MTGMss773.xml Guide to the Charles H. Clapp Papers 1907-1935 Clapp (Charles H.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Dale Johnson, Teresa Hamann and Whitney Bugni Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula © 2010
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Finding aid encoded by Teresa Hamann 2010 Finding aid written in English. August 2013 This guide was revised by Whitney Bugni in August 2013 to reflect the addition of Series V-XI. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
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Mss 773 Clapp, C. H. (Charles Horace), 1883-1935 Charles H. Clapp papers 1907-1935 4.7 linear feet Charles Horace Clapp was a geologist, professor of geology and mining, third president of the Montana School of Mines in Butte, Montana, and fifth president of the State University at Missoula (now the University of Montana Missoula). These papers include his personal, professional, and presidential correspondence, speeches, subject files, teaching notes, lantern slides, maps, publications, photos, reports, and various materials from other geological projects with which he was involved. Materials are inEnglish Biographical Note

Charles H. Clapp was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 5, 1883. He received his B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905 and five years later he received his doctorate from the same school before studying at Harvard University. He served as an instructor in geology and mining and assistant state geologist for the University of North Dakota from 1905 to 1907. From 1907 to 1910 he was an instructor of geology and mining at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Beginning in 1913 he served as a professor of geology at the University of Arizona until he accepted a similar position at the Montana School of Mines in Butte, Montana in 1916. In 1918, Clapp became president of the Montana School of Mines where he then helped establish the Montana State Bureau of Mines and Metallurgy in 1919.

In 1921, Clapp was made president of the State University at Missoula (now the University of Montana). Accomplishments during Clapp’s term as president of the University of Montana included increased enrollment of upper classmen, increased number of graduate students, initiation of Freshman Week, the creation of the School of Religion, and successful efforts to obtain federal funds for a Student Union building, the first government-financed project of its kind on an American college campus. Other campus construction during his term included the library, South Hall (now Elrod Dormitory), North Hall (now Brantley Hall), Corbin Hall, Shreiber gymnasium, the heating plant, and the forestry building.

Clapp maintained his interest in geology. As late as the 1930s his accomplishments in the field included a study of the granite mass known as the Idaho batholith in the Bitter Root and Sapphire ranges and a geologic survey of several sites proposed for a Chain of Lakes dam project north of Havre, Montana.

Charles H. Clapp and Mary R. Brennan married in 1911. They had eight children: Daniel Brennan, Michael Manson, Mary Lincoln, Francis Coyle, Lucy Ford, Prudence, Paul, and Margaret.

Clapp was diagnosed with a rare bacillary infection in October of 1934. Clapp died on May 9, 1935, while in still holding the office of university president.

The first four series of the Charles H. Clapp papers include personal, university, community, and state related correspondence, speeches, subject files, and miscellaneous materials that were mostly generated during Clapp’s term as president of the University of Montana-Missoula (then the State University at Missoula) from 1921 to 1935. A second group of materials, which was added to the collection after the first group was organized, contains additional personal and professional materials including lantern slides and a series of papers compiled by Clapp's son, Michael Clapp.

This collection is divided into four series:

Series I: General Correspondence, 0.4 linear ft., 1907-1935

Series II: Speeches and Writings, 0.1 linear ft., 1922-1934

Series III: Subject Files, 0.6 linear ft., 1911-1934

Series IV: Miscellaneous, 0.1 linear ft., 1908-1934

Series V: Personal, 2 folders, 1914-1933

Series VI: Presidential, 8 folders, 1924-1930

Series VII: Teaching Materials, 0.2 linear feet, 1915-1933

Series VIII: VIII Professional, 2.2 linear feet, 1909- 1934

Subseries 1: British Columbia Geological Study, 0.15 linear feet, 1908-1913

Subseries 2: Consulting Work for Jib Consolidated Mining Company, 3 folders, 1922-1928

Subseries 3: Coopers Lake Geological Work, 1 folder, 1931-1934

Subseries 4: Flathead Lake Geological Study, 2 folders, undated

Subseries 5: General Geological Correspondence, 4 folders, 1911-1934

Subseries 6: Milk River Storage Project, 0.25 linear feet, 1933-1934

Subseries 7: Miscellaneous Geological Materials, 0.95 linear feet, 1914-1934

Subseries 8: Montana Natural Resources, 0.3 linear feet, 1917-1928

Subseries 9: Montana Society of Engineers, 2 folders, 1924-1926

Series IX: Publications, Manuscripts, and Reports, 0.7 linear feet, 1910-1930

Series X: Materials Collected as Consulting Engineer US Bureau of Reclamation, 6 folders, 1926-1934

Series XI: Michael Clapp’s Hellgate-Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem Papers, 2 folders, 1935

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana-Missoula.

[Name of document or photograph number], Charles H. Clapp Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Chain of ownership is unknown.

