University of Utah College of Mines and Earth Sciences records, 1927-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. College of Mines and Earth Sciences
Title
University of Utah College of Mines and Earth Sciences records
Dates
1927-2017 (inclusive)
1975-2017 (bulk)
Quantity
28.25 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0590
Summary
Throughout its history, the College of Mines and Earth Sciences has been comprised of the different departments of Fuels Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology, Metallurgical Engineering, Metallurgy, Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining and Fuels Engineering, and Mining Engineering as well as the University of Utah Seismographs Stations, the Utah Commitution Center, the Utah Engineering Experiment Station, and the Utah Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute. This collection primarily contains administrative records from the College as well as building files from the construction of the Frederick Albert Sutton Building.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

A State School of Mines was formally established at the University of Utah in 1901. It was renamed the School of Mines and Engineering in 1913 and offered degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, and mining engineering as well as metallurgy. The college was divided into the College of Mines and Mineral Industries and the College of Engineering in 1948. The Departments of Fuels Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, and Meteorology were added to the College of Mines and Mineral Industries that same year. The College was renamed the College of Mines and Earth Sciences in 1988 as a reflection of the importance of its earth sciences components to the its educational mission.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The majority of the material in this collection covers the administrations of Deans Laurence H. Lattman (1975-1983), Milton Wadsworth (1983-1991), and Francis H. Brown (1991-2016). Administrative records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, and reports from the Office the Dean of the College of Mines and Earth Sciences as well as its constituent departments of Fuels Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Meteorology, Metallugical Engineering, Metallurgy, Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Mining and Fuels Engineering. This collection also contains records from the College's various institutes including the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the Utah Engineering Experiment Station, and the Utah Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute. A further 2.25 linear feet of this collection consist of records surrounding the planning and construction of the Frederick Albert Sutton Building.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah College of Mines and Earth Sciences records, Acc. 590, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 590

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following two series: General Administrative Records and the Frederick Albert Sutton Building Files. Both series are arranged alphabetically.

Acquisition Information

This collection was culled from sixty cubic feet of material that was picked up from the College of Mines and Earth Sciences on May 19, 2023 as well as Records Center Assessions 08-354, 08-397, and 12-272.

Processing Note

Processed by David Buhler in October, 2023.

