1. Reuniting Lost Data: TDA Cockerell’s Florissant Fossil Beds Expeditions (1906-1908)
Sean Babbs, Barbara Losoff, Jack Maness, Deborah Hollis, and Michael Dulock

2. The Florissant Fossil Beds: An Eocene Pompeii
Volcanic ash trapped and fossilized untold numbers of plants and insects in the Florissant area 33 million years ago
Images courtesy of the National Park Service

3. TDA Cockerell Excavates Florissant
Cockerell in the Field
Florissant Expedition Photos,

4. The Data from Florissant
Fossil Specimens
Research Notes
Correspondences
Glass Lantern Slides

5. The Scattered Data Correspondences Fossil Specimens
Photographs and Slides
Research Notes
University of Colorado Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum, London
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives
American Natural History Museum

6. Why Reunite These Data? Aiding Current and Future Scientific Study
Contextualizing Science and its History

7. Methods of Reuniting the Data: Digitization
Archival documents must be selected for their importance and relevance and curated on library digital platforms such as the University of Colorado’s Digital Library.
Disparate Florissant fossil collections are now being reunited digitally online

8. Linking Relevant Data on Specify
Example Species:
Anthomyia atavella

9. Linking Relevant Data on Specify
Example Species:
Anthomyia atavella
Physical Fossil Specimen
Cockerell’s original
research notes