AHJ_ah01238 Inventory of the M. King Hubbert papers, 1847-1990 Hubbert (Marion King) papers Processed by Ginny Kilander The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. 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/
2006

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 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort May 2006 Finding aid is in English M. King Hubbert papers, 1847-1990 Collection number: 01238 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information 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/ January 1998

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 Collection Summary Hubbert, M. King (Marion King), 1903- M. King Hubbert papers 1847-1990 01238 104.00 cubic ft. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Collection contains correspondence; lectures and class notes on physics and geology; publications and reprints; extensive research notes and subject files; glass negatives; maps & charts; and miscellaneous artifacts of this geophysicist. Biography of M. King Hubbert

Marion King Hubbert (1903-1989) was born in central Texas and studied geology and physics at the University of Chicago. He received a Ph.D. from that institution in 1937. He taught geology and geophysics at Columbia University for ten years beginning in 1931. He served as senior analyst of world mineral resources on the Board of Economic Warfare during World War II. From 1943 to 1964 he worked for Shell Oil in Houston. After leaving Shell he became research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. He continued to teach, as a visiting professor, at various times at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a prolific author of scientific articles.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains 61 boxes of correspondence (1943-1989) with colleagues on his research interests and teaching; lectures and class notes on physics and geology; publications and reprints; extensive research notes and subject files; glass negatives; maps & charts; and miscellaneous artifacts.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

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 Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by M. King Hubbert at the date of processing.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Ginny Kilander in January 1998. Revised by D.C. Thompson in August 2001.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, M. King Hubbert papers, 1847-1990, Collection Number 01238, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Geology--Research. Geology--Study and teaching (Higher). Geophysics--Research. Geophysics--Study and teaching (Higher). Maps. Geologists. Geophysicists. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Science Container List Series I. Correspondence 1943-1989

Boxes 1-60, 60A

 1 control file; M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence 1947-1949 2 M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence 1950-1959 3 M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence 1954-1956 4 M.J. Marek, copies of outgoing correspondence 1957-1959 5 copies of outgoing correspondence 1960-1962 6 Cosmos club, corr. & chronological copies, cumulative reading file, general, first reading file, desk chronology 1963-1969 7 desk chronology, daily reading files, cosmos club forum, reading files 1969-1973 8 reading files 1974-1976 9 Applications - Building 1946-1958 10 supporting documentation: Company - Exploitation 1944-1958 11 Exploitation Engineering - Geology (Structural) 1946-1958 12 Geophysical - Invitations 1943-1959 13 Journal of Geology - Pressure 1944-1958 14 Recommendation (letters of) - Theory 1944-1959 15 Underground - University 1944-1959 16 University of California - Willis (David G.) 1946-1959 17 Personal files 1943-1958 18 Personal files 1951-1957 19 Personal files; Acknowledgment - Biographical 1943-1958 20 Book Reviews - Correspondence, general 1959-1961 21 Employment - Recommendation 1951-1961 22 Requests - Societies; American - Planned 1959-1961 23 Scientific - Visitors 1959-1961 23 Acknowledgment 1962 24 File - Visitors 1962 25 Alaska - Geographers 1963-1967 26 American Geological - American Institute 1963-1967 27 American Institute of Mining, Mechanical - Geodesy 1963-1967 28 Geological - Itineraries 1963-1967 29 Lectures - National (Aeronautics) 1963-1967 30 National (Committee) - United Nations (Conference) 1963-1967 31 United Nations (References) - Water 1963-1967 32 Water; Cumulative (correspondence) - Miscellaneous 1963-1967 33 Miscellaneous - Old file indexes; Book - General 1963-1967 34 General -R. Rose; Acknowledgment -Society; current corresp.: “A” misc. - American (Assoc. Petrol. Geologists) 1963-1985 35 current: American (Assoc. of Petrol. Geologists Mbrship) - Association (Engineering Geologists) 1970-1989 36 current: “B” misc. - Borg, Dr. Iris Y 1970-1986 37 current: British - Club of Rome (1981) 1970-1985 38 current: Club of Rome (1978) - “D” misc 1951-1984 39 current: Dahlberg, Eric - Ellison, Samuel 1969-1982 40 current: Energy - Franssen, Herman 1970-1984 41 current: Freeman, Wm. - USGS (Branch of Oil & Gas) 1970-1989 42 current: USGS (Science) - Handler, G. 1962-1987 43 current: Harboe, Henrik - HEW 1971-1982 44 current: Health - Interior 1971-1983 45 current: International - Johnson 1973-1984 46 current: “K” misc - McCulloh, Thane 1971-1982 47 current: McCutchan, Charles - “N” misc 1967-1985 48 current: National - Office of Tech. Asses. (Dr. Steven Plotkin) 1951-1985 49 current: Office of Tech. Asses. (US Nat. Gas) - Permission 1971-1989 50 current: Permission (to quote MKH) - Publishers 1956-1985 51 current: Publishing - Rockefeller 1964-1983 52 current: Role - S.E.G 1969-1987 53 current: Solar - Udall, Stewart 1955-1986 54 current: Udall, (nuclear radiation) - Voskuil 1970-1983 55 current: “W” misc. - Wilder, Jane 1964-1987 56 current: Willis, David G. - Zettel, JH 1969-1988 57 1977-1987 chron.: January 1 1977- December 28 1981 1977-1981 58 1977-1987 chron.: January 5 1982 - December 29 1987 1982-1987 59 Reading files chron.; telephone calls 1976-1988 60 telephone log, telephone records, yearly calendar, mail log 1964-1978 60A [misc. corr.] A- U undated Series II. Lectures and Class Notes 1925-1985 Subseries 1. Lectures

