Peter Webb Papers
SPEC.PA.56.0217
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
3.38 Cubic feet
1970-circa 2018
Peter-Noel Webb was a Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center faculty member and micropaleontologist. In the 1970s, as a faculty member of Northern Illinois University, Webb participated in two international expeditions that took place in Antarctica, the Dry Valley Drilling Project and the Ross Ice Shelf Project where he analyzed the minerals and fossils within ice core samples to theorize if climatic shifts occurred in Antarctica during the Cenozoic period. Most of the reports, correspondence, and negatives found in the collection, which dates from 1970-circa 2018, come from these two projects, with a few materials coming from his time as an Ohio State University employee.
(4) 5'' letter document boxes; (3) flat boxes; (1) 2.5" letter document box; (1) 5" legal document box
English
Webb, Peter-Noel
Arrangement of Materials
The Peter Webb Papers contain three series, all organized in alphabetical order by folder titles that are based on topics, format descriptions, or a given title:
[Series 1: Dry Valley Drilling Project](ref16)
[Series 2: Ross Ice Shelf Project](ref17)
[Series 3: Other Professional Activities](ref18)
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. PA.2017.0014: Peter Webb, 2017 August; Accession No. PA.2018.0003: Peter Webb, 2018 May
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Peter Webb Papers, SPEC.PA.56.0217, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Devon Boerman, 2018 January; Devon Boerman, 2018 July. Finding aid written by: Devon Boerman, 2018 January. Updated by: Devon Boerman, 2018 July.
Biographical Note
Peter Webb was a faculty member and researcher of the Byrd Polar Climate and Research Center. He first started working at the Center in 1980. He was a geologist and paleontologist who focused on micropaleontology in polar regions, particularly Antarctica. Two major projects that Webb worked on during the 1970s as a researcher for Northern Illinois University in Antarctic were the Dry Valley Drilling Project and the Ross Ice Shelf Project. Both projects were conducted in different parts of the Ross Sea Sector of Antarctica. These projects were international efforts between Japan and the United States with New Zealand joining in for the Dry Valley Drilling Project.
As a New Zealander, Webb was slated in the very early stages of the Dry Valley Drilling Project to serve as an international coordinator for the country. However, plans changed, though he still served as the leader for his focus. Webb's focus within this international effort was examining the sediment and fossils of ice cores of the Cenozoic period of history to understand if there were any geological shifts regarding temperature. In the 1990s, Webb theorized that fossilized trees found in Antarctica were also the results of temperature shifts in the polar climate.
Scope and Contents
The Peter Webb Papers, which dates from 1970-circa 2018, contains reports, photographs, negatives, project files, correspondence, and other research files produced by Peter Webb or otherwise related to his career. The majority of the collection centers on his analysis of fossils and minerals in Antarctic ice cores for the Ross Ice Shelf Project and the Dry Valley Drilling Project, which Webb participated in as a faculty member of Northern Illinois University, before coming to the Ohio State University. His project focused on drilling. A few files relate to his position and publications at Ohio State University as a faculty member at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.
Dry Valley Drilling Project.
Ross Ice Shelf Project.
Webb, Peter-Noel
Ice cores--Antarctica--20th century
Micropaleontology--Antarctica--20th century
Negatives (photographs)
Paleontologists--Antarctica--20th century
Reports
Dry Valley Drilling Project
Series 1
1970-1985
Scope and Contents
The Dry Valley Drilling Project series contains negatives, reports, photographs and newsletters, which date from 1970-1985, concerning the Dry Valley Drilling Project (1970-1978) and its results. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by title, topic or genre. Specific drilling sites used during this project were named DVDP and then a number referring to the specific location (DVDP #).
