AHJ_ah545004 Inventory of the University of Wyoming. Department of Geology and Geophysics records, 1881-2016 (bulk 1881-2009) University of Wyoming. Department of Geology and Geophysics records Processed by Misti Stangel University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
1999;2019

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson June 2013, Sammy Cook September 2015, and Andrew Schuster May 2018. Finding aid is in English Collection Summary University of Wyoming. Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Wyoming. Department of Geology and Geophysics records 1881-2016 Website capture 2016-ongoing 545004 39.97 cubic ft. (77 boxes) + digital material University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The collection contains extensive letterpress copybooks and correspondence from 1901-1929 relating to the Wyoming State Geologist and department records of the operations and teachings of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. History of University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics

The Geology Department began at the University of Wyoming in 1887. The summer science camp was instituted in 1925. In 1933 the State Geologist position was added to the Geology department and the first Ph. D. graduated from the department in 1953. The department worked with the state to find more efficient means to produce Wyoming’s natural resources.

 Scope and Content

This collection contains materials relating to the State Geologist and the operations and teaching of the department. The State Geologist records include extensive letterpress copybooks and correspondence from 1901-1929, some of it with Val B. Maghee, an oil and gas inspector and also in regards to the Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletin and oil well inspections. The departmental records include subject files, reports and publications by department members, department newsletters, journals, lantern slides, photographs, minutes of meetings, and trial proceedings regarding the oil rights of Al Mountford allegedly taken by department faculty member A.C. Boyle. This collection also contains access to the archived Department of Geology and Geophysics website.

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There are no known other archival collections created by University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics at the date of processing.

This material was received from the University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics from 1970-2022.

The collection was processed by Misti Stangel in July 1999, revised in September 2003 and August 2013, and updated by Andrew Schuster in 2018 and Jamie Greene in October 2015 and October 2023.

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Maghee, Val B. Mountford, Al Boyle, Albert C. (Albert Clarence), 1879- Wyoming. State Geologist University of Wyoming. Science camp University of Wyoming. History Oil wells -- Wyoming Geology -- Wyoming Wyoming -- History -- To 1889. Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918. Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945. Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999. Wyoming -- History -- 2000- Letterpress copybooks Bulletin (Geological Survey of Wyoming) Education Colleges and Universities Science, Technology and Health Science Wyoming Container List Series I. State Geologist Records

