Onion-skin manuscript, correspondence, includes maps.

54 page double spaced manuscript, with corrections: "Geology and manganese deposits of the Ladd-Buckeye area, near Tracy, California."

Discussion of stratigraphy of Cloverly vs. Morrison; description of Kerlyin Oil cores on the South Fork Thrust; photos of the Nugget at Alcova; list of geologic branch personnel in 1945.

April 6-7-8, 1960 Atomic waste disposal: discussion of UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY work for U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Includes "Rock salt deposits in the United States as possible storage sites for radioactive waste material" by Pierce and E.I. Rich.

Handbook outline and United States Geological Survey (USGS) correspondence about it.

Expense estimates, authorization for field work.

Kansas Geological Survey 11th Field Conference.  Pierce was invited to attend, United States Geological Survey (USGS) approved.

Strategic mineral investigation of California manganese, correspondence, and notes.