Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Contains course material, publications and photographs pertaining to Susan Clark Slaymaker, Geology Professor at Sacramento State.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear feet (4 manuscript boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2005/54, Susan Clark Slaymaker papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Susan Clark Slaymaker grew up in Clinton, Mississippi. She received a B.S. in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics from Mississippi College, and a M.S. in Solid State Physics from Tulane University. In 1974, she received her PhD in Geology and Geophysics (with a minor in Astronomy) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Slaymaker was hired at Sacramento State in 1973, where she worked as a Professor of Geology. She established one of the first classes at the university to be offered almost entirely on the Internet. In 2004, she received the CSUS Outstanding Service Award for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. In addition to her contributions at Sacramento State, she was also the President of the Geological Society of Sacramento and a board member of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
- Acquisition information:
- The Susan Clark Slaymaker papers were donated to the University Library in 2005 by Susan Slaymaker.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Geology
Seismology - Names:
- Slaymaker, Susan
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2005/54, Susan Clark Slaymaker papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento.
- Location of this collection:
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University Library, MS 60396000 J StreetSacramento, CA 95819, US
- Contact:
- 916-278-6144