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The first papers were acquired and processed in 2000, and as early as 2001 Texas Tech Libraries hosted a reading by a Sowell Collection author. [5] The Collection has been open to researchers since at least 2007, [6] and open to the public since 2012. The University hosts an annual conference for the Collection. [7]
Mining of sulfur from a deposit at the edge of Ijen's crater lake, Indonesia. Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory.
A collection of smaller mineral samples stored and displayed in clear cases Azurite specimen from the Morenci mine, Morenci, Arizona, USA. Morenci is the largest copper mine in North America , and Morenci copper mineral specimens are visually appealing, abundant, and relatively inexpensive.
In library science, special collections (Spec. Coll. or S.C.) are libraries or library units that house materials requiring specialized security and user services.Special collections can be found in many different organisations including research libraries, universities, colleges, schools, national libraries, public libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, historic houses, cathedrals ...
Rare Books and Special Collections also contains an important archival collection, with more than 100 fonds on various subjects such as the fur trade in Canada, Algonquin and Nipissing communities in Oka at the end of the 19th century, [6] the creation of the Red River Settlement by the Earl of Selkirk, [7] Ernest Renan's candidature at the deputation of Meaux, France in 1869.
The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War.The Vietnam Center and Archive, part of Texas Tech University, is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of information on the Vietnam War.
Santa Barbara Mission-Archive Library; Schlesinger Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library; The Selected Papers of John Jay; Smith College Archives; Sophia Smith Collection; The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World; Sutro Library
The method of removal of stones from their natural bed by using different operations is called quarrying. Methods of quarrying include: a) Digging – This method is used when the quarry consists of small and soft pieces of stones. b) Heating – This method is used when the natural rock bed is horizontal and small in thickness.