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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2016-057Hamblin, W. Kenneth (William Kenneth), 1928-2009Ken Hamblin photographscirca 1980sPhotographic transparencies and slides (1 box)Collection materials are in English.Transparencies and slides of geological features and glaciers by William Kenneth Hamblin

William Kenneth Hamblin (May 22, 1928-2009) was born on a small ranch in Lyman, Wyoming. He attended Brigham Young University on an athletic scholarship and became known as "Golden-Toe Hamblin." He earned his PhD in geology at the University of Michigan in 1957 and then taught at the University of Kansas, the University of Georgia, and then at Brigham Young University for thirty years. He wrote a number of geology textbooks. He spent over 30 years studying the tectonic geomorphology of the Colorado Palteau and Grand Canyon.

Photographs by William Kenneth (Ken) Hamblin of geological features and glaciers in the US and around the world. The photographs are mainly transparencies and slides and are arranged by geologic features: Glacial, Sedimentary, Igneous, Volcanic.

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Ken Hamblin via Don Easterbrook (Hamblin gave his photographs to Don for the EPIC site and Don has transferred his EPIC materials here), 2016-06-23

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