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F. Julius Fohs papers, 1903-1964
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fohs, F. Julius (Ferdinand Julius)
- Title
- F. Julius Fohs papers
- Dates
- 1903-1964 (inclusive)19031964
- Quantity
- 5.00 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 01706
- Summary
- Maps, reports, well logs, and other materials of a petroleum geologist who worked extensively in the western United States and West Asia.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Ferdinand Julius Fohs (1884-1965) was a geologist who conducted oil and mineral resources exploration and development in the United States, Canada, and West Asia. He grew up in Marion, Kentucky, and studied at Columbia University. Fohs began his career with the United States Geological Survey in Kentucky. He first visited Palestine in 1919. He returned to West Asia after the Second World War, where he studied and reported on petroleum and water resources in the area before and after the creation of the State of Israel. His work in petroleum exploration also took him to the western United States, especially Montana and North Dakota. Fohs wrote articles on geology and petroleum in West Asia and the Soviet Union and on world oil resources.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains correspondence, subject files, logs, reports, maps, and photographs all related to Fohs's work. There are reports, maps, and well logs on oil and water resources in Palestine/Israel. There are also reports concerning resettlement possibilities in that area. There are reports and maps on oil in the Williston Basin, as well as reports and maps on other petroleum resources in the western United States and Canada. The collection contains clippings and other printed material describing oil development in many parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, West Asia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Europe, and South America. Also included are manuscripts of Fohs's articles on world oil.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by F. Julius Fohs at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThe material was received by will from the estate of F. Julius Fohs in 1965.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was arranged and described by D. Claudia Thompson in February 2020.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. West Asia and the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsReturn to Top
Areas covered include Palestine (pre-1948), Israel, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and parts of the Soviet Union. Materials include printed documents, maps, correspondence, notes, reports by Fohs and others, and oil well drill logs and electric logs.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Dead Sea (printed) |
1928-1939 |
| 1 | Dead Sea - Potash (reports) |
1944-1948 |
| 1 | Dead Sea - West (reports) |
1963 |
| 1 | Egypt (maps) |
undated |
| 1 | Galilee (printed) |
1958-1959 |
| 1 | Iran/Persia (printed, reports) |
1920-1948 |
| 1 | Israel (correspondence) |
1947-1961 |
| 1 | Israel (maps) |
1951, undated |
| 1 | Israel (maps) |
1960 |
| 1 | Israel (printed) |
1951-1956 |
| 1 | Israel (printed) |
1957-1960 |
| 1 | Israel (reports) |
1955-1958 |
| 1 | Israel: Beeri (well logs) |
1954-1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Brur #1 (well logs) |
1956-1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Brur #2 (well logs) |
1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Brur-Negba (maps) |
1960 |
| 1 | Israel: Haifa (well logs) |
1955-1956 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz (maps) |
1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz (printed) |
1957-1958 |
| 1 | Israel:Heletz (reports) |
1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz #2-#16 (well logs) |
1956-1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz #22-#23 (well logs) |
1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur (printed) |
1958 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur - Analysis of Water from Wells (reports) |
1957 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur - Levy, Arthur G. (maps) |
