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Gustav Henry Bliesner Papers, 1934-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bliesner, Gustav Henry, 1910-1994.
- Title
- Gustav Henry Bliesner Papers
- Dates
- 1934-1985 (inclusive)19341985
- Quantity
- 51.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (103 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Cage 220 (collection)
- Summary
- Gustav Bliesner (1910-1994) was an electrical engineer and an expert on rural electrification, sprinkler systems, and hydroelectric dams. He consulted on industrial and military projects, and on electrical systems for the United States space program. The collection is comprised of Gustav Bliesner's scrapbooks, journals, correspondence, professional documents, office files, along with a large quantity of miscellaneous collected material, primarily printed ephemera.
- Repository
-
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English, with a small amount of printed ephemera in German.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Gustav Bliesner (1910-1994) was an electrical engineer and an expert on rural electrification, sprinkler systems, and hydroelectric dams. He consulted on industrial and military projects, and on electrical systems for the United States space program.
Bliesner was born at Fairfield, Washington; he graduated from Rockford High School and attended Washington State College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1933. In the following year he finished his Master of Science degree. In 1939 he received his professional engineering degree, and later became a Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State College. During his career as an engineer he taught at local universities, worked with the Army Corps of Engineers, Boeing, North American Aviation, and the Bonneville Power Administration. Mr. Bliesner was an expert in the field of rural electrification whose long and distinguished career included participation in projects such as the Grand Coulee Dam and the Boeing KC-135.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection is comprised of Gustav Bliesner's scrapbooks, journals, correspondence, professional documents, office files, along with a large quantity of miscellaneous collected material, primarily printed ephemera. Bliesner carefully and painstakingly documented his professional activities and accomplishments; his civic and social activities are also represented. The scrapbook volumes, which Bliesner called "My Life's Philosophy," constitute the bulk of the collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Gustav Henry Bliesner Papers, 1934-1974
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged in four series. The first and largest series is made up of scrapbooks that Bliesner titled "My Life's Philosophy." These scrapbooks are maintained in the order that Mr. Bliesner created them and follow a generally chronological sequence. Bliesner assigned volume numbers and titles to each scrapbook. The second series is a separate sequence of scrapbook volumes. These were accessioned at later dates but are also part of Bliesner's "My Life's Philosophy." The third series is Bliesner's office files, arranged in Bliesner's original decimal system. An index to these files is located in box 79. Series four is arranged by subject, and is sometimes only roughly sorted.
Acquisition Information
Gustav Bliesner donated these papers in multiple installments, circa 1967-1985.
Processing Note
This collection was processed by Michael Kuester in 2007.
Related Materials
In addition to the collection described in this guide, the WSU Libraries hold several unprocessed accessions of Gustav Bliesner's papers: MS 1982-37, MS 1983-19, MS 1984-40, MS 1985-22, MS 1986-18, MS 1989-36, MS 1991-20, MS 1994-39.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: "My Life's Philosophy" volumes, first sequence, 1934-1967Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Farm Electrification volume 2,
1940 |
| 1 | 2 | Volume 1, 1934 |
| 2 | 1 | Volume 2, 1937 |
| 2 | 2 | Volume 3, 1940 |
| 3 | 1 | Volume 4, 1940 |
| 3 | 2 | Volume 5, 1941 |
| 4 | 1 | Volume 6, 1942 |
| 4 | 2 | Volume 7, 1942 |
| 5 | 1 | Volume 8, 1942 |
| 5 | 2 | Volume 9, 1942 |
| 6 | 1 | Volume 10, 1942 |
| 6 | 2 | Volume 11, 1942 |
| 7 | 1 | Volume 12, 1942 |
| 7 | 2 | Volume 13, 1942 |
| 7 | 3 | Volume 14, 1942 |
| 8 | 1 | Volume 15, 1942 |
| 8 | 2 | Administration, Education, and Research
(War, Power, and Agriculture) 1, volume 17, 1943 |
| 8 | 3 | Administration, Education, and Research
(The Family and Its Problems) 2, volume 18, 1943 |
| 9 | 1 | Administration, Education, and Research
(Industrial Relations Engineering) 3-1, volume 19, 1943 (Three volumes
of "The Victory Fleet" detailing shipbuilding during World War II,
