Finding Aid to the Donald H. McLaughlin papers, 1930-1984
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Title: Donald H. McLaughlin Papers
Creator:
McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 86/60 c
Physical Description:
37.5 linear feet
(30 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1984
Abstract: Content of the collection concerns gold in all aspects, particularly gold economics and monetary policy; also McLaughlin's
term as a Regent of the University of California, especially the Free Speech Movement. The collection includes correspondence,
speeches, writings, lectures, interviews, subject files, clippings, and other miscellaneous papers.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
The Donald H. McLaughlin Papers were donated to The Bancroft Library by his wife, Sylvia Cranmer McLaughlin and the Homestake
Mining Company on November 7, 1985.
Biographical Information
Donald Hamilton McLaughlin was born in San Francisco on 15 December 1891, the son of William Henry and Katherine Hamilton
McLaughlin. His father, a doctor, died when he was seven years old. His mother was employed as personal assistant to Phoebe
Apperson Hearst, in whose home he spent much of his early years. Throughout her life Mrs. Hearst showed a lively interest
in his life and career, urging him to pursue graduate work.
McLaughlin received a B.S. in mining engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1914. He received an A.M.
(1915) and a Ph.D. (1917) in geology from Harvard, with a dissertation on the ores of the Homestake Mine, a San Francisco
gold mining company whose primary operation was in South Dakota. He was described by a colleague as having been "born a geologist."
McLaughlin served as a lieutenant in the Army's 63d Infantry until the end of World War I. His first job after the war was
as a geologist with the Hearst owned Cerro de Pasco Corporation in Peru. Six years later he was chief geologist, when he accepted
an offer of a full professorship at Harvard, then (in 1925), the youngest professor ever appointed. He remained on the Harvard
faculty sixteen years. Two of his students were later to follow him as Homestake president: John K. Gustafson and Paul C.
Henshaw.
In 1941 Robert Gordon Sproul lured McLaughlin to the University of California, Berkeley, by asking him to be Dean of Engineering
and to consolidate the College of Mining with the College of Engineering. That same year he was named to the Board of Directors
of the Homestake Mining Company, where he had been a consulting geologist since 1926. In 1945 he resigned from the Berkeley
faculty to become president of Homestake, serving until 1961, when he became chairman of the board. In 1969 he was elected
chairman of the executive committee and honorary chairman of the board.
It is interesting to note that although the Hearst family's interests in Homestake Mining Company had been sold decades earlier,
Edward H. Clark, McLaughlin 's predecessor on the board, had been appointed by Phoebe Apperson Hearst and had known McLaughlin
as a small boy at the Hacienda, the Hearst estate. So, although the connection was indirect, Homestake's Hearst legacy continued.
McLaughlin was instrumental in diversifying Homestake's interests by moving into uranium, and later into lead, copper, and
zinc. In addition, he initiated other subsidiary ventures designed to lessen the company's dependence on one metal and to
provide the balance and strength required to assure continuing modernization and expansion. One of his most significant achievements
occurred soon after his appointment as consulting geologist. He was responsible for an increased and continued program of
exploration and mapping which eventually proved his theory that, rather than being depleted, as some geologists suggested,
the Homestake Lode dipped deeper into the earth than previously imagined. Equally important were the systems of selective
mining and cut-and-fill-stopping which he introduced.
In 1951 Governor Earl Warren appointed McLaughlin to the University of California's Board of Regents, where he served until
1967, presiding as chairman during 1958-1960. He proposed the creation of an Educational Policy Committee and served as chairman
from 1953 to 1966. He was a strong advocate of discipline, moral and intellectual, an area he felt had been much neglected,
especially during Berkeley's tumultuous 1960s. He was involved with the transition from provosts to chancellors throughout
the University system and also in the appointment of several university presidents. McLaughlin had a particular interest in
the architectural heritage and development of all the campuses and was chairman of the Regent's Committee on Grounds and Buildings.
UC Berkeley's Barrows Hall penthouse is painted red as a concession to him when he could not get the building redesigned to
be lower and covered with a tile roof. He was also interested in the development of new campus sites, especially Irvine and
Santa Cruz.
Charles Meyer, University of California, Berkeley professor and one of his former Harvard students, cited McLaughlin's analytical
skills, his "genius for precise and penetrating observation and insight," as his most significant characteristic enabling
him to assess problems of human relations and social systems as well as those of natural systems.
McLaughlin considered himself a gold miner and was possessed by a great enthusiasm for all aspects of the ore, but particularly
for its place in the world's monetary systems. He was a life long proponent of the gold standard and maintained a vital interest
in the gold policies of the U. S. government. He maintained that in times of economic crisis, people will turn to, or return
to, lasting values, embodied, of course, in gold. Although he consistently claimed that he had no economic credentials, this
never prevented him from espousing his views on the gold situation, even to economists, bankers, and other monetary experts.
Politically conservative, but not active beyond financial contributions to Republican candidates, he worked with politicians
of both major parties to secure an advantageous economic position for gold and to promote public support for gold-related
issues.
McLaughlin rarely passed up an opportunity to speak, write, lecture or give interviews on his favorite topic. These occasions
ranged from addresses at major professional conferences and Congressional hearings to talks before local service clubs and
yearly state-of-the-gold-industry updates. Occasionally, however, he did agree to address other topics. Generally he was reticent
about himself and his family. Although he readily voiced his opinions, he was always extremely tactful. In a 1980 response
to a question from Willa Baum of the University of California's Regional Oral History Office, about his experience doing his
oral history he wrote: "Talking about people with whom I had been closely associated undoubtedly would have been more interesting
than a recital of facts, but to have revealed all my prejudices might have disturbed the amenities I like to preserve. Harder
questions would not have been helpful. . .for I am afraid I would have developed a more protective shell of politeness. .
.". Harriet Nathan, the oral history interviewer, called his wit 'astringent,' but that it "was reserved for policies and
issues in the public realm."
