Bob Sheriff Library

Located at GSH Geoscience Center
1790 W Sam Houston Pkwy N., Houston, TX  77043

In 2013 Dr. Bob Sheriff donated his personal library of books, papers, journals, and materials to the GSH. This donation greatly expanded the range 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 Library also includes the following periodicals:

While extensive, some of these collections are not complete. If you have older periodicals that you would like to donate, please reach out to us.

The library also includes personal papers and files from Enders Robinson, Tom Portwood, Carl Savit, Hugh Hardy, and others. We also maintain a collection of exploration reports from the early days of the industry including torsion balance and seismic refraction, and reflection reports. A digital file of some of these materials is being organized and includes CD’s and older VHS tapes.

Volunteers are always welcome and needed to help maintain and update these collections of books and other materials. Many library items are available for check out or use at the Geoscience Center.  The library is organized into categories to help search for topics of interest.

Category List:  click to download (PDF)
Inventory sorted by category:  click to download (PDF)
Inventory sorted by type (“B” for books, “M” for manuals):  click to download