information on industries with United States military contracts, War
Producti |
| 9 | 2 | Administration, Education, and Research
(Industrial Relations Engineering) 3-2, volume 20, 1943 (Newspaper
clippings and information on shipbuilding) |
| 10 | 1 | Administration, Education, and Research
(Industrial Relations Engineering) 3-3, volume 21, 1943 |
| 10 | 2 | Administration, Education, and Research
(early preliminary Doctoral studies) 4, volume 22, 1943 |
| 11 | 1 | Commission Pending and Doctor of
Philosophy 1 and 2, volume 23, 1943-1944 (Army Specialized Training
Program, ASTP, and Navy College Program,V-12, at Iowa State College
during World War II) |
| 11 | 2 | Doctor of Philosophy 2, 3 and 4, volume
24, 1943-1944 (Ph.D. work at Iowa State College) |
| 11 | 3 | Naval Training School 1, volume 25, 1944
(Naval electrical engineering training at Iowa State College during
World War II) |
| 12 | 1 | Application in Public Administration,
volume 26, 1944 (education and employment history to 1944) |
| 12 | 2 | Abstract of in-service fellowship in
public administration, volume 27, 1944-1945 (Official correspondence
regarding Bliesner's education, work experiences, and service
record) |
| 12 | 3 | Annual Report, volume 28, 1944-1945
(Agricultural engineering, food production, electrical engineering, soil
and water conservation, compiled in book format for WSC Extension
Service, 1944 November-1945 October 31) |
| 12 | 4 | Annual Report, volume 29, 1945-1946
(Agricultural engineering, food production, electrical engineering, soil
and water conservation, compiled in book format for WSC Extension
Service, 1945 November 1-1946 December 1) |
| 13 | 1 | Institutions of Advanced Education, volume
31, 1946 (Correspondence regarding employment and education at various
institutions of higher learning, 1942 December 10-1947 March
8) |
| 13 | 2 | Gustav Henry Bliesner, Ph.D., volume 32-41
(bound together), 1946 (State of Washington engineering examinations,
Iowa State personnel forms) |
| 13 | 3 | Farragut College, volume 42, 1947
(Information regarding the establishment of Farragut College at the
former site of Farragut Naval Training Station in Idaho) |
| 14 | 1 | Farragut College of Engineering, volume
43, 1947 (Details of Bliesner's involvement with Farragut College,
Lutheran Churches, Alpha Kappa Lambda at WSU, YMCA, U.S. Navy, and
Engineering) |
| 14 | 2 | School of Mines and Metallurgy, volume 44,
1947 (Bliesner's role in Alpha Kappa Lambda postwar expansion, and
developing a department of engineering at Farragut College) |
| 15 | 1 | Work on my Ph.D., volume 45, 1948
(personal history, church affiliations, fraternal organizations,
government service, and educational experience) |
| 15 | 2-3 | Developing an Engineering College, volume
46, 1947-1948 (Correspondence, WSU football programs, United States
Marine Corps Reserve leaflets) |
| 16 | 1 | Academic Accreditation, volume 47, 1948
(Farragut College and Technical Institute course listings, grade sheets,
course requirements) |
| 16 | 2-3 | Public Power, volume 48,
1949-1950 |
| 17 | 1 | Public Power, volume 49, 1950 |
| 17 | 2 | Chronological personal, volume 52,
1950 |
| 17 | 3 | A Job in 1951, volume 51, 1951 |
| 18 | 1 | Preliminary Cost Report on the
Construction of the Parker-Pilot Knob 161-kv Transmission Line, volume
52, 1950 |
| 18 | 2 | Cost Data Subject Matter, volume 53, 1951
(Addendum report for the construction of the Parker-Pilot Knob 161-kv
Transmission Line) |
| 18 | 3 | Blythe Substation, volume 55, 1951
(Reports, work summaries, schematic drawings, diagrams, and information
on the construction of the Blythe substation) |
| 18 | 4 | Zion Lutheran Church, volume 56,
1949-1951 |
| 19 | 1 | Gila Substation, volume 57,
1949-1951 |
| 19 | 2 | Colorado River Indian Reservation, volume
58, 1951 |
| 19 | 3-4 | Another Connection, volume 59,
1951-1952 |
| 19 | 5 | The Deep South, volume 60,
1951 |
| 19 | 6 | Personnel Management, volume 61,
1950 |
| 20 | 1-2 | This is the Life, volume 62,
1952 |
| 20 | 3-4 | Back to School, volume 63,
1952-1953 |
| 20 | 5-6 | Lutheran Church of the Reformation, volume
64, 1952-1953 (Church writings and papers from the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation in Savannah, GA) |
| 21 | 1 | Clark Hill Power and Transmission System,
volume 65, 1952-1953 |
| 21 | 2-4 | Hydrogen Age, volume 66, 1952-1953
(Newspaper clippings from Eisenhower-Stevenson presidential race,
applications to the U.S. Civil Service, university organization
pamphlets, news article commemorating the tenth anniversary of Pearl
Harbor) |
| 21 | 5-7 | Original Ph.D. Writings, volume 67,
1953 |
| 22 | 1-3 | Training the Professional Engineer, volume
68, 1948-1953 |
| 22 | 3 | Appendix, Transmission, and Rural
Electrical Distribution Loop Services, volume 69, 1946-1956 (Papers from
Clark Hill Project, Transmission Line at Hunter Air Force Base, Blythe
