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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: John M. Hague papers
creator:
Hague, John M.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2013/115
Physical Description:
16 linear feet
12 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize folder, 2 tubes
Date (inclusive): 1913-1981
Date (bulk): bulk 1955-1970
Abstract: Consists of the professional records of John M. Hague, geologist for the New Jersey Zinc Company, primarily focused on mining
operations in Wisconsin. Included in the collection are mining reports, notes and manuscripts prepared by Hague, professional
correspondence, writings, and a small amount of personalia.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
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on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library 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. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
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the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
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Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
[Identification of item], John M. Hague papers, BANC MSS 2013/115, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The John M. Hague mining reports were in the possession of the California Mining Research Institute until 1994, when, upon
the Institute's dissolution, the collection was gifted to the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Additional materials were given
to the Bancroft Library by the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2014.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Lara Michels in 2013. Additions arranged as received in 2014.
John M. Hague was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on April 18, 1913. He graduated from Yale University in 1934 as a civil engineer
and entered Stanford University in 1935 as a candidate for the Engineer of Mines degree which he obtained in 1939. After begining
his professional career in California he moved onto New Mexico. After serving in World War II he was discharged to Peekskill,
New York and soon began working for the New Jersey Zinc Company. In 1952 he was sent to Wisconsin on behalf of the company.
Hague died in 1991.
Scope and Content of Collection
Consists of the professional records of John M. Hague, geologist for the New Jersey Zinc Company, primarily focused on mining
operations in Wisconsin. Included in the collection are mining reports, notes and manuscripts prepared by Hague, professional
correspondence, writings, and a small amount of personalia. Most of the reports document mines in Wisconsin, Illinois, and
Iowa and date between 1950 and 1976.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mines and mineral resources--Wisconsin
Mines and mineral resources--Illinois
Mines and mineral resources--Iowa
Hague, John M.
Hague, John M.--Archives
New Jersey Zinc Company
Maxwell Mining Company.