Related Materials

Acc. 151: Utah Engineering Experiment Station annual report (1934) Acc. 153: School of Mines and Mineral Industries status reports (1948) Acc. 210: Utah Engineering Experiment Station records (1936-1964) Acc. 281: Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey records (1949-1973) Acc. 371: University of Utah Seismograph Stations records (1971-1980) Acc. 380: Armand J. Eardley papers (1959-1973) Acc. 381: Department of Geology and Geophysics research records (1970-1982) Acc. 418: Utah Engineering Experiment Station records (1974-1987) Acc. 420: Department of Geology and Geophysics records (1968-1983) Acc. 459: Department of Meteorology records (1948-1984) Acc. 474: College of Mines and Mineral Industries records (1972-1978) Acc. 522: Department of Fuels Engineering records (1968-1989) Acc. 539: Milton E. Wadsworth papers (1948-1998)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General Administrative RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1-9
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)
 1980-2009
2 1
Agenda for Leadership in Educational Resources for Tomorrow (ALERT)
 1986-1987
2 2
Ajou University - South Korea
 1996
2 3
Alumni Fund Drives
 1986-1996
2 4
Alumni Luncheon
 1996 November 13
2 5
Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research
 1999-2001
2 6-7
Associate Vice President for Diversity and Faculty Development
 1987-1999
2 8
Building 58
 1994-1995
2 9
Campus Planning
 1975-1984
2 10
Center for Academic Advising
 1990-1996
2 11
Center for Advanced Coal Mining Technologies
 1987-1997
2 12
Center for Advanced Pyrometallurgical Technology
 1989
2 13
Center for Atmospheric and Remote Sounding Studies
 1987-1997
2 14
Center for Integrated Science Education
 1994-1998
3 1
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
 1992-1993
3 2
Center for Mining Safety and Health Excellence
 2012-2014
3 3
Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
 1994-1997
3 4
Center for Water, Ecosystem, and Climate Science
 2004-2008
3 5-7
Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Peoples' Republic of China - Exchange Program
 1979-1996
3 9-13
College Advisory Council
 1959-1970
4 1-5
College Advisory Council
 1971-1996
4 6
College Centennial
 1991
4 7-9
College Council
 1967; 1970-1979
5 1-2
College Council
 1980-1997
5 3
" College/Department Profile: Mines and Mineral Industries"
1977 March
5 4
College Name Change
 1986-1988
5 5
College Newsletter
 1952-1997
5 6
College of Engineering
 1990-2003
5 7
College of Minerals and Earth Sciences High-End Central Computing Facility
 1994-1995
5 8-13
College of Mines and Mineral Industries
 1958-1969
6 1-10
College of Mines and Mineral Industries
 1970-1982
7 1-6
College of Mines/College of Engineering - Merger
 1959-1972; 1978
7 7-9
College of Science
 1991-2005
7 10
College Overview
 1990
8 1
Committee to Study Organization of Engineering, Mines and Earth Sciences, and Science
 1989-1990
8 2
Cooperative Education Internship Program
 1985-1989
8 3-4
Council of Academic Deans
 2004-2006
8 5
Course Evaluation Procedures
 1979-1992
8 6
Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering
 1994-2000
8 7
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Headwater Center for Colorado River Resource Management
 2001
8 8
Department of Environmental Health and Safety
 1986-1997
8 9
Department of Fuels Engineering - Correspondence
 1965-1969
8 10
Department of Fuels Engineering - Faculty Meeting Minutes
 1967-1969
8 11
Department of Fuels Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 1988-1989
9 1
Department of Fuels Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 1990
9 2
Department of Geography
 1989
9 3
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Advisory Council
 1993-1995
9 4
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Bachelors Degree Program in Environmental Earth Science
 1992-1993
9 5
Department of Geology and Geophysics - " Bone Barn"
1975-1981
9 6
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Fossil Collection
 1986-1987
9 7
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Collection Curation
 2002-2004
9 8-11
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Correspondence
 1974-1983
10 1-12
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Correspondence
 1984-1996
11 1-7
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Correspondence
 1997-2001
12 1-6
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Correspondence
 2002-2016
12 7
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Department Advisory Committee
 1993-1996
12 8
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Executive Committee Meetings
 1995-2001
12 9
Department of Geology and Geophysics - External Review
 1977 November 28
13 1-7
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Faculty Meeting Minutes
 1980-2001
14 1-2
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Faculty Meeting Minutes
 2002; 2005-2006
14 3
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Faculty Retreats
 1992-2011
14 4
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Geological Engineering Program
 1983-2011
14 5
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Geoscience Illustrations Office
 1981-1993
14 6-8
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Graduate Council Reviews
 1985-1986; 1994-1999; 2004-2005
