Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edward Hoit Nutter papers
- Dates:
- 1902-1964
- Abstract:
- Materials related to the life and career of Edward Hoit Nutter, an American mining engineer who helped develop a flotation system important in the field of industrial mineral processing.
- Extent:
- 3.46 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Edward Hoit Nutter papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Materials related to the life and career of Edward Hoit Nutter, including personal and business correspondence, legal documents, business records, tax documents, scientific reports, stock certificates, patent filings, biographical papers, and photographs. Business materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding patents and patent litigation, the reorganization of Minerals Separation Ltd., and Nutter's other business investments and engineering enterprises. There is correspondence with prominent mining industry figures including John Casper Branner, Ralph Arnold, Herbert C. Hoover and his brother, Theodore Hoover. Other predominant subjects include politics and economics in the United States; Nutter's involvement with Stanford University, both as a mining engineer and as a donor; and his research and personal interest in the Swedenborgian faith.
- Biographical / historical:
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Edward Hoit Nutter was born May 24, 1876, in Healdsburg, California. He attended Stanford University and received a degree in mining and geology. Nutter worked for several mining companies around the United States before going to London in 1910 to work for Minerals Separation, Ltd., where he helped develop and introduce their flotation process to the United States and Canada. Through his work for the firm and its American subsidiary, the Minerals Separation American Syndicate Ltd., Nutter was involved in the evolution of the technology as well as efforts to control it by taking out multiple patents. Nutter married Gertrude Monier Allen in 1905, and the couple had three children: Edward Allen, Katherine Louise, and Sheldon Hoit. He remained connected to Stanford University throughout his life and after his retirement began to study Emanuel Swedenborg, the 18th century Swedish metallurgist and philosopher who founded a religion. Edward Hoit Nutter died March 1, 1960, in Los Gatos, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Susan Nutter and Edward Nutter, May 2022.
- Processing information:
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Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in July 2022.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged according to the existing order of the materials.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-07-25 08:45:57 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Edward Hoit Nutter papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191