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Finding Aid to the Samuel K. Garrett papers, circa 1901-1982 (bulk 1934-1970)
BANC MSS 95/131 p
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Collection Title: Samuel K. Garrett papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1901-1982
Date: (bulk 1934-1970)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 95/131 p
Creators :
Garrett, Samuel K.
Extent:
Number of containers: 13 cartons, 2 boxes, 59 rolls, 8 oversize folders, 1 volume
(Linear feet: circa 40 linear feet)
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research with the following exceptions: Volume 1 contains nitrate negatives and is CLOSED TO RESEARCH
DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
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.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition,
the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner.
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
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[Identification of item], Samuel K. Garrett papers, BANC MSS 95/131 p, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The Samuel K. Garrett papers 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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Garrett, Samuel K.--Archives
Sunshine Mining Company
Tennessee-Schuylkill Corporation
Callahan Zinc-Lead Company
Coronado Copper and Zinc Company
Coronado Copper and Zinc Company
California Mining Research Institute, former owner
Online Archive of California
Cyprus Mines Corporation
Mines and mineral resources--West (U.S.)
Mines and mineral resources--Idaho
Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)
Mines and mineral resources--Montana
Mining engineers--United States
Technical drawings
Manuscript maps
No additions are expected.
Processed by Lara Michels in 2013.
Samuel K. Garrett (1913-2003) was a mining engineer based mainly in Idaho. He graduated from the New Mexico School of Mines
in 1935 and worked for a range of mining companies, including the Coronado Copper and Zinc Company and the Sunshine Mining
Company.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists primarily of reports Samuel K. Garrett produced during his career as a mining engineer from the late 1930s
through the early 1980s. Also included is a small amount of professional and personal correspondence and some personalia from
Garrett's student days at the New Mexico School of Mines. There is a substantial collection of mine maps, drawings and plans
produced during the course of Garrett's work. The bulk of the reports in the collection document mines in Washington, Idaho,
and Montana.