Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Brigham A. Arnold papers
- Dates:
- 1941-1988, bulk Bulk, 1972-1983
- Creators:
- Arnold, Brigham
- Abstract:
- Contains course material, notes, subject files, maps, journals, photographs and slides pertaining to Brigham A. Arnold, instructor and Head of the Department of Geography at Sacramento State.
- Extent:
- 50.0 Linear feet (38 record cartons)
- Language:
- and English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2007/32, Brigham A. Arnold Papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Brigham Alicen Arnold was born November 4, 1917 in the state of Michigan to Harold Alicen Arnold and Virginia "Jennie" Peterson. During the Great Depression, his family moved between Sharon, Wisconsin and Tucson, Arizona. After graduating from Tucson High School in 1935, Brigham balanced studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona and working his family's farmland in Wisconsin. By 1939, he changed his major to Anthropology and attended Archaeological Field School from 1940-1941. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, which sent him to Oregon State University to complete his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. The military shipped Brigham off in 1944, where he traveled to Casablanca, Rome and Trieste, Italy.
After World War II, Brigham traveled to Latin America, visiting Copper Canyon, Chichen Itza, and Tegucigalpa. This rekindled his interest in his studies and, by 1947, he began graduate work at UC Berkeley. On January 2, 1950, he married Lila Rose. Shortly thereafter, he began Field Research in Latin America (1950-1954) where he worked with geographer, Carl Sauer. After he attained his PhD in Geography, he was hired in 1954 at Sacramento State and became head of the Department of Geography. In addition, he taught courses in Anthropology, Archaeology, Climatology and Geomorphology. He retired in 1988.
Brigham passed away September 26, 2010.
- Acquisition information:
- The Brigham A. Arnold papers were donated to the Department of Special Collections University Archives by his daughter, Sally Arnold, in 2008. Additions arrived in 2009, 2010, 2012.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-10-16T16:57-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is currently not open for research. Please contact Head, Department of Special Collections and University Archives for information.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2007/32, Brigham A. Arnold Papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
- Location of this collection:
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University Library, MS 60396000 J StreetSacramento, CA 95819, US
- Contact:
- 916-278-6144