Substation, Davis Dam, Boulder Dam Transmission Line, and Senate Bill
for the |
| 22 | 4 | Pertinent Positions, volume 71,
1943-1958 |
| 23 | 1-2 | Hope Lutheran Church (Portland, OR),
volume 72, 1952-1954 |
| 23 | 3-4 | The Dalles Project, volume 73,
1943-1958 |
| 24 | 1-2 | Engineering, volume 74, 1944-1953 (Report
on Washington irrigation, 1946 April; Irrigation pamphlets; Engineer
society bulletins; Bliesner's Civil Service ratings; Report for
Washington State College extension services: "Wiring the
Farm") |
| 24 | 3 | University of Portland, volume 75,
1953-1954 |
| 24 | 4 | Portland Public Schools, volume 76, 1954
(Pay charts, attendance records, course outlines, adult vocational
education and apprentice programs) |
| 25 | 1 | 1954-55-80 Program, volume 77, 1954 (Work
orders, Federal Power Commission utilities usage report, electrical
engineering diagrams, correspondence, report on river and harbor
projects: Dalles Dam, Columbia River, Willamette River, and Umpqua
River) |
| 25 | 2 | Experiments Lectures and Problems, volume
78, 1955 |
| 25 | 3 | Project History MA-2 Wiring System, volume
79, 1955 (Report for Boeing Airplane Co., 1955 June 30) |
| 26 | 1-6 | Scrapbooks, volume 80, 1952-1954 (Football
and baseball programs, vocational education information, Portland School
of Engineering Papers, California science and engineering recruitment
circular, 1952 July, newspaper clippings) |
| 27 | 1 | Energy Conversion, volume 81A,
1952-1955 |
| 27 | 2 | Energy Conversion, volume 81B,
1951-1955 |
| 27 | 3 | Energy Conversion 1952-55 volume 81C,
1952-1955 |
| 28 | 1 | St. Mathews Lutheran Church (Renton,
Washington), volume 82, 1956 |
| 28 | 2 | Ph.D. Thesis Addenda, volume 83,
1956 |
| 28 | 3 | KC 135 Electrical System Diagrams, volume
84, 1956 January 9-1954 August 25 |
| 29 | 1 | Formal-Informal Test Results, volume 85,
1956 |
| 29 | 2 | Minutes of S.P.E.E.A Executive Committee
Meetings, volume 86, 1955-1956 |
| 29 | 3 | Contract S.P.E.E.A., W.E.A., B.A.C.,
volume 87, 1956-1957 (negotiations with Boeing, letters, questionnaires,
newspaper clippings) |
| 30 | 1 | Guided Missiles, volume 88A,
1956-1958 |
| 30 | 2 | Guided Missiles, volume 88B,
1957-1958 |
| 30 | 3 | Individual Income Tax Reports, volume 89,
1955-1964 |
| 30 | 4 | Sample Publications, volume 90A, 1934-1965
(pipeline corrosion in the sub-Arctic, corrosion survey Haines-Fairbanks
P.O.L. pipeline, specifications for magnesium anodes-cathodic
protection) |
| 31 | 1 | Sample Publications, volume 90B, 1934-1965
(Oregon State College information packet for new faculty, 1948; "Country
Electrification" by Bliesner; University of Portland syllabi and
laboratory schedules) |
| 31 | 2-4 | Sample Publications, volume 90C,
1934-1965 |
| 31 | 5 | The Electrical System, volume 91,
1956-1957 (Schematics, generator outlines, wiring diagrams, D.C. motor
and generator design) |
| 32 | 1 | Feasibility Study of the D.C. system LVTP
5 Diesel Drive, volume 92, 1957 |
| 32 | 2 | Samples of My Life's Work, volume 93,
1956 |
| 32 | 3-4 | Scrapbook, 1957 (newspaper clippings,
church circulars, correspondence, automobile advertisements) |
| 32 | 5 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94A, 1957
(electrical distribution and street lighting, Corps of Engineers
construction guide, U.S.E.D. Portland Division Power
Definitions) |
| 33 | 1 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94B, 1957
(electrical distribution specifications, barracks blueprints and project
notes, Ft. Richardson, Alaska) |
| 33 | 2 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94C, 1958
(daily log, 1958; "How magnetic and capacity fields affect the
relationship in alternating current circuits"; Chapel with educational
wing, Ladd Air Force Base; engineering magazines and
pamphlets) |
| 33 | 3 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94D, 1958
(1958 desk calendar, Alaska Corps of Engineers papers from 1958,
electrical equipment brochures, radar tower modifications for Tatalina
Air Force station Alaska, Army housing procedure manual, design analysis
and p |
| 34 | 1 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94E, 1958
(newspaper clippings on Alaska statehood and engineering, engineering
magazines) |
| 34 | 2 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94F,
1958-1959 (Rural Electrification Administration bulletins and
engineering magazines, professional notes, electrical engineer state
exams, Swedish State Power Board publications, 1950) |
| 34 | 3 | Electrical Engineering, volume 94G, 1959
(Newspaper clippings, professional notes, specifications for water
supply system at Granite Mountain Air Force station Alaska, Corps of
Engineers project notes for Alaska, notebook) |
| 35 | 1 | Lakeridge Lutheran Church (Seattle),
volume 95A, 1956 |
| 35 | 2-3 | Annual Report 1960 (Lakeridge Lutheran
