Guide to the Willard J. Classen Papers SC1629

University Archives Staff
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
March 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: Undetermined
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Willard J. Classen papers
Creator: Classen, Willard J.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1629
Identifier/Call Number: 14701
Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1955-1991

Scope and Contents note

This collection contains a reprint of an article by Classen and Joseph J. Graham, "A Lower Eocene Foraminiferal Faunule from the Woodside Area, San Mateo County, California," 1955, with the original illustrations; a letter from Rixford K. Snyder talking about Greystone Quarry, the source of the sandstone used in building the first buildings at Stanford, 1991; and a short article by Classen on the Stanford University seal.

Biographical/Historical note

Willard J. Classen was born October 3, 1899, in San Francisco of gold rush descendants, and after the 1906 earthquake, his family relocated on the Peninsula to "Fair Oaks," now known as Atherton. Willard attended Manzanita Hall, a private Palo Alto high school, and entered Stanford University in the fall of 1917. With a major in geology and mining, he graduated with the class of 1921. Willard's long career began as a geologist with Standard Oil Co. of California. Working next with California Standard Oil, he was transferred to Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1923. He joined Tidewater (later Associated Oil Co.) and spent 1924 and early winter 1925 in Alaska as a well-site geologist on the Tidewater 1 Grammer well. In 1926, he moved to Utah for fieldwork. While there, he met his future wife, Zelda Ann Stark of Moab, and they were married a short time later in the Stanford Chapel in July 1926. He was past president of the Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford rugby coach for 12 years with a salary of $ 1 per year, and with his wife, Zelda, a significant benefactor to the Stanford University School of Medicine. He died on November 16, 1998 in Menlo Park.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Willard J. Classen papers (SC1629). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Geology.
Stanford alumni
Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections

 

Papers, 2023-090 ARCH-2023-090

Box 1, Folder 1

New Mexico - Aeromagnetic Maps 1963

Box 1, Folder 2

Arizona maps 1979

Box 1, Folder 3

South Dakota Maps 1950

Box 1, Folder 4

Oregon Maps 1961

Box 1, Folder 5

Western Canada Maps

Box 1, Folder 6

Colorado Maps 1909

Box 1, Folder 7

California Maps

Box 2, Folder 1

SAN LUIS OBISPO CO. T.29S. R. 13 E.STA. MARGARITA AREA: Report, Maps, B/W photos 1948

Box 2, Folder 2

A REPORT ON CASTLE ROCK SUBDIVISION, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 1947

Box 2, Folder 3

GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE OIL AND GAS [PSSIBILITIES OF THE WILLOWSIDE FARM STRUCTURE, SAN MATEO CO. CALIFORNIA: Report and 2 Maps 1944

Box 2, Folder 4

SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION FROM FORD COUNTY, KANSA, TO DALLAM COUNTY, TEXAS BY FANNU CARTER EDSON 1947

Box 2, Folder 5

SECT. 31 - 9N. 32W EAST CAT CANYON GEOLOGICAL WJC 1941

Box 2, Folder 6

GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE OIL AND GAS POSSIBILITIES OF THE HERMINGHAUS, FRESNO COUNTY 1936 1936

Box 2, Folder 7

SAN JOAQUIN CO. GEOLOGICAL REPORT WJC TRACY AREA: Two copies of the report on the Tracy Area 1935

Box 2, Folder 8

MISCELLANEOUS WELL DATA (VENTURA CO. SECTIONS VENTURA OIL FIELD): Well data on Drake's Bay, Marin County, Documents of development on Ventura, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Patterson Area, Two maps (Pozo 1922, Nipomo 1922) 1930 - 1953

Box 2, Folder 9

SANTA BARBARA CO. GEOLOGICAL MAP GOLETA AREA -J C MAY: Map of Elwood-Naples area (1930), Map of Goleta Quadrangle (1933) 1930-1933

Box 2, Folder 10

UTAH GENERAL GEOLOGY: Letter of the possibilities of oil existance in Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado, Survey on deep wells of Southwestern Colorado, Northwestern New Mexico, Northeastern Arizona, and Southeastern Utah, A letter dated 1971 from F A Barnes with a map attached to it. 1927, 1971

