Lisa Godfrey thesis papers

Lisa Godfrey thesis papers, 1910-1970, 1990-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Godfrey, Lisa Pitcher
Title: Lisa Godfrey thesis papers
Dates: 1910-1970, 1990-1991 (inclusive)
19101991
Quantity: 7 boxes, (2.75 linear ft.)
Collection Number: UUS_COLL MSS 276
Summary: This collection contains the notes, photos, drafts, and research gathered in preparation for former USU student Lisa Godfrey's M.A. thesis, "Mining the Colorado Plateau: The Story of Calamity Mesa 1910-1970." The thesis is an examination of a mining community in southwestern Colorado and was prepared as part of an application to designate the area as a national historic site.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: Restrictions
Open to public research.
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These papers consist of notes, photos, drafts and research gathered in preparation for Lisa Godfrey's thesis, "Mining the Colorado Plateau: The Story of Calamity Mesa 1910-1970." The thesis is an examination of a mining community in southwestern Colorado, and was prepared as part of an application to designate the area as a national historic site. Copies of the thesis are available on micro-form, both in Special Collections and in the USU library's micro-form area.

The first four boxes contain research files and drafts of the thesis. Boxes 6 and 7 are interviews on cassette tapes. The last box holds tapes, notepads and slides of Colorado.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Lisa Godfrey thesis papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Lisa Godfrey thesis papers, 1900-1970, 1990-1991. (COLL MSS 276). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

These papers were donated to Special Collections following the completion of Lisa Godfrey's USU MA thesis in History in 1991 by Dr. Ross Peterson, who was the major advisor for this project. Partial funding for this project came from the Bureau of Land Management. Research support also came from the Museum of Western Colorado, located in Grand Junction. As a result of this support, both the BLM office in Denver and the museum in Grand Junction also have copies of Ms. Godfrey's interviews and transcripts of them. Their holdings, however, do not necessarily exactly duplicate what is housed in this collection.

Processing Note

Collection Processed by: Stephen C. Sturgeon, April 2003

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Research, Correspondence and Thesis CopiesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Mining the Colorado Plateau: The Story of Calamity Mesa 1910-1970" Thesis by Lisa Pitcher Godfrey [marked copy-bound]	undated
1	2	Mining the Colorado Plateau: The Story of Calamity Mesa 1910-1970" Thesis by Lisa Pitcher Godfrey [clean copy-bound]	undated
1	3	Mining the Colorado Plateau: The Story of Calamity Mesa 1910-1970" Thesis by Lisa Pitcher Godfrey [clean loose copy]	undated
1	4	Correspondence: letters sent	undated
1	5	Acknowledgments for Thesis, form	undated
1	6	Umetco Production Records for Calamity Group Mines	undated
1	7	Articles on Health and Mining Issues	undated
1	8	Gateway High School Year Book	1964-1965
1	9	BLM Maps	undated
1	10	Photos from Floriene Rait	undated
1	11	Information from Dr. Geno Saccamanno, St. Mary's Hospital - Radon	undated
1	12	Newspaper Articles - Howard Balsley	undated
1	13	Photocopies from museum newspapers: Newspapers. Photos. Pamphlets Book Nuggets by Glenn Berry	1982