Church), volume 95B |
| 35 | 4-5 | Alpha Kappa Lambda 1957-59 volume 96A,
1957-1959 (newsletters, construction news for new chapter house in
Pullman, WSU and national chapter information) |
| 36 | 1 | Alpha Kappa Lambda 1957-59 volume 96A
(continued) |
| 36 | 2 | Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity Advisors
Association, 1959 |
| 36 | 3 | The Present Situation, volume 97,
1957-1958 (university tuition rates at Pacific Lutheran College and
Washington State College, personal correspondence, cathodic protection
study notes 7-8-57, Ft. Richardson Alaska electric distribution map,
electronic an |
| 36 | 4 | Seattle University, volume 98,
1958 |
| 36 | 5 | Atomic Generator, volume 99, 1957
(calculations from Boeing Airplane Company, wire and circuit breaker
guide for electrical design Boeing, Kato generator blueprint, altitude
simulation chamber packet from Murphy and Miller Inc, Detroit Diesel
brochures, v |
| 37 | 1 | Elements of Electrical Engineering, volume
100, 1957-1958 (sample lectures, grade sheets, class schedules,
experiment and lecture notes on fundamentals of electrical
engineering) |
| 37 | 2-4 | Wilderness Acre, volume 101A, 1958
(gardening journals, press book of plants from Alaskan sub-Arctic,
1957) |
| 37 | 5-6 | Estimating, volume 102, 1957-1958
(Engineer Corps manual on engineering and design cost estimates March
1959, EM 1110-345-730, Northwest Airlines system route map, electrical
distribution notes, U.S. Army housing bids and price
schedule) |
| 38 | 1 | Estimating, volume 102, 1957-1958
(continued) |
| 38 | 2 | Direct Current Class notes, Experiment,
volume 103, 1958 |
| 38 | 3 | Alternating Current Class notes and
Experiments, volume 104, 1958 |
| 38 | 4 | Scrapbook 1956 |
| 39 | 1-3 | Volume 106A, 1958 |
| 39 | 4-5 | Volume 106B, 1958-1959 |
| 39 | 6-7 | Volume 106C, 1959 |
| 40 | 1-3 | Volume 106D, 1959 |
| 40 | 4-5 | Volume 106E, 1959 |
| 40 | 6-7 | Volume 106F, 1959 |
| 41 | 1-3 | Volume 106G, 1959 |
| 41 | 4 | Volume 106H, 1959 |
| 41 | 5 | Volume 106I, 1959 |
| 42 | 1 | Volume 106J, 1959 |
| 42 | 2-3 | Volume 106K, 1959 |
| 42 | 4 | Volume 106L, 1959 |
| 42 | 5-6 | Volume 106M, 1959 |
| 43 | 1 | Volume 106N, 1959-1960 |
| 43 | 2 | Volume 106O, 1960 |
| 43 | 3 | Volume 106P, 1960 |
| 43 | 4-5 | Electrical Distribution Standards, volume
107, 1958 |
| 44 | 1-2 | Volume 108A, 1958 |
| 44 | 3-4 | Volume 108B, 1959-1960 |
| 44 | 5 | Volume 108C, 1960 |
| 44 | 6-7 | Engineering Manuals, volume 109,
1958 |
| 45 | 1-2 | Shop Drawings and Guide Specifications,
volume 110, 1958 |
| 45 | 3 | Contract D.A. Invitation, volume 111,
1958 |
| 45 | 4 | Curriculum Vitae, volume 112,
1910 |
| 46 | 1 | Abstract of Education and Experience,
volume 112B, circa 1960 |
| 46 | 2 | Addendum Data to Accompany Curriculum
Vitae, volume 112C, circa 1960 |
| 46 | 3-5 | Scrapbook, circa 1950-1959 |
| 46 | 6-7 | Electrical, volume 113, 1959 |
| 47 | 1-3 | Annual Proceedings of Education Program,
volume 114A, 1959-1962 |
| 47 | 4 | Annual Proceedings of Education Program
1959-62 114B, 1959-1962 |
| 47 | 5 | Supervisors Training, volume 116,
1959-1961 |
| 48 | 1 | Seventy-fifth AIEE Convention, volume 117,
1959 |
| 48 | 2-3 | Electrical and Electronic, volume 118,
1959 |
| 48 | 4 | Electrical and Electronic Education with
Professional Practice, volume 119, 1959 |
| 48 | 5 | Bliesner Engineering Services, volume
120A, 1959 |
| 49 | 1-3 | Bliesner Engineering Services, volume
120B, 1959 |
| 49 | 4 | Office Notebook, volume 121,
1960 |
| 49 | 5-6 | Current Projects, volume 122,
1961 |
| 50 | 1-2 | Recent Samples of My Work, volume 123,
1959-1963 |
| 51 | 1-2 | The Boy Scouts, volume 128,
1935-1965 |
| 51 | 3-4 | The Bliesner House, volume 129,
1959-1961 |
| 51 | 5 | The Boeing Company, volume 130,
1954-1962 |
| 51 | 6-7 | NATMC and NASA Conferences at Seattle
World's Fair, volume 132, 1962 |
| 52 | 1-5 | Notebooks, volume 133, 1950 |
| 52 | 6-7 | Getting a Job, volume 134,
1962 |
| 52 | 8-10 | Current Chronological, volume 135,
1961-1965 |
| 53 | 1-9 | Current Chronological
(continued) |
| 54 | 1-3 | IEEE Paper, volume 136,
undated |
| 54 | 4 | Class notes and Newspaper clippings,
volume 137A, 1963-1964 (Orange County State College notes and
examinations) |
| 54 | 6 | Electrical Engineering Exams, volume 138B,
1962-1963 |
| 56 | 1-2 | Brochure of Bliesner, volume 139A,
1964 |
| 56 | 3-4 | Brochure of Bliesner, volume 139B,
1964 |
| 56 | 5 | Brochure of Bliesner, volume 139C,
1963-1964 |
| 56 | 6 | Volume 139D, 1963 |
| 57 | 1 | Professional Record and Resume, volume
140, 1963 |
| 57 | 2 | North American Aviation, volume 142,
1963-1965 |
| 57 | 3-4 | Emanuel Lutheran Church (La Habra, CA),
volume 143, 1963 |
| 57 | 5 | La Habra Fellowship of Churches, volume
144, 1961-1965 |
| 57 | 6 | Rural Electrification
Transmission-Distribution Loop and Network Services, Bliesner Ph.D.
Thesis, volume 145A, 1946 |
| 57 | 7 | UNESCO File, volume 146A, 1964 |
| 58 | 1-2 | Supervisory Electric Utilities Engineer
with Office Copy, volume 146B, 1964 |
| 58 | 3 | Job Applications, volume 146C,
1964 |
| 58 | 4-5 | Job Applications, volume 146D,
1964 |
| 58 | 6 | Job Applications, volume 146E,
1964 |
| 59 | 1 | Acting Chairman Department of Electrical
Engineering, volume 147, 1964 (Northridge College of Science and
Engineering) |
| 59 | 2-3 | Manpower Utilization Charts, Letters,
Procedure, volume 148, 1964-1966 |
| 59 | 4 | Special Power Distribution Project for
Saturn S-II, Seal Beach, CA, volume 149, 1964 |
| 59 | 5 | Continued Education, volume 150,
1962 |
| 59 | 6 | Design and Estimates, volume 151,
1961-1964 |
| 59 | 7 | Another Position, volume 153A,
1965-1966 |
| 59 | 8 | Academic, volume 153B,
1965-1966 |
| 60 | 1 | Brochure of Bliesner, volume 153B2,
1966-1967 |
| 60 | 2 | Personal File, volume 154,
1965 |
| 60 | 3 | IEEE Fellow Grade, volume 156,
1965-1967 |
| 60 | 4-5 | Current Chronological (TDY New York),
volume 157, 1965 |
| 60 | 6 | Welcome to Vietnam, Thailand (PCS 168th
Engineer Combat Battalion), volume 158, 1965-1967 |
| 61 | 1 | Left Over Job Exhibits, Resumes etc.,
volume 159, 1964-1967 (includes Vietnam casualty report list, U.S. Army
Engineer Command Vietnam) |
| 61 | 2 | Air Force Regional Civil Engineers (ASEE
Convention WSU 1966), volume 160, 1965-1967 |
| 61 | 3-4 | Office Notebook, volume 161,
1965-1967 |
| 61 | 5 | Home Notebook, volume 162,
1965-1967 |
| 61 | 6 | "Back Home" Recommendation Letters, volume
163, 1967 |
| 61 | 7 | Office Notebook, volume 164,
1961-1962 |
| 62 | 1-3 | Folder 1961-65, volume 165,
1961-1965 |
| 62 | 4 | Gardening Notebook, volume 166,
1962 |
| 62 | 5 | Office Folder 1962-63, volume 167,
1962-1963 |
| 62 | 6 | Folder 1962-63, volume 168,
1962-1963 |
| 62 | 7-8 | Lighting and Power Wakefield Facility
Santa Anna, volume 169, 1963 |
| 63 | 1 | Organization 1963-64, volume 170,
1963-1964 |
| 63 | 2 | Utility Planning and Design, volume 171,
1964-1965 |
| 63 | 3 | Lecture Notes, volume 172A,
1965 |
| 63 | 4 | Lecture Notes and newspaper clippings,
volume 172B, 1965 |
| 63 | 5 | Heating and Power Survey Elmendorf-Fort
Richardson Area, volume 173, undated |
| 63 | 6 | Brochure: Carl K. Barstow, Consulting
Mechanical Engineer, volume 174, undated |
| 63 | 7 | Slauson Modifications Project Notebook,
volume 175, 1963-1964 |
| 63 | 8 | Modification of the Slauson Facility,
volume 176, 1964 |
| 63 | 9 | Instructions to Bidder for Installation of
Data Acquisition System at Propulsion Systems Development Facility, Las
Cruces, NM; North American Aviation Inc., volume 177,
undated |
| 63 | 10 | Brochure: Technical-Engineer-Architect
Management, volume 178, undated |
| 64 | 1 | Space and Information Systems Division
Publication Style Guide; North American Aviation Inc., volume 179,
1963 |
| 64 | 2 | The Geosciences Applied to Manned Lunar
Exploration, Grumman |
| 64 | 2 | Aircraft Exploration: Dr. J. Green Space
Sciences Laboratory (report, 115 pages), volume 180, 1961 |
| 64 | 3 | MSC Site Activation, Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation (report), volume 181, 1963 |
| 64 | 4 | Interface Control Documentation for Manned
Spacecraft Center Space Environmental Simulation Laboratory (report)
volume 182, undated |
| 64 | 5 | Report of Foundation and Materials
Fairbanks Operation Station Fairbanks, AK, volume 183, 1960 |
| 64 | 6 | Qualifications Inventory for Employees of
North American Aviation Inc., volume 184, 1965 |
| 64 | 7 | Publications Preparation Guide Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corporation, volume 185, 1964 |
| 64 | 8 | Environmental Test Facility Requirements
for LEM at the MSC Environmental Test Facilities (report, 65 pages),
volume 186, 1963 |
| 64 | 9 | Training Booklet Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation, volume 187, undated |
| 64 | 10 | LEM Propulsion Training, volume 188,
undated |
| 65 | 1-2 | LEM Memos and Specifications, volume 189
A-D, 1964 |
| 65 | 3 | Bonneville Power Administration Report of
Accomplishments of the Engineering Division, volume 190, 1940 April 13
(Chronicle of dam development and electrification in Pacific Northwest
up to 1940) |
| 65 | 4 | Design Analysis for Detroit Dam Power
Plant Appendix D Electrical Design Notes, volume 191, 1950 |
| 65 | 5 | Advance Planning Report on Dry Dock No. 6
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA (report), volume 192,
1956 |
| 65 | 6 | The Colorado River (Comprehensive
Departmental Report on the Development of Water Resources of the
Colorado Basin for Review Prior to Submission to Congress, 293 pages,
with accompanying maps), volume 193, undated |
| 65 | 7 | Dams and Control Works, volume 194,
1938 |
| 65 | 8 | Opening our Bibles, volume 195,
1951 |
| 65 | 9 | Christ Today Lutheran World Federation,
volume 196, undated |
| 65 | 10 | 10PAK: An Input-Output Package for Fortran
IV, June 1965, Grumman Research Department Computing Report CR 65-6,
volume 197, 1965 |
Series 2: "My Life's Philosophy" volumes, second sequence, 1965-1976Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 66 | 1 | Situations, volume 163, 1975 |
| 66 | 2 | Civil Service Ratings State and Local,
volume 163B, 1968 |
| 66 | 3 | "Back Home," volume 163C, 1969 |
| 66 | 4-5 | Personal File, volume 166A,
1965-1967 |
| 66 | 6-7 | Personal File, volume 166C,
1965-1967 |
| 67 | 1-2 | Professional History and Experience Record
of Gustav Henry Bliesner, to Accompany I.E.E.E. Fellow Form FC-1, volume
168, 1967 |
| 67 | 3 | Village Electrification in Southeast Asia,
volume 170, 1968 |
| 67 | 4 | City Engineer Newberg Oregon, volume 171A,
1967-1968 |
| 67 | 5 | City Engineer Newberg Oregon, volume 171A,
1968-1969 |
| 67 | 6 | Swarthmore Subdivision, volume 172,
1967-1970 |
| 67 | 7 | Newberg Oregon Toastmasters, volume 174A,
1969-1970 |
| 68 | 1-2 | Newberg Oregon Toastmasters, volume
174B-C, 1969-1970 |
| 68 | 3 | Hoover Park Improvements, volume 175,
1968 |
| 68 | 4 | New Engineering Department, volume 176A,
1968-1977 |
| 68 | 5-6 | My Rotary International Vocational, volume
177, 1968 |
| 69 | 1 | Job Offer, volume 178A, 1969 |
| 69 | 2 | My Defense, volume 179A, 1969 (newspaper
clippings and correspondence regarding Bliesner's removal from city
engineer post in Newberg, OR) |
| 69 | 3 | Dean of Engineering, volume 180,
1969-1974 |
| 69 | 4 | Street Improvement Project, volume 181A,
1968 |
| 69 | 5-6 | Street Improvement, volume 181B,
1970 |
| 69 | 7 | New Engineering Department Proposals
(Newberg, OR), volume 182, 1969 |
| 69 | 8 | Civil Service Forms, volume 183,
1971 |
| 69 | 9 | Community Facility Planning (Newberg, OR),
volume 184, 1970 |
| 70 | 1 | Construction, volume 185A,
1970 |
| 70 | 2-3 | Exhibits to Accompany My Statement #171,
volume 185B, 1972 |
| 70 | 4 | Urban Development (Newberg, OR), volume
186, 1970 |
| 70 | 5 | Engineering Study, volume 187,
1970 |
| 70 | 6 | Building and Concrete Pipeline Inspection
(Newberg, OR), volume 188, 1970 |
| 70 | 7 | Getting a Job, volume 189,
1970 |
| 70 | 8 | Getting a Job, volume 189B,
1970 |
| 70 | 9 | Professor of Mathematics, volume 190,
undated |
| 70 | 10 | Professor of Electrical Engineering,
volume 190, 1973 |
| 71 | 1 | Personnel Rules (Newberg, OR), volume 191,
1970 |
| 71 | 2 | Council Meeting, volume 192, 1970 June
1 |
| 71 | 3-4 | Life Insurance, volume 193,
1970 |
| 71 | 5 | The President, volume 194,
1970 |
| 71 | 6 | Anaheim Convention (IEEE), volume 195,
1971 |
| 71 | 7 | Underground Utilities and Electrical
Systems, volume 196, 1970 |
| 71 | 8 | Example Conference Paper, volume 197, 1970
(includes paper about underground utilities and electrical
systems) |
| 71 | 9 | A Job in 1971, volume 199,
1971 |
| 72 | 1 | Tried again, volume 200, 1971 |
| 72 | 2-3 | Bidding Low, volume 201,
1967-1970 |
| 72 | 4-6 | Spec Writing, volume 202, 1971 (includes
notes, schematics, and blueprints about Vietnam, 1968-69) |
| 72 | 7 | VISTA (Action) Peace Corps, volume 203,
1971-1972 |
| 72 | 8 | Employer-Employee, volume 204,
undated |
| 73 | 1 | Client Consultant, volume 205,
1971-1972 |
| 73 | 2 | City of Portland, volume 206,
1971 |
| 73 | 3-4 | REA (Rural Electrification Authority),
volume 207, 1971-1973 |
| 73 | 5-6 | REA, volume 207B, undated |
| 73 | 7 | ADM Assistant, volume 208,
1971-1975 |
| 74 | 1 | A Vigil Scouter, volume 210,