1958 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur - Levy, Arthur G. (printed) |
1958-1959 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur - Levy, Arthur G. (reports) |
1958 |
| 1 | Israel: Heletz-Brur-Negba (maps) |
1957-1960 |
| 1 | Israel: Huleikat (well logs) |
1955 |
| 1 | Israel: Iraq to Israel Gas Pipeline (correspondence) |
1950-1951 |
| 1 | Israel: Israel Continental Oil Company/Pan Israel Company (maps) |
1954-1956 |
| 1 | Israel: Israel Continental Oil Company/Pan Israel Company (reports) |
1954-1956 |
| 1 | Israel: Israel Continental Oil Company/Pan Israel Company (Well logs) |
1954-1956 |
| 2 | Israel: Mazal (well logs) |
1954 |
| 2 | Israel: Masada (well logs) |
1954-1955 |
| 2 | Israel: Mavqi'im (well logs) |
1956-1960 |
| 2 | Israel: Migdal (maps) |
1956, undated |
| 2 | Israel: Negba #1-#4 (well logs) |
1956-1960 |
| 2 | Israel: Negba SH#1-SH#8 (well logs) |
1955-1956 |
| 2 | Israel: Negev (printed) |
1951-1959 |
| 2 | Israel: Negev (reports) |
1956-1958 |
| 2 | Israel: Saad (maps) |
1957 |
| 2 | Israel: Saad (well logs) |
1956-1958 |
| 2 | Israel: Sdom (maps) |
undated |
| 2 | Israel: Sdom (well logs) |
1956-1957 |
| 2 | Israel: Sedot Akiva (well logs) |
1956 |
| 2 | Israel: Sinaf (maps) |
1956 |
| 2 | Israel: Sinaf (well logs) |
1956-1957 |
| 2 | Israel: Sumsum (well logs) |
1956-1957 |
| 2 | Israel: Talmei Yaffe #1 (well logs) |
1960 |
| 2 | Israel: Talmei Yaffe #2 (well logs) |
1960 |
| 2 | Israel: Talmei Yaffe #3 (well logs) |
1960 |
| 2 | Israel: Water (reports) |
1955 |
| 2 | Israel: Zikim #1 (well logs) |
1957 |
| 2 | Israel: Zohar (maps, well logs) |
1958 |
| 2 | Jordan Valley (maps) |
1947 |
| 2 | Jordan Valley (printed) |
1946-1959 |
| 2 | Middle East (maps) |
1928-1947 |
| 2 | Middle East (printed) |
1928-1946 |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Geology and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Possibilities of Palestine and Sinaitic Peninsula" (printed) |
1927 |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Middle East Oil and Palestine" (typescript) |
undated |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Necessity for a Middle East Technical-Economic Commission" (typescript) |
undated |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Oil in the Middle East" (maps, typescript) |
undated |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Oil Reserve Provinces of Middle East and Southern Soviet Russia" (typescript) |
undated |
| 2 | Middle East: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Resources of the Middle East" (printed) |
1948 |
| 2 | Palestine (maps) |
1936 |
| 2 | Palestine (printed) |
1903-1938 |
| 2 | Palestine: Bernadotte Proposals (correspondence, printed, reports) |
1946-1949 |
| 2 | Palestine: "Electro-Geophysical Methods in Palestine," by F.J. Fohs (typescript and notes) |
1936 |
| 2 | Palestine: Jebel Usdum (maps) |
1947 |
| 2 | Palestine: Litani-Jordan Negev Project (maps) |
1945 |
| 3 | Palestine: Palestine Mining Syndicate (maps) |
1940 |
| 3 | Palestine: "Report on Economic Geology of Palestine and Natural Resources," by F.J. Fohs (correspondence, maps, notes, typescript) |
1920-1923 |
| 3 | Palestine: Wadi Hadira (reports) |
undated |
| 3 | Palestine: Water (reports) |
1937-1942 |
| 3 | Palestine and Sinai: Palestine Exploration Fund Maps (from microfilm) - "structured by F.J. Fohs, 1919" |
1915-1917 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman (maps, printed) |
1947-1964 |
| 3 | Sinai (maps) |
undated |
| 3 | Syria, Arabia, and Mesopotamia (printed from microfilm, German language) |
1914 |
| 3 | Trans-Jordan: "Development and Land Settlement Potentialities of Trans-Jordan," by F.J. Fohs - Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria (maps, reports) |
1943 |
| 3 | Trans-Jordan: "Development and Land Settlement Potentialities of Trans-Jordan," by F.J. Fohs - Palestine (maps, reports) |
1943 |
| 3 | Trans-Jordan: "Development and Land Settlement Potentialities of Trans-Jordan," by F.J. Fohs - Trans-Jordan (maps, reports) |
1943 |
| 3 | Turkey (printed) |
1955-1964 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (maps from microfilm) |