Donation information is unknown

The materials from this collection were received in two separate donations. The materials from the first donation make up Series I-IV and were processed in 2010 by Teresa Hamann and Dale Johnson. The materials from the second donation were added to the already existing collection in 2013 to become Series V-XI. These materials were refoldered and but labeled with the same folder titles.

RG 01, Office of the President Records, also contains some of Charles H. Clapp's correspondence and other materials from his term as president of The University of Montana-Missoula.

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.

Clapp, C. H. (Charles Horace), 1883-1935--Archives State University of Montana (Missoula)--Presidents--Archives University of Montana--Missoula--Presidents--Archives Colleges and Universities Montana College presidents--Montana--Missoula Geologists--Montana--Missoula Series I General Correspondence 1907-1935 0.4 linear feet 1/1 1907, 1918, 1920-1922 1/2 1923-1924 1/3 1925-1926 1/4 1927-1931 1/5 1932-1933 1/6 1934-1935 Series II Speeches and Writings 1922-1934 0.1 linear feet 1/7 1922 1/8 1924 1/9 1925 1/10 1928 1/11 1929 1/12 1930 1/13 1932 1/14 1934 1/15 undated 1/16 Incomplete copies undated Series III Subject files 1911-1934 0.6 linear feet 2/1 Alumni talks and dinners 1927-1934 2/2 Athletics and physical education 1925-1932 2/3 Boy Scouts 1924-1929 2/4 Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club 1922-1929 2/5 Economic situation 1933 2/6 Education, general 1925-1932 2/7 Extension course, elementary geology undated 2/8 Extension course, mining geology 1919-1920 2/9 Faculty interview summaries regarding coaches undated 2/10 Freshman week 1927-1932 2/11 Inagural addresses 1911-1922 2/12 Montana demographics 1930 2/13 Public schools 1924-1932 2/14 Religion and philosophy 1920-1931 2/15 Science and natural resources 1927-1934 3/1 Student questions undated 3/2 Student talks and information 1925-1928 3/3 University talks 1933 3/4 Vocational guidance 1922-1928 3/5 Welcomes and Toastmaster 1927 Series IV Miscellaneous 1908-1934 0.1 linear feet 3/6 Insurance 1920-1934 3/7 Miscellaneous financial records 1926 3/8 Legal summons 1933 3/9 Certificates 1908-1927 3/10 The Montana Wrangler 1929 Series V Personal 1914-1933 2 folders

This series contains personal correspondence and miscellaneous items including greeting cards and event programs.

4/1 Personal Correspondence 1914-1934 4/2 Miscellaneous 1926-1933 Series VI Presidential 1924-1930 8 folders

This series includes addresses and commencement addresses given to various institutions, correspondence related to presidential issues, and miscellaneous materials that include pamphlets of addresses given by other people.

4/3 Addresses Dealing with Vancouver Island, British Columbia undated 4/4 Addresses given to Butte Chapter of Montana Society of Engineers December 4, 1925 4/5 Address given to Sigma Si in Pullman Washington and Moscow, Idaho April 5, 1927 4/6 Commencement Addresses to other Institutions 1925-1930 4/7 Commencement Addresses for the University of Montana 1930-1934 4/8 Commencement Addresses Unknown undated 4/9 Correspondence 1924-1927 4/10 Miscellaneous Materials for Commencements undated Series VII Teaching Materials 1915-1933 0.2 linear feet

This series includes material used by Clapp while he was working as a professor at the University of Arizona and the Montana School of Mines. Some of the material does also come from when Clapp served as President of the Montana School of Mines and the University of Montana. The material includes essay questions, exams, lectures, materials for summer field expeditions, and notes. Items in the English 11a Bulletin folder probably belonged to Clapp’s wife, Mary Brennan, who taught English.

4/11 English 11a Bulletin 1919-1920 4/12 Essay Questions for Economic Geology Course undated 4/13 Exam for Economic Geology 1920 4/14 Figures of the Earth Address and Notes 1932 4/15 Itineraries for Clark Fork and Rock Creek Field Work 1932 4/16 List of equipment 1932-1933 4/17 Materials for class in Geography and Natural Resources in Montana undated 4/18 Memoranda and Correspondence relating to Summer Field Expeditions 1932 4/19 Miscellaneous class materials 1915-1919 4/20 Notes for Part I of Economic Geology Course 1917-1920 4/21 Notes for Part II of Economic Geology Course 1918 4/22 Reports of the summer field expeditions 1932-1933 Series VIII Professional 1909-1934 2.2 linear feet

This series has been broken up into nine subseries and includes a variety of materials from Clapp’s professional geological work. Major projects that generated a significant amount of material have been placed into individual subseries. Other smaller projects and studies may be found in Subseries 5, General Geological Correspondence, or Subseries 7, Miscellaneous.