Thesis Files, Research and DraftsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	Prospecting for Uranium Handbook	undated
2	2	Journal Articles: Journal of Western Slope/ Business on Wheels	undated
2	3	Journal of the West "History's Greatest Metal Hunt" The Uranium Boom on the Colorado Plateau	undated
2	4	Life Magazine 1953 "History's Greatest Metal Hunt"	undated
2	5	Mesa Miracle - Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation	undated
2	6	Mining Yearbook	1954
2	7	U3O8 Formula for Profits	undated
2	8	Reports by William L. Chenoweth	undated
2	9	USAEC Division of Raw Materials (RMO-1000 A) Interim Staff Report	1951 June
2	10	(RMO 465 B) Union Mines Development Corporation - Report on Calamity District	1944
2	11	Various Reports from W. L. Chenoweth	undated
2	12	AEC Circulars	undated
2	13	Background Information, Grand Junction Office USAEC	undated
2	14	Summary and Chronology of the Domestic Uranium Program	undated
2	15	Bureau of Mines - Information Circular "Uranium Mining Methods and Costs at Several Mines..."	undated
2	16	Mineral Resources Survey of Mesa County	undated
2	17	"A Formal History of the USGS Colorado Plateau Project" William Chenoweth	undated
2	18	Summary History of Domestic Uranium Procurement under USAEC Contracts	undated
2	19	Information supplied by Anthony Mastrovich	undated
2	20	Radium, Uranium, and Vanadium Deposits of Southwestern Colorado by R. C. Coffin USAEC 1921 - Colorado Geological Survey - Bulletin 16 E	undated
2	21	Notes from daily newspapers	undated
2	22	Bureau of Mines Yearbook Notes	undated
2	23	Mesa County Court House Claim, Records	1913-1948
3	1	Thesis - Copy - Edited by Dave Lewis	undated
3	2	Thesis - Copy - Edited by Tom Lyon	undated
3	3	Rough Draft	undated
3	4	Revised Copy	undated
3	5	Revised Copy	1991 March 6
3	6	Draft	1991 March 10
3	7	Outline: Thesis	1990 November
3	8	Original Maps	undated
3	9	Sources	undated
3	10	Notes	undated
3	11	BLM Field Evaluation, Calamity Camp Historic Site, Mesa County, Colorado	undated
3	12	Photos	undated
3	13	Oversize map of Uravan Mineral Belt, Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado	1976

Release Forms, Transcripts, and NotesReturn to Top

Researchers should consult permission forms concerning reproduction and quotation rights.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	1	Completed Release Forms	undated
4	2	Nellie Barlow	1990 July 6
4	3	Walter Casto	1990 August 6
4	4	Bill Chenoweth	1990 August 6
4	5	Lee Clark	1990 July 3
4	6	Richard P. Fischer	1990 July 10
4	7	John Honstein	1990 August 7
4	8	Tony Mastrovich	1990 July 5
4	9	Carol McManus	1990 August 8
4	10	Floriene Rait	1990 July 5
4	11	Al Rinderle	1990 July 11
4	12	Linda Sterry	1990 August 29
4	13	Sherm Waggner	1990 July 11
4	14	Dorothy Wagner and Susan W. Alexander	1990 August 7
4	15	Frank Woodard	1990 July 6
4	16	Ben Zimmerman	1990 July 10
4	17	Group 2 interviews, not granted permission: Glen Berry, Don Hill and Eva Spencer	undated
4	18	Notes	undated

Interviews on TapesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
5	Tape 1: Lee Clark	1990 July 3
5	Tape 2: Tony Mastrovich	1990 July 5
5	Tape 3: Floriene Rait	1990 July 5
5	Tape 4: Frank Woodard	1990 July 6
5	Tape 5: Tony Mastrovick/ Frank Woodard	1990 July 6
5	Tape 6: Nellie Barlow	1990 July 6
5	Tape 7: Dr. Geno Saccamanno	1990 July 9
5	Tape 8: Verne Bishop	1990 July 10
5	Tape 9: Ben Zimmerman	1990 July 10
5	Tape 10: Richard Fischer	1990 July 10
5	Tape 11: Al Rinderle	1990 July 11
5	Tape 12: Sherm Wagner	1990 July 11
5	Tape 13: Glenn W. Berry	1990 July 11
5	Tape 14: Bill Cohan	1990 August 3
6	Tape 1: Robert Foster	1990 August 6
6	Tape 2: Robert Foster (Side 3)	1990 August 6
6	Tape 3: Walter Casto	1990 August 6
6	Tape 4: Bill Chenoweth	1990 August 6
6	Tape 5: Dorothy Wagner, Susan Alexander	1990 August 7
6	Tape 6: John Honstein	1990 August 7
6	Tape 7: Bill Cohan	1990 August 8
6	Tape 8: Becky Zurek	1990 August 8
6	Tape 9: Carol McManus	1990 August 8
6	Tape 10: Eva Spencer, Ethel Pogue, Louise Warren	1990 August 9
6	Tape 11: Ethel Pogue, Louise and LorenWarren	1990 August 9
6	Tape 12: Don Hill	1990 August 29
7	Tape 1: Elton Youngberg	1990 August 29
7	Tape 2: Linda Sterry	1990 August 29

Notecards and Slides, undatedReturn to Top

Description	Dates
A-Z Contact Information	undated
References	undated
Notes	undated
Chapter 1	undated
Chapter 2	undated
Chapter 3	undated
Chapter 4	undated
Misc. Notes and References Slides of Colorado	undated

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