Announcing the Bob Sheriff Library

Dr. Bob Sheriff

The GSH Museum collection, started in 1960 has always included vintage geophysical books in addition to the inventory of geoscience related vintage instruments. In 2013 Dr. Bob Sheriff donated his personal library of books, papers, journals, and materials to the GSH. This donation greatly expanded the range and extent of our collection of geoscience publications and includes many of the awards, publications, and items from Dr. Sheriff’s global travels and outstanding career. We continue to receive donations of books and other materials for our library inventory which now includes over 2300 books and over 600 training manuals. The manuals include publications from the SEG, AAPG, oil companies, and contractors. Many of the books in the library, especially some of the older ones, are out of print and not available online.

The Sheriff Library contains periodicals and Journals from major geoscience organizations such as SEG, AAPG, GSH, HGS, CSEG, DGS, EAGE, GeoExpro, Exxon, Humble, Western, SGS, GCAGS, and also includes personal papers and files from Enders Robinson, Tom Portwood, Carl Savit, Hugh Hardy, and others (last year, a graduate student from out of town spent 3 days reviewing Enders Robinson papers for his research.)

The library also maintains a collection of exploration reports from the early days of the industry including torsion balance, seismic refraction and reflection. A digital file of some of these materials is being organized and includes CD’s and older VHS tapes.

For more information, visit the Sheriff Library page on the GSH web site: https://www.gshtx.org/public/Outreach/sheriff_library.aspx