Box 0100.03

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0100.03.05A - (Starting from the back of the book) Calculations, data, and notes from the construction and planning of the Dam

Scope and Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The scope of the collection includes four series: 1. Slater's student years, in which there is only his master's thesis; 2. University of Illinois Employment, containing test reports that Slater consulted for, most notably the investigation paper from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster; 3. U.S. Bureau of Standards Employment, which contains reports, calculations, and journals belonging to Slater during his time at the bureau, including papers on the Stevenson Creek Dam; 4. Lehigh University...

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Bruce Johnson, University of Illinois, information and details on senior Civil Engineering student trip to Chicago to observe and inspect construction sites. On page 5, there is an interesting story about safety conditions in construction sites.

Scope and Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The scope of the collection includes four series: 1. Slater's student years, in which there is only his master's thesis; 2. University of Illinois Employment, containing test reports that Slater consulted for, most notably the investigation paper from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster; 3. U.S. Bureau of Standards Employment, which contains reports, calculations, and journals belonging to Slater during his time at the bureau, including papers on the Stevenson Creek Dam; 4. Lehigh University...

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Inge Lyse, March 18, 1926 to September 30, 1926, "Diary of Mr. Lyse" Lyse's diary recording the testing of the dam. (See 0100.02.10B)

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Willis Slater, 1926, "Sketches".

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Russell Arthur Nelson and Bernard Frank Smith, "A Study of Test Data Showing the Relation of the Comprehensive Strength of Concrete to the Water-Cement Ratio, Space-Cement Ratio, and Grading of the Aggregate." 1926, University of Wisconsin. Thesis submitted for a Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Course.

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Lyman J. Briggs, Director, U.S. Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards, "National Bureau of Standards Hydraulic Laboratory Bulletin Series A, Current Hydraulic Laboratory Research in the United States", January 1, 1937. Listing of projects and laboratories for hydraulics research.