Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 523
Suzanne Takken (1925-1997)
Papers, 1926-1996, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Takken, Suzanne (1925-1997) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1926-1996, n.d. |
| extent: | 17.04 linear ft. (26 document boxes, 2 photograph boxes, 2 oversized boxes and 2 artifact boxes) |
| collection number: | MS 523 |
| repository: | Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Suzanne Takken Papers, MS 523, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Suzanne Takken was born in 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to Clara and Russell Takken. Takken received her B.S (1947) from the University of Michigan in Geology. From that time until 1970 she worked as a Petroleum Geologist for Mobil Oil Corporation in Oklahoma City. After 1970 she became a consultant in Oklahoma City and worked with petroleum, uranium, geothermal and construction geology. She was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, a past president of the Oklahoma section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a past president of the Oklahoma City Geological Society. She pursued graduate studies at the Universities of Michigan, Oklahoma and Nevada. She stated that the achievement that she was most proud of was her Honorary Life Membership in the Oklahoma City Geological Society. |
Collection description
This collection is arranged into the following series: Slides, 1945-1995, n.d.; Photographs, 1926-1994, n.d.; Papers, 1958-1995, n.d.; Notebooks and Books, 1937-1996, n.d.; Awards, 1956-1996, n.d.; and Artifacts, 1989-1995, n.d. Series 1, Slides, contains film slides of Ms. Takken's personal life, her home at Sea Ranch, geological features, and her vacations. This series also contains a collection of glass slides of geological features. Series 2, Photographs, contains photographs of Takken at all ages, photographs of her vacations, her home and her colleagues and friends. Series 3, Papers, contains correspondence, many documents from Takken's personal and professional life, family histories and travel plans. Series 4, Notebooks and Books, contains extensive chronicling of Takken's personal account books, appointment books and address books. This series also contains a signed copy of Takken's Handbook on Petroleum Exploration. Series 5, Awards, contains awards and certificates that Takken won throughout her life. Series 6, Artifacts, contains a wide variety of objects including such things as computer disks, trilobite fossils and canisters of sand. |
Organization
Description of series
| Series 1 | Slides |
1945-1995, n.d. |
| extent: | 7.98 linear ft. |
|
| description: | Contains slides of family events, maps and various trips. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Early life #1 |
1950-1960 |
1 |
2 |
Early life #2 |
1950-1960 |
1 |
3 |
Early life #3 |
1950-1960 |
1 |
4 |
Early life #4 |
1950-1960 |
1 |
5 |
Early life #5 |
1950-1960 |
2 |
1 |
Early life #6 |
1950-1960 |
2 |
2 |
Early life #7 |
1950-1960 |
2 |
3 |
Early life #8 |
1950-1960 |
2 |
4 |
Early life #9 |
1950-1960 |
2 |
5 |
Amateur theatrical productions (I.H.S. plays) |
1957-1960 |
2 |
6 |
Miscellaneous |
1971-1975 |
3 |
1 |
Western Hills Lodge and family |
1973-1977 |
3 |
2 |
San Francisco |
1973-1974 |
3 |
3 |
Detroit |
1977 |
3 |
4 |
Family photos |
1977-1995 |
3 |
5 |
Miscellaneous |
1978-1990 |
3 |
6 |
Christmas slide show |
1982-1985 |
3 |
7 |
Oklahoma miscellaneous |
1984 |
3 |
8 |
Pet pictures (Nip and Tuck) |
1984-1993 |
3 |
9 |
Flowers |
n.d. |
4 |
1 |
Sea Ranch: scenery |
1971-1979 |
4 |
2 |
Sea Ranch: environments |
1972-1985 |
4 |
3 |
Sea Ranch: house |
1973 |
4 |
4 |
Sea Ranch wildflowers |
1973-1974 |
4 |
5 |
Sea Ranch: wildlife |
1974-1985 |
4 |
6 |
Sea Ranch |
1978-1981 |
5 |
1 |
Geology field camps |
1945 |
5 |
2 |
Geology of the Western United States |
1954-1971 |
5 |
3 |
Apollo/Gemini photos |
n.d. |
5 |
4 |
Exploration school field trip |
1968 |
5 |
5 |
Landforms |
