George W. Rafter papers, 1872-1920.
Collection Number: 4383
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George W. Rafter papers, 1872-1920.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4383
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, and publications relating to civil engineering; some personal
and family correspondence; photographs; and genealogical materials.
Creator:
Rafter, Geo. W. (George W.), 1851-1907.
Quanitities:
2.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
George W. Rafter studied at Cornell University and served as a civil engineer in Rochester,
N.Y. and elsewhere. He designed sewage disposal plants in a number of communities
in western New York; worked for the State of New York on the problem of river control,
moveable bridges, and high masonry dams; made surveys and estimates for a ship canal
from Lake Ontario through Oneida Lake down the Mohawk to the Hudson River; and after
1900 engaged in private consulting practice. He was sole or joint author of some 175
books and papers in addition to innumerable professional reports.
Correspondence, writings, and publications relating to civil engineering; some personal
and family correspondence; photographs; and genealogical materials. Also includes
Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways between the Great Lakes and the
Atlantic Tide Waters, Dec. 7, 1900, volume 2 and atlas (141 folded maps and profiles).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George W. Rafter Papers, #4383. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
United States. Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways
Subjects:
Civil engineers.
Canals -- United States.
Inland navigation -- United States.
Civil engineering.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Published work
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| Box 1 |
House of Representatives: Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways Between
the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Tide Waters, Atlas ( 1900 )
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1900 | |
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Series II. Volumes by Rafter
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| Box 1 |
Mechanics of Ventilation ( 1878 )
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1878 | |
| Box 1 |
Mechanics of Ventilation: Revised Second Edition ( 1896 )
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1896 | |
| Box 1 |
The Treatment of Septic Sewage ( 1904 )
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1904 | |
| Box 1 |
Sewage Disposal in the United States ( 1894 )
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1894 | |
| Box 1 |
Hydrology of the State of New York ( 1905 )
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1905 | |
| Box 1 |
Volume XIII: Special Report on Water Supply of Proposed Deep Water Ways Connecting
the Great Lakes with Tide Water: Part II ( 1900 )
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1900 | |
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Series III. Correspondence
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| Box 1 |
"Special"--Letters, receipt: 7 items:
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1872-1908 | |
| Box 1 |
A: 1877-1880 , 7 items
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1877-1880 | |
| Box 1 |
B: 1877-1883 , 36 items
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1877-1883 | |
| Box 1 |
C-D: 1878-1882 , 7 items
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1878-1882 | |
| Box 1 |
F-G: 1878-1882 , 16 items
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1878-1882 | |
| Box 3 |
Correspondence - Ethel Rafter, 1895-1901
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| Box 3 |
Correspondence - George Rafter, 1890-1907
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Series IV. Miscellaneous
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| Box 1 |
Unititled--Price list of scientific books comprising the library of the late George
W. Rafter for sale by J. R. Williams: 2nd edition,
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June 1, 1908 | |
| Box 2 |
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and bound volumes of manuscripts and letters (vols.
3, 16-19, 21-23, 30)
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| Box 3 |
Publications by GWR; scrapbook of newspaper clippings
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| Box 3 |
Photographs
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| Box 3 |
Misc. items
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
broadside, "Interamerican School of Spanish"
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1956 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Rochester Water Works plan of fountain for distributing reservoir
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Map of William Moran's lot and adjacent property in Rochester
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Undated | |