Administrative/Biographical Note
Joel Howard Swartz (1893-1971) grew up in Baltimore, attended Johns Hopkins University,
and held a Ph.D. in geology. He taught as a professor at multiple universities and
colleges, served on the atomic bomb project and other projects of national scale,
and worked as a consultant in geophysical prospecting for the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
He later joined the geophysical unit, and remained there until retiring in 1963.
Scope & Content
Arrangement
Organized by page number.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Accession information is unknown.
Processing Note
Upon arrival this manuscript was housed in an acid free folder in a box with 4 other
manuscripts. Previously assigned Ms. Coll #3.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including
PastPerfect.
Subject Headings
Creators
Swartz, Joel H. (Joel Howard), 1893-
Subjects
Prospecting--Geophysical methods
United States -- Bureau of Mines -- Bulletin
