American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental Engineering Book, 1885/1981

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Box 248

Scope and content:

Kemp served on the American Society of Civil Engineer's Committee on the History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering, which published Pure and Wholesome: a Collection of Papers on Water and Waste Treatment at the Turn of the Century. This box includes his notes about the publication project and copies of the papers to be included in the compendium. The box includes a copy of the book, handwritten and typed drafts of prefaces and introductions to the book by the committee, correspondence, photographic prints, reports, scholarly articles, and handwritten notes. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: book excerpts, scholarly articles, correspondence, clippings, and minutes. Subjects include tunnels, bridges, water purification, city planning, municipal waste, public works projects, sanitary engineering, forest preservation, landmarks in civil engineering, and famous civil engineers.

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