NTDMG357.xml Guide to the John Richard Hoskins Papers 1947-1989 Hoskins (John Richard) Papers Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives ©1991 Encoded by ArchProteus2003 Finding aid is in English Overview of the Collection University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives MG357 John Richard Hoskins, 1919- John Richard Hoskins Papers 1947-1989 6.5 cubic feet Correspondence, reports, and other material concerning field trips, short courses given at the Northwest Mining Association annual meetings, and other activities as head of the Mining Engineering and Metallurgy Department at the University of Idaho, as a professional engineer, and as a teacher. English

John Richard (Jack) Hoskins was born June 9, 1919 in Brewster, Washington. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a B.S. in Mining Engineering in 1947, he was employed as plant engineer and department superintendent for the U.S. Gypsum Company, Evans, Washington, mining and processing limestone into building materials. He left there in 1949 to work with ASARCO in Santa Barbara, Mexico, where he was employed as staff mining engineer and later mine shift boss and mine foremen in a one-thousand-ton-a-day lead, zinc, copper, and gold operation. In 1952 he went to the University of Alaska where he taught Mining Engineering for five years. Leaving Alaska in 1957, he continued his studies in applied mechanics, mathematics, and mining engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute under a special grant from the National Science Foundation. After completing his work at Virginia Tech in 1959, he attended the University of Utah at Salt Lake City where he completed his Ph.D. in 1962. He then moved to Denver to work as Mining Methods Research Engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Mines.He came to the University of Idaho in 1967 as Professor of Mining Engineering and the following year he became head of the Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy in the College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER).

Hoskins is the author of many publications and presentations, and has worked on numerous research projects in rock mechanics, explosives, drilling and blasting, mine ventilation and health and safety. A member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, he served as Education Chairman and Program Chairman in the Alaska Section. He has also served on the Education Committee and Educational Board of the Society of Mining Engineers and was the American Institute of Mining Engineers representative to the Engineers' Council for Professional Development. He has also held membership in the American Society of Engineering Education Minerals Division, the Northwest Mining Association, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of University Professors, the Idaho Academy of Science, and the Idaho Mining Association. He has been named an Outstanding Educator of America and has been honored by the Northwest Mining Association, the Society of Mining Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of Mines Spokane Research Center, University of Idaho Mining Students, and the Northwest Mining Association. He retired from the University of Idaho in 1989.

The papers of John R. Hoskins span the years 1947 to 1989, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1968 to 1986.

The papers include administrative files reflecting his activities as head of the Mining Engineering and Metallurgy department, material related to his teaching, other papers concerned with his professional activities, non administrative correspondence, and other material.

Some of the material in this record group was in labeled folders, other items were unfoldered or otherwise unidentified. With the exception of the administrative correspondence the papers were in no apparent order; therefore a series order was imposed during processing. Available folder headings were retained.

The first series reflects Dr. Hoskins' activities as department administrator and includes accreditation reports, information on several cooperative programs with Washington State University, and an alphabetical correspondence file. Spanning the years 1985 to 1987, the file contains copies of all outgoing departmental letters and occasional incoming letters. Also included are enrollment statistics, equipment and space allocation concerns, information on the various fellowships and scholarships available to students and which students received them, minutes of college and departmental meetings, and copies of research and grant proposals submitted by faculty members.

The second series concerns teaching activities and includes a class register, course evaluations and outlines, information on student field trips to mining companies, lecture notes, reserve room reading files and student papers.

Contained in the third series are the materials concerning Dr. Hoskins' professional interests. These include notes on the Senate Energy Committee hearings in Coeur d'Alene in 1986, correspondence and research notes on the cost of uranium mining collected for use by the legal firm representing the General Atomic Company in its arbitration suit against the United Nuclear Corporation, and information compiled for the short courses which he designed for the annual meetings of the Northwest Mining Association.

The general correspondence in series four contains many letters from congressional representatives, including Steve Symms, James McClure, and Tom Foley. Another group of correspondence reflects his interest in education in the mineral industry. Other letters were written to obtain information for his Minerals and Man course, or to give information to a correspondent about miners' lamps. The "Gimme" letters are requests to industry for equipment.

The final series contains material on Alaska lands, appointment calendars for the years 1977 to 1989, reprints of articles on various subjects, a copy of the SME-AIME guide to minerals schools which is interleaved with updated information, a proposal for a new calendar written by colleague C.E. Gregory in 1972 and information on technical writing.

