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M. King Hubbert papers, 1847-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hubbert, M. King (Marion King), 1903-
- Title
- M. King Hubbert papers
- Dates
- 1847-1990 (inclusive)18471990
- Quantity
- 104.00 cubic ft.
- Collection Number
- 01238
- Summary
- Collection contains correspondence; lectures and class notes on physics and geology; publications and reprints; extensive research notes and subject files; glass negatives; maps & charts; and miscellaneous artifacts of this geophysicist.
- 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
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Marion King Hubbert (1903-1989) was born in central Texas and studied geology and physics at the University of Chicago. He received a Ph.D. from that institution in 1937. He taught geology and geophysics at Columbia University for ten years beginning in 1931. He served as senior analyst of world mineral resources on the Board of Economic Warfare during World War II. From 1943 to 1964 he worked for Shell Oil in Houston. After leaving Shell he became research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. He continued to teach, as a visiting professor, at various times at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a prolific author of scientific articles.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains 61 boxes of correspondence (1943-1989) with colleagues on his research interests and teaching; lectures and class notes on physics and geology; publications and reprints; extensive research notes and subject files; glass negatives; maps & charts; and miscellaneous artifacts.
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, M. King Hubbert papers, 1847-1990, Collection Number 01238, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I.: Correspondence, 1943-1989Return to Top
Boxes 1-60, 60A
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | control file; M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence |
1947-1949 |
| 2 | M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence |
1950-1959 |
| 3 | M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence |
1954-1956 |
| 4 | M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence |
1957-1959 |
| 5 | copies of outgoing correspondence |
1960-1962 |
| 6 | Cosmos club, corr. & chronological copies, cumulative reading file, general, first reading file, desk chronology |
1963-1969 |
| 7 | desk chronology, daily reading files, cosmos club forum, reading files |
1969-1973 |
| 8 | reading files |
1974-1976 |
| 9 | Applications - Building |
1946-1958 |
| 10 | supporting documentation: Company - Exploitation |
1944-1958 |
| 11 | Exploitation Engineering - Geology (Structural) |
1946-1958 |
| 12 | Geophysical - Invitations |
1943-1959 |
| 13 | Journal of Geology - Pressure |
1944-1958 |
| 14 | Recommendation (letters of) - Theory |
1944-1959 |
| 15 | Underground - University |
1944-1959 |
| 16 | University of California - Willis (David G.) |
1946-1959 |
| 17 | Personal files |
1943-1958 |
| 18 | Personal files |
1951-1957 |
| 19 | Personal files; Acknowledgment - Biographical |
1943-1958 |
| 20 | Book Reviews - Correspondence, general |
1959-1961 |
| 21 | Employment - Recommendation |
1951-1961 |
| 22 | Requests - Societies; American - Planned |
1959-1961 |
| 23 | Scientific - Visitors |
1959-1961 |
| 23 | Acknowledgment |
1962 |
| 24 | File - Visitors |
1962 |
| 25 | Alaska - Geographers |
1963-1967 |
| 26 | American Geological - American Institute |
1963-1967 |
