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Guide to the A. I. Levorsen Addresses and Publications
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0887
    Creator: Levorsen, A. I. (Arville Irving), 1894-1965.
    Title: A. I. Levorsen addresses and publications
    Dates: 1936-1987
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Collection includes 3 addresses on petroleum geology, 1948-55; miscellaneous reprints 1936-66; his SRI report on oil reserves of western Canada, 1951; notes for a lecture in 1965; catalog and dedication program for the A. I. Levorsen Geology Collection in the Tulsa City–County Library System, 1968; and biographical materials, including a memorial by Wallace E. Pratt, 1966.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    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.

    Cite As

    A. I. Levorsen Addresses and Publications (SC0887). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    A. I. Levorsen, petroleum geologist, earned his E. M. degree at the University of Minnesota, School of Mines in 1917. He came to Stanford University in 1945 as professor of geology; he served as the first dean of the School of Mineral Sciences from 1946-51, when he left Stanford to resume his consulting career.

    Description of the Collection

    Collection includes 3 addresses on petroleum geology, 1948-55; miscellaneous reprints 1936-66; his SRI report on oil reserves of western Canada, 1951; notes for a lecture in 1965; catalog and dedication program for the A. I. Levorsen Geology Collection in the Tulsa City–County Library System, 1968; and biographical materials, including a memorial by Wallace E. Pratt, 1966.

    Access Terms

    Levorsen, A. I. (Arville Irving), 1894-1965.
    Petroleum--Geology.