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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: J.B. Newsom papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0490
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1920-1946
Summary: Papers include
"Chinese mining methods in Malaya," 1920, a typescript paper, with some penciled
corrections, illustrated with photographs and tables (a later version of this paper was
submitted as his thesis for his engineer's degree); reports and related correspondence
regarding the Cow Creek deposit, Inyo County, CA, 1925, flotation results on Norwegian ore,
1924, and the Ten Eyck mine, near Somes Bar, CA, 1925; maps by Newsom of various mines near
Jamestown, CA, 1925; mining transit notebook on various California locations, 1941-46; and
several reprints of articles by Newsom. Also included is a booklet prepared by Newsom for
the Stanford tour that was part of the San Francisco meeting of the A.I.M.M.E., 1922.
Collection also includes approximately 270 photographs of a family camping trip from
California to Canada and Idaho, 1924; the Ten Eyck Mine near Somes Bar, California, 1925;
geologic excursion to Death Valley, 1925; tin mining in Malaysia, 1926-27; travel images,
1928; and other subjects.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
J.B. Papers (SC0490). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Branner Newsom, son of Stanford professor John F. Newsom, earned his a.b. in geology
at Stanford University in 1922 and his engineer's degree in 1924.
Papers include "Chinese mining methods in Malaya," 1920, a typescript paper, with some
penciled corrections, illustrated with photographs and tables (a later version of this paper
was submitted as his thesis for his engineer's degree); reports and related correspondence
regarding the Cow Creek deposit, Inyo County, CA, 1925, flotation results on Norwegian ore,
1924, and the Ten Eyck mine, near Somes Bar, CA, 1925; maps by Newsom of various mines near
Jamestown, CA, 1925; mining transit notebook on various California locations, 1941-46; and
several reprints of articles by Newsom. Also included is a booklet prepared by Newsom for
the Stanford tour that was part of the San Francisco meeting of the A.I.M.M.E., 1922.
Collection also includes approximately 270 photographs of a family camping trip from
California to Canada and Idaho, 1924; the Ten Eyck Mine near Somes Bar, California, 1925;
geologic excursion to Death Valley, 1925; tin mining in Malaysia, 1926-27; travel images,
1928; and other subjects.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
Mineral industries -- Malaya.
Mineral industries -- California.