Robert Gorlinski papers
Scope and Contents
Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates
- 1845-1957
Creator
- Gorlinski, Robert, 1861-1955 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Robert Gorlinski collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Mining engineer and surveyor.
Extent
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Arrangement
The collection can be divided into 5 series: 1. Robert Gorlinski field notes, 1882-1921; 2. Robert Gorlinski diaries, 1903-1950; 3. Robert Gorlinski bound volumes (other), 1904-1957; 4. Robert Gorlinski correspondence and papers, 1916-1955; and 5. Robert Gorlinski maps, 1845-1951.
Other Finding Aids
While this finding aid provides only a series and sub-series level description, a more detailed finding aid is available in print at the L.Tom Perry Special Collections reference desk.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS998.xml
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
This collection provides information on mining projects across the western U.S. and thereby supports the subject collecting focus on material which deals with the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the West.
Processing Information
Processed; 1980.
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Diaries
- Engineers -- Utah -- History
- Gorlinski, Robert, 1861-1955 -- Archives
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Letters
- Maps
- Mines and Mineral Resources
- Mining engineering -- California -- History
- Mining engineering -- Idaho -- History
- Mining engineering -- Nevada -- History
- Mining engineering -- Utah -- History
- Park City (Utah) -- History
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
- Title
- Register of Robert Gorlinski papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed under the direction of the Curator of 20th & 21st Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts
- Date
- 1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
- oversize: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: folder 1 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States