COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
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]
Creator
- McNair, Arthur J., 1914-1986. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor McNair received a master's degree from the University of Colorado School of Engineering, where he began his teaching career. In 1949, he joined the Cornell University faculty as professor of civil engineering and head of the Surveying Department. His fields of teaching and research were in photogrammetry, geodesy, land surveying, and remote sensing.
Extent
16.5 cubic feet. (16.5 cubic feet.)
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.
Physical Description
Correspondence and files.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- C. Rowland
- Date completed:
- 1991
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, June 2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by C. Rowland
- Date
- June 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu