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Separated Material
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A Guide to the Johan August Udden Papers, ca.
1886-1938
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Creator: |
Udden, Johan August |
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Title: |
Johan August Udden
Papers |
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Dates: |
ca.
1886-1938 |
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Abstract: |
Johan August Udden was
a geologist and an educator whose work with the University of Texas's Bureau of
Economic Geology lead to the discovery of the Big Lake Oil Field. |
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Accession No.: |
65-116; 65-166; 93-30; 93-324;
94-117 |
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Extent: |
9 ft. 6 in. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
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Dr. Johan August Udden was born in
Lekasa, Sweden, March 19, 1859. He immigrated to America at the age of two with
his parents, who settled in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1881
and a Master of Arts in 1889, both from Augustana College. In 1882 he married
Johanna Krinina Davis. Udden taught natural science and civics at Bethany
College, Lindsborg, Kansas, and from 1888 to 1911 was professor of natural
history and geology at Augustana. Udden was also geologist of The University of
Texas Mineral Survey, 1903-1904; geologist of the Illinois Geological Survey,
1906-1911; and special agent of the United States Geological Survey, 1908-1914.
He became geologist in the Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology of The
University of Texas in 1911 and director in 1915. He was made a member of the
Graduate Faculty of the University in 1929. His areas of research included
stratigraphic and areal geology, work of the atmosphere, and till in the upper
Mississippi River Valley. In 1916 Udden advised the University of Texas of the
likely presence of oil and gas on UT lands in Reagan County, leading to the
discovery of the Big Lake Oil field. Udden died January 5, 1932.
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Udden’s papers cover his career as a geologist and an educator and
include publications, correspondence, geological surveys, reports, charts maps,
photographs, notes and clippings.
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
A portion of the papers is stored remotely. Advance notice required
for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Phillips, W. B. |
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Udden, Johan August |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of
Economic Geology. |
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Subjects |
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Geological surveys--United
States |
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Geologists -- Texas --
Biography. |
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Geology -- Texas. |
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Oil fields--Texas |
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Three of Udden’s maps of Texas have been separated to
the catalogued Map Collection. |
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Johan August Udden Papers, ca.
1886-1938, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Inventory: |
| box |
| 2K137 |
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Newspaper and magazine clippings per oil wells
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Paper per fossil ice crystals |
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Papers per report on lime and cement industry in Texas,
1916 |
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Notebooks, field, oil well |
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Scrapbook clippings,
[ca. 1912] |
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Geological maps |
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| 2K138 |
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Correspondence, personal, dictation copies,
1908-1911 |
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Correspondence of W. B. Phillips, personal: |
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A - H,
1909-1911 |
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J - Z,
1909-1911 |
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Correspondence, general: |
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1915 |
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1930 |
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| 2L403 |
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1909-1910 |
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| 2K139 |
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Miscellaneous reports and printed material |
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| 2L404 |
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Geological surveys of oil and gas wells in Texas
counties: |
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Volumes I-IV, Anderson and Castro |
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| 2L405 |
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Volumes V-VIII, Chambers and Eastland |
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| 2L406 |
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Volumes IX-XII, Ector and Hemphill |
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| 2L407 |
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Volumes XIII-XVI, Henderson and Limestone |
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| 2L408 |
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Volumes XVII-XX, Lipscomb and Orange |
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| 2L409 |
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Volumes XXI-XXIV, Palo Pinto and Sterling |
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| 2L410 |
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Volumes XXV-XXVII [two of volume XXV], Tarrant and
Wilbarger |
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| 2L411 |
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Writings and papers on geology: |
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General writings |
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Papers relating to coal and lignite
deposits |
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Paper relating to highways and roads |
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Papers relating to oil and gas |
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Papers relating to sulphur |
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Minutes of the Engineering Division of the Bureau of
Economic Geology |
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| 2L412 |
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Publications: |
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Lists of published writings by J. A. Udden |
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Published geology papers and writings |
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Pamphlets and booklets on geology and related
references |
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| 2L413 |
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Geological notes |
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Notecards |
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Scrapbook,
1920 |
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| 2L414 |
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Geological maps |
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Texans and other periodical publications |
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| 2K137 |
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Broadsides |
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| 2L415 |
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Geological charts [oil wells] |
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| 2L416 |
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Newspaper clippings relating to the Bureau of Economic
Geology |
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| 2L420 |
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Correspondence: |
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April-November, 1905 |
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February-December, 1907 |
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January-December, 1908 |
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June 1910 |
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May-December, 1912 |
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January-December, 1913 |
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January-December, 1914 |
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January-September, 1915 |
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September 1916 |
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1917-1919 |
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1920-1922 |
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1924-1925 |
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Undated |
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Analysis reports,
1912-1915 |
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| 4L421 |
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Miscellaneous reports and printed material |
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| CDL 2/J536 (LSF 4522926) |
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Geologic Field Notebooks,
1888-1917 |
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| 3T234 |
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Photographs: |
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Core samples |
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Lava tube formation, Austin,
1917 |
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Burro Mountains |
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Geological formations in Coke County, Runnels County,
Mineral Wells, and unidentified locations,
1918 |
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Half-tone reproductions of geological
specimens |
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Unidentified snapshot negatives
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