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Manuscript Group 357
Papers, 1947-1989
6.5 cubic feet
The papers of mining professor John Richard Hoskins were donated to the University of Idaho Library in July 1989. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in November 1991.
John Richard (Jack) Hoskins was born June 9, 1919 in Brewster, Washington. After graduating from the University of Idaho with a B.S. in Mining Engineering in 1947, he was employed as plant engineer and department superintendent for the U.S. Gypsum Company, Evans, Washington, mining and processing limestone into building materials. He left there in 1949 to work with ASARCO in Santa Barbara, Mexico, where he was employed as staff mining engineer and later mine shift boss and mine foremen in a one-thousand-ton-a-day lead, zinc, copper, and gold operation. In 1952 he went to the University of Alaska where he taught Mining Engineering for five years. Leaving Alaska in 1957, he continued his studies in applied mechanics, mathematics, and mining engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute under a special grant from the National Science Foundation. After completing his work at Virginia Tech in 1959, he attended the University of Utah at Salt Lake City where he completed his Ph.D. in 1962. He then moved to Denver to work as Mining Methods Research Engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Mines.He came to the University of Idaho in 1967 as Professor of Mining Engineering and the following year he became head of the Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy in the College of Mines and Earth Resources (COMER).
Hoskins is the author of many publications and presentations, and has worked on numerous research projects in rock mechanics, explosives, drilling and blasting, mine ventilation and health and safety. A member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, he served as Education Chairman and Program Chairman in the Alaska Section. He has also served on the Education Committee and Educational Board of the Society of Mining Engineers and was the American Institute of Mining Engineers representative to the Engineers' Council for Professional Development. He has also held membership in the American Society of Engineering Education Minerals Division, the Northwest Mining Association, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of University Professors, the Idaho Academy of Science, and the Idaho Mining Association. He has been named an Outstanding Educator of America and has been honored by the Northwest Mining Association, the Society of Mining Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of Mines Spokane Research Center, University of Idaho Mining Students, and the Northwest Mining Association. He retired from the University of Idaho in 1989.
The papers of John R. Hoskins span the years 1947 to 1989, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1968 to 1986.
The papers include administrative files reflecting his activities as head of the Mining Engineering and Metallurgy department, material related to his teaching, other papers concerned with his professional activities, non administrative correspondence, and other material.
Some of the material in this record group was in labeled folders, other items were unfoldered or otherwise unidentified. With the exception of the administrative correspondence the papers were in no apparent order; therefore a series order was imposed during processing. Available folder headings were retained.
The first series reflects Dr. Hoskins' activities as department administrator and includes accreditation reports, information on several cooperative programs with Washington State University, and an alphabetical correspondence file. Spanning the years 1985 to 1987, the file contains copies of all outgoing departmental letters and occasional incoming letters. Also included are enrollment statistics, equipment and space allocation concerns, information on the various fellowships and scholarships available to students and which students received them, minutes of college and departmental meetings, and copies of research and grant proposals submitted by faculty members.
The second series concerns teaching activities and includes a class register, course evaluations and outlines, information on student field trips to mining companies, lecture notes, reserve room reading files and student papers.
Contained in the third series are the materials concerning Dr. Hoskins' professional interests. These include notes on the Senate Energy Committee hearings in Coeur d'Alene in 1986, correspondence and research notes on the cost of uranium mining collected for use by the legal firm representing the General Atomic Company in its arbitration suit against the United Nuclear Corporation, and information compiled for the short courses which he designed for the annual meetings of the Northwest Mining Association.
The general correspondence in series four contains many letters from congressional representatives, including Steve Symms, James McClure, and Tom Foley. Another group of correspondence reflects his interest in education in the mineral industry. Other letters were written to obtain information for his Minerals and Man course, or to give information to a correspondent about miners' lamps. The "Gimme" letters are requests to industry for equipment.
