Anthony Qamar papers, circa 1960s-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Qamar, Anthony
Title
Anthony Qamar papers
Dates
circa 1960s-2007 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.56 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Collection Number
5971 (Accession No. 5971-001)
Summary
Curriculum and research materials, professional papers, photographs, and slides of Dr. Anthony Qamar, a research professor of geophysics in the University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Washington State Seismologist
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Anthony Qamar (1943-2005) was a research professor of geophysics in the University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences. He also served as the Washington State Seismologist.

Dr. Qamar was born in Redding, California in 1943. He earned his PhD in geophysics from the University of California Berkeley, then joined the faculty of the Department of Geology at the University of Montana. In 1980, while working at the University of Montana, Dr. Qamar set up portable seismic and heat-monitoring instruments around Mount St. Helens as the volcano was building toward its May 18 eruption. Qamar joined the University of Washington in 1983 as a research associate professor, where he also served as the Washington state seismologist, advising the government on earthquake safety issues, and as co-principal investigator for the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network. Qamar was also an avid mountaineer credited with several first ascents, a skill he frequently brought to his research field work. Anthony Qamar and his colleague Dr. Daniel Johnson of the University of Puget Sound were fatally injured by a logging truck's lost load on October 4, 2005 while driving to the Olympic Peninsula to retrieve research instrumentation.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Class notes and lecture materials, correspondence, professional papers, research notes and field notes, University of Montana and University of Washington documents, mountaineering materials, news reports and tributes to Anthony Qamar following his death, dissertation and research notes, slides, photographs, and bibliography.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Information

Kathleen Ellsbury, 2010-06-15 and 2010-06-24

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 Class Notes and Lecture Materials circa 1970s-1990s
1 Macintosh 1984 Computer manuals and print-outs 1984
1 UC Berkeley Correspondence 1967-1973
1 Publications 1964-2008
1 Field Notes 1980-2003
1 Research Notes 1970s
2 Field Notes 1970s-1980s
2 University of Montana correspondence 1970s-1980s
2 University of Montana appointment 1973-1984
2 University of Washington appointment 1983-2002
2 University of Washington correspondence 1984-2003
2 Mountaineering materials 1971, 2005
2 Tributes to Anthony Qamar 2005-2006
2 News reports on the death of Anthony Qamar 2005-2007
2 "Seismic Wave Velocity in the Earth's Core" dissertation 1971
2 Background material for PhD. Dissertation circa 1970s
2 CV 2005
2 Overheads undated
2 Research Slides 1970s-1980s
3 Research Slides 1970s-1980s
3 Photographs of Columbia Glacier, Alaska, by A. Qamar 1984
3 Climbing Slides undated
3 Thesis Slides circa 1960s-1970s
3 Thesis Negatives circa 1960s-1970s
3 Research Photographs circa 1980s-1990s
4 Bibliography card file undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Geophysics--Study and teaching
  • Mountaineering--Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Qamar, Anthony--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Montana--Missoula--Faculty--Archives
  • University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences--Faculty--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business correspondence

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • University of Washington. University Archives, (host institution)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)