Guide to the J.B. Newsom Papers SC0490

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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 .

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.

 

Papers Series 1

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 10

Reprints

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