1968-1980 |
5 |
6 |
I-35 geological features |
1969 |
5 |
7 |
Landforms |
1971-1977 |
5 |
8 |
Topography and geology |
1972-1974 |
6 |
1 |
Miscellaneous air views |
1972-1974 |
6 |
2 |
Geology maps |
1972-1974 |
6 |
3 |
Geothermal field trip and rocky prospect |
1973 |
6 |
4 |
Geothermal |
1973-1974 |
6 |
5 |
Geology #1 |
1973-1977 |
6 |
6 |
Geology #2 |
1973-1977 |
6 |
7 |
Western states miscellaneous |
1974-1977 |
6 |
8 |
Mammoth Mountain |
1975 |
6 |
9 |
Volcanic rock |
1976 |
7 |
1 |
Morrow/Springer talk |
1978 |
7 |
2 |
Pref alge |
1978 |
7 |
3 |
Wichita Mountains |
1982 |
7 |
4 |
Geology slide show #1 |
1990 |
7 |
5 |
Geology slide show #2 |
1990 |
7 |
6 |
Field trip |
1990 |
7 |
8 |
Duplicate slides |
1991 |
8 |
1 |
Clara's european trip |
1950 |
8 |
2 |
Glacier National Park (MT) and Canada |
1952 |
8 |
3 |
Central America |
1953 |
8 |
4 |
Mexico |
1954 |
8 |
5 |
Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
1956 |
9 |
1 |
Hawaii #1 |
1957 |
9 |
2 |
Hawaii #2 |
1958 |
9 |
4 |
Europe #1 |
1958 |
9 |
5 |
Europe #2 |
1958 |
10 |
1 |
Southwest vacation |
1960 |
10 |
2 |
Florida |
1961 |
10 |
3 |
San Antonio HemisFair |
1963 |
10 |
4 |
Jamaica and Puerto Rico |
1964 |
10 |
5 |
San Francisco vacation |
1965 |
10 |
6 |
Gaspe trip (Canada) |
1966 |
10 |
7 |
Red River trip |
1966-1967 |
11 |
1 |
Northwest trip #1 |
1967 |
11 |
2 |
Northwest trip #2 |
1967 |
11 |
3 |
Pacific Northwest vacation |
1968 |
11 |
4 |
California |
1969 |
11 |
5 |
Hawaii #1 |
1969 |
11 |
6 |
Hawaii #2 |
1969 |
11 |
7 |
Southwest |
1970 |
12 |
1 |
West Canada |
1970 |
12 |
2 |
Michigan |
1971 |
12 |
3 |
Southwest vacations |
1972-1989 |
12 |
4 |
Crested Butte and Storm Clouds |
1973 |
12 |
5 |
Mexico City |
1973 |
12 |
6 |
Australia #1 |
1976 |
12 |
7 |
Australia #2 |
1976 |
13 |
1 |
Big Bend hike |
1976 |
13 |
2 |
Great Barrier Reef #1 |
1976 |
13 |
3 |
Great Barrier Reef #2 |
1976 |
13 |
4 |
Guatemala #1 |
1976 |
13 |
5 |
Guatemala #2 |
1976 |
13 |
6 |
New Zealand #1 |
1976 |
13 |
7 |
New Zealand #2 |
1976 |
14 |
1 |
Great Britain #1 |
1977 |
14 |
2 |
Great Britain #2 |
1977 |
14 |
3 |
Great Britain #2 |
1977 |
14 |
4 |
Cascades hike |
1977 |
14 |
5 |
Orient trip #1 |
1978 |
14 |
6 |
Orient trip #2 |
1978 |
15 |
1 |
Orient trip #3 |
1978 |
15 |
2 |
California |
1979 |
15 |
3 |
Alaska trip #1 |
1982 |
15 |
4 |
Alaska trip #2 |
1982 |
15 |
5 |
Washington DC and Williamsburg |
1982 |
15 |
6 |
China #1 |
1984 |
16 |
1 |
China #2 |
1984 |
16 |
2 |
China #3 |
1984 |
16 |
3 |
Point Arena and Yosemite |
1984-1985 |
16 |
4 |
Canyon de Chelly |
1987 |
16 |
5 |
Caribbean cruise |
1987 |
16 |
6 |
Miscellaneous orient subjects |
1988 |
16 |
7 |
Scandinavia #1 |
1988 |
17 |
1 |
Scandinavia #2 |
1988 |
17 |
2 |
Aegean and Anatolian trip #1 |
1989 |
17 |
3 |
Aegean and Anatolian trip #2 |
1989 |
17 |
4 |
South America |
1990 |
17 |
5 |
Amazon #1 |
1991 |
18 |
1 |
Amazon #2 |
1991 |
18 |
2 |
Indonesia #1 |
1992 |
18 |
3 |
Indonesia #2 |
1992 |
18 |
4 |
Indonesia #3 |
1993 |
18 |
5 |
Britain- Iceland cruise #1 |
1995 |
18 |
6 |
Britain- Iceland cruise #2 |
1995 |
19 |
1 |
Geology #1 |
n.d. |
19 |
2 |
Geology #2 |
1960 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Photographs |
1926-1994, n.d. |
| extent: | 0.84 linear ft. |
|
| description: | This series contains color and black and white photos of AWG committee meetings, Suzanne Takken and vacations. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
20 |
1 |
Large b/w photographs of Takken |
1927-1970 |
20 |
2 |
Hong Kong cruise photos |
1994 |
20 |
3 |
Vacation photographs |
1958-1987 |
21 |
1 |
Blocked photo (1- 4x6 color) |
n.d. |
21 |
2 |
High school friends (7- 1x1 color) |
n.d. |
21 |
3 |
Photographs of house and yard (20- 4x6 color) |
1980-1990 |
21 |
4 |
Association of Women Geoscientists Committee Meeting (20- various sizes, color) |
1989 |
21 |
5 |
Photographs of Takken (20- various sizes, color) |
1926-1958 |
21 |
6 |
Photographs of Takken at middle age (14-various sizes, color) |
1970-1982 |
21 |
7 |
