University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections6365 (Accession No. 6365-001)LaChapelle, Edward R, 1926-2007Edward R. LaChapelle
papers1899-19941950s-1980s16.3 cubic feet (36 boxes including 22 film and microfilm reels and 3 tubes,
plus 1 oversize folder)Collection materials are in
English.Papers of a
professor of atmospheric sciences and geophysicsEdward LaChapelle (May 31, 1926 – February 1, 2007) was born and
raised in Tacoma, Washington. Following high school at Stadium High School, he
served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946, and then attended the University of Puget
Sound, graduating in 1949 with degrees in physics and math. He studied at the
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, Switzerland
from 1950 to 1951, but returned to the US to work as a snow ranger for the
Forest Service in Alta, Utah, starting in 1952.
From 1967 to 1982, LaChapelle was professor of atmospheric sciences
and geophysics at the University of Washington, and then professor emeritus
following his retirement until his death. From 1973 to 1977, he was involved in
avalanche studies at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) of
the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1968, he was involved in the
development of the avalanche transceiver, which has since become a standard
piece of safety equipment for backcountry skiing. He also travelled extensively
to do research on snowfall and glaciers in Greenland, Alaska, and notably the
Blue Glacier on Mount Olympus in Washington.
He is the author of 5 books including the “ABC’s of Avalanche Safety”
and “The Field Guide to Snow Crystals.”
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_LaChapelle
Arranged in 19 series.
- Series 1, Daily Weather Records
- Series 2, General & Field Notes
- Series 3, Ablation
- Series 4, Surface Movement
- Series 5, Mass Balance
- Series 6, Water, Snow, Ice
- Series 7, Micromet Data
- Series 8, Radiation
- Series 9, Maps, Graphs, Charts
- Series 10, Miscellaneous
- Series 11, Scientific Reports/Studies
- Series 12, Data Survey Books and Manuals
- Series 13, Correspondence
- Series 14, Program Planning
- Series 15, Budgets, Invoices, and Inventories
- Series 16, Wind Direction
- Series 17, Glass Plates
- Series 18, Film and Microfilm
- Series 19, Slides and Photographs
Research notebooks, photographs, films, maps, correspondence,
microfilm, and administrative records. Primarily document LaChapelle's research
on Blue Glacier near Mt. Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Washington
State.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is
restricted. No user access copy is currently available for all films. The
microfilm is available for previewing onsite in the University of Washington
Libraries with advanced notice. Users may obtain a reproduction of the media
for a fee by contacting Special Collections.
Request at
UW
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on
copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching
copyright status before use.
Howard Conway and Ed Waddington, UW Earth & Space Sciences
Additional Edward LaChapelle papers are available in the
Ed LaChapelle
Archive and Library at the San Juan County Historical Society.
University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)University of Washington. University ArchivesScienceWashington (State)Environmental Conditions
Series 1Daily Weather Records1/1Weather Records19571/2Daily Micromet Data19571/3Blue Glacier Data: Weather Records Analysis1957-19721/4Blue Glacier Data: Weather Records1957-19581/5Daily Snow and Storm Records1957-19581/6Daily Weather Records19581/7Daily Weather Records19581/8Blue Glacier Data: Weather Records1959-1960Includes charts
1/9Blue Glacier: Daily Weather19591/10Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Record & Wind
Summary19601/11Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Records19611/12Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Records1962Illustrations & Photos1/13Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Records19631/14Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Records19641/15Blue Glacier: Graphs & Maps19651/16Blue Glacier: Daily Weather Records19661/17Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records1967Includes Thermograph Charts
1/18Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records19681/19Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records19691/20Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records1970Includes General Notes
1/21Blue Glacier: Weather Data19781/22Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records and General
Notes19841/23Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records1985Series 2General & Field Notes2/1Blue Glacier: Filed Notes1957Leather bound book2/2Blue Glacier: Field Notes1957-1959, 19642/3Blue Glacier: General Notes19582/4Blue Glacier: Field Notes19582/5Blue Glacier: Field Notes19592/6Blue Glacier Data: General Notes1959-19602/7Blue Glacier: Field Notes19602/8Blue Glacier: General Notes19612/9Blue Glacier: General Notes19622/10Blue Glacier: General Notes19632/11Blue Glacier: General Notes19642/12Blue Glacier: General Notes19652/13Blue Glacier: General Notes19662/14Blue Glacier: General Notes19672/15Blue Glacier: General Notes19682/16Blue Glacier: General Notes19692/17Blue Glacier: Filed Notes1969, 1984, 1985Firn Profiles, Ablation, Snowdome
2/18Blue Glacier: General Notes19702/19Blue Glacier: General Notes & Daily Weather
Records19712/20Blue Glacier: General Notes & Daily Weather
Records19722/21Blue Glacier: General Notes19732/22Blue Glacier: General and Field Notes19743/1Blue Glacier: General Notes19753/2Blue Glacier: General Notes and Field Notes19763/3Blue Glacier: General Notes19773/4Blue Glacier: General Notes19783/5Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes19793/6Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes19803/7Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes19813/8Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes & Weather
Records1982Includes Humilex Phantom Chart
3/9Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes & Daily Weather
Records & Humilex Phantom Chart19833/10Blue Glacier Data: General Notes, Daily Weather Records,
Slides19843/11Blue Glacier Data: Field Notes & Daily Weather
Records19863/12Blue Glacier: Field Notes19873/13Blue Glacier Data: Daily Weather Records and Field
Notes1987Quinalt River Basin, Elwa, Aberdeen, Dungeness, Duckabush,
Skokomish, Cushman Dam, Forks, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Quilcene, Sequim,
Tatoosh, and Hoh Rivers
Series 3Ablation3/14Lemon Glacier: Meteorological & Ablation Stake
Data19533/15Blue Glacier: Ablation Measurements19573/16Blue Glacier: Ablation Field Notes1964Meteorological Station Temp Charts 1.0 & 2.0m
3/17Blue Glacier: Ablation Measurements1969-1972(Witte) Ablation next to Rocks. Charts, graphs, field
notebook
3/18Blue Glacier: Ablation Measurements1985Includes: First Invitational International Avalanche Hunter's
Blue Glacier Beer Bust and Scientific Seminar
Series 4Surface Movement3/19Blue Glacier: Movement Stake Computations19573/20Blue Glacier: Mass Divergence and Horizontal Surface
Movementundated3/21Movement Survey1957-19583/22Blue Glacier (Lower Blue): Movement Survey19603/23Blue Glacier: Movement Stake Survey19603/24Blue Glacier: Movement Stake Survey19632 masts
3/37Blue Glacier: Weather Observations1959-1987Report by R. L. Armstrong
3/38Blue Glacier: Data 1987Daily Weather, Winter Overstakes, Depth to Firn, Circue Probing,
Snow Survey
Series 5Mass Balance3/25Blue Glacier: Mass Balance 1956-19863/26Mass Budget19583/27Mass Budget19593/28Mass Budget1960Graphs, Charts, Images
3/29Mass Budget1961Graphs, Charts, Images
3/30Mass Budget19623/31Blue Glacier: General Mass Budget1962-19633/32Blue Glacier: Mass Budget19633/33Mass Budget19633/34Mass Budget19643/35Mass Budget19653/36Mass Budget19664/1Mass Budget1967Graphs, Charts
4/2Mass Budget1969Graphs, Charts
4/3Mass Budget1970Graphs, Charts
4/4Mass Budget19714/5Mass Budget19724/6Mass Budget19734/7Mass Budget19744/8Mass Budget19794/9Mass Budget19804/10Mass Budget19814/11Mass Budget1982Includes budget and receipts
4/12Blue Glacier: Mass Budget Calculations19834/13Blue Glacier: Mass Budget Calculations and Final
Results19854/14Blue Glacier: Mass Budget Calculations and Final
Results1986Series 6Water, Snow, Ice4/15Blue Glacier: Surface Water Records1912-1981Continuous radiation data
4/16Blue Glacier: Surface Water Records1912-19814/17Blue Glacier: Terminus Position1939-19814/18Snow Settlement4/19Budget, Snow19574/20Snow Hardness Studies: Snowdome18 May 1958-22 June 1958Includes notes