Published material was sent to subject librarians for review and duplicate copies of near print materials were also removed from the collection, thus reducing the bulk by 3 cubic feet.

The papers of mining professor John Richard Hoskins were donated to the University of Idaho Library in July 1989.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Idaho Mines and Mineral Resources Hoskins, John R.--Archives. University of Idaho. Dept. of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy Detailed Description of the Collection Series I. Administrative Files 1968-1989 1/1 Academic Administrators Workshop 1980 11 items 1/2-3 Accreditation ECPD (Engineers' Council for Professional Development) 1975-1980 41 items 1/4-8 Accreditation ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) 1980-1988 150 items 1/9 COMER publications and brochures ca. 1980-1985 10 items 1/10-11 Cooperation with Washington State University 1974-1986 32 items 1/12 Coal Research Lab 1977-1979 33 items 1/13 Cooperative work study 1970-1988 12 items 1/14-20 Correspondence and memos 1985 488 items 1/21-28 Correspondence and memos 1986 670 items 2/29-38 Correspondence and memos 1987 633 items 2/39 Course development 1979-1984 4 items 2/40-42 Course evaluations 1974/1975-1987/1988 121 items 2/43 Course outlines 1976-1989 19 items 2/44 Crisis plans 1974-1986 11 items 2/45-46 Data on faculty, students and department 1968-1988 43 items 2/47-49 Enrollment statistics 1968/1969-1987/1988 57 items 2/50 Equipment 1974-1988 34 items 2/51 Equipment: x-ray 1981-1985 26 items 2/52-53 Evaluations, tenure, and competency reviews 1970-1988 71 items 2/54-55 Fellowships and scholarships, General 1974-1981 137 items 2/56 Bunker Hill 1976-1981 10 items 2/57-60 Health, Education & Welfare Domestic Mining and Mineral and Mineral Fuel Conservation 1975-1977 201 items 3/61-64 Health, Education & Welfare Domestic Mining and Mineral and Mineral Fuel Conservation 1978-1982 109 items 3/65 Mitson 1975 3 items 3/66-67 Mineral Industry Educational Foundation 1971-1982 162 items 3/68 Newmont 1975-1979 42 items 3/69 Graduate Program Defense 1986-1987 22 items 3/70 Honorary degree nominations 1973-1978 24 items 3/71 INEL & NRTS education program 1969-1986 40 items 3/72 Materials-Metallurgy proposal 1985 5 items 3/73 Materials science 1982-1988 65 items 3/74-76 Meetings: COMER 1976-1988 62 items 3/77-81 COMER Advisory Board 1983-1985 68 items 3/82-85 COMER Executive Committee 1981-1987 195 items 3/86-90 Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy 1978-1989 150 items 3/91-95 Mining and Minerals Resources Research Institute 1977-1981 170 items 4/96 Old curriculum forms 1971/1972-1977/1978 8 items 4/97 Ph.D. information 1970-1989 9 items 4/98 Position descriptions 1986 8 items 4/99 Recruiting 1981-1986 5 items 4/100-104 Research proposals and grant requests 1968-1984 31 items 4/105 Samuel S.M. Chan 1970-1978 59 items 4/106 Reduction of high mine resistance values in underground metal mines 1972-1973 29 items 4/107 Ventilation studies and escape plans for mines in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho 1972-1973 17 items 4/108 Copper wire 1976 8 items 4/109 Data base for mine fire symposium 1975-1976 3 items 4/110 Grant from the U.S. Congress 1986 4 items 4/111 Salary surveys, national 1979-1987 12 items 4/112 Salary surveys, University of Idaho 1975-1986/1987 20 items 4/113-115 Space needs 1971-1988 66 items 4/116 ABET problems 1985 1 item 4/117 Laboratory rehabilitation 1981 37 items 4/118 Student information 1976-1986 30 items 4/119 "The supply and demand for mining engineers" 1982 1 item 4/120 University core curriculum 1984 15 items 4/121 WICHE 1983-1988 18 items 4/122 Work plans (5 year plan) 1977-1978 4 items Series II. Teaching and Related Material 1970-1984 4/123 Class register 1975-1978 1 item 4/124 Course evaluations 1982 5 items 4/125 Course outline, Mining 400 1982 18 items 4/126 