15 1-5
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Newsletters
 1983-2013
15 6
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Staff Meeting Minutes
 1995-1996
15 7
Department of Geology and Geophysics - Thin Section Lab and Rock Preparation Facility
 1976-1993
15 8-11
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Awards Banquet
 1987-1990
16 1-15
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Awards Banquet
 1991-2005
17 1-5
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Awards Banquet
 2006-2010
17 6
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - College Executive Council
 1986-2001
17 7-13
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Correspondence
 1987-2016
18 1
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - General Laboratory Safety Practices
 1997
18 2
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 2002-2003; 2011-2012
18 3
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Newsletter
 1981-2013
18 4
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Open House for Potential Students
 2001-2010
18 5
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - " Program Self-Study Document 1993-2001"
2001 December
18 6
Department of Metallurgical Engineering - Undergraduate Program Guide
 1998
18 7-10
Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering - Correspondence
 1977-1986
19 1
Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 1983-1984
19 2
Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering - Graduate Student Manual
 1986
19 3
Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering - Programming Guide
 1960
19 4-10
Department of Meteorology - Correspondence
 1951-1954; 1965-1975
20 1-6
Department of Meteorology - Correspondence
 1976-2006
20 7-9
Department of Meteorology - Graduate Council Reviews
 1983-1987; 1993-1994; 2004-2005
20 10
Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering - Correspondence
 1974-1981
21 1
Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering - Correspondence
 1982-1983
21 2
Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 1979-1983
21 3
Department of Mining Engineering - Annual Awards Banquet
 1985-2016
21 4-8
Department of Mining Engineering - Correspondence
 1966-1987
22 1-6
Department of Mining Engineering - Correspondence
 1988-2016
22 7-8
Department of Mining Engineering - Graduate Council Review
 1990-1991; 2001-2002
22 9
Department of Mining Engineering - Utah Center for Rock Blasting Research
 2000-2001
22 10
Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Fuels Engineering
 1971-1977
22 11
Department of Risk and Insurance Management - Van Safety Committee
 2001
22 12
Departmental Indicators
 1998-2000
23 1-2
Development Office
 1979-1997
23 3
Development Oversight Committee
 1999-2001
23 4
Director of Finance
 1987-1993
23 5
Distance Learning
 1993-1996
23 6
Distinguished Lecture Series
 1997-2017
23 7
Division of Continuing Education
 1989-1998
23 8
Division of Process Engineering and Materials
 1973-1974
23 9
Earth and Geosciences Institute
 1992-1997
24 1-3
Energy and Minerals Research Center
 1976-1995
24 4
Enrollment and Tuition
 1990-1996
24 5-8
Environmental Engineering Degree Program
 1991-2001
25 1
Facilities Planning Department
 1994-1996
25 2-11
Frontiers of Science Lecture Series
 2006-2016
25 12
Geneva Steel
 1988-1992
25 13
Government and Community Relations Department
 1989-1997
25 14
Guilin College of Geology - Peoples Republic of China
 1987
25 16
Human Resources Department
 1992-2001
25 17
Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Development
 1997-1998
25 18-19
Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center
 1991-1998
25 20
International Center
 1992-1996
26 1
Joklik, G. Frank
 1989-1997
26 2-4
Kennecott Corporation
 1967-1998
26 5
Mining and Mineral Resources Institute
 1980; 1993
26 6
Miscellaneous Agreements
 2000-2016
26 7
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
 1992-1997
26 8
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction
 1995-1997
26 9
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
 1995-1996
27 1
Office of Admissions and Registrar
 1991-1996
27 2-10
Office of Dean - External Correspondence
 1982-1995
28 1-10
Office of Dean - External Correspondence
 1996-2005
29 1-12
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 1979-1993
30 1-9
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 1993-1995
31 1-9
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 1995-1997
32 1-10
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 1997-1999
33 1-8
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 2000-2003
34 1-4
Office of Dean - Internal Correspondence
 2003-2005
34 5
Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
 1989-1997
34 6
Office of President - Gardner, David P.
 1973-1980
34 7-8
Office of President - Machen, Bernard S.
 1998-2002
34 9
Office of President - Peterson, Chase N.
 1983-1991
34 10
Office of President - Smith, Arthur K.
 1991-1992
35 1-4
Office of President - Smith, Arthur K.
 1993-1997
35 5
Office of President - President's Seminar XXXIII
 2004 April 1-2
35 6
Office of President - Young, Michael K.
 2002-2006
35 7
Office of Sponsored Projects
 1990-1997
35 8
Office of Undergraduate Studies
 1998-2003
35 9
One-Year Plan
 1982-1984
35 10
Orientation Advisory Committee
 1997-1999
35 11-12
