Technical drawings
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The broad class of drawings that are intended for constructional, mechanical, or mapping purposes and that follow precise conventions of scale and projection, including cross-sections, details, diagrams, elevations, perspectives, plans, etc., made for use in a technical context.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0648
Abstract
The Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth papers (1924-1992) contains biographical material, financial records, news clippings, speeches, journals, article reprints, patents, research notes, workbooks, daily activity notes, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and awards. Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) was a researcher, writer, and a pioneering developer of television, radar technology, peacetime applications of nuclear fusion, and the infant incubator. The last section of...
Dates:
1924-1992
Rocky Mountain Power Company records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0206
Abstract
The Rocky Mountain Power Company records (1876-1992) consist of reports describing the company's acquisitions of smaller companies from 1912 to 1938, as well as a history of the parent company's accomplishments in providing power to the intermountain area. Also included are diagrams for the construction of various area power plants.
Dates:
1876-1992
Harold F. Silver papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1551
Abstract
The Harold F. Silver papers (1941-1998) contains financial records of the Silver Corporation, requests for charitable contributions, documents relating to the sale of sugar processing machinery patents to American Factors Associates, and drawings of a continuous coal mining machine designed by Silver and built by Silver Engineering Works (1941-1946). Silver was a Utah and Colorado inventor, businessman, philanthropist and civic leader. He invented the continuous coal miner, a non-flammable...
Dates:
1941-1998
E. H. Snyder family mining papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 3121
Abstract
The E. H. Snyder family mining papers (1885-2005) details the development of mining within the Intermountain West and the history of the involvement of the Snyder family in mining.
Dates:
1885-2005
Don Strack railroad map collection
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 3036
Abstract
The Don Strack railroad map collection (1901-1986) documents the history of western railroads with the bulk of the materials focused on railroads in Utah. This collection includes maps from companies such as the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bamberger Railroad Company, Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and others. Strack is an avid railroad historian and...
Dates:
1901-1986
Utah Engineers Council photographic slide collection
Collection
Identifier: P0131
Abstract
The Utah Engineers Council photographic slide collection contains images of various mines, structures, and activities, including a slide presentation titled "Utah Engineering, Past and Present"
Dates:
1976