Engineering and Mines Photograph collection
Content Description
The Engineering and Mines Photographs collection includes materials from 1926-2002. Materials include photographs and negatives of College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER) events, faculty, students, the construction of a COMER building, and mining sites. Additionally, the collection includes COMER files and documents, including correspondence from college faculty, reports, pamphlets, and documentation of department students and faculty. Collection also includes the DVD “This University of Idaho”, which focuses on University of Idaho alumni as they discuss their experiences while attending the university.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-2002
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Biographical / Historical
The College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER) was a former college at the University of Idaho. In July of 2002, the College of Letters and Science was separated into two colleges: The College of Science and the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS). At this time, COMER was dissolved, with some of its programs placed under the new College of Science, and the rest moved to the College of Engineering.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes photographs and negatives of College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER) events, faculty, students, building construction, and mining sites. Also includes correspondence from college faculty, reports, and documentation of department students and faculty, among other files.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged into two series. Series 1: Photographs include College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER) photographs arranged by subject in alphabetical order and further arranged by date. Series 2: Files include College of Mines and Earth Resources documents and reports arranged alphabetically by genre and topic.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials received in 2016 (UA 2016-15).
Bibliography
Condition Description
Good
General
Duplicates of photographs in the collection were discarded.
- Title
- Guide to Engineering and Mines Photograph collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared by Trixie Zwolfer
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository