Walter R. Crane notebooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0366

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two bound notebooks of handwritten notes made by Walter R. Crane. The first page of each notebook says "Columbia University Dept. of Mining, N.Y.C." Both notebooks have a course description pasted in the front as well. It is not known if Crane was a student or teaching at Columbia when these notes were written. The notes are on mining and its various systems, and contain many sketches of equipment, mines, etc.

Dates

after 1870

Creator

Crane, Walter R. (Walter Richard) (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Walter Richard Crane was probably born in Massachusetts, in 1870 or 1871. He was a mining engineer and professor of mining engineering and was the author of several books on mining, two of which, Indexes to Mining Engineering Literature, are considered to be classics in the field and are still in print. Crane was possibly associated with the University of Alabama through the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Tuscaloosa Research Center.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Two bound notebooks of handwritten lecture notes made by Walter R. Crane

Provenance

unknown

General

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