Guide to the Ernest William Schoder Papers,
[ca.1903-1968]

Collection Number: 16-4-1156

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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:
B. Shepherd
Date completed:
March 1970
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ernest William Schoder papers, [ca.1903-1968].
Collection Number:
16-4-1156
Creator:
Ernest William Schoder, 1879-1968
Quantity:
16 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Notes, lectures, exams, printed material, texts, correspondence, diaries, reports, blueprints, graphs, charts, photographs, and glass negatives.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes notes, lectures, lab notes, exams, printed matter, hydraulics texts, and other course material; correspondence; diaries; reports; blueprints; graphs; charts; test data; photographs; glass negatives; and other papers related to Schoder's career as a professor of civil engineering.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of experimental hydraulics, Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes notes, lectures, lab notes, exams, printed matter, hydraulics texts, and other course material; correspondence; diaries; reports; blueprints; graphs; charts; test data; photographs; glass negatives; and other papers related to Schoder's career as a professor of civil engineering.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Schoder, Ernest William, 1879-1968
Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:
Civil engineering.
Hydraulics.
Hydraulics--Research.

Form and Genre Terms:
Blueprints.
Charts.
Negatives.
Graphs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Ernest William Schoder papers, #16-4-1156. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Courses: Notes, Lectures, Lab Notes, Exams, Hydraulics Text (mimeo sheets)
 Box 1
Courses, Printed Matter
 Box 2-4
Thesis Lab Notes & Computations, Letterbox, Letterpress Book
 Box 5
Courses
 Box 6
2nd and 3rd edition Hydraulics Text (Schoder & Dawson), Correspondence and Notes, Reports
 Box 7
Hydraulics Text, Notebooks
 Box 8
Cornell, Seattle Security Company; Reports, Correspondence, Printed Matter
 Box 9
Courses, Test Data
 Box 10
Hydraulics Text, Letterbox, Printed Matter
 Box 11
Photographs, Glass Negatives, Printed Matter
 Box 12
Certificates, Correspondence, Cards, Clippings, Printed Matter
 Box 13
Courses, Notebooks, Field Notes
 Box 14
Correspondence, Alpha file A-Z, 1910-1961
Box 15
Subjects, Alpha file A-Z, 1913-1940
Box 16
Willard Way Encroachment - blueprints, reports, etc., ca. 1910-1925
Mapcase
Temperature, rainfall run-off at Ithaca Fall Creek Watershed - blueprints, and reports, 1879-1904
Mapcase
Blueprints and specifications of house for the Filtration Plant, Clarence A. Martin, Architect, 1903
Mapcase
Cascadilla Park Project - blueprint, ca. 1909
Mapcase
Hydraulic Laboratory - blueprints, ca. 1914, 1943
Mapcase
Section of S.H. Hammondsport-Branchport, PT.2, F.A. Dempster & Losey, P.E. & L.S., 1939 , Dyeline print
Mapcase
Springfield Waterworks Little River Supply, Contract No. 1, Intake Dam and Tunnel Consulting Engineers, Hazen & Whipple, 1907 - blueprints
Mapcase
New York State Barge Canal - series of blueprints, ca. 1907-1912 . Dams, tunnels, lockgates, sluice gates, etc.
Mapcase
New York Court of Claims, Case No. 2365A May-June, 1917 - Oneida Lake, Oneida River, and Caughdenoy Eel Weirs. Blueprints and charts
Mapcase
Holland Patent, New York, blueprints (maps and plans), ca. 1911
Mapcase
Bridges at Elmira, N.Y. - blueprints, ca. 1919
Mapcase
Dodge-Lewis Controversy, 1920 - blueprints and notes
Mapcase
Title Investigation of New York Harbor - July-Sept. 1919 , map and blueprints
Mapcase
Movie Film
Chenango River Model (Floats - mostly velocity studies), 1937-1938 (8 4" reels)
Conowinga Dam, 1937 (1 4" reel)
Strain Gage on concrete beams in fatigue tests, 1935 (1 4" reel)
Concrete beams - Berry Strain gage, reversal of stress, 1931 (1 4" reel)
Hippos, Destruction of French Fleet by British, and Collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940 (1 7" reel)
Football Parade, 1939-1943, 1945-1949 (10 7" reels)
Football - Dartmouth-Cornell, Nov. 15, 1930 (1 7" reel)
Football - Cornell-Princeton, Oct. 19, 1929 (1 7" reel)
Football - Cornell-Hobart, Nov. 8, 1930 (1 3" reel)
Football - Hampden Sidney-Cornell, Oct. 12, 1929 (1 4" reel)
Football - Clarkson Tech.-Cornell, Sept. 28, 1929 and Hampden-Sidney, Oct. 12, 1929 (1 4" reel)
Girl Scouts, July 20, 1929 (1 7" reel)
Rowing (?) Intercollegiate Freshmen Varsity, Syracuse 1928 (?) (1 7" reel)
No title, tins labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 (" reel)
(4 7" reels)