McLaughlin held ten corporate directorships during his lifetime: American Trust Company, Bunker Hill Company, Cerro de Pasco
Corporation, the Dorr Company, Empire Trust Company, Homestake Mining Company, International Nickel Company of Canada, San
Luis Mining Company, Triumph Mining Company, Wells Fargo Bank, and Western Airlines. He also served on the National Science
Board of the National Science Foundation, the U. S. Geological Survey Advisory Committee, and the Atomic Energy Commission,
among others. In San Francisco he was a charter member of the Exploratorium's board of directors and a trustee of the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was also a council member of the California Alumni Association.
In 1961 he was awarded the Rand Medal by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers for distinguished
achievement in mining administration. Columbia University awarded him their Ambrose Monell Medal and Prize in 1964 for outstanding
achievement in mineral technology. He was Kappa Sigma's "Man of the Year" in 1953 and Berkeley's "Alumnus of the Year" in
1977. The University of California, Berkeley renamed its engineering building for him in 1966. In 1983 the Homestake Mining
Company began development of a new gold mining operation in northern California known as the McLaughlin Mine.
He belonged to a dozen professional, academic, and civic organizations ranging from Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma to the
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (president in 1950) and the Council on Foreign Affairs.
He was a member of San Francisco's Bohemian Club, the Pacific-Union Club, and the Engineers Club, University Club and Century
Club in New York, and the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.
McLaughlin was married twice. He and his first wife, Eleanor Eckhard, divorced in 1941. They had two children, Donald H. and
Charles C. McLaughlin. In 1948 he married Sylvia Cranmer of Denver. Two children were born of this marriage, George Cranmer
and Jean Katherine McLaughlin.
Donald McLaughlin died on December 31, 1984 at the age of 93.
SOURCES
Bronson, William, and T. H. Watkins.
Homestake: The Centennial History of America's Greatest Gold Mine.. San Francisco, Calif.: Homestake Mining Company, 1977.
Carlisle, Henry.
[An interview with] Donald H. McLaughlin, Mining Engineering, June 1965.
Clark, Edward Hardy.
Reminiscences of the Hearst Family. Transcript of donated oral history. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California,n.d.
Hughes, Lon.
Transcript of radio interview, Mr. D. H. McLaughlin, President of Homestake Mining Company, over station KQW, 9:30 p.m., Sunday,
January 5, 1947
. Donald H. McLaughlin Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
McLaughlin, Donald H.
Careers in Mining Geology and Management, University Governance and Teaching.Oral history transcript. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, Regional Oral History Office
McLaughlin, Donald H. Letter to Willa Baum, 23 July 1980.
Donald H. McLaughlin Papers,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Donald H. McLaughlin obituary, January 1, 1985.
Skillings, David N., Jr.
Homestake Proceeding with Its McLaughlin Gold Project, in Skillings' Mining Review, January 22, 1983.
Stadtman, Verne A.
The Centennial Record of the University of California.[Berkeley, Calif.]: University of California, 1968.
Who's Who in America.Volume 31. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company, 1960.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Donald H. McLaughlin papers, BANC MSS 86/60 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Scope and Content
The Donald H. McLaughlin Papers consist primarily of correspondence, although speeches, writings, lectures, interviews, personal
papers, topical subject files, and newspaper clippings are also included. The correspondence in this collection is from a
variety of persons. Although most of it is quite routine in nature, the topic under consideration by virtually all correspondents
is gold: the economics of gold, including the price of, private ownership of, the gold standard, and monetary policy; gold
legislation, pending and proposed, including subsidies for gold producers and the elimination of the 25% gold reserve; gold
uses and properties; and gold exploration and mining. By far the largest number of letters concern gold economics.
McLaughlin's correspondents include, in order of significance, corporate executives, bankers, economists, lawyers, mining
engineers and geologists, executives of professional associations, editors, and others interested in gold. Seventy-three percent
of McLaughlin's correspondents wrote 19 or fewer letters, 20% wrote between 20-49, and 6% wrote more than 50. Many of his
correspondents kept him apprised of various situations by sending him copies of their correspondence with others; this accounts
for 41 folders of letters neither to nor from McLaughlin.
Among his principal correspondents are several close personal friends: Arch Gulick (lawyer), Clare Morse Torrey (banker),
Henry C. Breck (banker), Robert Koenig (corporate executive), and Allan Sproul (banker). These letters contain personal and
family details, continuing jokes and bets, and news of mutual acquaintances, in addition to business matters. McLaughlin's
most frequent correspondent was Philip Cortney, president of Coty, Inc. The collection contains a total of 203 letters from
Cortney to McLaughlin. For seventeen years Cortney and McLaughlin exchanged letters concerning every aspect of gold economics,
including legislation and monetary policy. In addition, there are 5 folders of letters from Cortney to others on the same
topic in series 3 (letters neither to nor from Donald H. McLaughlin).
Also among his principal correspondents is the South Dakota law firm of Kellar, Kellar & Driscoll, which represented the Homestake
Mining Company in South Dakota. Most of the letters were written by Kenneth C. Kellar and concern lobbying and legislative
efforts on behalf of gold, both at the state and national level. Homestake opposed unionization and Kellar was active in the
National Right To Work Committee. Despite several elections, Homestake remained non-union until 1966 when the United Steel
Workers won. Kellar kept McLaughlin apprised of his activities and the prevailing South Dakota conditions by sending him copies
of his correspondence with others, which appears in series 3. Kellar maintained the local South Dakota political links necessary
to Homestake.
Notable among McLaughlin's subject files in series 6 are those concerning several small mining companies: Bunker Hill Company,
Cerro de Pasco Corporation, and San Luis Mining Company. There is only one folder of miscellaneous items concerning Homestake
Mining Company.
Series 9 and 10 consist of papers relating to McLaughlin's term as a Regent of the University of California, as well as a
substantial amount of correspondence relating to other University concerns.
Separated Material
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.(BANC PIC 1989.053--PIC)
- Maps have been transferred to the Map Room.
- Sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library. (Phonotape 1987)
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
Gold standard
Breck, Henry Cushman, b. 1893. Correspondent
Cortney, Philip, b. 1895. Correspondent
Gulick, Archibald A., b. 1876. Correspondent
Huelsdonk, Lewis Leroy, 1905- Correspondent
Kellar, Kenneth C. Correspondent
Koenig, Robert P., 1904- Correspondent
Sproul, Allan, 1896-1978. Correspondent
Torrey, Clare Morse, 1891-1977. Correspondent
Homestake Mining Company
University of California (System). Regents
University of California, Berkeley
Torrey, Clare Morse, 1891-1977
Breck, Henry Cushman, 1893-
Koenig, Robert P., 1904-
Sproul, Allan, 1896-
Kellar, Kenneth C.,
Cortney, Philip, 1895-
Huelsdonk, Lewis Leroy, 1905-
Series 1:
Outgoing Correspondence,
1946-1984
Physical Description: Cartons 1-4; Carton 5, folders 1-23.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Content/Description
Personal and professional letters of Donald H. McLaughlin. Correspondence also appears in series 6 in the files of the Bunker
Hill Company, Cerro de Pasco Corporation, Committee for Research on the Properties & Uses of Gold, and San Luis Mining Company.
There is also a substantial amount of correspondence throughout series 9 and series 10.
Series 2:
Incoming Correspondence,
1945-1984
Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 24-73; Cartons 6-10; Carton 11, folders 1-24.
Arrangement
Arranged by name of correspondent, and then chronologically.
Content/Description
Personal and professional letters to Donald H. McLaughlin. Correspondence also appears in series 6 in the files of the Bunker
Hill Company, the Cerro de Pasco Corporation, the Committee for Research on the Properties & Uses of Gold, and the San Luis
Mining Company. There is also a substantial amount of correspondence throughout series 9 and series 10.
Letters to Donald H. McLaughlin from Specific Individuals,
1946-1983
carton 5, folder 25
Albright, Horace M.
(Horace Marden), 1890-1987
1952-1980
carton 5, folder 26
Alford, Joseph B.
1952-1977
carton 5, folder 27
Anderson, James A.
1976-1983
carton 5, folder 28
Anderson, Vernice
1956-1983
carton 5, folder 29
Bachelor, Robert W.
1948-1954
carton 5, folder 30
Bakewell, Paul, 1889-
1957-1964
carton 5, folder 31
Barker, C. Austin
1964-1977
carton 5, folder 32
Bartlett, C. Julian
1981-1983
carton 5, folder 33
Bauer, George F.
1949-1951
carton 5, folder 35
Bechtel, Stephen Davison, 1925-
1960-1977
carton 5, folder 36
Beckman, John C.
1969-1974
carton 5, folder 37
Beise, S. Clark
1959-1962
carton 5, folder 40
Biddle, Alfred A.
1951-1965
carton 5, folder 41
Biggs, George N., III
1974-1976
carton 5, folder 42
Bjorge, Guy Norman, 1887-
1949-1959
carton 5, folder 44
Boarman, Patrick M.
1974-1975
carton 5, folder 45
Born, Leonard L.
1958-1971
carton 5, folder 46
Bosworth, Frank K.
1952-1962
carton 5, folder 47
Boyd, James, 1904-1987
1956-1962
carton 5, folder 48
Bradford, Harriet
1963-1967
carton 5, folder 49
Bradley, John D.
1952-1959
carton 5, folder 50
Brattain, Ross R.
1953-1957
carton 5, folder 51
Breck, Henry Cushman, 1893-
1951-1982
carton 5, folder 53
Brownell, Kenneth C.
1950-1953
carton 5, folder 54
Browning, George L.
1961-1982
carton 5, folder 55
Brunie, Henry C.
1950-1964
carton 5, folder 56
Bryce, Robert A.
1951-1960
carton 5, folder 57
Burgess, W. Randolph (Warren Randolph), 1889-
1953-1964
carton 5, folder 61-62
Busschau, William John
1951-1976
carton 5, folder 63
Cabell, Richard A.
1972-1973
carton 5, folder 64
Cabot, Thomas D.
1953-1956
carton 5, folder 65
Campbell, Ian, 1899-1978
1952-1977
carton 5, folder 67-68
Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962
1950-1961
carton 5, folder 70
Chace, Frederic M.
1972-1983
carton 5, folder 71
Champion, Robert L.
1960-1972
carton 5, folder 72
Clark, G. Lindsay
1952-1976
carton 6, folder 4
Condit, Kenneth H.
1952-1959
carton 6, folder 5
Conger, Harry M.
1976-1983
carton 6, folder 6-10
Conover, Julian D.
1947-1962
carton 6, folder 11
Constantacatos, M. E.
1955-1963
carton 6, folder 12
Corcoran, Raymond E.
1973-1976
carton 6, folder 13-19
Cortney, Philip, 1895-
1950-1967
carton 6, folder 20
Cox, Allan, 1926-1987
1981-1983
carton 6, folder 21
Cranmer, Forrest
1952-1975
carton 6, folder 22
Cranmer, George
1952-1975
carton 6, folder 23
Currier, Elizabeth B.
1974-1977
carton 6, folder 24
Darts, William J.
1975-1977
carton 6, folder 25
Davenport, Noel Justine
1952-1957
carton 6, folder 26
David, Michael B.
1952-1960
carton 6, folder 27
Davies, Paul L.
1951-1973
carton 6, folder 30
DeGolyer, Everette Lee, 1886-1956
1948-1952
carton 6, folder 33
Dorr, John Van Nostrand, b.1872
1951-1961
carton 6, folder 34
Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-
1951-1970
carton 6, folder 35
Drinkwater, Terrell C.
