Papers, 1948-1975.

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Papers, 1948-1975.

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Collection includes correspondence, certificates, contracts, blueprints, maps, photographs, and reports related to Gaines' career in the Western uranium industry, 1948-1971. Biographical and personal materials include an unpublished autobiography written between 1971-1975 and newspaper clippings. The autobiography covers Gaines' life until approximately 1935, including his experiences in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, his impressions and experiences of Pancho Villa, and his World War I experiences as an artillery captain stationed in the United States.

2.8 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7266949

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Grand Junction Office

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Lucius Pitkin, inc.

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Gaines, Martin N., 1890-1975.

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Martin N. Gaines was a chemical engineer. He worked in Mexico as an ore buyer for the American Smelting and Refining Company from around 1912 until 1948, when he moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, to work for Lucius Pitkin, Inc., a contractor for the Atomic Energy Commission's uranium operations. He was in charge of the uranium ore buying station at Monticello, Utah in 1948, and retired in 1970 as project manager of Lucius Pitkin's Western Uranium Project. From the description of Pap...

Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923

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Revolutionary leader in Mexico. From the description of Pancho Villa letter, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536890 From the guide to the Pancho Villa letter, 1921, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...