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Charles H. Clapp papers, 1907-1935
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Clapp, C. H. (Charles Horace), 1883-1935
- Title
- Charles H. Clapp papers
- Dates
- 1907-1935 (inclusive)19071935
- Quantity
- 4.7 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 773
- Summary
- Charles Horace Clapp was a geologist, professor of geology and mining, third president of the Montana School of Mines in Butte, Montana, and fifth president of the State University at Missoula (now the University of Montana Missoula). These papers include his personal, professional, and presidential correspondence, speeches, subject files, teaching notes, lantern slides, maps, publications, photos, reports, and various materials from other geological projects with which he was involved.
- Repository
-
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Charles H. Clapp was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 5, 1883. He received his B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905 and five years later he received his doctorate from the same school before studying at Harvard University. He served as an instructor in geology and mining and assistant state geologist for the University of North Dakota from 1905 to 1907. From 1907 to 1910 he was an instructor of geology and mining at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Beginning in 1913 he served as a professor of geology at the University of Arizona until he accepted a similar position at the Montana School of Mines in Butte, Montana in 1916. In 1918, Clapp became president of the Montana School of Mines where he then helped establish the Montana State Bureau of Mines and Metallurgy in 1919.
In 1921, Clapp was made president of the State University at Missoula (now the University of Montana). Accomplishments during Clapp’s term as president of the University of Montana included increased enrollment of upper classmen, increased number of graduate students, initiation of Freshman Week, the creation of the School of Religion, and successful efforts to obtain federal funds for a Student Union building, the first government-financed project of its kind on an American college campus. Other campus construction during his term included the library, South Hall (now Elrod Dormitory), North Hall (now Brantley Hall), Corbin Hall, Shreiber gymnasium, the heating plant, and the forestry building.
Clapp maintained his interest in geology. As late as the 1930s his accomplishments in the field included a study of the granite mass known as the Idaho batholith in the Bitter Root and Sapphire ranges and a geologic survey of several sites proposed for a Chain of Lakes dam project north of Havre, Montana.
Charles H. Clapp and Mary R. Brennan married in 1911. They had eight children: Daniel Brennan, Michael Manson, Mary Lincoln, Francis Coyle, Lucy Ford, Prudence, Paul, and Margaret.
Clapp was diagnosed with a rare bacillary infection in October of 1934. Clapp died on May 9, 1935, while in still holding the office of university president.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The first four series of the Charles H. Clapp papers include personal, university, community, and state related correspondence, speeches, subject files, and miscellaneous materials that were mostly generated during Clapp’s term as president of the University of Montana-Missoula (then the State University at Missoula) from 1921 to 1935. A second group of materials, which was added to the collection after the first group was organized, contains additional personal and professional materials including lantern slides and a series of papers compiled by Clapp's son, Michael Clapp.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana-Missoula.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Charles H. Clapp Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is divided into four series:
Series I: General Correspondence, 0.4 linear ft., 1907-1935
Series II: Speeches and Writings, 0.1 linear ft., 1922-1934
Series III: Subject Files, 0.6 linear ft., 1911-1934
Series IV: Miscellaneous, 0.1 linear ft., 1908-1934
Series V: Personal, 2 folders, 1914-1933
Series VI: Presidential, 8 folders, 1924-1930
Series VII: Teaching Materials, 0.2 linear feet, 1915-1933
Series VIII: VIII Professional, 2.2 linear feet, 1909- 1934
Subseries 1: British Columbia Geological Study, 0.15 linear feet, 1908-1913
Subseries 2: Consulting Work for Jib Consolidated Mining Company, 3 folders, 1922-1928
Subseries 3: Coopers Lake Geological Work, 1 folder, 1931-1934
Subseries 4: Flathead Lake Geological Study, 2 folders, undated
Subseries 5: General Geological Correspondence, 4 folders, 1911-1934
Subseries 6: Milk River Storage Project, 0.25 linear feet, 1933-1934
Subseries 7: Miscellaneous Geological Materials, 0.95 linear feet, 1914-1934
Subseries 8: Montana Natural Resources, 0.3 linear feet, 1917-1928
Subseries 9: Montana Society of Engineers, 2 folders, 1924-1926
Series IX: Publications, Manuscripts, and Reports, 0.7 linear feet, 1910-1930
Series X: Materials Collected as Consulting Engineer US Bureau of Reclamation, 6 folders, 1926-1934
Series XI: Michael Clapp’s Hellgate-Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem Papers, 2 folders, 1935
Custodial History
Chain of ownership is unknown.