| 27 | American Institute of Mining, Mechanical - Geodesy |
1963-1967 |
| 28 | Geological - Itineraries |
1963-1967 |
| 29 | Lectures - National (Aeronautics) |
1963-1967 |
| 30 | National (Committee) - United Nations (Conference) |
1963-1967 |
| 31 | United Nations (References) - Water |
1963-1967 |
| 32 | Water; Cumulative (correspondence) - Miscellaneous |
1963-1967 |
| 33 | Miscellaneous - Old file indexes; Book - General |
1963-1967 |
| 34 | General -R. Rose; Acknowledgment -Society; current corresp.: “A” misc. - American (Assoc. Petrol. Geologists) |
1963-1985 |
| 35 | current: American (Assoc. of Petrol. Geologists Mbrship) - Association (Engineering Geologists) |
1970-1989 |
| 36 | current: “B” misc. - Borg, Dr. Iris Y |
1970-1986 |
| 37 | current: British - Club of Rome (1981) |
1970-1985 |
| 38 | current: Club of Rome (1978) - “D” misc |
1951-1984 |
| 39 | current: Dahlberg, Eric - Ellison, Samuel |
1969-1982 |
| 40 | current: Energy - Franssen, Herman |
1970-1984 |
| 41 | current: Freeman, Wm. - USGS (Branch of Oil & Gas) |
1970-1989 |
| 42 | current: USGS (Science) - Handler, G. |
1962-1987 |
| 43 | current: Harboe, Henrik - HEW |
1971-1982 |
| 44 | current: Health - Interior |
1971-1983 |
| 45 | current: International - Johnson |
1973-1984 |
| 46 | current: “K” misc - McCulloh, Thane |
1971-1982 |
| 47 | current: McCutchan, Charles - “N” misc |
1967-1985 |
| 48 | current: National - Office of Tech. Asses. (Dr. Steven Plotkin) |
1951-1985 |
| 49 | current: Office of Tech. Asses. (US Nat. Gas) - Permission |
1971-1989 |
| 50 | current: Permission (to quote MKH) - Publishers |
1956-1985 |
| 51 | current: Publishing - Rockefeller |
1964-1983 |
| 52 | current: Role - S.E.G |
1969-1987 |
| 53 | current: Solar - Udall, Stewart |
1955-1986 |
| 54 | current: Udall, (nuclear radiation) - Voskuil |
1970-1983 |
| 55 | current: “W” misc. - Wilder, Jane |
1964-1987 |
| 56 | current: Willis, David G. - Zettel, JH |
1969-1988 |
| 57 | 1977-1987 chron.: January 1 1977- December 28 1981 |
1977-1981 |
| 58 | 1977-1987 chron.: January 5 1982 - December 29 1987 |
1982-1987 |
| 59 | Reading files chron.; telephone calls |
1976-1988 |
| 60 | telephone log, telephone records, yearly calendar, mail log |
1964-1978 |
| 60A | [misc. corr.] A- U |
undated |
Series II.: Lectures and Class Notes, 1925-1985Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subseries 1.: Lectures Boxes 61-66
|
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| Box | ||
| 61 | L: A.A.P.G. -Butter & Cheese |
1974-1983 |
| 62 | L: California - E.S.C. Kings Point |
1975-1985 |
| 63 | L: E.S.C. (O.P.M.) - Drexell |
1973-1983 |
| 64 | L: Electrical - Los Alamos |
1974-1982 |
| 65 | L: M.I.T. - Wisconsin, state |
1974-1982 |
| 66 | L: Wisconsin, Univ. - Yale |
1974-1982 |
| 66 | L: Lectures: Stanford |
1962-1969 |
Subseries 2.: Lectures and Class Notes Boxes 66-71
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| Box | ||
| 66 | Physics & Underground |
1963 |
| 67 | Physics: Stanford - Ground Water Hydrology |
1961-1969 |
| 68 | Physics - Society |
1950s-1973 |
| 69 | class notes: Chemical - Physics |
1925-1967 |
| 70 | class notes: Petrography - Physics |
1925-1962 |
| 71 | class notes: Theoretical - Vector |
1929-1980 |
Subseries 3.: Figures and Slides Boxes 71-75
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| Box | ||
| 71 | fig.: Physics - Senate |
|
| 72 | fig.: Senate Report - Degree - Concerning Nuclear |
mid, 1974-1967 |
| 73 | fig.: Misc. - Statement: original |
mid, 1974-1979 |
| 74 | L: References, Statements, Manuscript, Corresp., Commemorative Congress (U.S. Energy) |
