Introduction | Related collections and biographical information | Series description
Introduction
Funding
Funding for processing provided by University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Access
Collection is open for research at the Museum of Paleontology, with permission from the Museum Director. Contact us for further information.
Publication rights
Copyright has been assigned to The Museum of Paleontology. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director or the Principal Museum Scientist for forwarding. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Museum of Paleontology as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Size
Number of containers: 1 file drawer
Linear feet: 1.2
Processed by
Robin P. Walker
Date completed
August 2004
Preferred citation
[Identification of item], [collection name and number], University California Museum of Paleontology
Related collections and biographical information
A biographical memoir by Michael A. Bell is available from the National Academy of Sciences and The University of California has an online memorial to Olson.
Series description
Series 1: Field notes
Arranged chronologically, as outlined below.
| Date | Contents |
| 1947 | Texas (Wichita River, Knox Co.) |
| 1948 | Unknown |
| 1950 | Texas, (Knox Co.) |
| 1951 | Texas |
| 1954-57 | Texas (San Angelo) |
| 1958 | Oklahoma, Texas (Stamford, Salt Fork of the Brazos) Utah (Cathedral Buttes) |
| 1958 | Texas (Blackwood) |
| 1959, 1961 | Oklahoma |
| 1960 | Texas (San Angelo), Oklahoma |
| 1962 | Oklahoma |
| 1965 | New Mexico? (Covington), Oklahoma |
| 1965 | Oklahoma |
| 1965 | Expenses only |
| 1965-66 | Oklahoma (Orlando, Frederick) |
| 1966 | Oklahoma (Norman, Orlando) |
| 1967 | Texas? (Perry), Utah (Cathedral Buttes) |
| 1971-72 | Texas (San Angelo) |
| 1971-73 | Texas (Permian Basin, hierkle), Oklahoma |
| 1972 | Texas ? (Lake Kemp) |
| 1977 | Texas (Stamford, Blackwood, Ballinger) |
| 1978 | Texas |
| 1979 | Texas (Stamford) |
| 1980 | Texas, Oklahoma |
| 1980-83 | Texas (Blackwood, Stamford), Oklahoma |
| 1983 | Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma |
| 1988 | Expenses only |
| 1989 | Notes from literature, not field (USSR?) |
| Undated | Two 5×7 notebooks of miscellaneous notes |
| Undated | Three steno books from USSR trip |
| Undated | Brown three-ring notebook with typed field notes from the 1960s |
| Undated | Small diary |
| Undated | Three notebooks with tabs: (1) Revised notes on sites, (2), (3) |
Series 2: Slides
| Undated | Blue three-ring notebook with slides |
| Undated | Seven boxes of slides (together in one box) |
Originally created by Pat Holroyd and Robin P. Walker, 8/04