Acquisition Information
Donation information is unknown
Processing Note
The materials from this collection were received in two separate donations. The materials from the first donation make up Series I-IV and were processed in 2010 by Teresa Hamann and Dale Johnson. The materials from the second donation were added to the already existing collection in 2013 to become Series V-XI. These materials were refoldered and but labeled with the same folder titles.
Related Materials
RG 01, Office of the President Records, also contains some of Charles H. Clapp's correspondence and other materials from his term as president of The University of Montana-Missoula.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: General Correspondence, 1907-1935Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | 1907, 1918, 1920-1922 | |
| 1/2 | 1923-1924 | |
| 1/3 | 1925-1926 | |
| 1/4 | 1927-1931 | |
| 1/5 | 1932-1933 | |
| 1/6 | 1934-1935 |
Series II: Speeches and Writings, 1922-1934Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/7 | 1922 | |
| 1/8 | 1924 | |
| 1/9 | 1925 | |
| 1/10 | 1928 | |
| 1/11 | 1929 | |
| 1/12 | 1930 | |
| 1/13 | 1932 | |
| 1/14 | 1934 | |
| 1/15 | undated | |
| 1/16 | Incomplete copies |
undated |
Series III: Subject files, 1911-1934Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Alumni talks and
dinners |
1927-1934 |
| 2/2 | Athletics and physical
education |
1925-1932 |
| 2/3 | Boy Scouts |
1924-1929 |
| 2/4 | Chamber of Commerce and Rotary
Club |
1922-1929 |
| 2/5 | Economic situation |
1933 |
| 2/6 | Education, general |
1925-1932 |
| 2/7 | Extension course, elementary
geology |
undated |
| 2/8 | Extension course, mining
geology |
1919-1920 |
| 2/9 | Faculty interview summaries
regarding coaches |
undated |
| 2/10 | Freshman week |
1927-1932 |
| 2/11 | Inagural addresses |
1911-1922 |
| 2/12 | Montana demographics |
1930 |
| 2/13 | Public schools |
1924-1932 |
| 2/14 | Religion and
philosophy |
1920-1931 |
| 2/15 | Science and natural
resources |
1927-1934 |
| 3/1 | Student questions |
undated |
| 3/2 | Student talks and
information |
1925-1928 |
| 3/3 | University talks |
1933 |
| 3/4 | Vocational guidance |
1922-1928 |
| 3/5 | Welcomes and
Toastmaster |
1927 |
Series IV: Miscellaneous, 1908-1934Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/6 | Insurance |
1920-1934 |
| 3/7 | Miscellaneous financial
records |
1926 |
| 3/8 | Legal summons |
1933 |
| 3/9 | Certificates |
1908-1927 |
| 3/10 |
The Montana Wrangler
|
1929 |
Series V: Personal, 1914-1933Return to Top
This series contains personal correspondence and miscellaneous items including greeting cards and event programs.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Personal
Correspondence |
1914-1934 |
| 4/2 | Miscellaneous |
1926-1933 |
Series VI: Presidential, 1924-1930Return to Top
This series includes addresses and commencement addresses given to various institutions, correspondence related to presidential issues, and miscellaneous materials that include pamphlets of addresses given by other people.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/3 | Addresses Dealing with Vancouver
Island, British Columbia |
undated |
| 4/4 | Addresses given to Butte Chapter
of Montana Society of Engineers |
December 4, 1925 |
| 4/5 | Address given to Sigma Si in
Pullman Washington and Moscow, Idaho |
April 5, 1927 |
| 4/6 | Commencement Addresses to other
Institutions |
1925-1930 |
| 4/7 | Commencement Addresses for the
University of Montana |
1930-1934 |
| 4/8 | Commencement Addresses
Unknown |
undated |
| 4/9 | Correspondence |
1924-1927 |
| 4/10 | Miscellaneous Materials for
Commencements |
undated |
Series VII: Teaching Materials, 1915-1933Return to Top
This series includes material used by Clapp while he was working as a professor at the University of Arizona and the Montana School of Mines. Some of the material does also come from when Clapp served as President of the Montana School of Mines and the University of Montana. The material includes essay questions, exams, lectures, materials for summer field expeditions, and notes. Items in the English 11a Bulletin folder probably belonged to Clapp’s wife, Mary Brennan, who taught English.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/11 | English 11a Bulletin |