1974-1975 |
| 75 | L: Energy Resources, paper |
1945-1969 |
Subseries 4.: Manuscripts Boxes 75-76, 76A
|
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| Box | ||
| 75 | M: Application - Strength |
|
| 76 | M: Strength - Techniques |
1945-1969 |
| 76A | misc. |
1983, 1986, undated |
Series III.: Personal Files, 1911-1990Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subseries 1.: General Boxes 77-78
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| Box | ||
| 77 | Background: (not sorted); (misc. unsorted) |
1956-1976 |
| 78 | (misc. unsorted) |
1950-1990 |
Subseries 2.: Awards/Honors Boxes 78-83
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| Box | ||
| 78 | misc., mainly A - C |
|
| 79 | misc., mainly C- H |
1972-1989 |
| 80 | misc. awards/honors mainly H-V; misc. personal files (Education, Genealogy, Pictures) |
1911-1988 |
| 81 | misc. appointment books, expense accounts, notebooks |
mid 1950s-late 1980s |
| 82 | misc. Who’s who files, clippings, correspondence material sent to Hubbert |
1960s, undated |
| 83 | photographs |
|
Subseries 3.: Interview Transcript Box 83A
|
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| Box | ||
| 83A | transcript of oral history interview for American Institute of Physics |
1989 |
Series IV.: Publications and Reprints, 1920s-1980sReturn to Top
Boxes 84-102
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 84 | misc. publications |
1934-1983 |
| 85 | misc. publications |
circa 1950s-1980s |
| 86 | misc. abstracts & publications |
1930-1985 |
| 87 | misc. publications |
1927-1921 |
| 88 | misc. publications |
1960s-1970s |
| 89 | misc. publications |
1950s-1970s |
| 90 | misc. publications |
1940s-1950s |
| 91 | “Role of Fluid Pressure” by Laubscher |
1962 |
| 92 | misc. publications |
1940s-1970s |
| 93 | misc. publications, papers |
1970s-1980s |
| 94 | misc. publications, notebook |
1950s-1970s |
| 95 | misc. abstracts, copies of slides, notes, publications |
1940s-1980s |
| 96 | misc. publications |
1960s-1980s |
| 97 | misc. publications |
1930s-1970s |
| 98 | misc. books, publications |
1920s-1970s |
| 99 | misc. publications, photo prints & negatives |
1940s-1950s |
| 100 | printer’s proofs |
1950s |
| 101 | printer’s proofs |
1940s-1950s |
| 102 | printer’s proofs, photographs |
1856-1948, undated |
Series V.: Research, 1847-1988Return to Top
Boxes 103-115
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 103 | Air shot - Degree |
1951-1982 |
| 104 | Degree - Energy |
1921-1972 |
| 105 | Energy (geothermal) - Energy (resources) |
1940s-1981 |
| 106 | Energy (resources) - Fluid |
1937-1981 |
| 107 | Fluid potential - Hydraulics |
1940s-1978 |
| 108 | Hydrodynamic - Magnetic |
1951-1971 |
| 109 | Mineral - Notes |
1940-1972 |
| 110 | Nuclear - Oil |
1938-1971 |
| 111 | Oil - Petroleum |
1938-1971 |
| 112 | Petroleum - Publications |
1944-1988 |
| 113 | Radio - Referee |
1942-1982 |
| 114 | Reserves - Structural |
1947-1977 |
| 115 | Structural - World |
1847-1972 |
Series VI.: Subject Files, 1856-1989Return to Top
Boxes 116-178
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 116 | Abrahamson - Alaska |
1964-1975 |
| 117 | Alaska - American (A.A.P.G.) |
1951-1973 |
| 118 | A.A.P.G. |
1952-1974 |
| 119 | A.A.P.G. - A.I.M.E |
1947-1985 |
| 120 | A.I.M.E. - A.M.S.O.C. |
1943-1972 |
| 121 | A.P.G. - Atoms |
1943-1978 |
| 122 | Atwater - Birch |
1959-1980 |
| 123 | Biswas - Cameron |
1959-1987 |
| 124 | Canada - Coalinga |
1939-1987 |
| 125 | Coalinga - Commoner, B. |
1963-1985 |
