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Finding Aid
Riggs and Sherman Consulting Engineers Collection, 1910s-1920s
MSS-151
Size: 1 linear foot
Provenance: Received on 2/11/2000 as a transfer from the College of Law Library through Bruce Kennedy.
Access: Open
Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.
Completed by: Magdalena Delicka, April 2000.
Scope and Content Note
The Riggs and Sherman Consulting Engineers Collection is collected in three boxes and divided into four primary series: Riggs and Sherman Company Files, Publications, Reports, and Subject Files.
The first series contains such materials as correspondence and photographs pertaining to the activity of Riggs and Sherman Consulting Engineers.
The second series is arranged alphabetically and contains published materials, such as bibliographies and journals concerning different aspects of sewage treatment. The highlights of this series are two extensive bibliographies on activated sludge process of sewage treatment. The series features the issues of Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, The Cornell Civil Engineer, and single issues of public health journals. An interesting publication included in this series is Progress in Sewage Treatment published by Merritt & Company.
The third series includes various reports on sewage disposal arranged alphabetically. The most extensive materials concern the sewage treatment in different cities and stated within the United States of America, yet there are also reports on sewage disposal in Europe and Canada. Other documents in this series feature the different methods of sewage treatment, sewage disposal for private houses, and small sewage disposal plants.
Series four features miscellaneous subject files compiled in alphabetical order. The materials include different aspects of sewage disposal plants such as economics, costs, standard specifications, operation, maintenance, and stream pollution. The series also includes illustrated bulletins, catalogues, pamphlets as well as technical drawing of the sewage systems. One of the most interesting materials is the collection of documents concerning septic tanks, which played a major role in development of sewage disposal Methods.
Folder List
Box |
Folder |
Arrangement |
1 |
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S 1. Riggs and Sherman Company Documents |
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1 2 |
Correspondence Photographs
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S 2. Publications |
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3 4 5 6 7 |
Activated Sludge Process of Sewage Treatment -- Bibliography Association of Engineering Studies -- Journal Cornell Civil Engineer - Journal Progress in Sewage Treatment --Merritt & Company Publication Public Health -- Journals
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2 |
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S 3. Reports |
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8 9 10 11 12
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Sewage Disposal in American Cities and States Sewage Disposal Systems in Canada Sewage Disposal Methods in Europe Sewage Disposal Plants for Private Houses Small Sewage Disposal Plants
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3 |
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S 4. Subject Files |
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 |
Activated Sludge Sewage Treatment Bulletins, Catalogues, Pamphlets -- Illustrated Economics and Costs of Sewage Treatment Operation and Maintenance of Sewage Plants Ordinance for the Use of Sewers Other Methods of Sewage Disposal Questionnaire Forms Septic Tanks Sewer Pumping Stations Sewer Standard Specifications and Tests Sewerage Statistics Stream Pollution Sub-Surface Sewerage Disposal Technical Drawings |