The School of Mines Records document mining industries and interests in Oregon.
Scope and Content Notes
Both series pertain to the Oregon Bureau of Mines and its relationship to various mining industries and interests in Oregon and elsewhere. Records include correspondence from mining companies, venture companies seeking to develop mining areas, and individuals requesting testing of ore samples or information about mining areas or prospects for various types of ores.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Mines courses were first taught at Oregon Agricultural College in 1900. In 1913 the state legislature authorized the establishment of the School of Mines at OAC. Money was also authorized for the Oregon Bureau of Mines, which was placed under the School's dean. The School of Mines consisted of four departments -- Mining Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Geology. As part of cutbacks throughout higher education in Oregon, the school was closed in 1932. Mining related courses continued to be taught in the Schools of Science and Engineering. The school's deans included Henry M. Parks (1913-17), E. K. Soper (1917-18), C. E. Newton (1919-28), and J. H. Hance (1928-32). Parks was also director of the Oregon Bureau of Mines from 1913-1923.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Reports. Each series arranged by subject and then chronologically.
