Samuel H. Knight papers, 1869-1975.

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Samuel H. Knight papers, 1869-1975.

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The S.H. Knight collection contains materials documenting the University of Wyoming's history and Knight's career as a geologist and University of Wyoming professor. It includes Knight's undergraduate and graduate course work and materials from his teaching and geological research such as publications, maps, and research. This collection also contains records from Knight's involvement with campus organizations and activities including the athletics and geology departments, the geology museum, UW Science Camp, and yearbook photos. A large portion of this collection is audio/visual material such as photographs, negatives, lantern slides, and films. Much of this material documents UW's history and shows buildings, landscapes, students, faculty, and activities. Other photographs are from Knight's geological research and include Wyoming landscapes and rock cutouts. There are also a few films from the UW Science Camp. It also contains the papers of Knight's father, W.C. Knight (the first professor of Geology at the University of Wyoming)- including correspondence and research related to his work as a geologist. Also included in this collection is genealogical research on the Knight family.

85 cubic ft. (137 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620120

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Samuel Howell Knight was born in 1892, and soon came to Laramie with his family in 1893. S.H. Knight's father, Wilbur C. Knight, had accepted a position as the University of Wyoming's first geology professor. S.H. Knight attended the University of Wyoming as a prep student and an undergraduate from 1907 to 1913. He attended Columbia University in New York from 1914 to 1916 for his graduate studies. He then joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 1916 as assistant professor of geology and cur...