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Guide to the John Flesher Newsom Papers, 1909-1938 (inclusive)1920-1926 (bulk)
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Title: Newsom, John Flesher. Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1909-1938 (inclusive)
Date (bulk): 1920-1926 (bulk)
Collection number: M0747
Creator:
Newsom, John Flesher.
Extent:
2 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: These papers largely pertain to geologic and mining work in Alaska and Malaya undertaken by J.F. Newsom, with some materials
pertaining to his son John Branner Newsom. Included is a field book on gold claims in Alaska and British Columbia kept by
J.F. Newsom, 1915; a report by J.F. Newsom on placer gravels in Alaska, 1909; correspondence, reports, charts and tables,
statements, and photographs pertaining to tin mining in Malaya, 1920-26; an undated photograph album of mining operations,
possibly in Malaya; and oversize drawings of drills and a mill by J.B. Newsom, 1929-37.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Transfer from Branner Library, 1991.
John Flesher Newsom Papers. M0747. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
John Flesher Newsom, student and associate of John Casper Branner, earned his master's and doctorate degrees in geology at
Stanford University in 1892 and 1901 respectively. While engaged in his graduate studies, he also worked summers for Branner
as assistant geologist on the Arkansas State Geological Survey. Newsom taught at Stanford from 1898 to 1910, when he resigned
to do full time exploratory work for mining companies. He died unexpectedly in October 1928.
John Branner Newsom, son of J.F. Newsom, earned his a.b. in geology at Stanford in 1922 and his engineer's degree in 1924.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
These papers largely pertain to geologic and mining work in Alaska and Mayala undertaken by John F. Newsom, with some materials
pertaining to his son John Branner Newsom. Box one contains a field book on gold claims in Alaska and British Columbia kept
by John F. Newsom, 1915, and a report by J.F. Newsom on placer gravels in Alaska, 1909. Box two contains correspondence, reports,
charts and tables, statements, and photographs pertaining to tin mining in Malaya. The documents in folders 1 through 35 were
removed from a notebook; they are the documents of "File Number One" found in the listing in folder 36. The disposition of
the remaining documents on that list is unkown.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Newsom, J.B. (John Branner), 1897-
Mining--Alaska.
Mining--British Columbia.
Mining--Malaya.
Albums.
Photoprints.