1953-1967
carton 6, folder 36
Driscoll, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1888-
1949-1964
carton 6, folder 38
Earle, Bertram E.
1956-1960
carton 6, folder 39
Eastham, Vonnie
1959-1973
carton 6, folder 40
Emerson, Guy L.
1960-1963
carton 6, folder 41
Engle, Clair, 1911-1964
1950-1961
carton 6, folder 42
Field, Thorold F.
1948-1958
carton 6, folder 43
Follis, R. Gwin
1956-1969
carton 6, folder 45
Franklin, George S.
1953-1969
carton 6, folder 46
Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles), b.1884
1952-1957
carton 6, folder 47
Fuller, W. Parmer, III
1952-1977
carton 6, folder 48
Garrels, Robert Minard, 1916-
1964-1965
carton 6, folder 50
Graton, Louis Caryl
1947-1967
carton 6, folder 51
Gressley, Gene M., 1931-
1958-1981
carton 6, folder 52
Griffin, John E.
1956-1982
carton 6, folder 53
Griffith, B. Barret
1951-1960
carton 6, folder 54
Groseclose, Elgin Earl, 1899-
1961-1963
carton 6, folder 56
Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974
1962-1964
carton 6, folder 58-59
Gulick, Archibald A.
1949-1958
carton 6, folder 60
Guillemin, Bernard
1960-1976
carton 6, folder 61
Gustafson, John K.
1948-1973
carton 6, folder 62
Gutmann, Ernest R.
1954-1959
carton 6, folder 63
Hackett, C. Nelson, 1888-
1955-1977
carton 6, folder 64
Hageman, H. Frederick, Jr.
1954-1983
carton 6, folder 65
Hall, Donald K.
1980-1981
carton 6, folder 66
Hamilton, John W.
1958-1973
carton 6, folder 67
Hammesfahr, E. A.
1946-1965
carton 6, folder 68
Harder, James O.
1957-1970
carton 6, folder 69
Hardy, Robert M.
1953-1962
carton 6, folder 70
Harper, F. A. (Floyd Arthur), 1887-
1965-1972
carton 6, folder 71
Harris, W. J., Jr.
1946-1961
carton 6, folder 72
Hart, James David, 1911-
1962-1981
carton 6, folder 73
Harwood, E. C. (Edward Crosby), 1900-
1952-1961
carton 6, folder 74
Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-
1950-1977
carton 6, folder 75
Hearst, William R., 1908-
1952-1981
carton 6, folder 78
Henshaw, Paul Carrington, 1913-1986
1952-1975
carton 6, folder 79
Heroy, William Bayard, 1883-1971
1952-1966
carton 6, folder 80
Hesketh, John Fermor
1952-1961
carton 6, folder 81
Hines, Pierre R.
1959-1965
carton 6, folder 82
Hitch, Charles Johnston
1967-1981
carton 6, folder 83
Hoffacker, Theodore
1954-1957
carton 6, folder 84
Hoffman, Irwin D.
1979-1982
carton 6, folder 85
Hoffman, Robert D.
1968-1975
carton 7, folder 1
Holliday, J. S.
1965-1969
carton 7, folder 2
Holloway, John Edward, 1890-
1952-1975
carton 7, folder 3
Homestake Veterans Association
1951-1975
carton 7, folder 4
Howe, Donald P.
1956-1975
carton 7, folder 6
Huelsdonk, Lewis Leroy, 1905-
1954-1963
carton 7, folder 8
Husbands, Sam H., Jr.
1970-1981
carton 7, folder 9
Jahns, Richard Henry, 1915-
1974-1977
carton 7, folder 11
Johnson, Harold T. (Bizz)
1959-1965
carton 7, folder 12
Johnson, Jesse C.
1949-1956
carton 7, folder 14
Joralemon, Ira Beaman, 1884-1975
1951-1975
carton 7, folder 16
Just, Evan, 1900-
1947-1963
carton 7, folder 18
Keefe, Roger M.
1956-1962
carton 7, folder 19-22
Kellar, Kellar Driscoll
1951-1977
Kellar, Chambers, 1889-1950
Kellar, Kenneth C., 1906-1981
carton 7, folder 23
Kemmerer, Donald Lorenzo
1953-1976
carton 7, folder 24
Kemper, S. Marshall
1967-1977
carton 7, folder 25
KempvanEe, J. C.
1948-1949
carton 7, folder 26
Kennedy, William F.
1952-1973
carton 7, folder 27
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
1957-1967
carton 7, folder 28
Kidner, Frank C.
1952-1973
carton 7, folder 30
Kirkendall, Ernest
1952-1961
carton 7, folder 31
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
1953-1965
carton 7, folder 32-33
Koenig, Robert P., 1904-
1950-1976
carton 7, folder 34
Kriz, Miroslav Anthony, 1908-
1954-1983
carton 7, folder 35
Lacy, Willard C.
1956-1983
carton 7, folder 36
Lancaster, Louis
1956-1960
carton 7, folder 37-38
Lawrence, Joseph Stagg
1948-1950
carton 7, folder 39
Lechner, John R.
1957-1958
carton 7, folder 40
Liddell, Donald Macy, 1879-
1951-1957
carton 7, folder 41
Light, Richard Upjohn, 1902-
1952-1973
carton 7, folder 45
Lindstrom, Philip
1969-1982
carton 7, folder 46
Locke, Alice B.
1981-1982
carton 7, folder 47
Macgregor, Wallace
1959-1976
carton 7, folder 49
Mallinckrodt, Edward
1950-1958
carton 7, folder 50
McCaffrey, Stanley E., 1917-
1952-1982
carton 7, folder 52
McFalls, John M.
1973-1977
carton 7, folder 53
McGavin, Donald C.
1974-1977
carton 7, folder 54
McHenry, Dean Eugene, 1910-
1965-1973
carton 7, folder 55-56
McKenna, Philip M.
1949-1952
carton 7, folder 57
McNab, Alexander J.
1951-1952
carton 7, folder 58
Madison, Marshall P.
1956-1967
carton 7, folder 59
Malozemoff, Plato
1952-1975
carton 7, folder 62
Maxwell, John C.
1956-1959
carton 7, folder 63
Mein, William Wallace
1955-1961
carton 7, folder 64
Merica, Paul D.
1951-1957
carton 7, folder 65
Merritt, Phillip L.
1948-1952
carton 7, folder 66
Meyer, Theodore Robert, 1902-1973
1968-1972
carton 7, folder 67
Meyerhoff, Howard A. (Howard Augustus), 1899-
1952-1974
carton 7, folder 68
Mills, Frederick Cecil, 1892-1964
1952-1960
carton 7, folder 70
Morel, Robert C.
1967-1973
carton 7, folder 72
Mrak, Emil Marcel, 1901-
1959-1977
carton 7, folder 73
Mundt, Karl Earl, 1900-
1956-1964
carton 7, folder 74
Murphy, Franklin D., 1916-
1960-1970
carton 7, folder 75
Murray, William W.
1949-1964
carton 7, folder 77
Neal, Alfred Clarence
1958-1962
carton 7, folder 78
Noblet, F. M. A.
1957-1964
carton 7, folder 79
Nolan, Thomas Brennan
1952-1977
carton 7, folder 80
O'Brien, Roy E.
1952-1953
carton 7, folder 81
O'Brien, F. X. James
1954-1955
carton 7, folder 82
O'Donnell, Neil
1948-1954
carton 7, folder 83
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-
1968-1983
carton 7, folder 84
Overton, J. Allen
1964-1982
carton 7, folder 85
Pauley, Edwin Wendell, 1903-
1953-1971
carton 7, folder 86
Pearce, Norman C.
1953-1960
carton 7, folder 87
Perkins, Dexter, 1889-
1952-1953
carton 7, folder 88
Peterson, Richard H.
1966-1983
carton 7, folder 89
Peterson, Ulrich
1965-1978
carton 8, folder 4
Prain, Ronald, Sir, 1907-
1957-1975
carton 8, folder 5
Purnhagen, Jeanne E.
1962-1964
carton 8, folder 6
Rainsford, George N.
1964-1967
carton 8, folder 7
Randall, John A.
1967-1971
carton 8, folder 9
Read, Leonard E. (Leonard Edward), 1898-
1962-1982
carton 8, folder 10
Reynolds, Donald Montgomery
1974-1983
carton 8, folder 11
Robie, Edward H.
1952-1953
carton 8, folder 12
Robinson, F. George
1966-1967
carton 8, folder 13
Rockwell, Alvin J.
1960-1981
carton 8, folder 15
Rukeyser, Merryle Stanley, 1897-1988
1949-1957
carton 8, folder 16
Rumely, Edward A.
1953-1959
carton 8, folder 17
Salisbury, O. J.
1953-1981
carton 8, folder 18
Scharlach, Harry R.
1962-1982
carton 8, folder 19
Schnee, Verne H.
1952-1957
carton 8, folder 20
Schwab, Charles E., Sr.
1960-1975
carton 8, folder 21
Searcy, Alan W., 1925-
1965
carton 8, folder 22
Searls, Fred, Jr.
1948-1961
carton 8, folder 24
Seibert, Herbert D.
1950-1962
carton 8, folder 25
Sharp, Robert P. (Robert Phillip)
1953-1978
carton 8, folder 26
Shenton, Robert
1973-1979
carton 8, folder 27
Shields, Murray
1952-1963
carton 8, folder 28
Shields, Robert McCormick, Jr.
1952-1963
carton 8, folder 29
Shoemaker, A. H.
1953-1956
carton 8, folder 30
Shoemaker, Robert S., 1925-
1974-1980
carton 8, folder 31
Shor, Betty Noble
1976-1981
carton 8, folder 32-33
Shoup, Merrill E.
1949-1964
carton 8, folder 34-35
Simpson, John L. (John Lowrey), 1891-1981
1948-1977
carton 8, folder 36
Sinclair, John S.
1959-1960
carton 8, folder 37
Slusser, Willis S.
1971-1975
carton 8, folder 38-39
Smith, Charles R.
1963-1964
carton 8, folder 40
Smith, Julian D.
1953-1961
carton 8, folder 41
Smith, Richard Wellington
1952-1953
carton 8, folder 42
Spieler, Michael
1965-1969
carton 8, folder 43-44
Sproul, Allan, 1896-
1951-1959
carton 8, folder 46
Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-
1959-1977
carton 8, folder 48
Stratten, T. P.
1956-1972
carton 8, folder 51
Swent, Langan W.
1956-1981
carton 8, folder 53
Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981
1961-1981
carton 8, folder 54
Thomas, William L., Jr.
1955-1956
carton 8, folder 55
Thomsen, J. Cameron
1954-1965
carton 8, folder 56
Thompson, Charles D.
1974-1977
carton 8, folder 57
Thompson, John Fairfield
1952-1964
carton 8, folder 58
Tittman, E. McLanahan
1967-1971
carton 8, folder 59-60
Torrey, Clare Morse, 1891-1977
1952-1958
carton 8, folder 61
Trauerman, Carl J.
1949-1953
carton 8, folder 63
Van Evera, Robert W.
1956-1974
carton 8, folder 64
Van Hook, C. E.
1952-1965
carton 8, folder 65
Von Eschen, Harry L.
1961-1964
carton 8, folder 66
Walker, Harlan A.
1949-1958
carton 8, folder 67
Wansbrough, V. C.
1953-1964
carton 8, folder 68
Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-
1956-1961
carton 8, folder 70
White, James A.
1949-1958
carton 8, folder 72-73
Williams, Clyde
1948-1961
carton 8, folder 74
Williams, Harvey
1973-1977
carton 8, folder 75
Wimpfen, Sheldon P.
1948-1964
carton 8, folder 76
Wingate, Harry S.
1952-1977
carton 8, folder 78
Wormser, Felix Edgar, 1894-
1951-1976
carton 8, folder 79
Wright, Charles Will, 1879-
1960-1963
carton 8, folder 80
Wright, Orville K.
1949-1954
carton 8, folder 81
Zurbrigg, H. F.
1972-1973
Letters to Donald H. McLaughlin from Various Individuals,
1945-1984
carton 8, folder 83
American - Anyan
1948-1984
carton 8, folder 88
Bellano - Beynon
1956-1981
carton 9, folder 1
Biaggini - Bland
1945-1983
carton 9, folder 2
Bleiberg - Borsay
1951-1982
carton 9, folder 4
Brackin - Braunschweiger
1949-1976
carton 9, folder 5
Breaux - Brooks
1947-1976
carton 9, folder 11
Charleson - Cloud
1952-1977
carton 9, folder 13
Collins - Cooke
1952-1973
carton 9, folder 14
Coolbaugh - Copeland
1951-1982
carton 9, folder 16
Craft - Crawford
1949-1977
carton 9, folder 17
Crider - Cutting
1945-1977
carton 9, folder 19
Dawson - De Loes
1950-1975
carton 9, folder 20
DeMille - Dewitt
1953-1983
carton 9, folder 21
Diamond - Dolan
1949-1982
carton 9, folder 23
Douglas - Drury
1951-1977
carton 9, folder 24
DuBridge - Dziewonski
1951-1983
carton 9, folder 25
Earling - Elizondo
1951-1981
carton 9, folder 26
Ellinger - Exter
1947-1981
carton 9, folder 28
Ferdon - Folger
1949-1978
carton 9, folder 30
Gableman - Gatlin
1949-1982
carton 9, folder 32
Godfrey - Gould
1948-1982
carton 9, folder 33
Graham - Grether
1948-1983
carton 9, folder 34
Griefen - Guyer
1948-1983
carton 9, folder 35
Haapala - Halvorsen
1948-1981
carton 9, folder 36
Hamaty - Harris
1949-1982
carton 9, folder 37
Harrison - Hays
1951-1983
carton 9, folder 38
Heald - Herbert
1948-1982
carton 9, folder 40
Hoadley - Holzer
1949-1983
carton 9, folder 42
Hubbard - Irwin
1947-1982
carton 9, folder 43
Jackson - Jessup
1947-1975
carton 9, folder 45
Kaiser - Kendrick
1947-1983
carton 9, folder 46
Kennedy - Kjorlien
1951-1983
carton 10, folder 1
Klagsbrun - Koester
1950-1981
carton 10, folder 3
Laclan - LaPlante
1948-1983
carton 10, folder 4
Laskowski - Leffler
1952-1983
carton 10, folder 8
MacDonald - Majors
1952-1977
carton 10, folder 9
Maleham - Marshall
1952-1983
carton 10, folder 10
Martell - Maytham
1948-1976
carton 10, folder 11
McAleer - McFarlane
1948-1983
carton 10, folder 12
McGlynn - McRae
1948-1980
carton 10, folder 13
Meagher - Meyer
1946-1982
carton 10, folder 14
Michaud - Mixer
1950-1983
carton 10, folder 16
Moorhead - Mountbatten
1952-1976
carton 10, folder 17
Muchmore - Myroniuk
1949-1983
carton 10, folder 18
Nachtrieb - Nichols
1952-1983
carton 10, folder 19
Nicks - Nymeyer
1946-1982
carton 10, folder 20
O'Brien - Oweiss
1948-1983
carton 10, folder 23
Peale - Pettitt
1951-1981
carton 10, folder 24
Pfleider - Pitzer
1947-1982
carton 10, folder 25
Plackard - Putt
1947-1981
carton 10, folder 26
Quarles - Quittner
1950-1974
carton 10, folder 27
Racz - Reynolds
1949-1983
carton 10, folder 30
Rocca - Roswell
1950-1981
carton 10, folder 31
Sabouni - Sayre
1950-1981
carton 10, folder 32
Scafidi - Scott
1947-1983
carton 10, folder 35
Skewes-Cox - Smylie
1950-1980
carton 10, folder 36
Snelling - Sproul
1948-1981
carton 10, folder 37
Staley - Sturgeon
1948-1982
carton 11, folder 1
Suhrke - Symonds
1951-1974
carton 11, folder 3
Thalken - Titus
1951-1980
carton 11, folder 5
Udall - Utzinger
1948-1973
carton 11, folder 6
Valentine - Vreeland
1949-1981
carton 11, folder 7
Wagner - Wayburn
1947-1983
carton 11, folder 8
Weaver - Weyerhaeuser
1949-1981
carton 11, folder 9
Wheeler - Wilkeson
1948-1983
carton 11, folder 10
Willens - Witter
1947-1983
carton 11, folder 11
Wolfle - Wurster
1948-1983
carton 11, folder 12
Yamamoto - Ziolkowski
1948-1981
carton 11, folder 13
Multiple correspondents
1951-1981
carton 11, folder 14
Unidentified surnames
1952-1982
carton 11, folder 16
Illegible signatures
1952-1978
carton 11, folder 17
Unidentified correspondence
undated
carton 11, folder 24
Miscellaneous cards
1952-1981
Series 3:
Letters Neither to nor from Donald H. McLaughlin,
1943-1983
Physical Description: Cartons 11-12; Carton 13, folders 1-7.
Arrangement
Arranged by name of correspondent, and then chronologically.
carton 11, folder 26
Babcock - Beynon
1950-1982
carton 11, folder 28
Breck - Burwell
1949-1976
carton 11, folder 31
Coblentz - Conover
1949-1982
carton 11, folder 32
Constantacatos - Cooper
1951-1975
carton 12, folder 6
Counselman - Curtis
1957-1975
carton 12, folder 7
Daniels - Durrell
1949-1983
carton 12, folder 8
Earling - Exter
1946-1983
carton 12, folder 10
Gainsbrugh - Griffiths
1949-1982
carton 12, folder 11
Grimes - Gutmann
1949-1974
carton 12, folder 14
Hoffman - Hunter
1952-1983
carton 12, folder 16
Kaiser - Koshland
1949-1981
carton 12, folder 17
Kraetzer - Kummel
1947-1982
carton 12, folder 18
LaBlanc - Lewis
1949-1976
carton 12, folder 20
Macgregor - McInery
1948-1982
carton 12, folder 21
McKenna - McQuiston
1949-1967
carton 12, folder 23
Nagourney - Overton
1946-1982
carton 12, folder 24
Packard - Purnhagen
1950-1983
carton 12, folder 25
Rabb - Reynolds
1950-1983
carton 13, folder 2
Sebel - Slusser
1949-1978
carton 13, folder 6
Weaver - Zimmerman
1949-1980
Series 4:
Speeches, Writings, Lectures, and Interviews,
1930-1983
Physical Description: Carton 13, folders 8-118; Carton 14, folders 1-80.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Content/Description
These include manuscripts of published and unpublished speeches, books, articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and lectures
by McLaughlin, as well as interviews given by him.
carton 13, folder 8
Donald H. McLaughlin bibliography
undated
carton 13, folder 9-118
Speeches, writings, lectures, interviews
1930-1967
carton 14, folder 1-80
Speeches, writings, lectures, interviews
1967-1983
Series 5:
Miscellaneous Personal Papers,
circa 1947-1981
Physical Description: Carton 14, folders 81-86.
Content/Description
Includes notes of telephone conversations, arranged chronologically. Also includes biographical data, tributes and awards,
and other personal miscellany.
carton 14, folder 81
Notes of telephone conversations
1947-1982
carton 14, folder 82
Biographical data
1952-1975
carton 14, folder 84
Personal miscellany
1948-1975
carton 14, folder 85
Tributes, awards, etc.
1953-1977
Series 6:
Subject Files,
circa 1951-1981
Physical Description: Carton 14, folders 87-94; Cartons 15-17; Carton 18, folders 1-5; Carton 30.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Content/Description
Contains subject files, including board reports, committee minutes, annual reports, financial items, memoranda, and some correspondence,
concerning companies, organizations, events, persons, and topics. Correspondence appears in the files of the Bunker Hill Company,
Cerro de Pasco Corporation, Committee for Research on the Properties & Uses of Gold, and San Luis Mining Company.
carton 14, folder 87
American Mining Congress
1951-1962
carton 14, folder 88
American Institute of Mining Metallurgical Engineers
1952
carton 14, folder 89-94
Bunker Hill Company
1951-1958
carton 15, folder 1-17
Bunker Hill Company
1959-1967
carton 15, folder 18
California Alumni Association
1973
carton 15, folder 19
California Gold Committee
1951
carton 15, folder 20-23
Cerro de Pasco Corporation
1952-1953
carton 16, folder 1-15
Cerro de Pasco Corporation
1953-1965
carton 16, folder 16
Colorado plateau uranium
1949-1951
carton 16, folder 17-25
Committee for Research on the Properties Uses of Gold
1962-1964
carton 17, folder 1-8
Committee for Research on the Properties Uses of Gold
1964-1966
carton 17, folder 9
Commonwealth Club of California
1974
carton 17, folder 10
Deposition of McLaughlin re:William Apperson vs. First New Haven National Bank, et. al.; and First New Haven National Bank
vs. Estate of Anne Apperson Flint, et. al.
1972
carton 17, folder 14
Friends of The Bancroft Library
1964-1969
carton 17, folder 16
Gold Standard League
1949-1954
carton 17, folder 17
Harvard Foundation for Advanced Study and Research
1951-1953
carton 17, folder 18
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson
1960-1964
carton 17, folder 19
Homestake Mining Company
1952-1975
carton 17, folder 20
Homestake Mining Company--Expense Records
1954-62
carton 17, folder 21
International Science Center
1957-1962
carton 17, folder 22
Oglala Sioux Tribe vs. Homestake Mining Company
1982
carton 17, folder 23
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
1944-1957
carton 17, folder 24-35
San Luis Mining Company
1957-1977
carton 18, folder 1-4
San Luis Mining Company
1969-1977
carton 18, folder 5
Save the Redwoods League
1975-1983
carton 30, folder 1
Save the Redwoods [Newton Drury]
1977
carton 30, folder 2
Society of Economic Geologists
1961-70
carton 30, folder 3
Stanford Earth Sciences Advisory Committee
1973-74
carton 30, folder 4
United Nuclear Corporation
1962-63
carton 30, folder 5
United Nuclear Corporation Annual Reports
1962-63
carton 30, folder 6
United Nuclear Corporation Annual Reports
1963-64
carton 30, folder 7-8
United States Council of I.C.C.--Madrid
1975
carton 30, folder 9
University of California, Santa Barbara
1980-83
Series 7:
Papers Written by Others,
circa 1928-1965
Physical Description: Carton 18, folders 6-24; Carton 19, folders 1-13.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author. Persons with five or more number of papers are filed alphabetically before those with a
lesser number.
Content/Description
These papers, published and unpublished, cover a wide variety of topics, but generally relate to gold, economics, monetary
policy, and geological exploration. Notable are the personal reminiscences of Guy N. Bjorge in Venezuela, and Frederick M.
Chace in Bendigo, Australia.
carton 18, folder 11
Huelsdonk, Lewis Leroy, 1905-
carton 18, folder 15
Palyi, Melchior, 1892-1970
carton 18, folder 16
Wright, Charles Will, 1879-
Series 8:
Newspapers Clippings,
circa 1939-1984
Physical Description: Carton 19, folders 14-44.
Arrangement
Roughly arranged by year.
Content/Description
The majority of these pertain to gold in some way.
Series 9:
Free Speech Movement, University of California, Berkeley
1963-1965
Physical Description: Cartons 20-21.
Arrangement
This series retains McLaughlin's topical arrangement and labeling. It is roughly chronological.
Content/Description
Contains correspondence and other papers related to the movement.
Series 10:
University of California (System), Regents,
1963-1965
Physical Description: Cartons 22-29
Arrangement
This series also retains McLaughlin's topical arrangement and labeling. It is alphabetical by topic.
Content/Description
Contains correspondence, committee reports, minutes, and other miscellany
carton 22, folder 3-12
Atomic Energy Commission
1953-1965
carton 22, folder 13-15
Atomic Energy Commission - Lawrence Livermore Lab
1955-1963
carton 22, folder 16-18
Atomic Energy Commission - Plowshare Advisory Committee
1961-1965
carton 22, folder 19-20
The Bancroft Library
1975-1977
carton 22, folder 21
Berkeley campus - correspondence
1963
carton 22, folder 22
Berkeley campus - engineering
1977
carton 22, folder 23
Berkeley campus - faculty miscellaneous
1975
carton 22, folder 24-25
Berkeley campus - miscellaneous
1961-1962
carton 22, folder 26
Berkeley campus - Newman Hall
undated
carton 22, folder 27
Berkeley campus - Student Union
1957
carton 22, folder 28-29
Campus Planning Committee
1956
carton 23, folder 1-4
Campus Planning Committee
1957-1964
carton 23, folder 19
Committee on Centennial Honors
1968
carton 23, folder 20
Committee on Committees
1955-1956
carton 23, folder 21
Committee on Selection of Berkeley Chancellor
1965
carton 23, folder 22
Communist issue
1953-1965
carton 23, folder 24-30
Co-ordinating Council for Higher Education
1960-1963
carton 24, folder 1
Cortney (Philip) Lectureship
1960
carton 24, folder 2
Earth Sciences Board
1977
carton 24, folder 3
Earth Sciences reorganization
1972
carton 24, folder 4-5
Education Abroad centers
undated
carton 24, folder 6-12
Educational policy
1953-1961
carton 24, folder 13
Educational policy - business administration
1956-1957
carton 24, folder 14
Educational policy - Davis campus
1955-1956
carton 24, folder 15
Educational policy - enrollment policies
1957
carton 24, folder 16
Educational policy - Institute of Behavioral Science
1955
carton 24, folder 17
Educational policy - psychiatric unit
1953
carton 24, folder 18
Educational policy - publications
1951-1953
carton 24, folder 19
Educational policy - Riverside campus
1956
carton 24, folder 20
Educational policy - San Diego campus
1953-1956
carton 24, folder 21
Educational policy - Santa Barbara campus
1953-1956
carton 24, folder 22
Educational policy - tenure
1956
carton 24, folder 23-28
Engineering Advisory Committee
1953-1974
carton 24, folder 29
Engineering Alumni Society
1974
carton 24, folder 30-31
Engineering Center
1975-1979
carton 24, folder 32-34
Engineering, College of
1974-1976
carton 24, folder 35
Engineering correspondence
1960-1964
carton 25, folder 3-6
Financial miscellany
1956-1961
carton 25, folder 7-16
Finance Committee
1955-1961
carton 25, folder 21-28
Grounds Buildings
1955-1957
carton 26, folder 1-12
Grounds Buildings
1958-1965
carton 26, folder 15
Heyns, Roger W. (Roger William), 1918-
1965-1967
carton 26, folder 16
Intercampus Cultural Exchange Program
1962
carton 26, folder 17-23
International House
1955-1977
carton 26, folder 24
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
1963
carton 26, folder 25
Institute for Studies of Industrial Relations Management
1963
carton 26, folder 27
Katalla, Alaska harbor project
1958
carton 26, folder 28-30
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
1956-1963
carton 26, folder 31
Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory
1962-1964
carton 26, folder 32-33
Lawrence Memorial Committee
1958-1962
carton 26, folder 34-36
Lawrence Hall of Science
1960-1963
carton 27, folder 1-4
Liasion Committee
1951-1962
carton 27, folder 5-8
Los Angeles campus
1955-1962
carton 27, folder 10-11
Medical health sciences
1955-1959
carton 27, folder 12
Mineral technology
1961-1962
carton 27, folder 13
National engineering education survey program
1963-1964
carton 27, folder 14-16
New campus Sites Committee
1957-1959
carton 27, folder 17
New campus sites - La Jolla
1956-1959
carton 27, folder 18-19
New campus sites - Monterey
1958
carton 28, folder 4
Physical Sciences Study Committee
1961
carton 28, folder 5
President Selection Committee
1957
carton 28, folder 7
Regents - general correspondence
1964
carton 28, folder 8-21
Regents - miscellaneous
1953-1959
carton 29, folder 1-4
Regents - miscellaneous
1960-1966
carton 29, folder 5
Retirement from the Board
1966
carton 29, folder 6
Riverside campus
1961-1963
carton 29, folder 7
San Francisco Medical Center
1961-1962
carton 29, folder 9
Santa Barbara campus
1955-1963
carton 29, folder 10-11
Santa Cruz campus
1964-1976
carton 29, folder 12
Saxon, David S.
1975-1976
carton 29, folder 13
Space Center outline - UCLA
1962
carton 29, folder 14
Spieth, Herman T.
1964-1967
carton 29, folder 15
Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975
1955-1976
carton 29, folder 16
Strong, Edward W. (Edward William), 1901-
1963-1965
carton 29, folder 18
Tunell, George, Prof.
1962-1965
carton 29, folder 19
University advancement fund
1954
carton 29, folder 20-22
University of California - general
1964
carton 29, folder 23-26
University of California - miscellaneous
1976-1984
carton 29, folder 27
White Mountain Research Station
1955