1919-1920 |
| 4/12 | Essay Questions for Economic Geology Course |
undated |
| 4/13 | Exam for Economic Geology |
1920 |
| 4/14 | Figures of the Earth Address and Notes |
1932 |
| 4/15 | Itineraries for Clark Fork and Rock Creek Field
Work |
1932 |
| 4/16 | List of equipment |
1932-1933 |
| 4/17 | Materials for class in Geography and Natural Resources
in Montana |
undated |
| 4/18 | Memoranda and Correspondence relating to Summer Field
Expeditions |
1932 |
| 4/19 | Miscellaneous class materials |
1915-1919 |
| 4/20 | Notes for Part I of Economic Geology Course |
1917-1920 |
| 4/21 | Notes for Part II of Economic Geology Course |
1918 |
| 4/22 | Reports of the summer field expeditions |
1932-1933 |
Series VIII : Professional, 1909-1934Return to Top
This series has been broken up into nine subseries and includes a variety of materials from Clapp’s professional geological work. Major projects that generated a significant amount of material have been placed into individual subseries. Other smaller projects and studies may be found in Subseries 5, General Geological Correspondence, or Subseries 7, Miscellaneous.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subseries 1: British Columbia Geological
Study 0.15 linear feet
Materials from this subseries include maps and notes related to
the geological study of British Columbia conducted by Clapp.
|
1908-1913 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/23 | Duncan Sheet of Vancouver Island, British
Columbia |
undated |
| 4/24 | Expense Vouchers on Vancouver Islands,
Summers |
1911-1913 |
| 4/25 | Kyuquat Sound Notes |
1913 |
| 4/26 | Notes |
1908 |
| 4/27 | Miscellaneous Notes |
1908 |
| 4/28 | Rocks collected from the Saanich and Victoria map
areas British Columbia |
1910 |
| 4/29 | Rocks collected for laboratory use from Southeastern
Vancouver Island |
June 1913 |
| 4/30 | Rocks collected from the Nanaimo map-area |
1911 |
| 4/31 | Rocks collected from Southern Vancouver Island for
laboratory study by C.H. Clapp |
1909 |
| 4/32 | Rocks collected from Vancouver Island, British
Columbia |
1908-1913 |
| 4/33 | Rock Location Lists |
undated |
| 4/34 | Saltspring Island Notes by John A. Allan |
1909 |
Subseries 2: Consulting Work for Jib
Consolidated Mining Company 3 folders
This subseries includes correspondence, maps, notes, and reports
related to consulting work done by Clapp for the Jib Consolidated Mining
Company.
|
1922-1928 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/1 | Correspondence and Notes about Jib Consolidated Mining
Company |
1923-1928 |
| 5/2 | Correspondence and Notes about Jib Consolidated Mining
Company |
1924 |
| 5/3 | Reports on Jib Consolidated Mining Company, Basin,
Montana |
1922-1924 |
Subseries 3: Coopers Lake Geological
Work 1 folder
This subseries includes field notes, maps, and reports related
to the geology of Coopers Lake.
|
1931-1934 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/4 | Field notes, map, and report relating to Cooper's
Lake |
1931-1934 |
Subseries 4 : Flathead Lake Geological
Study 2 folders
This subseries includes a report and maps.
|
undated | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/5 | Flathead Lake: Location and Geology Report |
undated |
| 5/6 | Maps of Flathead with Notes |
undated |
Subseries 5: General Geological
Correspondence, 4 folders
This subseries includes correspondence regarding a variety of
geological topics. Some news clippings and photos relating to the
correspondence can also be found in this subseries.
|
1911-1934 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/7 | Geological Correspondence |
1911-1924 |
| 5/8 | Geological Correspondence |
1925-1926 |
| 5/9 | Geological Correspondence |
1926-1928 |
| 5/10 | Geological Correspondence |
1928-1934 |
Subseries 6: Milk River Storage
Project 0.25 linear feet
This subseries includes correspondence, drawings, maps notes,
prints, and reports all related to the Milk River Storage Project.
