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Reorganization of the collections at the Paleontological Research Institution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Warren D. Allmon
Warren D. Allmon*
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Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
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The paleontological Research Institution (PRI) was founded in 1932 by Gilbert Dennison Harris (1864-1952), professor of geology at Cornell University from 1894 to 1934. Approaching retirement, Harris was concerned about the fate of his large fossil collections and library, as well as the continuation of his two journals, Bulletins of American Paleontology (begun in 1895) and Palaeontographica Americana (begun in 1916). He therefore founded his own scientific enterprise, built a building for it behind his house, and received a charter as an educational institution from the State of New York in 1936. The Institution moved to its current location across Cayuga Lake from Cornell in 1968.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 1410 - 1411
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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