that Edward Hitchcock was appointed to three different committees within the association, read a paper on "the trap tufa, or volcanic grit of the valley of the Connecticut River," read his "Report on Ichnolithology of Fossil Footmarks, with a description of the Coprolites of Birds, discovered recently in the Connecticut Valley," and read a paper on "a singular case of the dispersion of blocks of stone at the drift period, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts." Abstract of the proceedings of the fifth session of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists
