Identity area
Reference code
UTA 1621
Title
Edward W. Nuffield fonds
Date(s)
- 1940-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5.0 of textual and graphic records and publications (29 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
(1914-2006)
Biographical history
Graduated in geology at the University of British Columbia, was a teaching fellow at Stanford University for a year. Earned his PhD from the University of Toronto in mineralogy in 1944. He was a member of the Department of Geological Sciences staff since 1943 and was then appointed Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science in 1962.
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Scope and content
Correspondence, course notes as student (1941-1942), undergraduate teaching materials, research data files relating to minerals and x-ray crystallography, subject files of product catalogues by various corporations of Dr. E.W. Nuffield, Department of Geological Sciences.
Photographs of field work ca 1940s include photoprints and negatives documenting Prof. Nuffield's geological expeditions with the Geological Survey of Canada and the Ontario Department of Mines. Locations include Mason Creek - Germansen Landing District and Cash Creek British Columbia as well as the Montreal River District and Harker Township in Ontario.
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Open
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No finding aid.
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Accession
B1979-0029