Subseries 1 British Columbia Geological Study 1908-1913 0.15 linear feet

Materials from this subseries include maps and notes related to the geological study of British Columbia conducted by Clapp.

4/23 Duncan Sheet of Vancouver Island, British Columbia undated 4/24 Expense Vouchers on Vancouver Islands, Summers 1911-1913 4/25 Kyuquat Sound Notes 1913 4/26 Notes 1908 4/27 Miscellaneous Notes 1908 4/28 Rocks collected from the Saanich and Victoria map areas British Columbia 1910 4/29 Rocks collected for laboratory use from Southeastern Vancouver Island June 1913 4/30 Rocks collected from the Nanaimo map-area 1911 4/31 Rocks collected from Southern Vancouver Island for laboratory study by C.H. Clapp 1909 4/32 Rocks collected from Vancouver Island, British Columbia 1908-1913 4/33 Rock Location Lists undated 4/34 Saltspring Island Notes by John A. Allan 1909 Subseries 2 Consulting Work for Jib Consolidated Mining Company 1922-1928 3 folders

This subseries includes correspondence, maps, notes, and reports related to consulting work done by Clapp for the Jib Consolidated Mining Company.

5/1 Correspondence and Notes about Jib Consolidated Mining Company 1923-1928 5/2 Correspondence and Notes about Jib Consolidated Mining Company 1924 5/3 Reports on Jib Consolidated Mining Company, Basin, Montana 1922-1924 Subseries 3 Coopers Lake Geological Work 1931-1934 1 folder

This subseries includes field notes, maps, and reports related to the geology of Coopers Lake.

 5/4 Field notes, map, and report relating to Cooper's Lake 1931-1934 Subseries 4 Flathead Lake Geological Study undated 2 folders

This subseries includes a report and maps.

 5/5 Flathead Lake: Location and Geology Report undated 5/6 Maps of Flathead with Notes undated Subseries 5 General Geological Correspondence, 1911-1934 4 folders

This subseries includes correspondence regarding a variety of geological topics. Some news clippings and photos relating to the correspondence can also be found in this subseries.

5/7 Geological Correspondence 1911-1924 5/8 Geological Correspondence 1925-1926 5/9 Geological Correspondence 1926-1928 5/10 Geological Correspondence 1928-1934 Subseries 6 Milk River Storage Project 1933-1934 0.25 linear feet

This subseries includes correspondence, drawings, maps notes, prints, and reports all related to the Milk River Storage Project.

6/1 Correspondence 1933-1934 6/2 Notes for Milk River Storage Project undated 6/3 Photostat prints 1933 6/4 Project Expenses 1933-1934 6/5 Reports for the Geology of the Milk River Storage Project 1933 6/6 Reports for Milk River Storage Project 1934 6/7 Corresponding Drawings D-559, D-560, D-561, D-562, D-563, D-564-1, D-564-2, and D-564-3 1924 6/8 Corresponding Drawings D-544-4, D-564-5, D-564-6, D-564-7, D-564-8, D-566-1 D-566-2, D-566-2, D-567-1, and D-567-2 1934 6/9 Corresponding Drawings D-567-3, D-568, D-571, D-572, and D-573 1934 6/10 Topography Maps with Notes of Chouteau County Kremlin Quadrangle undated Subseries 7 Miscellaneous Geological Materials 1914-1934 0.95 linear feet

This subseries contains a bibliography, brochures, clippings, field note, government bulletins and memorandums, lantern slides, maps, photos, and publications.

6/11 Bibliography of Western Montana undated 6/12 Claude Maurice Langton's Thesis Geology of the Northeastern Part of the Idaho Batholith and Adjacent Region in Montana, Maps, and field notes 1934 6/13 Field Notes Judith Mountains 1918 6/14 Field Notes on Traverses East of Missoula 1934 10 Lantern Slides undated 6/15 Lee Kennedy's field Notes on a Survey Conducted for Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology under the direction of C.H. Clapp 1934 6/16 Manuscript on Camping undated 6/17 Materials from Board of Surveys and Maps of Federal Government 1928-1929 6/18 Material Presented at Montana Round Table Conference on Land Utilization 1932 7/1 Miscellaneous clippings, notes, and brochures undated 7/2 Miscellaneous Government Bulletins 1930 7/3 Miscellaneous Maps from California and North Dakota undated 7/4 Miscellaneous Memorandums from Department of Interior 1929-1932 7/5 Miscellaneous Notes from Bear Paw Mountains, Tapia Mining District and Castle Mountain 1917 7/6 Miscellaneous photos undated 7/7 Miscellaneous Travel Expenses undated 7/8 Montana Map with Notes undated 7/9 Photos of Philipsburg Quad undated 7/10 Photos taken near Sun River and White Ridge Montana undated 7/11 Satirical Geological Brochures 1929-1931 7/12 State Geologists and Other Cooperating Staff, County, and City Officials 1931-1934 7/13 U.S. Geological Survey Loose-Leaf Field Notebook Fall 1914 Subseries 8 Montana Natural Resources 1917-1928 0.3 linear feet

This series contains materials from an original folder labeled Montana Natural Resources. Items include clippings, correspondence, and reports all relating to Montana natural resources.

7/14 Anaconda Copper Mining Company Correspondence and Report 1922 7/15 Bitterroot Valley Irrigation District undated 7/16 Chromite Deposits on the Boulder river 1918-1922 7/17 Chromite Deposits in Cherry Peak Mineral Belt undated 7/18 Clippings relating to Montana Natural Resources undated 7/19 Montana Mineral Resources 1917-1926 7/20 Montana Oil Resources undated 7/21 Preliminary Report on Placer Property Located on Hughes Creek Ravalli County Montana by I.S. Proctor 1919 7/22 Report of the Montana Power 1926 7/23 Report on the Ogden Group of Claims in Powell County, Montana by H.D. Morse 1926 7/24 The Kevin-Sunburst and other Oil and Gas Fields of the Sweetgrass Arch by Eugene S. Perry 1928 Subseries 9 Montana Society of Engineers, 1924-1926 2 folders

This subseries contains membership lists and reports of the Montana Society of Engineers.

8/1 Member List and Program 1925-1926 8/2 Reports 1924-1926 Series IX Publications, Manuscripts, and Reports 1910-1930 0.7 linear feet

This series includes books, manuscripts, and reports all written by Clapp.

 8/3 A Comparison of the Contact Deposits of Vancouver Island, British Columbia and Arizona by C.H. Clapp undated 8/4 A Comparison of the Contact Deposits of the Vancouver Island and Adjacent Islands, British Columbia and Arizona by C.H. Clapp undated 8/5 Analcite Tunguaite undated 8/6 Contact Deposits of Vancouver Island, British Columbia: Introduction and General Geology undated 8/7 Copper Deposits of the Dorothy Group, Whitehall District, Montana 1919 8/8 Copper Deposits of the East Sooke Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia with special Reference to the Copper King Group 1917 8/9 Copper Deposits of the Tormey Group of Claims in Lemhi, Idaho Reports and Notes 1919 8/10 Geology of a Portion of the Rocky Mountains of Northwestern Montana undated 8/11 Geology of the Igneous Rocks of Essex County, Massachusetts by C.H. Clapp undated 8/12 Greendale Property in Butte, Montana 1917-1926 8/13 International Geological Congress Guidebook: Western Montana undated 8/14 Mineral Resources of Castle District Montana 1917 8/15 Montana Peerless Mining Company in Rimini Montana Reports and Mine Exploration Notes 1917 8/16 Nabob Silver -Lead Company in Kellogg, Idaho Report and Notes 1924-1925 8/17 Report to East Butte Copper Company 1919 8/18 Report on the Combination Mine, Phillipsburg Area, Montana 1929 8/19 Report on Rose Mountain Mining Claims, Phillipsburg, Montana 1930 9/1 Sooke and Duncan Map-Areas, Vancouver Island by C.H. Clapp With Sections on the Sicker Series and the Gabbros of East Sooke and Rocky point by H.C. Cooke 1917 9/2 The Igneous Rocks of Essex County Massachusetts-Abstract of Thesis 1910 9/3 Vermilion Silver and lead Mining Company Reports 1922 Series X Materials Collected as Consulting Engineer US Bureau of Reclamation 1926-1934 6 folders

This series contains reports on a variety of geological topics that were originally in a folder labeled Work as a Consulting Engineer.

9/4 The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Geology and Engineering for Dams and Reservoirs undated 9/5 Geology of Reservoir and Dam Sites with a report on the Owyhee Irrigation Project, Oregon by Kirk Bryan 1929 9/6 Preliminary list of Reports on Water-Power Resources prepared by the United States Geological Survey by Benjamin Jones 1934 9/7 Reports to Bureau of Reclamation on Geology of Gibson Dam Site 1926 9/8 Results of Resistivity Measurements at Three Dam Sites in Oregon by E.E. Jones ,Conservative Branch, U.S. Geological Survey April 1934 9/9 Supplemental Index to River Surveys made by the United states Geological Survey and Other Agencies by Benjamin Jones May 1934 Series XI Michael Clapp’s Hellgate-Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem Papers 1935 2 folders

The materials in this series include Michael Clapp’s, son of C.H. Clapp, drawings, field notes, photo negatives, and a rock specimen catalog all relating to the Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem.

9/10 Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problems measured and observed sections and rock specimen catalog undated 9/11 Michael M. Clapp’s Field Notes on Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problems 1935