Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, records 1903-1992

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Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, records 1903-1992

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Collection includes minutes, by laws, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other records of the School, 1940-92; minutes, notices, correspondence, by-laws, reports, and miscellaneous records of the Associates of the School of Earth Sciences, 1940-63; a portfolio on the School with photographs and architectural drawings, 1947; and portraits and photographs of faculty, students (including a 1903 geology field trip), and several of Ruth Wattis Mitchell, a benefactor of the School. Of note in the records are minutes, memoranda, and correspondence pertaining to the organization of the School of Mineral Sciences, 1940, and the Report on the School of Mineral Sciences by the Visiting Committee of the Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences, June 14, 1957.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. School of Mineral Sciences

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Associates of the School of Mineral Sciences.

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Smith, Judy

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Stanford university. School of earth sciences

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When Stanford University opened in 1891, two of its academic departments were Geology and Mining Engineering. When the departments were organized into Schools in 1926, geology became part of the School of Physical Sciences and mining was placed in the School of Engineering. In January 1947, the School of Mineral Sciences was organized, with A.I. Levorsen as its first Dean. The School, known now as the School of Earth Sciences, has five departments: applied earth sciences, environmental studies, ...

Mitchell, Ruth Wattis.

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