Augustus Locke photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1281
Scope and Contents
The Augustus Locke photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 2 8x10 black-and-white photograph prints: a photograph of Augustus Locke at 93-years-old, taken by Jake Wegelin, August 1976 and a photograph of Apex Mine in Park City, Utah.
Dates
- 1900-1976
Creator
- Wegelin, Jake (Person)
Language of Materials
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.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Augustus Locke photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Augustus Locke photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
Augustus Locke was born on August 22, 1883 in North Adams, Massachusetts to Martha Payson Perkins and Augustus Woodbury Locke. He graduated from the Mining School at Harvard University. On December 18, 1915 he married Helen Alma Lincoln; together, they had three children. In 1964 he remarried to Alice Bradley. Locke worked as a mining and economic geologist, surveying mines and mining areas throughout the western United States and Mexico, with a concentration in Utah and California. He developed techniques to evaluate ores based on outcroppings, documented in his 1926 book Leached Outcrops and Guides to Copper Ore.
Augustus Locke died on February 18, 1981 in Menlo Park, California.
Augustus Locke died on February 18, 1981 in Menlo Park, California.
Extent
2 Items
Abstract
Augustus Locke (1883-1981) was a geologist who worked in mining in the western United States and Mexico, concentrating on Utah and California. This collection consists of a portrait of Locke and a photograph of the Apex Mine in Park City, Utah.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Tina Cerling in 2006.
Separated Materials
See also the Augustus Locke papers (ACCN 2289) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Wegelin, Jake (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Augustus Locke photograph collection, 1900-1976
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu