Geology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Oliver Cowdery Dunford autobiography and notebook
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1773
Scope and Contents
One handwritten autobiography, one notebook, and photocopies of both documents. The notebook contains information on the theory and practice of geology. In his autobiography, Dunford describes his conversion to the Mormon faith in Great Britain.
Dates:
1885-1937
Department of Geology records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1196
Scope and Contents
Collection pertains to the Department of Geology and includes meeting minutes, scholarship information, TA contracts, geology newsletters, photographs, negatives, slides, annual reports, comencement programs, spring research conference programs and theses. Dates range from 1971-2009.
Dates:
1971-2009
George H. Hansen albums, 1914-1963
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 1
Scope and Contents note
Scenes from Hansen's mission in England, travels and studies in Mexico, Texas, and California, geology trips, visit to Indonesia to establish a geology department at Gadjah Mada University, and his college years and service in the Utah State ROTC; Afton Allred Hansen's mission to the Eastern States in the 1920s; Bessie Hansen and her family and friends in Richfield, Utah, her nursing work, on camping trips and other vacations; Mildred Allred with her friends and family, on trips to Bryce Canyon...
Dates:
Other: 1914-1963
George H. Hansen loose photographs, 1900-1980
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 2
Scope and Contents note
Photos of: George on his mission to England, on geology field trips, on his visit to Indonesia, in the ROTC; of Afton Allred Hansen on his mission to the Eastern States; of Bessie Hansen in Richfield, on vacations, and with her family and friends; of Mildred Allred on her mission to California; of the Greco family (George's aunt); of George's family while he was growing up in Richfield; of the Utah Agricultural College Fair; of Afton as a teacher, missionary, and mother; of George and Afton and...
Dates:
Other: 1900-1980
George H. Hansen negatives, 1896-1972
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 4
Scope and Contents note
Negatives of: George Hansen at Utah State, family trips, and geology; Bessie Hansen with her family and friends; George's mission to England; findings of fossils, arrowheads, and interesting rocks; the trip to Indonesia; redistricting studies; fishing trips; artifacts from a trip to Mexico; Utah maps and documents; Utah gas and oil studies, soil profiles; etc.
Dates:
Other: 1896-1972
George H. Hansen slides, 1915-1971
Series
Identifier: MSS 1628 Series 3
Scope and Contents note
Slides of: George and Afton's family and their travels, and family reunions; Afton's BYU tour to Europe; trips (George and Afton, Mildred) to Hawaii, China, Indonesia, Africa, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia, Denmark, Norway, England, Fiji, Egypt, Greece, India, the Holy Land, Turkey, etc.
Dates:
Other: 1915-1971
George H. Hansen photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1628
Abstract
This is primarily a collection of original Hansen prints, slides, and negatives and also includes photographic albums belonging to George Hansen, Afton Allred Hansen, and Bessie Hansen.
Dates:
approximately 1896-1980
James E. Talmage collection of pamphlets and newspaper articles, 1883-1910
Series
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 11
Scope and Contents
Contains pamphlets, magazine and newspaper articles, and printed advertisements collected by James E. Talmage. Most of these publications deal with geology and volcanology. Some are authored or partially authored by Talmage. Materials date from 1883 to 1910.
Dates:
1883-1910
James E. Talmage collection on professional societies, 1882-1926
Series
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 8
Scope and Contents
Contains materials relating to scientific and professional societies and Talmage's career as consulting geologist and mining engineer, dated 1882 to 1926. Includes material from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Salt Lake Literary and Scientific Association, Royal Microscopical Society, Utah Microscopical Society, Geological Society of London, and Geological Society of America.
Dates:
1882-1926
James E. Talmage professional papers on geology and mining, 1879-1911
Series — Oversize-folder 34: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197225551867]
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 9
Scope and Contents
Contains James E. Talmage's papers relating to his carrier as a consulting geologist and mining engineer including mining articles, forms and tables, maps, and manuscripts, as well as legal material relating to the Rio Grande Western Railway, Silver King consolidated Mining Company of Utah, and other mining operations. Materials date from 1879 to 1911.
Dates:
1879-1911