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Stockdale, Dr. Paris B.
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Dr. Paris B. Stockdale was the head of the Geology Department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He also did consulting work for Harry Beekner, a mining stock speculator from Greenville, Tennessee. In July 1946, Harry Beekner financed a trip to the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba in order to see the progress of some Canadian gold mines, in which he owned stock. Dr. Stockdale and Harry Beekner traveled by airplane, train and floatplane and the original 16 mm film was shot by Dr. Stockdale. In addition, to acting as a consultant for Mr. Beekner, Dr. Stockdale did consulting work for the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Manhattan Atomic Bomb Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.