General Materials

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The A. J. Eardley papers were given to the University of Utah by Earley's son, Michael, in 1991. This collection, which spans over thirty years, from the 1940s to the 1970s, appears to be just a small sampling of Eardley's work. Although he focused his studies on areas in the Intermountain West, he also did quite a bit of work on the Arctic. Some notes of his work in Ethiopia and France are also included here.

This collection has been divided into three sections. Box one contains the first section, which consists of personal material (his memorial and medicare information) and textbook material. The textbook material includes information on his last textbook Science of the Earth and on an environmental textbook he was planning to write, based on the environmental section in Science of the Earth.

The second section, found in boxes two through five, consists of sucject files which, for the most part, use Eardley's own organization and titles. Around 20 percent of these subject files are newspaper and magazine clippings, largely about environmental issues. This may be information that he was collecting for his environmental textbook. The rest of the subject files contain some of his articles and papers (including notes and rough drafts), a few of his students' papers, and various geological notes about the places he was studying.

The third section of this collection, boxes six through eight, and four folders in the map case, contain Eardley's map collection, many of which are hand-drawn by Eardley. In the front of each folder from which the maps have been removed, there is a list giving the map titles and locations. If photographs and publications have been removed, the folder will include a list of these as well.

Boxes nine and ten were added at a later date and contain writings by Eardley and others, correspondence, maps, and other materials.

Dates

1940-1972

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.