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Civil engineers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur J. McNair papers

 Collection
Identifier: 16-4-2375
Abstract

Professional correspondence as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado. Grants, course, and student files from Cornell University; records relating to the Summer Surveying Course at Cornell; files relating to committees and other activities at Cornell; professional files, including consulting work; and files relating to the American Society for Engineering Education.

Dates: [ca. 1920-1982]

George W. Rafter papers

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113558377]
Identifier: 4383
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and publications relating to civil engineering; some personal and family correspondence; photographs; and genealogical materials.

Dates: 1872-1920.

George William Catt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4973
Scope and content

Notebooks, correspondence, engineering sketchbooks, a scrapbook of clippings, and a volume of condolences sent to Carrie Chapman Catt upon George Catt's death.

Dates: 1893-1905.

Gustav Jaeger Requardt papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2548
Abstract

Printed and photocopied items, mainly concerning Requardt's student years at Cornell University, his participation in alumni activities, his career in sanitary engineering, and his interest in national politics and public affairs.

Dates: 1905-1966.

Jacob Leslie Crane papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2646
Abstract Seven project files composed largely of correspondence, accounts, drafts, reports, and working and reference papers such as maps, charts, and legislation relating to city planning. Also, printed material by Crane, and correspondence with Constantine Doxiadis. Files contain projects for the United Nations, 1946-1955; Greece, 1950-1956; Puerto Rico, 1952-1962; Piney Orchard, Maryland, 1954-1958; Norfolk, Virginia, 1954-1965; Baltimore, Maryland, 1955-1956; and Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1927,...
Dates: 1927-1980,-1946-1965 (bulk)

James B. French memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088369230]
Identifier: 37-5-3396
Scope and content

Menus and programs from the Cornell Society of Civil Engineers; biographical information about Cornell civil engineers from "The Cornell Civil Engineer"; menus from other Cornell alumni dinners; Class Day programs and invitation, 1891 and 1911; Tau Beta Pi banquet menu, 1911; "Report of the A.W. Smith-E.E. Haskell Testimonial Committee," 1924; "The Proposed Residential Halls" brochure; and alumni publications.

Dates: 1891-1947.

James Wallace Beardsley papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2768
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, maps and charts, plans and clippings concerning irrigation engineering; includes material relating to Puerto Rican dams, and various U.S. dam and irrigation projects. Includes 1848 background report concerning Puerto Rico.

Dates: 1848-1934,-1906-1934 (bulk).

Norris M. Works papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-1249
Scope and content

Includes photographs of Cornell professors and students, including Works; commencement programs, 1897; diplomas; diary, 1896; carbon copy of Work's thesis; and other items, mostly from Works' student days at Cornell University.

Dates: 1891-[ca.1940]

Reginald H. Keays papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065347563]
Identifier: 6437
Scope and content

Published "scrapbook" on the "Big Inch" and "Little Big Inch" war emergency oil pipelines; Moffat Tunnel contract and blueprint. Also certificate from the Society of Civil Engineers and group photograph.

Dates: 1936-1946.

William Hull Botsford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 37-5-989
Abstract

Collection documenting the life and career of William Hull Botsford, who studied at the Cornell College of Architecture from 1907-1909. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, artifacts, and works of art. Main subjects represented in the collection are Botsford’s life, time at Cornell, career as an architect, and death in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Dates: 1904-1962