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University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Records, 1897-2014

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Title
University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Records
Dates
1897-2014 (inclusive)
Quantity
662.72 cubic feet, (1,319 boxes, 4 vertical files and 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
UA00292
Summary
Seismograms, PUNTS folders, and organizational records of the University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, including the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and Geophysics program
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, but access to portions of the records restricted. Contact repository for details.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Historical Note

The Department of Geological Sciences and Geophysics Program merged in March 2001 to form the University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences.

The Department of Geological Sciences traces its origins to 1899 when the teaching of earth science began as an official unit within the College of Liberal Arts with the formalization of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy. It emphasized mineralogy, petrology, and mining geology, and developed as a service to the mining, engineering, and forestry programs. The department consisted of one faculty member with a curriculum that encompassed physical and economic geology, assaying, and mining engineering (although a School of Mining had been proposed as early as 1888 it was not established until 1901). Considered a "pure science," geology remained in the College of Liberal Arts, which was reorganized into the College of Arts and Sciences in 1910. In 1969 the department was renamed the Department of Geological Sciences.

The 1957-58 International Geophysical Year (when the first satellite orbited the earth) stimulated world-wide collaboration among disciplines and began the momentum at the UW to formalize the geophysical interdisciplinary ties already in existence on campus. From 1959-1963 interdisciplinary geophysics was governed by a committee of faculty from several disciplines and in late 1963 officially became the Geophysics Group, a graduate interdisciplinary program through the Graduate School. Ultimately, in 1969 the modern Geophysics Program was formalized within the College of Arts and Sciences and the first full-time chair was appointed in 1970.

In 2001, the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) was created through the merger of two UW departments: the Department of Geological Sciences and the Geophysics Program within the College of Arts and Sciences. ESS moved into the newly formed College of the Environment as one of the inaugural units at the beginning of the academic year 2009-2010.

[Source: https://www.ess.washington.edu/about/history.php]

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Content Description

Seismograms collected by the department. Also includes historical features, organizational features, correspondence, reports, minutes, memoranda, budget files, committee files, course files, grant files, lists, publications, newsletters, subject series, punts, seismograms and related data, helistation logs, felt reports, questionnaire forms, ephemera, drawings, photographs.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 42 accessions.

  • Accession No. 75-020: University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences Records, undated
  • Accession No. 80-007: University of Washington, Geophysics Program reports, 1971-1978
  • Accession No. 82-082: University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences Records, 1897-1964
  • Accession No. 84-042: University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences Records, 1964-1977
  • Accession No. 85-027: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1929-1984
  • Accession No. 91-091: University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of Earth Sciences, Computing, Facilities and Research Records, 1961-1987
  • Accession No. 91-183: University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of Earth Sciences, Computing, Facilities and Research Records, 1963-1988
  • Accession No. 92-098: University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences Records, 1970-1986
  • Accession No. 93-001: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Develocorder film, 1970-1985
  • Accession No. 93-002: University of Washington, Geophysics Program notebooks, 1970-1985
  • Accession No. 93-003: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Develocorder prints, 1975-1979
  • Accession No. 93-065: University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1973-1978
  • Accession No. 93-066: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1969-1993
  • Accession No. 95-177: University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of Earth Sciences, Computing, Facilities and Research Records, 1969-1995
  • Accession No. 95-207: University of Washington, Geophysics Program annual report, 1971-1972
  • Accession No. 85-027, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1929-1984
  • Accession No. 93-001, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1970-1985
  • Accession No. 93-002, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1970-1985
  • Accession No. 93-003, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1975-1979
  • Accession No. 93-065, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1973-1978
  • Accession No. 93-066, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1969-1993
  • Accession No. 94-040, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1980-1989
  • Accession No. 95-207, University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1971-1972
  • Accession No. 95-300: University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1972-1990
  • Accession No. 95-303: University of Washington, Geophysics Program punts, 1990-1993
  • Accession No. 96-197, University of Washington, Geophysics Program punts, 1989-1992
  • Accession No. 96-198, University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1991-1993
  • Accession No. 97-047, University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1994-1995
  • Accession No. 97-098, University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1910-1996
  • Accession No. 97-099, University of Washington, Geophysics Program punts, 1991-1992
  • Accession No. 99-075, University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1997-1998
  • Accession No. 99-142: University of Washington, Department of Geological Sciences Records, 1984-1988
  • Accession No. 00-035: University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of Earth Sciences, Computing, Facilities, and Research Records, 1991-1993
  • Accession No. 01-013: University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 1999
  • Accession No. 01-022: University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Dean of Earth Sciences, Computing, Facilities, and Research Records, 1979-1995
  • Accession No. 02-002: University of Washington, Geophysics Program seismograms, 2000
  • Accession No. 03-030: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1946-1996
  • Accession No. 02-034: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences seismograms, 2001
  • Accession No. 03-042: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Records, 2002
  • Accession No. 04-029: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1995
  • Accession No. 04-057: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Records, 2003
  • Accession No. 04-070: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1960-1988
  • Accession No. 05-029: University of Washington, Geophysics Program Records, 1971-1994
  • Accession No. 06-007: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences seismograms, 1979-2006
  • Accession No. 18-037: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences records, 1951-1982
  • Accession No. 22-031: University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences Seismology Laboratory records, 1970-2003
  • Accession No. 22-034: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seismology Laboratory, 1981-2007
  • Accession No. 23-032: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network records, 1954-2000 (bulk 1980-2000)
  • Accession No. 25-038: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network records, 1913-2014

Processing Note

Processing levels vary. Contact the repository for details.

Related Materials

The UW College of the Environment website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2016. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/https://environment.uw.edu/

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Earth sciences--Study and teaching--Washington (State)
  • Geophysics--Study and teaching--Washington (State)
  • Seismograms--United States--Specimens
  • Space sciences--Study and teaching--Washington (State)
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington. University Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business correspondence
  • Ephemera
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Photographs
  • Records (Documents)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences--Archives
    • University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences--Employees
    • University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences--Faculty
    • University of Washington. Department of Earth and Space Sciences--Students
    • University of Washington. Department of Geological Sciences--Archives
    • University of Washington. Geophysics Program--Archives


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