Richard E. Lingenfelter Papers, 1957-1988

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Richard E. Lingenfelter Papers, 1957-1988

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Richard Emery Lingenfelter (1934- ) was a professor of geophysics and planetary physics at UCLA (1969-79), and the author of several books on western American history. The collection consists of Professor Lingenfelter's research notes, copies of articles, manuscripts and galley sheets of his various works on western American history including , , , , , and . Death Valley & the Armagosa: a land of illusion The hardrock miners: a history of the mining labor movement in the American West, 1863-1893 The newspapers of Nevada, 1858-1958: a history and bibliography The Nonpareil press of T.S. Harris Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916 Songs of the American West

99 boxes (49.5 linear ft.); 3 oversize boxes

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Lingenfelter, Richard E.

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Biography Richard E. Lingenfelter was born on April 5, 1934, in Farmington, New Mexico. He received his B.A. in physics from UCLA in 1956 and was a Fulbright Research Scholar at the TATA Institute for Fundamental Research in 1968-69. He held research positions at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (1957-1962) and at UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (1969-1979). Lingenfelter took the post of research physicist, theoretician and ...