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Lewis B. Kellum was a specialist in the invertebrate paleontology of the Cretaceous who spent the majority of his professional career at the University of Michigan, where he held cross-appointments in the Department of Geology and the Museum of Paleontology. Kellum led an active professional life from the early 1920s through late 1950s, including stints as editor of the Journal of Paleontology and organizer of the Cretaceous Symposium for the 1959 International Geological Congress.

Today, Kellum is best remembered for his careful biostratigraphical and paleontological work on the Cretaceous mollusca of North America. In the late 1920s and 1930s, he led several mapping and collecting expeditions to northern and central Mexico, establishing important contacts with the local geological community in the state of Zacatecas. His field work there is considered instrumental in sorting out the extremely complex late Mesozoic geological history of the region.

Scope and contents:

The Kellum Papers include one file of general professional correspondence alphabetically arranged, but there appears to have been a second file, the latter half of the alphabet, that is now lacking. The letters document the progress of Kellum's career and his work both in the field and in the laboratory, his developing professional and friendly contacts, and some of his personal and professional interests. Also included is a file of correspondence relating to Kellum's efforts to organize the Cretaceous Symposium, 1959 I.G.C.

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Paleontology

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