Hall came to the University of Minnesota in April 1878 as an instructor and taught courses in the natural sciences - geology, biology, and mineralogy. In 1875 he went to study geology at University of Leipzig (Germany) where he earned his Ph.D. Hall served as the principal of Mankato high school in 1873, and then as superintendent of Owatonna schools 1873-1875. He graduated from Middlebury College (Vermont) in 1871 and earned a masters in 1873. (Christopher Webber), 1845-1911Ĭhristopher Webber Hall was on born Februin Wardsboro, Vermont. It is assumed that Hall assisted Downey in identifying the rocks he observed on his trip and Hall may have transcribed Downey's observances into his notebook. This notebook contains observances of rocks and minerals recorded by Downey during a trip to northern England, Scotland and Ireland during the summer of 1888. One of Hall's notebooks is located in the John Florin Downey papers (box 2). The notebooks are treated as a separate collection because they do not all concern work done for the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey and because they represent a large part of Hall's work as a geologist. The bulk represent either notes on private trips or on work done for the U.S. Only a few of the notebooks record work that Hall did for the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey in the late 1870s. His 18 notes on his trip to the North Shore are detailed and complement T.S. Christopher Hall's field notebooks contain information about his work as a field geologist, the areas through which he passed, and some comment on traveling and social conditions encountered in the field.
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