undated |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (maps, printed from microfilm - Russian language) |
undated |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (printed) |
1909-1938 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (printed) |
1952-1969 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (printed from microfilm) |
undated |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Lantern Slides (maps) |
circa 1948 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - "Petroleum Resources of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," author unidentified (printed from microfilm) |
1947 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Siberia (reports from microfilm) |
1908-1938 |
| 3 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Siberia (reports from microfilm) |
1937 |
Series II. North and South AmericaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Sub-series 1. United States |
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| Box | ||
| 3 | Alaska (maps) |
1923-1959 |
| 3 | Alaska (printed) |
1958-1963 |
| 3 | Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas - El Paso Natural Gas Company Pipelines (maps) |
1948 |
| 3 | Arkansas (maps) |
undated |
| 3 | Arkansas (printed) |
1955-1958 |
| 3 | Arkansas - El Dorado (maps, printed) |
undated |
| 3 | Arkansas - Russelville Structure (maps) |
undated |
| 3 | Arkansas and Oklahoma (printed) |
1962-1964 |
| 3 | California (printed) |
1944-1964 |
| 3 | Colorado (maps) |
1913 |
| 3 | Colorado (printed) |
1941-1964 |
| 3 | Colorado (reports) |
undated |
| 3 | Florida (printed) |
1944-1963 |
| 3 | Four Corners Area (printed) |
1957-1962 |
| 3 | Illinois (printed) |
1944-1964 |
| 3 | Indiana (printed) |
1951-1956 |
| 3 | Kansas (printed) |
1947-1964 |
| 3 | Kentucky (printed) |
1963 |
| 3 | Louisiana (maps) |
1918-1920 |
| 3 | Louisiana - Caddo (reports) |
1917 |
| 3 | Louisiana - Erath (negatives) |
undated |
| 3 | Louisiana - Vienna Structure (reports) |
1918 |
| 4 | Michigan (printed) |
1964 |
| 4 | Missouri (printed) |
1957-1964 |
| 4 | Montana (maps) |
1954-1958 |
| 4 | Montana (printed) |
1915-1957 |
| 4 | Montana - Devil's Basin (reports) |
undated |
| 4 | Montana - Kevin-Sunburst (reports) |
1926 |
| 4 | Montana - Poplar (maps) |
1953 |
| 4 | Montana - Roosevelt County (reports) |
1956-1959 |
| 4 | Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota - Cedar Lake Anticline (maps, printed, reports) |
1939-1957 |
| 4 | Montana and Wyoming - Big Horn Basin (maps, printed, reports) |
1943-1953 |
| 4 | Montana and Wyoming - Elk Basin (maps, printed) |
1944-1951 |
| 4 | Nebraska (reports) |
1953 |
| 4 | Nevada (printed) |
1963 |
| 4 | New England, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont (printed) |
1960-1964 |
| 4 | New Jersey (printed) |
1963 |
| 4 | New Mexico (maps) |
1944 |
| 4 | New Mexico (printed) |
1926-1964, undated |
| 4 | New Mexico - Cabra Springs (printed) |
1932 |
| 4 | New Mexico - Lea County (maps, printed, reports) |
1936-1957 |
| 4 | New Mexico - San Juan Basin (maps, printed) |
1933-1963 |
| 4 | New York (printed) |
1951-1964 |
| 4 | North Carolina (printed) |
1950 |
| 4 | North Dakota (maps) |
undated |
| 4 | North Dakota (printed) |
1952-1963 |
| 4 | North Dakota (reports) |
1952-1958 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Bottineau County (printed, reports) |
1961-1962 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Divide County (photograph, reports) |
1957-1958 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Divide County (well logs) |
1957 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Divide County - Johnson Estate (maps, reports, well logs) |
1952-1959) |
| 4 | North Dakota - Emmons County (maps, printed) |
1952 |
| 4 | North Dakota - McKenzie County (maps, printed, reports |
1952-1960 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Nesson Anticline (maps, printed) |
1952-1956 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Williams County (maps, reports) |
1952-1954 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Williston Basin (maps) |
1957-1958 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Williston Basin (printed) |
1951-1959 |
| 4 | North Dakota - Williston Basin (reports) |
1952-1954 |
| 4 | North Dakota and South Dakota (reports) |
1956 |
| 5 | Ohio (printed) |
1964 |
| 5 | Oklahoma (printed) |
1943-1964 |
| 5 | Ouachita Mountains (printed) |
1931 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania (printed) |
1950 |
| 5 | Rocky Mountains (printed) |
1947-1961 |
| 5 | South Dakota (printed) |
1942-1963 |
| 5 | Tennessee (printed) |
1962-1964 |
| 5 | Texas (maps) |
1920-1921 |
| 5 | Texas (printed) |
1941, 1960 |
| 5 | Utah (maps, printed) |
1948-1964 |
| 5 | Wyoming (maps) |
1945-1953, undated |
| 5 | Wyoming (printed) |
1928-1963 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Fremont County (maps, printed, reports) |
1953-1957 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Horse Gulch (maps, reports) |
undated |
| 5 | Wyoming - Laramie County (maps) |
undated |
| 5 | Wyoming - Lawn Creek Structure (maps) |
1928 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Manderson (maps, printed, reports) |
1951-1953 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Natrona County (well logs) |
1952 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Niobrara County (maps, printed, reports) |
1954-1959 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Powder River Basin (maps, printed) |
1949-1963 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Salt Creek (maps, photographs, printed) |
1914-1915 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Sublette County (reports) |
1953-1958 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Weston County (reports) |
1953 |
| 5 | Wyoming - Worland (reports) |
1952 |
Sub-series 2. Canada |
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| Box | ||
| 5 | Alberta (maps) |
1913-1948 |
| 5 | Alberta (printed) |
1947-1964 |
| 5 | Alberta - Viking Gas Field (maps, reports) |
1916 |
| 5 | Alberta and British Columbia (maps) |
1916-1939 |
| 5 | Alberta and Saskatchewan (maps) |
1949 |
| 5 | Arctic Archipelago (printed) |
1960 |
| 5 | British Columbia and Northwest Territories (printed) |
1948-1964 |
| 5 | General (maps) |
1914-1944 |
| 5 | General (printed) |
1947-1961 |
| 5 | Labrador and Quebec (printed) |
1949-1960 |
| 5 | Manitoba (printed) |
1963 |
| 5 | Maritime Provinces (printed) |
1958-1962 |
| 5 | Ontario (printed) |
1960 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan (maps) |
1948-1952 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan (printed) |
1952-1962 |
| 5 | Uranium Mining (printed, reports) |
1952-1953 |
| 5 | Western (notes, well logs) |
undated |
| 5 | Western (printed) |
1949-1963 |
| 5 | Western - Government Regulations (printed) |
1946-1948 |
Sub-series 3. South America |
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| Box | ||
| 5 | Chile (maps, printed) |
1964 |
| 5 | Colombia (maps, printed) |
1939-1964 |
| 5 | General (maps, printed) |
1945-1963 |
| 5 | Venezuela (maps, printed) |
1950-1964 |
Series III. Europe and WorldReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 5 | Europe: Carpathian Mountains, Italy, Rumania, General (maps, negative, printed) |
1906, undated |
| 5 | World: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Oil and World Problems" (printed, typescript) |
1951 |
| 5 | World: Articles by F.J. Fohs - "Oil in the Modern World-A Critical Review" (typescript) |
1951 |
| 5 | World: Geology (printed, reports) |
1927-1945 |
| 5 | World: Magnetic and Micromagnetic Surveying (printed) |
1940-1962 |
| 5 | World: Petroleum Resources (negative, printed) |
1947-1955 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Geology, Economic.
- Mines and mineral resources -- Middle East.
- Petroleum -- Geology.
- Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Canada.
- Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Middle East.
- Petroleum -- Prospecting -- West (U.S.)
- Water-supply -- Middle East.
Geographical Names
- Israel -- 20th century
- Palestine -- 20th century
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps.
Processed by D. Claudia Thompson
2012
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