|
1933-1934 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/1 | Correspondence |
1933-1934 |
| 6/2 | Notes for Milk River Storage Project |
undated |
| 6/3 | Photostat prints |
1933 |
| 6/4 | Project Expenses |
1933-1934 |
| 6/5 | Reports for the Geology of the Milk River Storage
Project |
1933 |
| 6/6 | Reports for Milk River Storage Project |
1934 |
| 6/7 | Corresponding Drawings D-559, D-560, D-561, D-562,
D-563, D-564-1, D-564-2, and D-564-3 |
1924 |
| 6/8 | Corresponding Drawings D-544-4, D-564-5, D-564-6,
D-564-7, D-564-8, D-566-1 D-566-2, D-566-2, D-567-1, and D-567-2 |
1934 |
| 6/9 | Corresponding Drawings D-567-3, D-568, D-571, D-572,
and D-573 |
1934 |
| 6/10 | Topography Maps with Notes of Chouteau County Kremlin
Quadrangle |
undated |
Subseries 7: Miscellaneous Geological
Materials 0.95 linear feet
This subseries contains a bibliography, brochures, clippings,
field note, government bulletins and memorandums, lantern slides, maps, photos,
and publications.
|
1914-1934 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/11 | Bibliography of Western Montana |
undated |
| 6/12 | Claude Maurice Langton's Thesis Geology of the
Northeastern Part of the Idaho Batholith and Adjacent Region in Montana, Maps,
and field notes |
1934 |
| 6/13 | Field Notes Judith Mountains |
1918 |
| 6/14 | Field Notes on Traverses East of Missoula |
1934 |
| Box | ||
| 10 | Lantern Slides |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/15 | Lee Kennedy's field Notes on a Survey Conducted for
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology under the direction of C.H.
Clapp |
1934 |
| 6/16 | Manuscript on Camping |
undated |
| 6/17 | Materials from Board of Surveys and Maps of Federal
Government |
1928-1929 |
| 6/18 | Material Presented at Montana Round Table Conference
on Land Utilization |
1932 |
| 7/1 | Miscellaneous clippings, notes, and
brochures |
undated |
| 7/2 | Miscellaneous Government Bulletins |
1930 |
| 7/3 | Miscellaneous Maps from California and North
Dakota |
undated |
| 7/4 | Miscellaneous Memorandums from Department of
Interior |
1929-1932 |
| 7/5 | Miscellaneous Notes from Bear Paw Mountains, Tapia
Mining District and Castle Mountain |
1917 |
| 7/6 | Miscellaneous photos |
undated |
| 7/7 | Miscellaneous Travel Expenses |
undated |
| 7/8 | Montana Map with Notes |
undated |
| 7/9 | Photos of Philipsburg Quad |
undated |
| 7/10 | Photos taken near Sun River and White Ridge
Montana |
undated |
| 7/11 | Satirical Geological Brochures |
1929-1931 |
| 7/12 | State Geologists and Other Cooperating Staff, County,
and City Officials |
1931-1934 |
| 7/13 | U.S. Geological Survey Loose-Leaf Field
Notebook |
Fall 1914 |
Subseries 8: Montana Natural
Resources 0.3 linear feet
This series contains materials from an original folder labeled
Montana Natural Resources. Items include clippings, correspondence, and reports
all relating to Montana natural resources.
|
1917-1928 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/14 | Anaconda Copper Mining Company Correspondence and
Report |
1922 |
| 7/15 | Bitterroot Valley Irrigation District |
undated |
| 7/16 | Chromite Deposits on the Boulder river |
1918-1922 |
| 7/17 | Chromite Deposits in Cherry Peak Mineral
Belt |
undated |
| 7/18 | Clippings relating to Montana Natural
Resources |
undated |
| 7/19 | Montana Mineral Resources |
1917-1926 |
| 7/20 | Montana Oil Resources |
undated |
| 7/21 | Preliminary Report on Placer Property Located on
Hughes Creek Ravalli County Montana by I.S. Proctor |
1919 |
| 7/22 | Report of the Montana Power |
1926 |
| 7/23 | Report on the Ogden Group of Claims in Powell County,
Montana by H.D. Morse |
1926 |
| 7/24 | The Kevin-Sunburst and other Oil and Gas Fields of the
Sweetgrass Arch by Eugene S. Perry |
1928 |
Subseries 9: Montana Society of Engineers,
2 folders
This subseries contains membership lists and reports of the
Montana Society of Engineers.