1972 |
| 74 | 2 | The Monster, volume 211, 1972 (includes
information about Strategic Arms Limitations talks SALT and other Cold
War topics) |
| 74 | 3 | Misc. University of Portland, volume 212,
1972 |
| 74 | 4 | Problems-Syllabus University of Portland,
volume 212, 1974 |
| 74 | 5 | Portland General and Underground Systems,
volume 212A, undated |
| 74 | 6-7 | Problems, Syllabus, Examples P.C.C.,
volume 212C, 1975-1976 |
| 75 | 1-2 | Problems, Syllabus, Examples P.C.C.,
volume 212C (continued) |
| 75 | 3 | Electrical Engineering Syllabus, Work
Study Program, University of Portland, volume 212D, undated |
| 75 | 4-5 | Principal Lecturer "Electrical
Engineering," volume 213, 1973 |
| 75 | 6 | Principal Senior Engineer, volume 214,
1973-1974 |
| 75 | 7-8 | Updating, volume 215, 1973 |
| 76 | 1 | County Administrative Candidate (Yamhill
County, OR), volume 216, undated |
| 76 | 2 | Bliesners, Hauers, Olsons, volume 217,
1973 (Family history information) |
| 76 | 3-4 | ALC District Convention Pacific Lutheran
University, volume 218, undated |
| 76 | 5 | Head, volume 219, 1973 |
| 76 | 6 | Private Practice, volume 220,
1973 |
| 76 | 7 | Creation, volume 222, 1973 (Lecture notes
on creation, George Fox College, OR) |
| 76 | 8 | Political Science, volume 223, 1973
(Lecture notes, George Fox College) |
| 76 | 9 | City Administrative Candidate, volume 224,
1973 |
| 77 | 1 | CH2M-Hill-GB, volume 225, 1973 |
| 77 | 2 | Bliesner, volume 226, 1974 |
| 77 | 3-4 | George Fox College, volume 227,
1974 |
| 77 | 5 | International Executive News, volume 228,
1964-1974 |
| 77 | 6-7 | Bliesner Engineering Papers, volume 229,
1974-1975 |
| 78 | 1-2 | Educating Intern Professional Engineers,
volume 230, undated |
| 78 | 3 | Syllabi Bliesner, volume 233,
1974 |
| 78 | 4 | P.C.C. Syllabi, volume 237,
1975 |
| 78 | 5 | Misc. 1975-76, volume 238,
1975-1976 |
| 78 | 6 | File Outline, volume 119 (Revised from
series 1 volume 54), undated |
Series 3: Office Files, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 79-88 | Personal files, corresponding to file
outline in volume 54 |
|
| 88-89 | Personal Files |
Series 4: Subject files, 1947-1985Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Subseries 4.1: Education,
1947-1970 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 90 | 1-2 | Rural Electrification Transmission and
Distribution Loop and Network Services (Bliesner Ph.D.),
1963 |
| 90 | 3 | Ph.D. thesis plates,
undated |
| 90 | 4 | Academic Log, 1950-1957 |
| 91 | 1 | Laboratory Instructions, 1947
(Electrical Engineering Department, Farragut College) |
| 91 | 2 | Continuing Education, 1968 |
| 91 | 3 | Electrical Engineering Lab
Instructions, University of Portland, 1954 |
| 91 | 4 | Underground Lighting, 1970 |
| 91 | 5 | Colleges and Universities,
1959-1964 |
| 91 | 6 | UCLA, 1964 |
| 91 | 7 | Northridge College, 1965 |
Subseries 4.2: Papers and reports,
1957-1970 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 91 | 8 | Essay (manuscript and revisions),
Electrical and Electronic Education with Professional Practice,
undated |
| 91 | 9 | Desert Indians, 1957 (Includes paper
by Bliesner, Columbia River Basin map, California Central Valley
Project information) |
| 91 | 10 | Ground Support Electrical Precision
Power (report), undated |
| 91 | 11 | Registered Professional Engineers in
Government (essay), undated |
| 91 | 12 | Electrical Engineering Review Space
Physics Exo Biology, 1964 |
| 92 | 1 | Electrical Engineering Review Space
Physics Exo Biology, 1964 |
| 92 | 2 | Report on hydro-ecological survey for
Cornell, Howland, Hays, and Merrifield Consulting Engineers,
1968 |
| 92 | 3 | Village electrification in southeast
Asia, 1968-1969 |
| 92 | 4 | Interim report 230-kv transmission
economic study, 1945 |
| 92 | 5 | Power to the People (papers on
energy), 1971 |
| 92 | 6 | Seminar Expositions, circa
1960s |
| 92 | 7 | Electric Service, circa
1960s |
| 92 | 8 | Papers presented, 1960s |
| 92 | 9 | Convention papers, 1960s |
| 92 | 10 | Underground Distribution IEEE,
1968-1969 |
| 93 | 1 | Underground Utilities and Electrical
Systems, IEEE, 1969-1970 |
Subseries 4.3: Societies,