1 1 Biennial Report 1924 1 2-5 Correspondence 1901-1903 2 1-5 Correspondence 1903-1905 3 1-4 Correspondence 1905-1907 4 1-5 Correspondence 1906-1907 5 1-4 Correspondence 1907 6 1-5 Correspondence 1907-1908 7 1-5 Correspondence 1908-1909 8 1-5 Correspondence 1908-1911 9 1-5 Correspondence 1911-1912 10 1-6 Correspondence 1912-1913 11 1-5 Correspondence 1912-1913 12 1-5 Correspondence 1914 13 1-5 Correspondence 1914-1915 14 1-5 Correspondence 1915-1916 15 1-5 Correspondence 1916-1917 16 1-6 Correspondence 1916-1917 17 1-6 Correspondence 1917-1919 18 1-6 Correspondence 1918-1920 19 1-5 Correspondence 1919-1920 20 1-6 Correspondence 1919-1921 21 1-6 Correspondence 1921-1923 22 1-5 Correspondence 1921-1924 23 1-4 Correspondence 1923-1925 24 1-4 Correspondence 1923-1925 25 1-4 Correspondence 1924-1925 26 1-5 Correspondence 1924-1928 27 1-5 Correspondence 1926 28 1-4 Correspondence 1926-1928 29 1-5 Correspondence 1926-1929 30 1-3 Correspondence 1927-1929 30 4 Correspondence: Adams, Horace E. 1912-1913 43 1 Correspondence: Address, Speeches, etc. undated 43 2 Correspondence: Geology Newspaper Clippings undated 43 3 Correspondence: GSA Information Circulars undated 43 4 Correspondence: History UW Research Notes undated 43 5 Correspondence: Pictures: Students & Professors undated 43 6 Correspondence: Lectures, Addresses & Essays 1922-1923 43 7 Correspondence 1927 43 8 Correspondence: Faculty Athletic Committee 1927-1929 43 9 Correspondence: Midwest Review 1928 43 10 Correspondence 1930-1931 43 11 Correspondence: Union Pacific Railroad & Inland Oil Index 1930 43 12-15 Correspondence 1932-1947 44 1-6 Correspondence 1932-1947 44 7 Correspondence: Semi-centennial Celebration 1934-1935 44 8 Correspondence: Geology & Mineralogy 1935 44 9 Correspondence: President Crane 1936-1937 44 10 Correspondence: Semi-Centennial 1936-1937 45 1-6 Correspondence 1936-1939 45 7 Correspondence: President Crane 1938-1941 45 8 Correspondence: Independent Petroleum Association of America 1939 46 1 Correspondence: Graduate School Advisory Council 1946-1951 46 2-6 Correspondence 1948 46 7-10 Correspondence 1949 46 11 Correspondence: University Staff & Faculty 1948 46 12-15 Correspondence 1950 47 1-6 Correspondence 1951 47 7 Correspondence: Kansas Geological Society 1951 47 8 Correspondence: Property Dept. 1951 47 9 Correspondence: Sigma XI 1951 47 10 Correspondence: College of Liberal Arts Annual Report 1951-1952 47 11-16 Correspondence 1952 48 1-10 Correspondence 1952 48 11 Correspondence: National Science Foundation Reservations 1952 48 12 Correspondence: Wyoming Geological Association 1952 48 13 Correspondence 1953 48 14 Correspondence: Dean Richard 1953 48 15 Correspondence: President G.D. Humphrey 1953 48 16 Correspondence: Probation Policy Committee 1953 48 17 Correspondence: Student Employment Committee Minutes 1953 48 18 Correspondence: Staff Meetings Dept. of Geology 1953 48 19-23 Correspondence 1953-1954 49 1-15 Correspondence 1954-1955 49 16 Correspondence: Dean Bruce undated 49 17 Correspondence: President Humphrey undated 49 18 Correspondence: Wyoming Geol Association undated 49 19-20 Correspondence 1955 49 21-27 Correspondence 1955-1956 50 1-14 Correspondence 1955-1956 50 15 Correspondence: Department Personnel AB Show undated 50 16 Correspondence: Husky Oil Scholarship undated 50 17 Correspondence: President Humphrey 1955-1956 50 18 Correspondence: Magnolia Petroleum Scholarship undated 50 19 Correspondence: McLaughlin Geology Fund #6284 undated 50 20 Correspondence 1956 50 21-25 Correspondence 1956-1957 51 1-11 Correspondence 1957-1958 52 1-14 Correspondence 1958-1961 52 15-16 Correspondence: Blackstone & Knight Correspondence 1961 52 17-20 Correspondence 1961-1963 53 1-2 Correspondence 1962-1963 53 3 Correspondence: WGS 1963-1971 53 4-9 Correspondence 1963-1964 54 1-8 Correspondence 1964-1965 55 1-9 Correspondence 1965-1966 56 1-9 Correspondence 1965-1967 57 1-5 Correspondence 1967 57 6 Correspondence: Oil Shale 1967 57 7 Correspondence: Portrait 1967 58 8-12 Correspondence 1967-1968 58 1-4 Correspondence 1968 58 5 Correspondence: Humble Lecture Series 1968 58 6 Correspondence: Physics Dept. 1968 58 7-11 Correspondence 1968-1969 59 1-6 Correspondence 1969 59 7 Correspondence: Wea 1969 59 8-11 Correspondence 1969-1970 60 1-10 Correspondence 1969-1971 61 1-11, 13-15 Correspondence 1971-1972 61 12 Correspondence: Library undated 30 5 Correspondence: Areal Geology Inquiries 1923-1924 30 6 Correspondence: Auditor 1922-1923 30 7 Correspondence: Bain, H. Forester 1912-1913 30 8 Correspondence: Baker, A. 1912 30 9 Correspondence: Brown, Oliver L. 1912-1913 30 10 Correspondence: Commissioner of Public Lands 1914-1916 30 11 Correspondence: Dry Farm Congress 1915 30 12 Correspondence: Ermlich, George J. 1925-1927 31 1 Correspondence: John, Hay 1914-1915 31 2 Correspondence: Hintze, F.F. 1914-1915 31 3 Correspondence: Hoyt, Phil S. 1923-1924 31 4-6 Correspondence: Maghee, Val B. 1923-1924 32 1-5 Correspondence 1924-1926 32 6 Correspondence: Staley C.G. 1921-1923 32 7 Correspondence: State Fair 1920-1921 33 1 Correspondence: State Geologist Salary 1914-1915 33 2 Correspondence: Wanted Information Not Available 1923-1924 33 3 Correspondence: White, Owen W. 1921-1922 33 4 Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletins 1934-1941- 33 5 Geological Survey of Wyoming Bulletins 1941-1949 33 6 Geological Survey of Wyoming Report of Investigations 1939 33 7 Letterpress Copybooks 1901-1903 34 1-3 Letterpress Copybooks 1903-1906 35 1-2 Letterpress Copybooks 1906-1908 62 1 Maps 1915 35 3 Office of the State Geologist Bulletin: Bulletin 1914-1926 35 4 Office of the State Geologist Bulletin: Circular 1929 35 5 Record of Wells 1924 35 6 Red Canyon Case 1924 36 1 Reports: The Atlantic Gold District and the North Laramie Mountains 1916 36 2 Reports: Developed and Underdeveloped Mineral Resources of Wyoming 1929 36 3 Reports: Future of Mining in Wyoming 1926-1927 36 4 Reports: Mining in Wyoming 1901-1907 36 5 Reports: State Lands 1925-1927 Series II. Geology Department Records

