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Finding Aid to the Fred H. Dakin papers, 1885-1985 (bulk 1902-1950)
BANC MSS 73/92 c
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Collection Title: Fred H. Dakin papers
Date (inclusive): 1885-1985
Date (bulk): 1902-1950
Collection Number: BANC MSS 73/92 c
Creator:
Dakin, Fred H.
Extent:
8 cartons, 11 oversize folders, 4 volumes, 1 oversize box
(16 linear feet)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The papers of Fred H. Dakin, California mining engineer and antimony ore buyer for the Texas Mining and Smelting Company.
Included are mine files, general correspondence and subject files, field notes and other notebooks, some mining financial
records, personalia, and some plans/tracings for California canals.
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.
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 the copyright owners. Works not in the public
domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
[Identification of item], Fred H. Dakin papers, BANC MSS 73/92 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1973.043--AX).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Dakin, Fred H.--Archives
Boone's University School, Berkeley, Calif.
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Texas Mining and Smelting Company
University of California, Berkeley. Class of 1902
Antimony
Antimony mines and mining--British Columbia.
Antimony mines and mining--Mexico--Sonora (State)
Antimony mines and mining--West (U.S.)
Mines and mineral resources--British Columbia.
Mines and mineral resources--Mexico--Sonora (State)
Mines and mineral resources--West (U.S.)
Mining engineers
Redding (Calif.)
Siskiyou County (Calif.)
Account books
Blueprints
Field notes
Maps
Plans (drawings)
Reports
The Fred H. Dakin papers were purchased from the Estate of Fred H. Dakin in 1972.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Lara Michels in 2012.
Frederick Holroyd Dakin, Jr. (1879-1971) was born in California to Frederick Holroyd Dakin, Sr. and Virginia Casebolt. Frederick
H. Dakin, Sr., an immigrant from England, moved to California in the early 1870s and found work in the Asian art trade. He
moved his family to Japan in 1880 for five years. Upon returing to California, the elder Dakin took up residence in Redding,
California and began mining in Shasta County. He quickly established himself as a prominent figure in California mining circles
and formed his own mining company, the Dakin Company. Frederick H. Dakin, Jr. attended school in Redding (Redding School),
Berkeley (Boone's University School), and San Francisco (Pacific Heights School). In 1902, Frederick H. Dakin, Jr. graduated
from the mining school at the University of California, Berkeley and joined his father in the family's mining business as
a mining engineer. He later worked for the Texas Mining and Smelting Company as an ore buyer specializing in antimony ore.
He remained active in his profession into his nineties. He and his wife, Margaret McKinnley, had six children.
Scope and Content of Collection
Mine files, general correspondence and subject files, field notes and other notebooks, some mining financial records, personalia,
and some plans/tracings for California canals. The mine files are arranged geographically by state or country and then by
mine name, mining company name, or the personal name of a mine owner. These files relate mainly to antimony mines in the western
United States (especially California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho) and Mexico and may include correspondence, reports on mines
written by Fred H. Dakin, and notes. Many of these mine files are from Dakin's work as a ore buyer for the Texas Mining and
Smelting Company, but some predate that phase of his career and are related to his own mining ventures, especially in Siskiyou
County, California. The general correspondence and subject files include materials on general mining technologies or developments
and some general mining correspondence. The field notes and other notebooks consist mainly of Dakin's own field notes from
his assessments of various antimony mines. Among the personalia in the collection are report cards and other materials relating
to Dakin's early schooling, files on the University of California, Berkeley's class of 1902, and files on the Kappa Sigma
fraternity at UC Berkeley.