Guide to the Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences,
Records
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0405
Creator:
Stanford University. School of Earth
Sciences
Title: Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences,
records
Dates: 1903-1992
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes minutes, by laws, correspondence, reports,
memoranda, and other records of the School, 1940-92; minutes, notices, correspondence,
by-laws, reports, and miscellaneous records of the Associates of the School of Earth
Sciences, 1940-63; a portfolio on the School with photographs and architectural
drawings, 1947; and portraits and photographs of faculty, students (including a 1903
geology field trip), and several of Ruth Wattis Mitchell, a benefactor of the School. Of
note in the records are minutes, memoranda, and correspondence pertaining to the
organization of the School of Mineral Sciences, 1940, and the Report on the School of
Mineral Sciences by the Visiting Committee of the Associates of the School of Mineral
Sciences, June 14, 1957.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, Records (SC0405). Department of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
When Stanford University opened in 1891, two of its academic departments were Geology
and Mining Engineering. When the departments were organized into Schools in 1926,
geology became part of the School of Physical Sciences and mining was placed in the
School of Engineering. In January 1947, the School of Mineral Sciences was organized,
with A.I. Levorsen as its first Dean. The School, known now as the School of Earth
Sciences, has five departments: applied earth sciences, environmental studies, geology,
geophysics, and petroleum engineering.
Description of the Collection
Collection includes minutes, by laws, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other
records of the School, 1940-92; minutes, notices, correspondence, by-laws, reports, and
miscellaneous records of the Associates of the School of Earth Sciences, 1940-63; a
portfolio on the School with photographs and architectural drawings, 1947; and portraits
and photographs of faculty, students (including a 1903 geology field trip), and several
of Ruth Wattis Mitchell, a benefactor of the School. Of note in the records are minutes,
memoranda, and correspondence pertaining to the organization of the School of Mineral
Sciences, 1940, and the Report on the School of Mineral Sciences by the Visiting
Committee of the Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, June 14, 1957.
Access Terms
Associates of the School of Earth
Sciences.
Associates of the School of Mineral
Sciences.
Mitchell, Ruth Wattis.
Smith, Judy
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. School of Earth
Sciences
Stanford University. School of Mineral
Sciences.
Architectural drawings.
Earth sciences--Study and teaching.
Geology--Study and teaching (Higher)--California.
Photoprints
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Associates of the School of Earth Sciences, 1963-1970
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1970-1973
Box 1, Folder 3
Memoranda and miscellaneous records, 1969-1974
Box 1, Folder 4
Drawing of H.B. Kummel, 1942
Box 1, Folder 5
Photographs - Crook, Joseph Welton
Box 1, Folder 7
______ - geological field party, 1903
Box 1, Folder 8
______ - Geological Society, 1905
Box 1, Folder 10
______ - Lecture by A.I. Levorsen, c. 1965
Box 1, Folder 11
______ - Mitchell, Ruth Wattis, 1968 and undated
Box 1, Folder 12
______ - Socony Mobil Oil achievement awards, 1964
Box 1, Folder 13
______ - students, 1907-1910 and undated
Box 2, Folder 1
Lithograph portrait of Adolph von Koenen
Box os, Folder 2
Portraits (prints) of Theodore J. Hoover and Robert van Vleck Anderson
by Peter Van Valkenburgh, 1928
Box os, Folder 3
Photograph of a portrait of William Warren Orcuth by William Findlay,
1937
Box os, Folder 4
Portfolio on the School of Mineral Sciences, 1947, with photographs and
architectural drawings
Box 1, Folder 1
School of Mineral Sciences, organization of, 1940
Box 1, Folder 2
Report on the School of Mineral Sciences by the Visiting Committee of
the Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, June 14, 1957
Box 1, Folder 3
School of Mineral Sciences, by laws, 1957
Box 1, Folder 4
School of Mineral Sciences, by laws, 1958
Box 1, Folder 5
School of Mineral Sciences, minutes and standing committee reports,
1959-1962
Box 1, Folder 6
Fund raising brochures, 1962, 1992
Box 1, Folder 7
R. H. Anderson Memorial Fund
Box 1, Folder 8
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 1-3,
1940-46
Box 1, Folder 9
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 4-6,
1941
Box 1, Folder 10
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 7-9,
1943-46
Box 1, Folder 11
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 10-12,
1946
Box 1, Folder 12
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 13-15,
1947-49
Box 1, Folder 13
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, loose material,
1948-49
Box 1, Folder 14
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, pp. 16-18,
1949-51
Box 1, Folder 15
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, correspondence re
brochure, 1949-50
Box 1, Folder 16
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, loose material,
1950-51
Box 1, Folder 17
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, p. 19 and last
page, 1954-55
Box 1, Folder 18
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album, loose material,
1954
Box 1, Folder 19
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, album covers
Box 1, Folder 20
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, Orcutt luncheon, Stanford
Illustrated Review, December 1940
Box 1, Folder 21
Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, correspondence and
records, 1954-55