The final series contains material on Alaska lands, appointment calendars for the years 1977 to 1989, reprints of articles on various subjects, a copy of the SME-AIME guide to minerals schools which is interleaved with updated information, a proposal for a new calendar written by colleague C.E. Gregory in 1972 and information on technical writing.
Published material was sent to subject librarians for review and duplicate copies of near print materials were also removed from the collection, thus reducing the bulk by 3 cubic feet.
I. Administrative Files, 1968-1989 1-4 II. Teaching and Related Material, 1970-1984 4-5 III. Professional Activities, 1963-1989 5-6 IV. Correspondence, 1968-1989 6 V. Other Material, 1947-1989 6-7
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 Academic Administrators Workshop, 1980 11 2-3 Accreditation ECPD (Engineers' Council for Professional Development), 1975-1980 41 4-8 Accreditation ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), 1980-1988 150 9 COMER publications and brochures, ca.1980-1985 10 10-11 Cooperation with Washington State University, 1974-1986 32 12 Coal Research Lab, 1977-1979 33 13 Cooperative work study, 1970-1988 12 14-20 Correspondence and memos, 1985 488 21-28 Correspondence and memos, 1986 670 2 29-38 Correspondence and memos, 1987 633 39 Course development, 1979-1984 4 40-42 Course evaluations, 1974/75-1987/88 121 43 Course outlines, 1976-1989 19 44 Crisis plans, 1974-1986 11 45-46 Data on faculty, students and department, 1968-1988 43 47-49 Enrollment statistics, 1968/69-1987/88 57 50 Equipment, 1974-1988 34 51 Equipment: x-ray, 1981-1985 26 52-53 Evaluations, tenure, and competency reviews, 1970-1988 71 54-55 Fellowships and scholarships, General, 1974-1981 137 56 Bunker Hill, 1976-1981 10 57-60 Health, Education & Welfare Domestic Mining and Mineral and Mineral Fuel Conservation, 1975-1977 201 3 61-64 Health, Education & Welfare Domestic Mining and Mineral and Mineral Fuel Conservation, 1978-1982 109 65 Mitson, 1975 3 66-67 Mineral Industry Educational Foundation, 1971-1982 162 68 Newmont, 1975-1979 42 69 Graduate Program Defense, 1986-1987 22 70 Honorary degree nominations, 1973-1978 24 71 INEL & NRTS education program, 1969-1986 40 72 Materials-Metallurgy proposal, 1985 5 73 Materials science, 1982-1988 65 74-76 Meetings: COMER, 1976-1988 62 77-81 COMER Advisory Board, 1983-1985 68 82-85 COMER Executive Committee, 1981-1987 195 86-90 Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, 1978-1989 150 91-95 Mining and Minerals Resources Research Institute, 1977-1981 170 4 96 Old curriculum forms, 1971/1972-1977/1978 8 97 Ph.D. information, 1970-1989 9 98 Position descriptions, 1986 8 99 Recruiting, 1981-1986 5 100-104 Research proposals and grant requests, 1968-1984 31 105 Samuel S.M. Chan, 1970-1978 59 106 Reduction of high mine resistance values in underground metal mines, 1972-1973 29 107 Ventilation studies and escape plans for mines in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho, 1972-1973 17 108 Copper wire, 1976 8 109 Data base for mine fire symposium, 1975-1976 3 110 Grant from the U.S. Congress, 1986 4 111 Salary surveys, national, 1979-1987 12 112 Salary surveys, University of Idaho, 1975-1986/1987 20 113-115 Space needs, 1971-1988 66 116 ABET problems, 1985 1 117 Laboratory rehabilitation, 1981 37 118 Student information, 1976-1986 30 119 "The supply and demand for mining engineers," 1982 1 120 University core curriculum, 1984 15 121 WICHE, 1983-1988 18 122 Work plans (5 year plan), 1977-1978 4