|
1924-1926 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/1 | Member List and Program |
1925-1926 |
| 8/2 | Reports |
1924-1926 |
Series IX : Publications, Manuscripts, and Reports, 1910-1930Return to Top
This series includes books, manuscripts, and reports all written by Clapp.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/3 | A Comparison of the Contact Deposits of Vancouver
Island, British Columbia and Arizona by C.H. Clapp |
undated |
| 8/4 | A Comparison of the Contact Deposits of the Vancouver
Island and Adjacent Islands, British Columbia and Arizona by C.H.
Clapp |
undated |
| 8/5 | Analcite Tunguaite |
undated |
| 8/6 | Contact Deposits of Vancouver Island, British Columbia:
Introduction and General Geology |
undated |
| 8/7 | Copper Deposits of the Dorothy Group, Whitehall
District, Montana |
1919 |
| 8/8 | Copper Deposits of the East Sooke Peninsula, Vancouver
Island, British Columbia with special Reference to the Copper King
Group |
1917 |
| 8/9 | Copper Deposits of the Tormey Group of Claims in Lemhi,
Idaho Reports and Notes |
1919 |
| 8/10 | Geology of a Portion of the Rocky Mountains of
Northwestern Montana |
undated |
| 8/11 | Geology of the Igneous Rocks of Essex County,
Massachusetts by C.H. Clapp |
undated |
| 8/12 | Greendale Property in Butte, Montana |
1917-1926 |
| 8/13 | International Geological Congress Guidebook: Western
Montana |
undated |
| 8/14 | Mineral Resources of Castle District Montana |
1917 |
| 8/15 | Montana Peerless Mining Company in Rimini Montana
Reports and Mine Exploration Notes |
1917 |
| 8/16 | Nabob Silver -Lead Company in Kellogg, Idaho Report and
Notes |
1924-1925 |
| 8/17 | Report to East Butte Copper Company |
1919 |
| 8/18 | Report on the Combination Mine, Phillipsburg Area,
Montana |
1929 |
| 8/19 | Report on Rose Mountain Mining Claims, Phillipsburg,
Montana |
1930 |
| 9/1 | Sooke and Duncan Map-Areas, Vancouver Island by C.H.
Clapp With Sections on the Sicker Series and the Gabbros of East Sooke and
Rocky point by H.C. Cooke |
1917 |
| 9/2 | The Igneous Rocks of Essex County Massachusetts-Abstract
of Thesis |
1910 |
| 9/3 | Vermilion Silver and lead Mining Company
Reports |
1922 |
Series X: Materials Collected as Consulting Engineer US Bureau of Reclamation, 1926-1934Return to Top
This series contains reports on a variety of geological topics that were originally in a folder labeled Work as a Consulting Engineer.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/4 | The American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers Geology and Engineering for Dams and
Reservoirs |
undated |
| 9/5 | Geology of Reservoir and Dam
Sites with a report on the Owyhee Irrigation Project, Oregon by Kirk
Bryan |
1929 |
| 9/6 | Preliminary list of Reports on
Water-Power Resources prepared by the United States Geological Survey by
Benjamin Jones |
1934 |
| 9/7 | Reports to Bureau of Reclamation
on Geology of Gibson Dam Site |
1926 |
| 9/8 | Results of Resistivity
Measurements at Three Dam Sites in Oregon by E.E. Jones ,Conservative Branch,
U.S. Geological Survey |
April 1934 |
| 9/9 | Supplemental Index to River
Surveys made by the United states Geological Survey and Other Agencies by
Benjamin Jones |
May 1934 |
Series XI: Michael Clapp’s Hellgate-Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem Papers, 1935Return to Top
The materials in this series include Michael Clapp’s, son of C.H. Clapp, drawings, field notes, photo negatives, and a rock specimen catalog all relating to the Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problem.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/10 | Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone
Problems measured and observed sections and rock specimen catalog |
undated |
| 9/11 | Michael M. Clapp’s Field Notes on
Hellgate Quartzite-Lake Limestone Problems |
1935 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Finding aid prepared by Dale Johnson,
Teresa Hamann and Whitney Bugni
2010
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
