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The Huntington Library
Title: Edward Hoit Nutter papers
Identifier/Call Number: mssNutter
Physical Description:
3.46 Linear Feet
(4 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 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.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Edward Hoit Nutter papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Nutter and Edward Nutter, May 2022.
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.
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.
Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in July 2022.
Collection is arranged according to the existing order of the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business records
Mining engineering -- History
Photographs
Patent laws and legislation -- United States
Patents -- United States
Hoover, Herbert C.
Hoover, Theodore J. (Theodore Jesse), 1871-1955
Stanford University. Department of Geology and Mining
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772