| 126 | Commoner, B. - Cook, Dr. E. |
1950-1976 |
| 127 | Cook, E. |
1970-1982 |
| 128 | Cornell - Darcy’s Law |
1940s-1984 |
| 129 | Darcy’s - Desert |
1856-1987 |
| 130 | Desert - Earthquakes |
1949-1984 |
| 131 | Earthquakes - Energy (crisis) |
1956-1989 |
| 132 | Energy (domestic) - Energy (energy) |
1948-1975 |
| 133 | Energy (energy) - Energy (natural) |
1948-1980s |
| 134 | Energy (natural) |
1950-1987 |
| 135 | Energy (natural) |
1958-1988 |
| 136 | Energy (1971 International) - Energy Resources (energy) |
1948-1988 |
| 137 | Energy Resources (energy) - Energy Resources (oil) |
1969-1983 |
| 138 | Energy Resources (of the earth) - Energy resources (U.S.) |
1961-1976 |
| 139 | Energy (scramble) - Environment |
1955-1980 |
| 140 | Environmental - Fossil |
1963-1988 |
| 141 | Fossils - Geography |
1958-1986 |
| 142 | Geologic - G.S.A. |
1946-1985 |
| 143 | G.S.A. - Geophysical |
1930s-1966 |
| 144 | Geophysical - Ground |
1930s-1987 |
| 145 | Ground - History |
1947-1987 |
| 146 | History - Hydraulic |
1946-1972 |
| 147 | Hydrodynamic - I.I.A.S.A. |
1950-1987 |
| 148 | International - Ivanhoe, L.P. |
1947-1987 |
| 149 | Ivanhoe - Lithium |
1963-1987 |
| 150 | Llewellyn, R. - McCulloch, T. |
1956-1987 |
| 151 | McKelvey - Meyerhof, A.A. |
1947-1981 |
| 152 | Michigan - Mohole |
1957-1979 |
| 153 | Nakazawa - N.A.S. |
1961-1978 |
| 154 | N.A.S. |
1961 |
| 155 | N.A.S. - N.S.F. |
1945-1975 |
| 156 | N.S.F. - Nuclear |
1952-1976 |
| 157 | Nuclear - Oil |
1953-1973 |
| 158 | Oil - Petroleum |
1950-1981 |
| 159 | Petroleum - Power |
1951-1980 |
| 160 | Price - Radioactive |
1927-1985 |
| 161 | Radioactive |
1955-1965 |
| 162 | Radioactive - Resources & Man |
1954-1987 |
| 163 | Resources & Man |
1963-1982 |
| 164 | Resources & Man |
1967-1971 |
| 165 | Resources & Man |
1964-1969 |
| 166 | Resources & Man |
1966-1969 |
| 167 | Resources - Rock |
1953-1975 |
| 168 | Role |
1959-1966 |
| 169 | Rollover - Savannah |
1960-1976 |
| 170 | Scanlan - Sinclair |
1964-1979 |
| 171 | Smalley - Stanford |
1946-1989 |
| 172 | Stansbury - Symonds |
1960-1988 |
| 173 | Syracuse - Theory |
1939-1973 |
| 174 | Theory - U.S. Coast |
1945-1979 |
| 175 | U.S. Energy - Volume |
1943-1987 |
| 176 | Volume - Waste |
1943-1982 |
| 177 | Waste - Wisconsin |
1963-1983 |
| 178 | Work - Wyoming |
1964-1983 |
Series VII.: Travel, 1944-1963Return to Top
Boxes 179-182
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 179 | (chron.) September 1944 -December 10, 1954 |
1944-1954 |
| 180 | (chron.) April 4, 1955 - December 10, 1958 |
1955-1958 |
| 181 | (chron.) January 27, 1959 - August 23, 1961 |
1959-1961 |
| 182 | (chron.) September 5, 1961 - December 10, 1963 |
1961-1963 |
Series VIII.: Glass Negatives and Glass Positives (Lantern Slides)Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 183-190 | 8 boxes |
Series IX.: Maps & ChartsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
50 map tubes |
Series X.: ArtifactsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
2 boxes |
Series XI.: Oversize MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
4 boxes |
Additional Container ListsReturn to Top
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list.
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Geology--Research.
- Geology--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Geophysics--Research.
- Geophysics--Study and teaching (Higher).
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps.
Occupations
- Geologists.
- Geophysicists.
Processed by Ginny Kilander
2006
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