Collected below are documents that offer some historical perspectives of the IUGS and related matters.
The Roots of IUGS (A history of its founding)
A Brief History of the International Geological Congress
Giovanni Capellini and the origin of the International Geological Congress
The First International Geological Congress, Paris 1878
The Second International Geological Congress, Bologna, 1881
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