37 1 Annual Review of the Wyoming Mining Industry 1931 74Art: Portraits of past Geologistundated 71Articles by Katherine Fowler1930-1933 Artifacts: 72-73Camera - Seneca Cameraundated 75Camera tripodsundated 72Canteenundated 75Clothing (shirts and a pair of shorts)undated 72Cow bellundated 75Machetes (2)undated 72Necklaceundated 72EM-GE Alarm-Pistol, Mod. 2, shoots 6mm blank cartridges onlyundated 76Safari hats or pith helmets (2) in metal hat travel caseundated 37 2 Big Horn Oil Field Monthly Report 1929-1930 37 3 Biographical Sketches 1940 Books: 70"Fossil Discoveries in Wyoming"1970 71"The Handbook of Sierra Leone" by T.N. Goddard1925 71"Sierra Leone: A Modern Portrait" by Roy Lewis1954 71"Stepping-Stones: The Reminiscences of a Women Geologist in the 20th Century" by Katherine Fowler-Billings1996 37 4-5 Correspondence 1909-1966 67, 68, 69 Correspondence: Blackstone, Don 1949-2001 37 6 Correspondence: Bureau of Mines 1926 37 7 Correspondence: Geological Society of America 1947-1948 38 1-3 Correspondence: Land Grant Centennial 1960-1962 38 4 Correspondence: Miller, P.T. 1939-1944 38 5 Correspondence: Morrill, J.L. 1942-1945 38 6 Degree Comparisons undated 38 7 Departmental Reports 1927-1934 Exhibits: 74Kay Fowler-Billings, women geologistundated 71S.H. Knight photographyundated 39 1 Graduate Study Committee Minutes 1939-1944 39 2 History of Mining in Wyoming 1925-1927 70Inventory of the County Archives of Wyoming1942 66Journalundated 70Journal: Koos Hagg's field book2005 39 3-4 Land Grant College: Centennial 1959-1962 39 5 Land Grant College: Planning 1962 63-65Lantern slides (link to detailed listing)1899-1910 70Lantern slides: Oak Creekundated 66Ledger - donations to departmentundated 39 6 Legislation - Oil and Gas 1919-1921 62 2-3 Maps undated 70Newsletter: "Profile" published by University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics1994-2005 62 7 Newspaper Clippings 1933-1944 70Photographs: Field school1898-1990s 70Photographs: S. H. Knight's Ph.D. supervisorundated 62 8 Press Bulletin 1919-1921 39 9 Press Releases undated 39 10 Publications List undated 39Publications: miscellaneous, University of Wyoming1901-1929 71Publications: Graduate Studies in Geology and Geophysics recruitment publication1996-1997 39 11 Pyramid Investment Company 1913-1925 40 1 Reports: Analyses of Crude Oils from Some of the More Recently Discovered Rocky Mountain Fields 1937 40 2 Reports: Congressional Committee 1938 40 3 Reports: Frontier-Niobrara Contact in Laramie Basin, Wyoming 1936 40 4 Reports: Geology of Freezeout Mountain-Bald Mountain Area, Carbon County, Wyoming 1941 40 5 Reports: Geology and Groundwater Resources of Platte County, Wyoming 1960 40 6 Reports: Mining 1914-1929 40 7 Reports: A New Ichthyosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Mowry Formation of Wyoming 1939 40 8 Reports: Phosphorus in Wyoming Pasture, Hay and Other Feeds 1939 40 9 Reports: Plants Made Poisonous by Selenium Absorbed from the Soil 1936 40Reports: Lance Creek Oil Fields, Department of Interior Report1930-1940 40 10 Reports: Porosity of the Sundance Sand in the Lance Creek Oil Field, Wyoming 1938 40 11 Reports: Progress and Work of the Natural Resources Research Institute 1934-1946 40 12 Reports: Prospectus, Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Table Mountain Mining Company 1881 40 13 Reports: Publications in Science 1948 40 14 Reports: Selenium in Soils and Vegetation Associated with Rocks of Permain and Triassic Age 1937 40 15 Reports: The Selenium Problem in Relation to Public Health 1936 40 16 Reports: Some of Wyoming's Vertebrate Fossils undated 40 17 Reports: Stratigraphy of Sundance Formation and Related Jurassic Rocks in Wyoming and their Petroleum Aspects 1937 40 18 Reports: The Use of Indicator Plants in Locating Seleniferous Areas in Western United States 1939 40Rocky Mountain Herbariumundated 40 19 Staff Meeting Information 1956-1958 40 20 State Mining and Industrial Congress: Address 1929-1930 41 1 State Mining and Industrial Congress: Minutes 1927 41 2 State Mining and Industrial Congress: Programs 1927-1963 41 3 State Mining and Industrial Congress: Sign in Book 1928 41 6 Survey of Glass Products 1938-1939 41 7 Trial Proceedings of A.C. Boyle 1925 42 1-2 Union Pacific System Industrial Development 1923-1929 Digital Website 2016-ongoing Geology Summer Field Course records 77John T. Rouse records1928-1931 70Journal - Mears Science Camp1969-1970, 1973 70Photo Album - "Department Things: summer field trips, spring field trips, and Women in Science"2006-2009 77Russell R. Dutcher records1950-1969 41Summer Camp - Report1927 41Summer Camp - Registrants1925-1941