urn:taro:utexas.cah.01141 A Guide to the W. Armstrong Price Papers, ca. 1920-1983. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Encoded in XMetal 3 by Nicole Davis according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions October, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Price, W. Armstrong W. Armstrong Price Papers, ca. 1920-1983. 2.5 ft., printed, photographic. AR 88-240; 2008-192 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English. Creator Sketch

W. Armstrong Price was a noted Texas geologist who specialized in Texas coastal surveys. He worked at the UT Bureau of Economic Geology as well as at Texas A&M.

Scope and Contents

Slides and negatives in various formats and photos document geological features such as shorelines and dunes, primarily in Texas and Mexico. Manuscript and typescript materials relate to Price's geological research.

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 Preferred Citation

W. Armstrong Price Papers, ca. 1920-1983., the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects Geology--Pictorial works. Sand dunes--Pictorial works. Inventory 3Y584 Lantern Slides 3Y584 Colonial population of Texas 3Y584 Tidal inlets 3Y584 Florida and Cuba 3Y584 Coast classification 3Y584 Odessa Crater 3Y584 Chenier's Glacier 3Y584 Llano Estacado dunes 3Y584 Pleistocene plains, Gulf coast 3Y584 Carolina Bayou; shoreline types 3Y585 Italy coast 3Y585 Oregon coast 3Y585 Old "Pecos Valle" ms 3Y585 Mississippi Valley and Louisiana 3Y585 Dune fields, types, winds; Playa trends 3Y585 Battlefield physiography (WWI) 3Y585 Caliche flour cluff 3Y585 Serpuloid reefs 3Y585 Mexico Gulf coast 3Y585 Hurricanes 3Y585 Appalachain diastruphism and structure 3Y585 Pleistocene glaciers 3Y585 Florida 3Y585 Pimple mounds 3Y585 Shoreline types 3Y585 False OSO 3Y587 Barrier origin 3Y587 Gulf of Mexico shelf 3Y587 Tidal inlets 3Y587 High Plains 3Y587 Atlantic coast terraces 3Y587 Dynamic environments 3Y587 Florida deltas 3Y587 Barriers— Virginia, East shore 3Y587 Clay dunes 3Y587 "Ocean Engine" 3Y587 North Sea and Guiana 3Y587 Gulf Coast general 3Y588 Shoreline types 3Y588 Gulf Coast 3Y588 Rio Grande archaeology, geomorphology, and soils 3Y588 Glass Negatives 3Y588 Pocket gopher formations 3Y588 Gulf Coast geology 3Y586 Film Negatives 3Y586 Florida 3Y586 High Plains 3Y586 Gulf Coast; Gulf of Mexico, 1951 3Y586 Beaumont surfaces, 1949 3Y586 Tantoyuca films, 1920 3Y586 Rio Grande Valley terraces 3Y586 Louisiana 3Y586 CC Pleistocene 3Y586 Miscellaneous 3Y586 Negatives to slides, 1953-54 and 1962-63 3Y586 2x2 slides 3Y586 Colorado desert dunes 3Y586 Gulf of Mexico 3Y586 Hurricane 3Y586 Sea level ('83) 3Y586 South Texas and Gulf (behind scenery) 3Y586 Florida Gulf 3Y586 Bird Island Basin shoreline 3Y586 Laguna Madre 3Y586 Soil zonation in Mima Mound 3Y589 Prints and Film Negatives 3Y589 Geological formations 3Y589 Mexico , 1924, 1945 and undated 3Y589 Texas 3Y589 Natchez, Mississippi 3Y589 New Mexico 3Y589 Dune stabilization—Padre and Mustang Island, Egypt 3Y589 Miscellaneous 2.325/E495 Correspondence, research, maps, newspaper clippings relating to the coastal studies of Price.