"Walter Granger, 1872-1941, Paleontologist" is the first biography of Walter Granger to be published. This is a .pdf version of Morgan, V. L. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Walter Granger, 1872-1941, Paleontologist: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 19, p. 1-58. To accommodate file size and ease of access the .pdf is posted in 5 parts, as follows:

Part 1: Cover - p. 7
Part 2: p. 8 - p. 17
Part 3: p. 18 - p. 23
Part 4: p. 24 - p. 31
Part 5: p. 32 - 58

So that you can see what is in each part, below is the table of contents:

PROLOGUE 1
EARLY LIFE 2
MUSEUM LIFE 3
EOCENE OF THE AMERICAN WEST 8
MARRIAGE 10
FAYUM EXPEDITION 11
MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION 14
RETURN TO WYOMING 14
BEARINGS SET 16
GRANGER IN CHINA AND MONGOLIA 21
On The Trail of Ancient Man 23
Southern China 25
Gobi Expeditions 26
More Backdrop to Gobi Expeditions 29
LEAVING ASIA 34
The Last Decade 34
Roots 36
Death 36
Last Ride Home 36
A Museum's Tribute 36
Denouement 36
GRANGER'S SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS 38
Singular Discoveries 38
Paleogene Mammals 38
Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy 40
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 41
NOTES 42
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 51
Sources for Figures 51
References 52
Institutional Archives 52
Interviews-Apropos Communication 52
Supplemental Bibilography 52
APPENDIX A - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WALTER GRANGER 54
Preface 54
Bibliography 55
APPENDIX B - MUSEUM EXPEDITIONS BY WALTER GRANGER 58
The actual print version of this paper may be obtained from:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87104
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