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Augustus Locke photograph collection, 1900-1976

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Wegelin, Jake
Title
Augustus Locke photograph collection
Dates
1900-1976 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 items
Collection Number
P1281
Summary
Augustus Locke (1883-1981) was a geologist who worked in mining in the western United States and Mexico, concentrating on Utah and California. This collection consists of a portrait of Locke and a photograph of the Apex Mine in Park City, Utah.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Augustus Locke was born on August 22, 1883 in North Adams, Massachusetts to Martha Payson Perkins and Augustus Woodbury Locke. He graduated from the Mining School at Harvard University. On December 18, 1915 he married Helen Alma Lincoln; together, they had three children. In 1964 he remarried to Alice Bradley. Locke worked as a mining and economic geologist, surveying mines and mining areas throughout the western United States and Mexico, with a concentration in Utah and California. He developed techniques to evaluate ores based on outcroppings, documented in his 1926 book Leached Outcrops and Guides to Copper Ore.

Augustus Locke died on February 18, 1981 in Menlo Park, California.

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Content Description

The Augustus Locke photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 2 8x10 black-and-white photograph prints: a photograph of Augustus Locke at 93-years-old, taken by Jake Wegelin, August 1976 and a photograph of Apex Mine in Park City, Utah.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Augustus Locke photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Augustus Locke photograph collection, P1281, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations: P1281.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Acquisition Information

Donated by Tina Cerling in 2006.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

Separated Materials

See also the Augustus Locke papers (ACCN 2289) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Augustus Locke
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Apex Mine, Park City, Utah
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2

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Subject Terms

  • Mines and mineral resources--Utah--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Locke, Augustus, 1883-1981

Geographical Names

  • Park City (Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

  • black-and-white prints (photographs)
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