Answer: A: The USGS Field Records Library in Denver, Colorado, has an extensive
collection of materials. You may contact them at:
USGS Field Records Library
Box 25046, MS 914
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Telephone: 303-236-1005 (Reference Desk)
FAX: 303-236-0015
TDD: 303-236-0998
E-mail: den_lib@usgs.gov
To find field record materials related to Alaska, contact:
Jill Schneider
USGS Mineral Resources Surveys
Alaska Section
4200 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4667
Telephone: 907-786-7457 (Office) and 907-786-7007 (Library)
FAX: 907-786-7401
E-mail: jschnidr@usgs.gov
Two other sources of field records are:
1. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in College Park,
Maryland, which keeps field record materials in their Archives II facility.
Refer to the
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
(Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1995).
Volume 1, Record Group 57: Records of the U.S. Geological Survey, contains
information on the USGS and related records held at NARA and certain field
branches of the National Archives.
2. Smithsonian Institution Archives includes papers of individuals with
close ties to both the USGS and the Smithsonian. Other materials related
with the activities of the Smithsonian Institution and the USGS are available
there as well. Refer to the Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (Washington,
D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996) or contact them at the following
address:
The Smithsonian Institution Archives
Arts and Industries Building, Room 2135
900 Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560
Telephone: 202-357-1420
E-mail: OSIAREF@OSIA.SI.EDU
The notes made by USGS map surveyors are available in two locations. For
topographic mapping notes pertaining to areas of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, and states west, including Alaska, contact:
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
USGS National Mapping Division
Box 25046, MS 506, Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Telephone: 303-202-4394
For topographic mapping notes pertaining to other geographic areas in
the United States, contact:
Mid-Continent Mapping Center
USGS National Mapping Division
MS 309
1400 Independence Road
Rolla, MO 65401
Telephone: 573-308-3663
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