Boxes 61-66

 61 L: A.A.P.G. -Butter & Cheese 1974-1983 62 L: California - E.S.C. Kings Point 1975-1985 63 L: E.S.C. (O.P.M.) - Drexell 1973-1983 64 L: Electrical - Los Alamos 1974-1982 65 L: M.I.T. - Wisconsin, state 1974-1982 66 L: Wisconsin, Univ. - Yale 1974-1982 66 L: Lectures: Stanford 1962-1969 Subseries 2. Lectures and Class Notes

Boxes 66-71

 66 Physics & Underground 1963 67 Physics: Stanford - Ground Water Hydrology 1961-1969 68 Physics - Society 1950s-1973 69 class notes: Chemical - Physics 1925-1967 70 class notes: Petrography - Physics 1925-1962 71 class notes: Theoretical - Vector 1929-1980 Subseries 3. Figures and Slides

Boxes 71-75

 71 fig.: Physics - Senate 72 fig.: Senate Report - Degree - Concerning Nuclear mid, 1974-1967 73 fig.: Misc. - Statement: original mid, 1974-1979 74 L: References, Statements, Manuscript, Corresp., Commemorative Congress (U.S. Energy) 1974-1975 75 L: Energy Resources, paper 1945-1969 Subseries 4. Manuscripts

Boxes 75-76, 76A

 75 M: Application - Strength 76 M: Strength - Techniques 1945-1969 76A misc. 1983, 1986, undated Series III. Personal Files 1911-1990 Subseries 1. General

Boxes 77-78

 77 Background: (not sorted); (misc. unsorted) 1956-1976 78 (misc. unsorted) 1950-1990 Subseries 2. Awards/Honors

Boxes 78-83

 78 misc., mainly A - C 79 misc., mainly C- H 1972-1989 80 misc. awards/honors mainly H-V; misc. personal files (Education, Genealogy, Pictures) 1911-1988 81 misc. appointment books, expense accounts, notebooks mid 1950s-late 1980s 82 misc. Who’s who files, clippings, correspondence material sent to Hubbert 1960s, undated 83 photographs Subseries 3. Interview Transcript

Box 83A

 83A transcript of oral history interview for American Institute of Physics 1989 Series IV. Publications and Reprints 1920s-1980s

Boxes 84-102

 84 misc. publications 1934-1983 85 misc. publications circa 1950s-1980s 86 misc. abstracts & publications 1930-1985 87 misc. publications 1927-1921 88 misc. publications 1960s-1970s 89 misc. publications 1950s-1970s 90 misc. publications 1940s-1950s 91 “Role of Fluid Pressure” by Laubscher 1962 92 misc. publications 1940s-1970s 93 misc. publications, papers 1970s-1980s 94 misc. publications, notebook 1950s-1970s 95 misc. abstracts, copies of slides, notes, publications 1940s-1980s 96 misc. publications 1960s-1980s 97 misc. publications 1930s-1970s 98 misc. books, publications 1920s-1970s 99 misc. publications, photo prints & negatives 1940s-1950s 100 printer’s proofs 1950s 101 printer’s proofs 1940s-1950s 102 printer’s proofs, photographs 1856-1948, undated Series V. Research 1847-1988