123 Class register, 1975-1978 1 124 Course evaluations, 1982 5 125 Course outline, Mining 400, 1982 18 126 Course outline, Mining 499, 1983 3 127-128 Field trips: planning and correspondence, 1970-1981 132 129 Bethlehem Copper Company, ca.1975 2 130 Craigmont Mines, ca.1975 8 131 Lornex, ca.1975 12 132 Similkameen Mining Company, ca.1975 3 133 Teck Corporation, ca.1975 3 134 Cominco, 1979 23 135 Kaiser Resources, 1979 5 136 Boundary Dam project, 1980 2 137 Giant Mascot Mine, 1980 5 5 138 Home Economics School Days talk, 1984 10 139 Lecture notes, ca.1981 5 140-141 Reserve reading, Mining and Metals 110: Acid rain, 1966-1984 69 142 Reserve reading: Oil Shale, 1973-1974 14 143-145 Student papers: Oil Shale, 1977 5 146 Mining 110, n.d. 1 147 Mines 502, 1980-1983 2 148 Visiting lecture series, 1981-1983 9
149 American Institute of Mining Engineers. Council of Education, 1977-1978 11 150 AIME Annual Meeting programs, 1982-1986 3 151 Armour Institute data, 1963 4 152 Career guidance, recruitment, 1967-1972 5 153 Senate Energy Committee hearings, Coeur d'Alene, 1986 1 154-160 General Atomic Company vs. United Nuclear Corporation. Correspondence and related data, 1978-1980 162 161 Generic Institute, 1985 1 162 National Council of Engineering Examiners. Questions, ca.1979 9 163 National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, 1986-1989 35 164 Northwest Mining Association, 1985 9 165 Education, 1982-1984 8 166 Session on Education's changing role, 1984 17 167 Short course: Mining Cost Estimates, 1976 71 168-171 Short course: Mineral Regulations and Permits, 1977 126 172-173 Short course: Mineral industry costs, 1986 25 174 Training sessions, 1980 8 175 Workshop: Are you listening, 1982 3 6 176 Paper reviewed, 1965 11 177 Papers and talks by John Hoskins, 1975-1982 5 178 Society of Mining Engineers, 1973-1987 23 179 Session: Underground mining, 1987 23 180 Spokane Mining and Research Center. Travel vouchers, 1976-1982 27 181 Minneapolis trip, 1978 16 182 Correspondence, evaluations, pay stubs, diary, 1977-1982 62 183 Washington D.C. trip, 1985 27 184 Washington D.C. trip, 1987 19
185-189 General correspondence, 1968-1989 239 190 Bureau of Mines budget, 1985 8 191 Education in the mineral industry, 1969-1971 47 192 Eugene Skinner, 1986-1988 12 193 "Gimme" (requests), 1975-1986 18 194 Minerals and man course, 1982 23 195 Miners' lamps, 1969 9 196 Possible students, 1974-1975 35 197 Visiting speakers, 1968-1987 33
198 Alaska lands, 1979-1987 11 199-204 Appointment calendars, 1977-1989 126 205 Articles and talks by others, 1978-1986 6 206 Articles : Silver, 1968-1976 4 207 Brochures, 1968-1988 8 208 Career opportunities in mining and metallurgy, 1983 1 209-212 Explosives - Shaped charges, 1947-1956 77 213 Gillette, Wyoming, 1979 2 214 Mineral industry, 1976-1985 6 215 Mineral industry of Idaho, 1961-1983 6 216 "My conservative file", 1972-1982 22 7 217 "Philosophy, psychology, logic, 1930-1970 36 218 Plasticity statics, n.d. 3 219 References (bibliographies), n.d. 16 220 SME-AIME guide to minerals schools, with additional information, 1981 1 221 Stress around openings, 1933-1963 7 222 The time is now beckoning to frame a proper frame of time reckoning, by Dr. C.E. Gregory, 1972 1 223 Vita of John R. Hoskins, 1977 1 224 Wilderness vs. minerals, 1970 7 225 Writing, 1977-1985 15 226 Technical Writers Institute, Denver, Colorado, 1967 21
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