4/21Climatology and Freezing Levels1960-19804/22Mt Olympus, Geology of1963-1964Images, Negatives4/23Freezing Levels: Station 793 & 7981960-19614/24Ice Flow Over Bedrock19624/25Station 792: Freezing Levels1962-19644/26Ice Regelation Experiments19634/27Blue Glacier: Long Term Ice Flow Study1963Nature and Science Journals
4/28Station 797: Freezing Levels 1965-19664/29Blue Glacier Data: Ice Fall Motion Survey1967Includes Thermograph Charts
4/30Station 797: Freezing Levels1967-19684/31Station 797 Freezing Levels1968-19744/32Blue Glacier: Snowdome1970Main Manual, Replacement parts, quote
4/33Blue Glacier Factors (Affecting)1951-19624/34Blue Glacier: Accumulation Survey19554/35Blue Glacier: Snow Pit Data1958-19594/36Blue Glacier: Snow Surveys1958-19604/37Blue Glacier: Drill Hole Data19604/38Ice Structure Mapping1960-1962Maps4/39Blue Glacier (upper): Bore Hole Map1960-19634/40Blue Glacier Volume1960-1964Budget Status Report
4/41Blue Glacier (Lower Blue): Drill Holes & Seismic
Data19624/42Blue Glacier: Misc. Bore Hole Data19624/43Blue Glacier: Snowdome Boreholes1969-1970Proposal Master Plan, Environmental Statement
4/44Blue Glacier: Recording Rain Gage S-119704/45Grinnel Glaciers19604/46Ground Ice Near Bumping River19634/47Kamb Triangulation Programundated4/48Roughness Coefficientsundated4/49Blue Glacier: Photogrammetric Control Data19474/50Blue Glacier: Surveying & Photogrammetry1957-19584/51Blue Glacier Vapor Exchange19584/52Diurnal Albedo Changes19594/53Sun Cup Profiles19604/54Special Run Dot-Counting Notes19604/55Blue Glacier Firn Line1962-19754/56Crevasse Strain Gauge Study19634/57Alaska Earthquake Avalanches19664/58Blue Glacier: Chronology of Borehole
Observations19774/59Blue Glacier Impairment Description Sheets19844/60Tatoosh: Upper Air Temperatures19584/61Blue Glacier: Rimco Recorder DataApril 1969-April 1970Graphs
Series 7Micromet Data5/1Micromet Field Notesundated5/2Wind Profilesundated5/3Deep Cable Temperaturesundated5/4Blue Glacier Data1956-19585/5Daily Micromet Data19575/6Daily Weather and Micromet Records19575/7Daily Micromet Data1957-19585/8Blue GlacierMicro Met Data Summaries19585/9Temperature Profiles and Wind Charts. Micromet
Work19585/10Heat Flow Study #110-11 February 19585/11Snow Pit Data19585/12Blue Glacier: Micromet Data19595/13Blue Glacier: General Met Data Summaries1959-19695/14Blue Glacier: (Special) Micromet Runs19605/15Blue Glacier: Micromet Data1961Series 8Radiation5/16Snow Temperature Profilesundated5/17Sky & N.I. Radiation Recordsundated5/18Solar Radiation & Sun Anglesundated5/19Lemon Creek Glacier: Radiation Measurements19545/20Blue Glacier: Continuous Radiation Data19595/21Net Radiation Reduction19575/22Net Radiation Data & Computations1957-19585/23Solar Data (Finished)1957-19585/24Solar Data (Corrected)1957-19585/25Blue Glacier: Radiation Data19595/26Blue Glacier Radiation Records1960Maps, Image
5/27Radiation Diffusion in Snow19605/28Solar Information: Tagbogenmesser1971Handwritten notes and graphs
Series 9Maps, Graphs, Charts6/1Blue Glacier: Special Interest Graphsundated6/2Blue GlacierGraphs & Mapsundated6/3South Cascade Glacier: Weather & Mapsundated6/4Heat Flow in FirnundatedHandwritten Notes & Graphs
6/5Blue Glacier: Contour Map1933, 19576/6Blue Glacier: Miscellaneous Charts &
Graphs19546/7Aletschgletscher Glacier Maps19576/8Barograph & Thermograph Charts19586/9Blue Glacier: Thermograph Charts19596/10Blue Glacier: Thermograph Charts19606/11Blue Glacier: Thermograph Charts & Weather Bureau
Records19616/12Blue Glacier: Thermograph Charts & Weather Bureau
Records19626/13Blue Glacier: Tunnel Survey &
Stratigraphy19626/14Blue Glacier: Photogrammetric Control Data19636/15Blue Glacier: Earthquake Weather Map19646/16Blue Glacier: Earthquake Weather Map19646/17Rauchfuss Instruments Long Period Strip Chart
Recorder19716/18Blue Glacier: Weather Charts1979, 19806/19Snowdome Charts1981-19826/20Blue Glacier: WX Charts198110Blue Glacier: Data Graphs197012Blue Glacier: Wind Speed & Snow Dome
Graphs1980, 1984, 198615Blue Glacier Map: Mt Olympus 25 April 19803 maps15Blue Glacier Map: Mt Olympus 19577 maps15Blue Glacier: Contour Map193915Blue Glacier Map: Mt Olympus 19571 copy, 1 mylarOhio State University
15World Map199815Alaska Glaciology Map197015Blue Glacier: Snow Surface Graphs195815Blue Glacier Map: Mt Olympus 195216Blue Glacier Map: Comparison/Lowland and Mt Olympic
