Julian W. Feiss papers, 1917-1978
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Feiss, Julian W.
- Title
- Julian W. Feiss papers
- Dates
- 1917-1978 (inclusive)19171978
- Quantity
- 36.45 cubic feet (81 boxes) + 2 folders.
- Collection Number
- 07313
- Summary
- 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
Historical Note
Julian W. Feiss (1904-1980) was a mining engineer. He was a graduate of Princeton and the Arizona School of Mines. After graduation he worked as a practical miner in Idaho. From 1929 to 1931 he was a field geologist in southern Africa. He then joined the consulting firm of Crowell & Murray and worked in Ontario, South Dakota, and Chile, among other places. In 1937 he went to work at the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Colorado. During World War II, he returned to Africa with the military intelligence services. After the war he became editor of the American Mining Congress Journal. He was assistant to the director of the Bureau of Mines from 1947 to 1951 and staff geologist with the Kennecott Copper Company until 1961. He then joined the office of the assistant secretary of the Interior for mineral resources. He was executive secretary of the Federal Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety Advisory Committee before retiring in 1973.
Content Description
The collection contains materials from Julian W. Feiss's career as a mining geologist and U.S. government official. There is business, personal, and family correspondence. There are also two diaries from Tucson, Arizona, and Africa (1929). The collection also contains manuscripts and military records of Feiss and records of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety. Also included are photographs, scrapbooks, and speeches.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
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Subject Terms
- Mines and mineral resources -- Africa, Southern.
- Mines and mineral resources -- Canada.
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Corporate Names
- American Mining Congress.
- United States. Dept. of the Interior. Committee on Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety.
