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Civil engineering -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Albert M. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-3506
Scope and content

Notebooks from Civil Engineering courses, including typescript notes on sanitary engineering by Estevan Fuertes and notes on geodesy by C.L. Crandall. Also botany notes, published lecture on foundations, analytical geometry syllabus, transit book, and letter with designs from Tiffany & Co. about a civil engineering pin. Also silver "Cornell 93" stamp holder from "Bernstein The Tailor, 74 East State Street, Ithaca, NY." (MU-1250)

Dates: 1892-1895.

American Society of Civil Engineers Cornell University Chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-4-4349
Scope and content

Annual reports, lists of members, bylaws, publications.

Dates: 1890-2000.

A.P. Mussi papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2129
Scope and content

Two class notebooks on physics and astronomy and drawings, for a student project, of a proposed trolley line: "Profile of Portion of Ithaca and Owego Electric RR Between Ithaca and Brookton, 1907."

Dates: 1904-1907.

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]

Charles L. Walker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-4-1681
Scope and content

Includes engineering notes; lectures; examinations; and Cornell University programs, photographs, and articles.



Dates: 1900-1931.

Chester G. Wigley diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078883638]
Identifier: 37-5-3054
Scope and content

Diary describing his student years at Cornell University, civil engineering studies, events, places, and social life.

Dates: 1904-1907.

Howard C. Hopkins civil engineering drawings

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112442458]
Identifier: 37-5-3732
Scope and content

Student drawing/plans on linen include: "Map of Proposed Campus Railroad Surveyed by Class of 1903, March 24, 1902"; "Design of Stringer, Apr. 18, 1902"; "Steel-Concrete Arch"; "South Avenue Structure"; "Pratt Truss"; unidentified building plan and unidentified survey.

Dates: 1902-1903.

John Charles Lounsbury Fish items

 Collection — Manuscript box 16 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065304333]
Identifier: 41-5-m.521
Scope and content

Short biographical clipping about Fish; copies of photographs of Fish while a Cornell student and as a Stanford professor.

Dates: [ca. 1890-1964]

Kenneth Lewis Roberts Footsteps in the Forest

 Collection — Manuscript box 32 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065300364]
Identifier: 16-1-2856
Scope and content

Account of the life and professional career of a civil engineer, consisting chiefly of reflective intellectual observations.

Dates: 1991.

Ora Miner Leland papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-4-2373
Scope and content

Collection contains photographs from Leland's expedition as part of the Alaska Boundary survey, photographs of scientific equipment, field notebooks and diaries, and coursework for survey classes at Cornell University. Also includes letters from manufacturers of scientific and engineering supplies and equipment.

Dates: 1890 - 1925