How the Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, Meteorite got to Washington D.C.

dc.creator	Monnig, Oscar
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-25T16:13:13Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-25T16:13:13Z
dc.date.issued	1939-03-01
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/61701
dc.description	Reprinted article from Contributions of the Society for Research on Meteorites, Popular Astronomy. Relates a short discussion of how the Casas Grandes meteorite made its way from Mexico to the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, and then on to the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
dc.relation	Oscar Monnig Papers (MS 124)
dc.rights	Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph.
dc.source	Series III, Box 05, Casas Grandes, Mexico, 1902-1939 folder
dc.subject	Meteorite
dc.subject	Casas Grandes meteorite
dc.subject	Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Mexico)
dc.subject	Contributions of the Society for Research on Meteorites
dc.subject	Popular Astronomy
dc.subject	Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
dc.subject	Philadelphia (Pa.)
dc.subject	Smithsonian Institution
dc.subject	Santleben, August
dc.subject	Pierson, William M.
dc.subject	Getzendaner, Frank Marshall
dc.subject	Mueller, Henry
dc.subject	Siderite
dc.subject	Octahedrite
dc.title	How the Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, Meteorite got to Washington D.C.
dc.type	Document
dc.description.transcription

Records of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery [2825]
The files are arranged alphabetically, usually according to the location of discovery of the meteorite. The files contain correspondence and research material on the meteorites in the collection.

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