Course outline, Mining 499 1983 3 items 4/127-128 Field trips: planning and correspondence 1970-1981 132 items 4/129 Bethlehem Copper Company ca. 1975 2 items 4/130 Craigmont Mines ca. 1975 8 items 4/131 Lornex ca. 1975 12 items 4/132 Similkameen Mining Company ca. 1975 3 items 4/133 Teck Corporation ca. 1975 3 items 4/134 Cominco 1979 23 items 4/135 Kaiser Resources 1979 5 items 4/136 Boundary Dam project 1980 2 items 4/137 Giant Mascot Mine 1980 5 items 5/138 Home Economics School Days talk 1984 10 items 5/139 Lecture notes ca. 1981 5 items 5/140-141 Reserve reading, Mining and Metals 110: Acid rain 1966-1984 69 items 5/142 Reserve reading: Oil Shale 1973-1974 14 items 5/143-145 Student papers: Oil Shale 1977 5 items 5/146 Mining 110 undated 1 item 5/147 Mines 502 1980-1983 2 items 5/148 Visiting lecture series 1981-1983 9 items Series III. Professional Activities 1963-1989 5/149 American Institute of Mining Engineers. Council of Education 1977-1978 11 items 5/150 AIME Annual Meeting programs 1982-1986 3 items 5/151 Armour Institute data 1963 4 items 5/152 Career guidance, recruitment 1967-1972 5 items 5/153 Senate Energy Committee hearings, Coeur d'Alene 1986 1 item 5/154-160 General Atomic Company vs. United Nuclear Corporation. Correspondence and related data 1978-1980 162 items 5/161 Generic Institute 1985 1 item 5/162 National Council of Engineering Examiners. Questions ca. 1979 9 items 5/163 National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum 1986-1989 35 items 5/164 Northwest Mining Association 1985 9 items 5/165 Education 1982-1984 8 items 5/166 Session on Education's changing role 1984 17 items 5/167 Short course: Mining Cost Estimates 1976 71 items 5/168-171 Short course: Mineral Regulations and Permits 1977 126 items 5/172-173 Short course: Mineral industry costs 1986 25 items 5/174 Training sessions 1980 8 items 5/175 Workshop: Are you listening 1982 3 items 6/176 Paper reviewed 1965 11 items 6/177 Papers and talks by John Hoskins 1975-1982 5 items 6/178 Society of Mining Engineers 1973-1987 23 items 6/179 Session: Underground mining 1987 23 items 6/180 Spokane Mining and Research Center. Travel vouchers 1976-1982 27 items 6/181 Minneapolis trip 1978 16 items 6/182 Correspondence, evaluations, pay stubs, diary 1977-1982 62 items 6/183 Washington D.C. trip 1985 27 items 6/184 Washington D.C. trip 1987 19 items Series IV. Correspondence 1968-1989 6/185-189 General correspondence 1968-1989 239 items 6/190 Bureau of Mines budget 1985 8 items 6/191 Education in the mineral industry 1969-1971 47 items 6/192 Eugene Skinner 1986-1988 12 items 6/193 "Gimme" (requests) 1975-1986 18 items 6/194 Minerals and man course 1982 23 items 6/195 Miners' lamps 1969 9 items 6/196 Possible students 1974-1975 35 items 6/197 Visiting speakers 1968-1987 33 items Series V. Other Material 1947-1989 6/198 Alaska lands 1979-1987 11 items 6/199-204 Appointment calendars 1977-1989 126 items 6/205 Articles and talks by others 1978-1986 6 items 6/206 Articles : Silver 1968-1976 4 items 6/207 Brochures 1968-1988 8 items 6/208 Career opportunities in mining and metallurgy 1983 1 item 6/209-212 Explosives - Shaped charges 1947-1956 77 items 6/213 Gillette, Wyoming 1979 2 items 6/214 Mineral industry 1976-1985 6 items 6/215 Mineral industry of Idaho 1961-1983 6 items 6/216 "My conservative file" 1972-1982 22 items 7/217 "Philosophy, psychology, logic 1930-1970 36 items 7/218 Plasticity statics undated 3 items 7/219 References (bibliographies) undated 16 items 7/220 SME-AIME guide to minerals schools, with additional information 1981 1 item 7/221 Stress around openings 1933-1963 7 items 7/222 The time is now beckoning to frame a proper frame of time reckoning, by Dr. C.E. Gregory 1972 1 item 7/223 Vita of John R. Hoskins 1977 1 item 7/224 Wilderness vs. minerals 1970 7 items 7/225 Writing 1977-1985 15 items 7/226 Technical Writers Institute, Denver, Colorado 1967 21 items