Research Catalog

Title

E.L. Corthell papers, 1872-1916.

Author

Corthell, E. L. (Elmer Lawrence), 1840-1916.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Bradford, Welman.
• Coleman, J. F.
• Lobel, Loicq de, Baron.
• Rorback, J. Henry.
• Wadsworth, Charles S.
• Ward, Radcliffe.

Description

2.5 linear feet (5 boxes).

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, reports, journals, scrapbooks, maps, and other materials documenting the technical, organizational, financial, and political aspects of Corthell's engineering projects.

Subject

• Corthell, E. L. 1840-1916
• Bridges > Louisiana
• Civil engineering
• Electric railroads > Design and construction
• Irrigation > Louisiana
• Railroad bridges > Illinois
• Railroad engineering
• Railroads > Alaska
• Railroads > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
• Rice > Irrigation > Louisiana
• Roads > Louisiana > New Orleans > Design and construction
• Water-power > Connecticut
• Jetties > Mississippi River
• Levees > Mississippi River

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Maps.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• Wormser

Biography (note)

• Elmer Lawrence Corthell (1840-1916), a civil engineer, was active as a consulting engineer on railway, bridge, hydroelectric, irrigation, jetty, levee, and other projects in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. He had an office in New York City from the 1870s until 1916.

Language (note)

• are in French.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 676

OCLC

NYPW93-A156

Author

Corthell, E. L. (Elmer Lawrence), 1840-1916.

Title

E.L. Corthell papers, 1872-1916.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Additional Formats

Trans-Alaska-Siberian railway correspondence and papers, 1901-1906, available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Biography

Elmer Lawrence Corthell (1840-1916), a civil engineer, was active as a consulting engineer on railway, bridge, hydroelectric, irrigation, jetty, levee, and other projects in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. He had an office in New York City from the 1870s until 1916.

Language

Some letters and documents are in French.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Civil engineers.

Added Author

Bradford, Welman.

Coleman, J. F.

Lobel, Loicq de, Baron.

Rorback, J. Henry.

Wadsworth, Charles S.

Ward, Radcliffe.

LCCN

ms 68001101

Research Call Number

MssCol 676