Outreach Program
 1993-1995
35 13
Parking Services
 1991-1992
35 14
Plant Operations Department
 1991-1997
35 15
Presidential Teaching Award
 1993-1997
36 1
President's Strategic Plan on Computer and Information Services
 1992-1993
36 2
Professional Development Program for College of Mines and Mineral Industries
 1967-1978
36 3
Professional Master of Science and Technology Degree Program
 2001-2002
36 4-7
Proposed Merger: Colleges of Engineering, Mines and Earth Sciences, and Science
 1989-1990
36 8-9
Safety and Emergency Committee
 1990-1992
36 10
Semester Conversion
 1995-1996
37 1-2
Semester Conversion
 1997-1999
37 3
Society of the Sigma Xi
 1937; 1958-1959
37 4
State of Utah - Correspondence
 1963-1972
37 5-6
State of Utah. Centers of Excellence Program
 1985-1994
37 7
State of Utah. Department of Natural Resources
 1992-1996
37 8
State of Utah. Office of the Governor
 1966-1990
37 9
" Strategic Academic Enrollment Plan 2015-2020"
2014 August 28
37 10-12
Strategic Planning
 1991-1998
38 1-2
Strategic Planning
 2000-2004
38 3
Student Advisory Committee (SAC)
 1968-1984
38 4
Student Chapter - Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
 1971-2000
38 5
Student Computing Advisory Committee
(Formerly University Task Force on Computing)
 1998-2004
38 6
Student Enrollment History
 1976-1977
38 7
Tar Sands Initiative
 1979-1988
38 8-9
Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants Program
 1991-1993
39 1
Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants Program
 1995-1998
39 2
Technology Transfer Office
 1985-1989
39 3
Technology Transfer Office
 1990-1998
39 4
Tenured Faculty Review
 1976-1984
39 5
Three-Year Plan
 1984
39 6
Transfer Articulation
 1987
39 7
Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental Science
 1995-1996
39 8
Undergraduate Council
 1987-1992
39 9
United States. Geological Survey - Water Resources Division Relocation
 1995-2001
39 10
University Academic Advisory Committee
 1992-1999
39 11
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 1992-1997
40 1-4
University Development Officers Meetings
 1986-2001
40 5
University Environmental Committee
 1993-1998
40 6
University Libraries
 1973-1997
40 7
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - Annual Reports
 2012; 2015
40 8-12
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - Correspondence
 1976-1989
41 1-7
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - Correspondence
 1990-2010
41 8
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - " Earthquake Activity in the Utah Region"
1991-1992
42 1-7
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - " Earthquake Activity in the Utah Region"
1993-2006
42 8
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - Earthquake Instrumentation Initiative
 1989-1990
43 1
University of Utah Seismograph Stations - Press Releases
 1981-2008
43 2
University of Utah Sesquicentenial Celebration
 1999-2000
43 3
University Provost
 1989
43 4
University Research Council
 1992-1994
43 5-7
University Task Force on Computing
 1992-1997
43 8
University Teaching Committee
 1985-1997
43 9
University Writing Program
 1984-1989
43 10
Utah Comminution Center
 1982
44 1-3
Utah Comminution Center
 1983-1996
45 1-8
Utah Engineering Experiment Station - Correspondence
 1987-1997
46 1-3
Utah Engineering Experiment Station - Correspondence
 1998-2005
46 4
Utah Engineering Experiment Station - Press Releases
 1992-1994
46 5
Utah Engineering Experiment Station - Publications
 1979-2004
46 6
Utah Engineers Council
 1976-1980
46 7
Utah Geological Survey
 1987-1992
46 8-10
Utah Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute
 1973-1979
47 1-8
Utah Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute
 1979-1983
48 1-3
Utah Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute
 1984-1996
48 4
Utah Mining Association
 1989-1997
48 5
Utah Museum of Natural History
 1993-2009
48 6
Utah Partnership for Education and Economic Development Survey
 1993-1994
48 7
Utah State Board of Education - Certification for Education Programs at the University of Utah
 1995
48 8
Utah State Legislature
 1969-1992
48 9
Utah System of Higher Education
 1972-1995
48 10
Utah Supercomputing Institute
 1989-1999
48 11
Utah Trust Lands
 2002-2006
48 12
Utah Wetlands and Riparian Center
 1998-1999
49 1-7
Vice President for Academic Affairs
 1988-2006
49 8
Vice President for Academic Affairs - Academic Planning 1993-1994
 1993
50 1
Vice President for Academic Affairs - Academic Planning 1993-1994
 1993
50 2
Vice President for Administrative Services
 1975-2005
50 3-5
Vice President for Budget and Planning
 1975-1990
50 6
Vice President for Diversity
 1998-1999
50 7
Vice President for Government Affairs - Lobbyist Disclosure Reports
 1998-2007
51 1-3
Vice President for Public Relations
 1982-1991
51 4-10
Vice President for Research
 1983-1993
52 1-4
Vice President for Research
 1994-2006
52 5
Western Region Graduate Program
 1978-1994
52 6
William C. Browning Building - Floor Plans
 1968-1999
52 7
William C. Browning Building - " Lump of Coal"
1972-1995
52 8
William C. Browning Building - Mines Ore Sculpture Court
 1971-1991
52 9-11
William C. Browning Scholarship Fund
 1975-1996
52 12
Women's Auxiliary to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (WAAIME)
 1978-1989
52 13
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
 2001-2011