Bulletin no.1: Borehole no.1 on Ross Island by Northern Illinois University Department of Geology
1
1
1972 December
Bulletin no.2 by Northern Illinois University Department of Geology
1
2
1973 June
Bulletin no.3: Late Cenozoic Glacial Sequence Cored at New Harbor Vicotira Land, Antarctica (DVDP 8 and 9) by M. Chapman-Smith and P.G. Luckman
1
3
1974 May
Bulletin no.4: Seminar I program with abstracts by Dry Valley Drilling Project Office Northern Illinois University
1
4
1974 May 29-31
Bulletin no.5 by Northern Illinois University Department of Geology
1
5
1975 August
Bulletin no.6: Seminar II prepared at Victoria University of Wellington
1
6
1975 November
Bulletin no.7 by Northern Illinois University Department of Geology
1
7
1976 September
Bulletin no.8: Seminar III prepared at National institute of Polar Research
1
8
1978 May
Ciros 2 Core Log, Description, Photographs And Grain Size Analysis Ferrar Fjord, Antarctica
1
9
1985 September
Core sample photographs
1
10
circa 1970-1979
Correspondence and journal articles
1
11
1973-1985
Correspondence and memorandums
1
12
1974-1976
DVDP 3 core photos
2
1-2
circa 1970-1978
DVDP #3 film rolls
2
3
circa 1970-1978
DVDP #5 core negatives
7
1
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 9 Northern Illinois University film catalog negatives
7
2
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 10 negatives
7
3-4
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 11 negatives
7
5-7
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 12 negatives
8
1-2
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 13 negatives
8
3
circa 1970-1978
DVDP 15 core negatives
8
4
circa 1970-1978
Environmental appraisal phase V
2
4
1975
Immediate Report of Victoria University of Wellington Antarctica Expedition 24 and McMurdo Sound Sediment and Tectonic Studies (MSSTS)
2
5
1980 June
Journal clippings
2
6
1973-1979
Master negatives
8
5
circa 1977
McGinnis DVDP 9 negatives
8
6
circa 1970-1978
McMurdo Sound Continuous Seismic Profiling Track Charts
2
7
undated
McMurdo Sound Sediment and Tectonic Studies Scientific Operations Handbook
2
8
1979 August
Negative photo of L. Vida Drill Site
8
7
circa 1970-1978
Negatives
9
1-4
circa 1970-1978
Preliminary report
3
1
1972
Proposals, reports and correspondence
3
2
1971
Proposals and science plans
3
3
1972
Reports, correspondence and minutes
3
4
1973
"Review of the Dry Valley Drilling Project" first draft
2
9-11
1974-1977
Seminar II programs and newsletters
4
1
1975-1976
Strat log negatives
8
5-6
circa 1970-1978
Ross Ice Shelf Project
Series 2
1971-1991
Scope and Contents
The Ross Ice Shelf Project series contains reports, correspondences, photographs, which date from 1971 to 1991, relating to the plans, actions taken and observations made by Peter Webb and others during and after the Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1974-1977. The series is arranged alphabetically by title or topic.
After operations report
4
2
1978
Commentary on schematic geological map of Antarctica Scale 1:10000000
4
3
1991
Correspondence
4
4
1977
Drilling project correspondence
3
5
1971-1974
Drilling project correspondence
4
5
1974-1975
Drilling project correspondence
4
6
1974-1976
Drilling and trilobyte photographs
4
7
circa 1975-1978
Environmental impact statement
4
8
1974-1976
Equipment preparation manuscripts
4
9
1977-1979
Essays on fossilized Antarctic life
4
10
circa 1978-1980
Field Conference of Glacial Geologists research proposal
4
11
1972
Field season preparation manuscripts
4
12
1976-1977
Ice core correspondence
4
13
1977-1979
Initial Report on Geological Materials Collected at RISP Site J9
5
1
1978 September
Initial Report on Geological Materials Collected at RISP Site J9
5
2
1979 October
Management office correspondence and telegrams
5
3
1978-1979
Progress reports
5
4
1977-1978
Project proposal and reports
5
5
1973-1980
Project reports and correspondence
5
6
1976-1979
Operation plan and advisory committee recommendations
5
7
1976-1979
Operation plan
5
8
1978-1979
Operations plan
5
9
1977 September
"Report of RISP Field Activities"
5
10
1979 June
Sample requests
6
1
1978-1979
Science vol 203
6
2
1979 February 2
Science plan
6
3
1974 February
Site information
6
4
1978-1979
Other Professional Activities
Series 3
1977-circa 2018
Scope and Contents
The Other Professional Activities Series contains correspondence, articles, book forewords, biographical materials, conference materials, which date from 1976-circa 2010s, relating to other polar activities that Webb engaged in, including those after 1980 when he became a Ohio State University and Byrd Polar Research and Climate Research Center faculty member. The series is arranged alphabetically by title or topic.
Antarctica fossilized trees correspondence
6
5
1989-1992
Biographical timeline and curriculum vitae
6
6
2009-2011
"Earth Science Discrepancies and Polar Shifts"
6
7
undated
Publications and slideshow photocopies, 1967-2012
6
8
circa 2018
United States Antarctica Research Program
6
9
1977-1978