Photographs of Takken at old age (35- various sizes, color) |
1982-1994 |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Papers |
1958-1995, n.d. |
| extent: | 1.68 linear ft. |
|
| description: | This series contains AWG current affairs, brochures, correspondence, family trees, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and travelogues. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
22 |
1 |
Correspondence #1 |
1958-1969 |
22 |
2 |
Correspondence #2 |
1958-1969 |
22 |
3 |
Correspondence #1 |
1970-1975 |
22 |
4 |
Correspondence #2 |
1970-1975 |
22 |
5 |
Association of Women Geoscientists current affairs |
1987-1997 |
23 |
1 |
Documents from professional life |
1948-1993 |
23 |
2 |
Abstracts and magazine articles |
1971-1985 |
23 |
3 |
Miscellaneous issues of Gaea |
1989-1993 |
23 |
4 |
Tax information |
1950-1982 |
23 |
5 |
Documents from personal life |
1941-1995 |
23 |
6 |
Paper memorabilia |
1978-1997 |
23 |
7 |
Family trees and history |
1972 |
23 |
8 |
Newspaper clippings |
1968-1989 |
23 |
9 |
Photography notes |
1976-1979 |
23 |
10 |
Slide notes |
1954-1981 |
24 |
1 |
British isles tourism brochures |
1977 |
24 |
2 |
Information about Indonesia |
1992 |
24 |
3 |
Indonesia trip |
1992 |
24 |
4 |
Brochures and travel plans- Hong Kong |
1994 |
24 |
5 |
Travelogues |
1940-1992 |
25 |
1 |
Itinerary British Isles |
1995 |
25 |
2 |
Brochures and travel plans: Britian |
1995 |
25 |
3 |
Essays |
n.d. |
Description of series
| Series 4 | Notebooks and Books |
1937-1996, n.d. |
| extent: | 0.48 linear ft. |
|
| description: | This series contains appointment books, an autographed handbook and cashbooks. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
26 |
1 |
Cash book #1 |
1937-1943 |
26 |
2 |
Cash book #2 |
1943-1950 |
26 |
3 |
Cash book #3 |
1951-1969 |
26 |
4 |
Address book |
n.d. |
26 |
5 |
"Founders of the Oil Industry" appointment book |
1967 |
26 |
6 |
Autographed copy of Handbook on Petroleum Exploration |
1978 |
26 |
7 |
Unicef appointment book |
1996 |
Description of series
| Series 5 | Awards |
1956-1996, n.d. |
| extent: | 1.68 linear ft. |
|
| description: | This series contains various awards and plaques. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
27 |
|
Oklahoma City Geo Society Editor Award |
1956-1958 |
27 |
|
Oklahoma City Geo Society Appreciation Plaque |
1961-1962 |
27 |
|
Tree Plaque |
1990 |
28 |
|
Association for Women Geoscientists Enhance Award |
1984 |
28 |
|
Appreciation Award, University of Michigan |
n.d. |
28 |
|
AIPG Award of Recognition |
1971-1972 |
28 |
|
Mobil Meritorious Service Award |
1970 |
28 |
|
Oklahoma City Geo Society Certificate of Appreciation |
1985 |
29 |
|
Association of Women Geoscientists Distinguished Service Certificate |
1993 |
29 |
|
Association of Women Geoscientists Distinguished Service Certificate |
1996 |
29 |
|
Two blocked photographs |
n.d. |
30 |
|
Oklahoma City Geological Society Life Membership Certificate |
1982 |
30 |
|
Newspaper chronicling Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon |
1969 |
Description of series
| Series 6 | Artifacts |
1989-1995, n.d. |
| extent: | 0.84 linear ft. |
|
| description: | This series contains buttons, penholders, stamps and various souvenirs. |
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
31 |
|
AWG tote bag |
n.d. |
31 |
|
AWG floppy disk: "President's correspondence" |
1989-1990 |
31 |
|
Two metal oil well models |
n.d. |
31 |
|
Indonesian stamps |
1992 |
31 |
|
Canister of sand: Sunset beach, Oahu, Hawaii |
1994 |
31 |
|
Canister of sand: Repulse Bay, Hong Kong |
1994 |
31 |
|
Canister of sand: Land's End, Cornwall, England |
1995 |
32 |
|
Tulsa Geological Society mug |
n.d. |
32 |
|
Trilobite fossil |
n.d. |
32 |
|
Lantern slide cover glass |
n.d. |
32 |
|
Marble penholder |
n.d. |
32 |
|
Metal penholder |
n.d. |
32 |
|
Rock wrapped in Sheraton Hotel Towel |
n.d. |
32 |
|
"I Shot the Mendenhall" button |
n.d. |
32 |
|
"Everyone Needs Oil" button |
n.d. |
32 |
|
"Pittsburgh" button |
n.d. |
32 |
|
AWG pin |
n.d. |