Boxes 103-115

 103 Air shot - Degree 1951-1982 104 Degree - Energy 1921-1972 105 Energy (geothermal) - Energy (resources) 1940s-1981 106 Energy (resources) - Fluid 1937-1981 107 Fluid potential - Hydraulics 1940s-1978 108 Hydrodynamic - Magnetic 1951-1971 109 Mineral - Notes 1940-1972 110 Nuclear - Oil 1938-1971 111 Oil - Petroleum 1938-1971 112 Petroleum - Publications 1944-1988 113 Radio - Referee 1942-1982 114 Reserves - Structural 1947-1977 115 Structural - World 1847-1972 Series VI. Subject Files 1856-1989

Boxes 116-178

 116 Abrahamson - Alaska 1964-1975 117 Alaska - American (A.A.P.G.) 1951-1973 118 A.A.P.G. 1952-1974 119 A.A.P.G. - A.I.M.E 1947-1985 120 A.I.M.E. - A.M.S.O.C. 1943-1972 121 A.P.G. - Atoms 1943-1978 122 Atwater - Birch 1959-1980 123 Biswas - Cameron 1959-1987 124 Canada - Coalinga 1939-1987 125 Coalinga - Commoner, B. 1963-1985 126 Commoner, B. - Cook, Dr. E. 1950-1976 127 Cook, E. 1970-1982 128 Cornell - Darcy’s Law 1940s-1984 129 Darcy’s - Desert 1856-1987 130 Desert - Earthquakes 1949-1984 131 Earthquakes - Energy (crisis) 1956-1989 132 Energy (domestic) - Energy (energy) 1948-1975 133 Energy (energy) - Energy (natural) 1948-1980s 134 Energy (natural) 1950-1987 135 Energy (natural) 1958-1988 136 Energy (1971 International) - Energy Resources (energy) 1948-1988 137 Energy Resources (energy) - Energy Resources (oil) 1969-1983 138 Energy Resources (of the earth) - Energy resources (U.S.) 1961-1976 139 Energy (scramble) - Environment 1955-1980 140 Environmental - Fossil 1963-1988 141 Fossils - Geography 1958-1986 142 Geologic - G.S.A. 1946-1985 143 G.S.A. - Geophysical 1930s-1966 144 Geophysical - Ground 1930s-1987 145 Ground - History 1947-1987 146 History - Hydraulic 1946-1972 147 Hydrodynamic - I.I.A.S.A. 1950-1987 148 International - Ivanhoe, L.P. 1947-1987 149 Ivanhoe - Lithium 1963-1987 150 Llewellyn, R. - McCulloch, T. 1956-1987 151 McKelvey - Meyerhof, A.A. 1947-1981 152 Michigan - Mohole 1957-1979 153 Nakazawa - N.A.S. 1961-1978 154 N.A.S. 1961 155 N.A.S. - N.S.F. 1945-1975 156 N.S.F. - Nuclear 1952-1976 157 Nuclear - Oil 1953-1973 158 Oil - Petroleum 1950-1981 159 Petroleum - Power 1951-1980 160 Price - Radioactive 1927-1985 161 Radioactive 1955-1965 162 Radioactive - Resources & Man 1954-1987 163 Resources & Man 1963-1982 164 Resources & Man 1967-1971 165 Resources & Man 1964-1969 166 Resources & Man 1966-1969 167 Resources - Rock 1953-1975 168 Role 1959-1966 169 Rollover - Savannah 1960-1976 170 Scanlan - Sinclair 1964-1979 171 Smalley - Stanford 1946-1989 172 Stansbury - Symonds 1960-1988 173 Syracuse - Theory 1939-1973 174 Theory - U.S. Coast 1945-1979 175 U.S. Energy - Volume 1943-1987 176 Volume - Waste 1943-1982 177 Waste - Wisconsin 1963-1983 178 Work - Wyoming 1964-1983 Series VII. Travel 1944-1963

Boxes 179-182

 179 (chron.) September 1944 -December 10, 1954 1944-1954 180 (chron.) April 4, 1955 - December 10, 1958 1955-1958 181 (chron.) January 27, 1959 - August 23, 1961 1959-1961 182 (chron.) September 5, 1961 - December 10, 1963 1961-1963 Series VIII. Glass Negatives and Glass Positives (Lantern Slides)

183-190 8 boxes Series IX. Maps & Charts 50 map tubes Series X. Artifacts 2 boxes Series XI. Oversize Material 4 boxes Additional Container Lists

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