Title |
William Lee Stokes, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Robert Miller |
Alternative Title |
No.339, William Lee Stokes, interview by Robert Miller |
Creator |
Stokes, William Lee, 1915-1994 |
Contributor |
Miller, Robert L.; Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1985-07-02; 1985-08-10; 1985-08-16; 1985-08-24; 1985-09-20 |
Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project |
Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007 |
Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
Date Digital |
2014-10-27 |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
Subject |
Stokes, William Lee, 1915-1994--Interviews; Geologists--Utah--Biography; University of Utah--Faculty--Biography; University of Utah--History |
Description |
Transcript (221 pages) of a series of interviews by Robert Miller with William Lee Stokes, geologist and professor at the University of Utah, in July and September, 1985. This interview is no. 339 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-336 to U-343 |
Abstract |
W. L. Stokes discusses his early life in Eastern Utah, his interest in dinosaurs and geology, graduate education at Princeton, friendship with henry Eyring, his tenure at the University of Utah in Geology, difficulties with university adminiszstration, religion at the University of Utah, the attitudes of certain General Authorities towards Science and Evolutions vs. Creationism, and the theological strengths of Mormonism. Interviewer: Robert Miller |
Type |
Text; Sound |
Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
Format |
application/pdf |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
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Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6v99wjq |
Topic |
Geologists--Biography; University of Utah |
Setname |
uum_elc |
ID |
827699 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v99wjq |