SPEC.PA.56.0213
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Collection
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circa 1952-1999
The Lois M. Jones Papers, dated circa 1952-1999, contains 18,275 35mm slides, negatives, and photographs of the first all-women expedition to Antarctica from 1969-1970, clippings, and correspondence sent to Lois Jones. The collection also contains one photocopy of Lois Jones' 1969 dissertation, "The Application of Strontium Isotopes as Natural Tracers: The Origin of the Salts in the Lakes and Soils of Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica," one bound copy of an earlier progress report from the dissertation, and calculations, graphs, and aerial photographs used in the dissertation. Rock samples Jones likely collected during her time working at Conoco, Inc. are also included.
Jones, Lois, 1935-2000