2021-1-19 Guide to the Dale Gnidovec Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, 2019 February 4 RG.41.83 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2021 January This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2021-02-09T11:32-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Dale Gnidovec Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording RG.41.83 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.02 Cubic feet 2019 February 4 As of 2021, Dale Gnidovec serves as Collections Manager and Curator of the Orton Geological Museum, a position he has held since 1989. The Dale Gnidovec Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, dated February 4 2019, contains a transcript and audio recording on compact disc of an oral history interview of Dale Gnidovec. In it, he discusses his career as Collections Manager and Curator of the Orton Geological Museum at The Ohio State University. (1) letter file folder English Gnidovec, Dale Arrangement of Materials

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Accession No. UA.2020.0045: Dale Gnidovec, 2020 December

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[identification of item], Dale Gnidovec Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, RG.41.83, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

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Contains a compact disc.

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 Biographical Note

Dale Gnidovec has a bachelors of science in geology from Muskingum College, a masters of science in geology from Fort Hays (Kansas) State University, and has done Ph.D. work at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. As of 2021, he is the Collections Manager and Curator of the Orton Geological Museum at the Ohio State University, a job he has held since 1989. Gnidovec was originally hired as a collections manager, but his duties expanded rapidly to include outside talks and tours of the museum. In addition, he has made a number of trips over the years to Montana to do field research in the summer, and he teaches an Earth Science class at Ohio State University during the spring semester.

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The Dale Gnidovec Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, dated February 4 2019, contains a transcript and audio recording on compact disc of an oral history interview of Dale Gnidovec. In it, he discusses his career as Collections Manager and Curator of the Orton Geological Museum at The Ohio State University.

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 Gnidovec, Dale Ohio State University--History Ohio State University--Professional staff Ohio State University. Orton Geological Museum Ohio State University. School of Earth Sciences Earth sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Earth sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Museums--Curatorship--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Museums--Curatorship--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Natural history museum curators--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Natural history museum curators--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Accession Number UA.2020.0145 0.02 Cubic feet 2019 February 4 (1) letter file folder Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(1) compact disc

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 Oral history interview transcript Oral History 14 2019 February 4 Existence and Location of Copies

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 Oral history interview audio recording Oral History 14 2019 February 4 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Compact disc; approximate run time: 57 minutes Existence and Location of Copies

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