Guide to the J.B. Newsom Papers SC0490
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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 .
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Box 1, folder 1
"Chinese Mining Methods in Malaya," Chapters 1-4
Box 1, folder 2
"Chinese Mining Methods in Malaya," Chapters 5-6
Box 1, folder 3
"Chinese Mining Methods in Malaya," Chapters 7-9
Box 1, folder 4
Method of laying out bore holes
Box 1, folder 5
Cow Creek deposit (Inyo County) – correspondence and report
1925
Box 1, folder 6
Mining maps – Jamestown, CA, area
1925
Box 1, folder 7
Mining transit book, various CA areas
1941-1946
Box 1, folder 8
Pamphlet – Estimate of the Natural Gas Reserves of the State of
California
1942
Box 1, folder 9
Report – "Flotation Results on Norwegian Ore"
1924
Box 1, folder 11
San Francisco meeting, A.I.M.M.E. – Stanford University visit
Sep 28, 1922
Box 1, folder 12
"The Ten Eyck Mine, a Preliminary Report," with letter
1925
Box 1, folder 13
USGS map – Furnace Creek (CA)
1920
Box 1, folder 14
Photographs of Augusta Quarry, Bloomington, Indiana
Box 1, folder 15
Shaft drilling, typescript report and articles by Newsom,
1936
Box 1, folder 16
Boring device documentation
1936-1955
Addenda, 2024-571 ARCH-2024-571
Box 2
Personal and travel photographs
Box 3
Photographs and negatives