Description
Collection includes 3 addresses on petroleum geology, 1948-55; miscellaneous reprints 1936-66; his SRI report on oil reserves
of western Canada, 1951; notes for a lecture in 1965; catalog and dedication program for the A. I. Levorsen Geology Collection
in the Tulsa City–County Library System, 1968; and biographical materials, including a memorial by Wallace E. Pratt, 1966.
Background
A. I. Levorsen, petroleum geologist, earned his E. M. degree at the University of Minnesota, School of Mines in 1917. He came
to Stanford University in 1945 as professor of geology; he served as the first dean of the School of Mineral Sciences from
1946-51, when he left Stanford to resume his consulting career.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections 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, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
This collection is open for research.