urn:taro:utexas.cah.01301 A Guide to the Johan August Udden Papers, ca. 1886-1938 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Udden, Johan August Johan August Udden Papers ca. 1886-1938 Materials are written in English. 65-116; 65-166; 93-30; 93-324; 94-117 9 ft. 6 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Johan August Udden was a geologist and an educator whose work with the University of Texas's Bureau of Economic Geology lead to the discovery of the Big Lake Oil Field. Biographical Note

Dr. Johan August Udden was born in Lekasa, Sweden, March 19, 1859. He immigrated to America at the age of two with his parents, who settled in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1881 and a Master of Arts in 1889, both from Augustana College. In 1882 he married Johanna Krinina Davis. Udden taught natural science and civics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, and from 1888 to 1911 was professor of natural history and geology at Augustana. Udden was also geologist of The University of Texas Mineral Survey, 1903-1904; geologist of the Illinois Geological Survey, 1906-1911; and special agent of the United States Geological Survey, 1908-1914. He became geologist in the Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology of The University of Texas in 1911 and director in 1915. He was made a member of the Graduate Faculty of the University in 1929. His areas of research included stratigraphic and areal geology, work of the atmosphere, and till in the upper Mississippi River Valley. In 1916 Udden advised the University of Texas of the likely presence of oil and gas on UT lands in Reagan County, leading to the discovery of the Big Lake Oil field. Udden died January 5, 1932.

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Udden’s papers cover his career as a geologist and an educator and include publications, correspondence, geological surveys, reports, charts maps, photographs, notes and clippings.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Phillips, W. B. Udden, Johan August Subjects (Organizations) University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology. Subjects Geological surveys--United States Geologists -- Texas -- Biography. Geology -- Texas. Oil fields--Texas Preferred Citation

Johan August Udden Papers, ca. 1886-1938, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Three of Udden’s maps of Texas have been separated to the catalogued Map Collection.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory: 2K137 Newspaper and magazine clippings per oil wells 2K137 Paper per fossil ice crystals 2K137 Papers per report on lime and cement industry in Texas, 1916 2K137 Notebooks, field, oil well 2K137 Scrapbook clippings, [ca. 1912] 2K137 Geological maps 2K138 Correspondence, personal, dictation copies, 1908-1911 2K138 Correspondence of W. B. Phillips, personal: 2K138 A - H, 1909-1911 2K138 J - Z, 1909-1911 2K138 Correspondence, general: 2K138 1915 2K138 1930 2L403 1909-1910 2K139 Miscellaneous reports and printed material 2L404 Geological surveys of oil and gas wells in Texas counties: 2L404 Volumes I-IV, Anderson and Castro 2L405 Volumes V-VIII, Chambers and Eastland 2L406 Volumes IX-XII, Ector and Hemphill 2L407 Volumes XIII-XVI, Henderson and Limestone 2L408 Volumes XVII-XX, Lipscomb and Orange 2L409 Volumes XXI-XXIV, Palo Pinto and Sterling 2L410 Volumes XXV-XXVII [two of volume XXV], Tarrant and Wilbarger 2L411 Writings and papers on geology: 2L411 General writings 2L411 Papers relating to coal and lignite deposits 2L411 Paper relating to highways and roads 2L411 Papers relating to oil and gas 2L411 Papers relating to sulphur 2L411 Minutes of the Engineering Division of the Bureau of Economic Geology 2L412 Publications: 2L412 Lists of published writings by J. A. Udden 2L412 Published geology papers and writings 2L412 Pamphlets and booklets on geology and related references 2L413 Geological notes 2L413 Notecards 2L413 Scrapbook, 1920 2L414 Geological maps 2L414 2L414 Texans and other periodical publications 2K137 Broadsides 2L415 Geological charts [oil wells] 2L416 Newspaper clippings relating to the Bureau of Economic Geology 2L420 Correspondence: 2L420 April-November, 1905 2L420 February-December, 1907 2L420 January-December, 1908 2L420 June 1910 2L420 May-December, 1912 2L420 January-December, 1913 2L420 January-December, 1914 2L420 January-September, 1915 2L420 September 1916 2L420 1917-1919 2L420 1920-1922 2L420 1924-1925 2L420 Undated 2L420 Analysis reports, 1912-1915 4L421 Miscellaneous reports and printed material CDL 2/J536 (LSF 4522926) Geologic Field Notebooks, 1888-1917 3T234 Photographs: 3T234 Core samples 3T234 Lava tube formation, Austin, 1917 3T234 Burro Mountains 3T234 Geological formations in Coke County, Runnels County, Mineral Wells, and unidentified locations, 1918 3T234 Half-tone reproductions of geological specimens NITRATE Unidentified snapshot negatives [10]