Nelson Dickerman Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dickerman, Nelson, 1881-1952
label: Creator
content: Urbanski, Pauline
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
topic: label: Topic
content: Infants
label: Topic
content: Mining engineers
label: Topic
content: Mining engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the National Museum of American History, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources by Pauline Urbanski on April 28, 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dickerman, Nelson, 1881-1952
label: Creator
content: Urbanski, Pauline
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content: Nelson Dickerman Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers relating to the career and life of mining engineer Nelson Dickerman: letters, photographs, clippings and diaries kept during his mining career. Much of the material is personal, rather than professional, relating to Dickerman's family and children. Family photographs include baby books.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: An addendum of approximately 1 cubic foot was received on April 9, 2004.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Nelson Dickerman was born in 1881 in Denver, CO to Charles O. and Louise Haage Dickerman.   He began mining as an assistant surveyor at Tomboy gold mines in Colorado in 1900 and in 1903, worked underground at Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine, Idaho.  Dickerman would later take a position as a metallurgist at the Ladd Metal's Company's copper smelter in Idaho.  He graduated from the University of California in 1905 earning a B.S. and later that year joined the Yuba Consolidated Goldfields in Hammonton, California.  Dickerman worked for a number of mining companies throughout his career as a general manager, superintendent, and vice president—Natomas Consolidated (1910); Kirtley Creek Gold Dredging Company (1911-1913); Pato Mines (Columbia), Ltd. and Nechi (Columbia), Ltd (1913-1916); Guiana Development Company and Liberty Development Company in Dutch and French Guiana (1916-1921); Cornwall, Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation (1928-1932); and Amiranian Oil Company (1937-1938).  During his career Dickerman made examinations in Chile, Argentina, British Guiana, Columbia and the United States. He worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, War Production Board from 1939 to 1944 and in 1945, he joined the U.S. Bureau of Mines serving in the far east unit, foreign minerals division until 1948.  He then went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency where he served until his death in February 1952. 

Nelson Dickerman married Hallie Ferron on May 12, 1909; they had three daughters, Delight Dickerman, Doris Dickerman, and Rhoda Dickerman John.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1965.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 1997. Addendum received on April 9, 2004.
label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0542
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Family papers
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Baby books
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Christmas cards
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into six series.
 
Series 1: Biographical Materiall
 
Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Photographs

Series 5: Maps

Series 6: Miscellaneous
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, April 2003.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Family papers -- 20th century
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content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Baby books
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Christmas cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This collection documents Nelson Dickerman, a mining engineer and his immediate family members, Hallie Dickerman (wife) and three daughters, Delight, Rhoda and Doris. The majority of documentation pertains to the Dickerman Family and is best represented through the black and white and photographs.