Stationsundated16Surface Snow Layersundated16Mass Budget Relationshipundated16Blue Glacier Contour Mapundated16Blue Glacier Map195216Blue Glacier Map: Aerial Photography
compilation1939-195516Glacier Peak195516Mt Adams Cascades Map195516Snowdome 195816Snowlayer Thickness Heat Balance at Snow
Surfaceundated17Snow/ice layers (graph)undated17Blue Glacier Map19586 maps17Surface Profile GraphsundatedSeries 10Miscellaneous6/21Miscellaneous1957-1966Contour Maps, Accumulation Survey, Snow Cover, Journal of
Glaciology article, Donation letter, Tech report #16, Natural History magazine,
February 1970
6/22Blue Glacier Data: Miscellaneous Survey Data19576/23Blue Glacier: Miscellaneous1968, 1974, 1983, 19846/24Misc. Data19596/25Blue Glacier: Miscellaneous 1989Drawings, Images
6/26Richard Spicer: Newspaper Articles1957, 1958, 19646/27Seattle Times Pictorial Magazine19633 copiesAugust 18th Blue Glacier Tunnel Job on Mt. Olympus article.
6/28Mt Olympus Images (paper copies)1899-19266/29Bill Fairchild1966-19676/30HOH R.S. Weather 1957-19586/31Mount Baker's Coleman GlacierundatedSeries 11Scientific Reports/Studies7/1Casella Anemometer Calibrationsundated7/2Climatic Summary: WA State & Olympic
Peninsula1931-19527/3Granduc Mines, Stewart BC: Snow and Weather
Summaries1935-19667/4Blue Glacier Station: Research Observation19567/5Blue Glacier: Cal Tech Glacier Dynamics19577/6Blue Glacier Report: Scientific
Investigations1957-19587/7Blue Glacier: Report1959-19607/8Blue Glacier: Annual Report (Progress)19617/9Annual Report: NSF Grant G-1927119627/10Blue Glacier: Final Report19647/11Blue Glacier Scientific Report1966-1967Newspaper articles, obit, letters, images
7/12Mt Olympus: Report by James Hawkins Jr.19677/13Blue Glacier: Annual Report19787/14Station Constructionundated7/15Weaver's Plastic Tent Studies19647/16Five Year Plan7/17Olympic National Park Wilderness Proposal1973Film Notes, Budget
7/18Procedures (End of Season)1985Series 12Data Survey Books and Manuals7/19Survey Data Books & Manualsundated7/20Blue Glacier: Mass Balance Manual19697/21Blue Glacier: Station Manual Write-ups19807/22 Station Manual 1984-19867/23Station Manual (old)19857/24Station Manual (old) continued19857/25Station Manual (Current)1985Series 13Correspondence7/26IGY Correspondence19577/27Messages Winter1957-19587/28WDC Information1957-19587/29Blue Glacier: Administration &
Correspondence1957-19777/30Blue Glacier Correspondence Misc.19587/31Blue Glacier: Correspondence19607/32Blue Glacier: Correspondence19617/33Correspondence1961-19627/34Blue Glacier: Correspondence19627/35Blue Glacier: Correspondence1963Rich Marriott images
7/36Blue Glacier: Correspondence1985-1994Series 14Program Planning8/1Scientific Program and Planning1957-1958 8/2Blue Glacier Lecture Material: Mass Budget &
Climate1964-1968USGS Aerial Photography
8/3Summer Program19598/4Summer Program19608/5Summer Program19618/6Summer Program19628/7Summer Program1963-1965Series 15Budgets, Invoices, and Inventories8/8Station Inventory19588/9Winter Station Program and Budget19588/10Digital System Procurement19618/11Interdepartmental Invoices19618/12Budget Status Reports1961-1965Winter Cloud
8/13Interdepartmental Invoices19628/14Interdepartmental Invoices19638/15Budget Status Reports1964-19668/16Inventories 19798/17Inventories & Receipts1979-19808/18Research Grant Proposal1979-1982Includes Budget and Receipts
8/19Winter Station Personnel19588/20Personnel Salaries and Wages1959-19608/21Personnel Salaries and Wages19618/22Personnel Salaries and Wages19648/23Blue Glacier Personnel and Inventories1980-1981Series 16Wind Direction9Wind Direction Tape1983-198411Wind Direction Tape1981Series 17Glass PlatesRestricted
13/1Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement15 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/2Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement19 July 1955Station BL-4 to Bl-3 (empty envelope)
13/3Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Mapping16 August 1955HBL-1 to HBL-2 (empty envelope)
13/4Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement15 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/5Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement15 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/6Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement15 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/7Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement18 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/8Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/9Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/10Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement18 July 1955Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/11Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement18 July 1955Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/12Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement18 July 1955Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/13Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/14Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/15HOH Glacier: Mapping16 August 1955HBL-2 to HBL-1
13/16Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement19 July 1955BL-3 to BL-4
13/17Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement19 July 1955BL-4 to BL-3
13/18Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement19 July 1955East Station of Baseline to West Station
13/19Blue Glacier: Terminus6 September 1955East Station of Baseline to West Station
13/20Blue Glacier: Terminus6 September 1955Broken plate
East Station of Baseline to West Station
13/21Hole Glacier: Mapping16 August 1955HBL-2 to HBL-1
13/22Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement15 July 1955Station BL-1 to BL-2
13/23Hole Glacier: Mapping16 August 1955HBL-1 to HBL-2
13/24Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955Broken plate
Station BL-2 to BL-1
13/25Blue Glacier: Glass Plate Movement24 July 1955HBL-1 to HBL-2
13/26Blue Glacier: Terminus6 September 1955West Station Baseline to East Station
13/27-13/40Glass Plates (Unmarked) undated14/1-14/34Glass Plates (Unmarked)undated23-24Glass Plates 1948#037, #040, #041, #042, #154
25Glass Plates1948#48 & #152, #172, #173
26-27Glass Plates1961#228, #229, #230, #231, #232
28-29Glass Plates1974#250, #251, #252, #253, #254, #255, #256, #257
30-32Glass Plates1974#258, #259, #277, #278
33-34Glass Plates1977#035, #036, #150, #151, #153
35-36Glass Plates1977#228, #229, #230, #231, #232
Series 18Film and Microfilm181Blue and Lemon Glaciers1955Film Reel182North Cascades (from air)1956Film Reel183Blue Glacier (Edited)1957-1958Film Reel from 1000 ft184Film Reel (Unmarked)undated185Blue GlacierundatedFilm Reel Dr Peter Hobbs
186Avalanche DynamicsundatedFilm ReelOriginal Pos, U of W Press, Ott H. Hyatt
187Originalundated188Avalanche (Short) FilmundatedRelease Print
189Miscellaneous #1undated1810Miscellaneous #2undated1811Miscellaneous #3undated18Unlabled microfilm reelundated37UW Department- Earth & Space Sciences-
"Ice"undated1 16 mm reel191Schnee Und Lawinen In Den Wintern1956-1957Microfilm (Negative film)192Schnee Und Lawinen In Den Wintern1965-1966Microfilm (Negative film)193WBAN 31 A B & C 1200Z1960Negative Film Job #8734 Tatoosh Island, WA
194WBAN 31 A 1960-1961Negative Film Job #8092 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
195WBAN 31 A 1961-1962Negative Film Job #8591 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
196WBAN 31 A 1962-1963Negative Film Job #8003 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
197WBAN 31 A 1963-1964Negative Film Job #8003 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
198WBAN 31 A 1964-1965Negative Film Job #8638 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
199WBAN 31 A 1962-1963Negative Film Job #80326 Tatoosh Island, WA Selected days
1910Negatives1965Firn Pit
1911Negatives1965Firn Pit Thin Section Photos
1912NegativesundatedUnlabeled
Series 19Slides and Photographs20/1Notes & Images from Hiking Trip195320/2Blue Glacier Photos: Rich Mariott1956-196920/3Iceflow Over Bedrock1962Aerial Photographs
20/4Notes on Time Lapse Photos196220/5Time Lapse Camera (Negatives)196320/6Blue Glacier: Photo Catalogueundated20/7Firn Thin Section Photos/Slides196520/8Blue Glacier: Structure Drawings/Imagesundated20/9Mountaineers Glass Slide Index1907-193420/10Olympic Mountain Glaciers: Photography Index1939-197420/11Blue Glacier: Photo Index1939-1979OS Folder 1Blue Glacier Large Format Photosundated22Blue Glacier Photos1962-1963Ice Fall Time Lapse 1-246 (1962) and 1-84 (1963)
Missing 1963 photos 31-35, 37, 44-45, 49, 54-57, 60-64, 69, 76,
81