Allston Dana papers
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Allston Dana's working papers regarding his contributions to the design of the third lock of the Panama Canal, and his contributions to the design or study of the Delaware Bridge, the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the Triborough Bridge complex. The collection includes blueprints, drawings, reports, photographs and correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1960
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1913-1947
Language of Materials
The records are in English
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on use of this collection.
Biography of Allston Dana
Allston Dana was born in Boston, 1884, of a distinguished New England family; he was the grandson of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Dana graduated Harvard in 1906, and MIT in 1908. He was a civil engineer and contributed to the design of or to studies of the Delaware Bridge, the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the Triborough, Hudson and Bronx-Whitestone Bridges. Additionally he worked on the design of the third lock of the Panama Canal. Dana died on May 12, 1952, in Princeton, N.J. aged 67.
Extent
5.84 linear feet
Abstract
This collection consists of Allston Dana's working papers regarding his contributions to the design of the third lock of the Panama Canal, and his contributions to the design or study of the Delaware Bridge, the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the Triborough Bridge complex. The collection includes blueprints, drawings, reports, photographs and correspondence.
Statement of Arrangement
Idiosyncratic arrangement.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Case Institute of Technology Archive of Contemporary Science and Technology in 1961 by Mrs. Dorothy Goodale Dana.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Allston Dana Papers
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Eleanor Blackman
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections Repository
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH 44106-7151 United States
216.368.0189
kslspecialcollections@case.edu