Box 2, Folder 11

OLD REPORTS and DATA PURISIMA TURNITAS AREA: Oil exploration/drill data -- Half Moon Bay, San Gregorio, La honda, Purisima Creek 1887-1931

Box 2, Folder 12

Migs OIl Company 1918

Box 2, Folder 13

T.9 S. R. 2W. SECTION 17 HON. SEABOARD OIL HINMAN-1 (BOULDER): New well data, maps, reports 1950

Box 2, Folder 14

SOLANO CO. 4N R.1W. -4H.-1E.MAPS-SUBSURFACE: Map (1953), Letter and report (1955) 1955

Box 2, Folder 15

THE OIL AND GAS POSSIBILITIES OF THE PILARCITOS ANTICLINE SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA BU WILLLRD J. CLASSEN: Maps and Report 1958

Box 2, Folder 16-17

Schlumberger Well Surveying Reports 1952

Box 2, Folder 18

Santa Margarita Ld. and Cattle No. 1 1948

Box 2, Folder 19

REPORT ON SARGENT OIL FIELD: Letter, reports, maps, many handwritten notes 1966

Box 2, Folder 20

SANTA CLARA CO. GEOLOGIC REPORTSARGENT RANCH AREA: Hand written notes, maps, a report on Sargent area (1921) 1968

Box 2, Folder 21

THE OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF THE LOBITOS CREEK AREA, SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 11, 1963: Letter, reports, maps, planning data 1963

Box 2, Folder 22

Miscellaneous Maps 1973

Box 2, Folder 23

Utah, OIl Map - Base

Box 2, Folder 24

San Juan County/Utah/Arizona Maps 1930

Box 2, Folder 25

Photogeologic Map of TIdwell-II Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah 1956

Box 2, Folder 26

Map of Texas Panhandle 1926

Box 2, Folder 27

Utah/Eastern Utah Fields

Box 2, Folder 28

Utah/Geologic 1919

Box 2, Folder 29

San Juan Oilfields, Utah (Map)

Box 2, Folder 30

Washington/General Geology

Box 2, Folder 31

San Mateo County, Purissima Creek

Box 2, Folder 32

Santa Cruz Basin General, California 1925-1970

Box 2, Folder 33

San Joaquin CA, The Gas Possibilities of the Lathrop Manteca Area 1965

Box 2, Folder 34

Section 35, Two Rock Area, Cal 1937

Box 2, Folder 35

Oil and Gas Possibilities of Half-Moon Bay, San Mateo Co, CA 1954

Box 2, Folder 36

Geological Report No. San Joaquin Valley 1934

Box 2, Folder 37

San Mateo County/OIl and Gas 1977

Box 2, Folder 38

Cowell Foundation Oil and Gas Leases, San Mateo Co 1951-1957

Box 2, Folder 39

Sargent Ranch OIl Field 1978

Box 2, Folder 40

Santa Barbara Co, CA/Report on OIl and Gas Possibilities of the Marway Lease 1941

Box 2, Folder 41

Report on the OIl and Gas Possibilities of the Marway Lease East Cat Canyon Field, Santa Barbara Co, CA 1941

Box 2, Folder 42

Potrero Hills, County Solano, CA, Geological Recon of OIl and Gas Possibilities 1935

Box 2, Folder 43

Potrero Hills, Solano County, CA` 1935

Box 2, Folder 44

Miscellaneous Maps - Honolulu, Humbolt, Standard Oil Company 1943

Box 2, Folder 45

San Mateo County - Willowside Nose 1945

Box 2, Folder 46

Geologic Report on the OIl and Gas Possibilities of the East Half of Section 1, Coalinga Westside Area, Fresno County, CA

Box 3, Folder 1

New York and Central America Maps 1909

Box 3, Folder 2

New Mexico Maps

Box 3, Folder 3

Alaska Maps 1960

Box 3, Folder 4

Yakima Ridge Anticline - Washington 1936

Box 3, Folder 5

Kettleman Hills Oil Field

Box 3, Folder 6

Nevada - N.W. Portion