Frederick Albert Sutton Building FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
53 1
Art
 2009
53 2
Baffle-Wall Display
 2009
53 3
Building Construction Images - Computer Printouts
 2008
53 4
Campus Design and Construction
 1995-2009
53 5
Certificates of Substantial Completion
 2007-2008
53 6
College of Mines and Earth Sciences Facilities Master Plan
 1998 March 23
53 7
College Needs Statement
 undated
53 8
Color Schedule
 2007 November 30
53 9-13
Construction Progress Meeting Minutes
 2007-2008
54 1-2
Construction Progress Meeting Minutes
 2008
54 3
Cooper, Roberts, Simonsen Architecture
 2004-2005
54 4-7
Correspondence
 1996-2014
54 8
" Cost Analysis, Systems Description"
2006 May 15
54 9
Dedication
 2009 April 17
55 1
Design Team Meetings
 2005-2006
55 2
DFCM/Gromell Construction - Spreadsheet Reports
 2006-2007
55 3
Diamond Phillips
 2009
55 4-5
Display Committee
 2008
55 6
Donor Wall
 2006
55 7
Entrance
 2007
55 8
Facilities Program
 2005 February 28
56 1
First Sketch - Myron Richardson
 2005
56 2
Landscaping
 2008
56 3
Lecture Hall
 2007
56 4
Lobby
 2007
56 5
Mines Building
 1927-2009
56 6
Naming Opportunities
 2003-2010
56 7
News Articles
 2003-2009
56 8
Official Name Approval
 2003 August
56 9
Paulos, Lonnie - Correspondence
 2006-2008
56 10
Preliminary Site Plans
 2005
56 11
Project Meetings
 2004-2007
56 12
Rocky Mountain Power
 2006-2007
56 13
Selection Committiee
 2006
56 14
Slab Hangings
 2008-2009
56 15
Steering Committee
 2003-2005
57 1
Student Sustainability Project
 2006-2008
57 2
Time Capsule
 2009
57 3
University of Utah Seismology Stations
 2006-2009
57 4
Weeks, Marta - Correspondence
 2006-2009
57 5
Working Group Meetings
 2004

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Earth sciences--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
  • Mining schools and education--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Brown, Francis H.
  • Lattman, Laurence H.
  • Wadsworth, Milton E.

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah. College of Mines and Mineral Industries
  • University of Utah. Department of Fuels Engineering
  • University of Utah. Department of Geology and Geophysics
  • University of Utah. Department of Metallurgical Engineering
  • University of Utah. Department of Metallurgy
  • University of Utah. Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering
  • University of Utah. Department of Meteorology
  • University of Utah. Department of Mining Engineering
  • University of Utah. Department of Mining and Fuels Engineering
  • University of Utah. Seismograph Stations
  • Utah Engineering Experiment Station

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums
  • Minutes
  • Reports

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2023

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