Maps and stratigraphic sections
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brown, Frank
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Leakey, Richard E.
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Howell, F. Clark
setName: label: See more items in
content: Frank H. Brown papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1998, undated
label: Date
content: bulk 1959-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2024-03, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged alphabetically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Some of the maps in this series were recieved in rolled form. These maps were kept rolled.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of Brown's extensive collection of maps and stratigraphic sections pertaining to his research areas throughout East Africa. These materials mainly document general East Africa, Koobi Fora, the Lake Turkana Basin, and the Omo River Valley. The map types include geologic, topographic, and weather. Some of the maps include rare documentation of the early mapping of some areas such as South Sudan. There are also many original materials created by Brown, who mapped his specific site locations and those of his colleagues'. There are also many hand-drawn stratigraphic sections created by Brown documenting his field sites.