1957-1975 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 93 | 2 | Young Engineers Meeting,
1960 |
| 93 | 3-4 | Miscellaneous, 1957-1959 |
| 93 | 5-6 | Miscellaneous, 1970s |
| 93 | 7 | Engineer Societies, 1970 |
| 94 | 1 | Clippings and articles related to
AIEE, 1969 |
| 94 | 2 | American Society for Engineering
Education, 1975 |
| 94 | 3 | Typ. Reg.'l. Papers, 1974 |
| 94 | 4 | AAAS, IEEE, NSPE, 1965 |
Subseries 4.4: Military Engineering,
1952-1966 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 94 | 5 | Automated Civil Engineering Program
Evaluation Review Technique (ACEPERT), USAF Guide, 1966 |
| 94 | 6 | Documents of G.H. Bliesner for
Thailand License in Electrical Engineering (Communications),
1966 |
| 94 | 7 | Cost Estimate for Army Base
Development AN.KHE, RVN, 1966 |
| 94 | 8 | Specifications for Army Base
Development AN.KHE, RVN, 1966 |
| 94 | 9 | Power Study for Ubon Air Base
Thailand, 1966 |
| 94 | 10 | Marine Corps Recruit Depot Book,
1965 |
| 94 | 11 | Corroborative Report for GS-14
Electrical Engineering rating, 1966 |
| 95 | 1 | Military construction pricing guide,
1965 |
| 95 | 2 | Electrical distribution standards
Engineer Corps Alaska Dist., 1952 |
| 95 | 3 | Electrical distribution standards
Engineer Corps Seattle Dist., 1960 |
Subseries 4.5: Boeing, North American
Aviation, NASA, 1955-1974 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 95 | 4 | Development and Tests of Wire
Assemblies MA-2 System, 1955 |
| 95 | 5 | Estimate and Calculations for G.S.E.
Proofing Area, Seal Beach, CA, 1964 |
| 95 | 6 | Guide Specifications for Indoor Type
120-208 volt, 400 cycle 30 AC power, circa 1960s |
| 95 | 7 | Management, circa
1962-1965 |
| 95 | 8 | Fire Protection, 1964 |
| 95 | 9 | Safety Standards, circa
1964 |
| 95 | 10 | Addendums, 1964 |
| 95 | 11 | Research and Tests, circa
1962-1964 |
| 95 | 12 | Specifications, circa 1958 |
| 95 | 13 | Proposed Plan, circa 1963 |
| 95 | 14 | Master Planning, circa
1960s |
| 95 | 15 | Electric Ground Support, circa
1950s-1960s |
| 96 | 1 | Job Logs, 1964 |
| 96 | 2 | Las Cruces, NM, 1963 |
| 96 | 3 | Saturn B Tests Apollo Downey,
1962-1963 |
| 96 | 4 | B-3 Downey, circa 1962 |
| 96 | 5 | B-6 Downey, circa
1963-1964 |
| 96 | 6 | Reference material, 1964 |
| 96 | 7 | Slauson, 1964 |
| 96 | 8 | Seal Beach, 1964 |
| 96 | 9 | First Five Years, 1964 |
| 96 | 10 | Specifications, circa 1964 |
| 96 | 11 | Projects, 1958-1964 |
| 96 | 12 | North American Aviation,
1965 |
| 96 | 13 | Organization Charts,
1964-1965 |
| 96 | 14 | Reports, 1963-1965 |
| 96 | 15 | NASA Design Criteria for
Rehabilitation of Electrical Power System phase 2 and 3 Plant 16,
Downey, CA, 1974 |
Subseries 4.6: Contract Documents, Civil
Engineering, 1957-1985 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 96 | 16 | Contract Documents for Northwood Park
Subdivision Improvements (pamphlet), 1968 |
| 96 | 17 | Addendum to Northwood Park Subdivision
Improvements, 1968 |
| 96 | 18 | Contract Documents for Earthfill Dam
(Joseph Rogers Dam), Newberg, OR (pamphlet), 1969 |
| 96 | 19 | Contract Documents for the
Construction of a Drilled Water Well and Modifications to an
Existing Well, Newberg, OR (pamphlet), 1969 |
| 96 | 20 | Contract Documents for Eight Inch
Diameter Pipeline from Elliot Road to County Road no. 59 (pamphlet),
1969 |
| 96 | 21 | Contract Documents for Conference
Ground Improvements, Church of the Nazarene, Woodburn, OR
(pamphlet), 1969 |
| 96 | 22 | Comprehensive land use plan, Newberg,
OR (pamphlet), 1985 |
| 96 | 23 | Water works manual and catalog file
(pamphlet), 1970 |
| 97 | 1 | Newberg city budget,
1968-1969 |
| 97 | 2 | Contract documents for the
construction of exploratory wells City of Newberg, OR (pamphlet),
1968 |
| 97 | 3 | Yamhill county planning guide
(pamphlet), 1968 |
| 97 | 4 | Subdivision Improvement Requirements
planning bulletin (pamphlet), 1970 |
| 97 | 5 | Potential Industrial Sites in Yamhill
County, OR (pamphlet), 1970 |
| 97 | 6 | City of Newberg Water Supply System
Improvements, 1967 |
| 97 | 7 | American Standard Definitions of
Electrical Terms (pamphlet), 1957 |
| 97 | 8-9 | Biennial reports, Oregon state board
of engineering examiners, 1969-1971 |
| 97 | 10-11 | Annual reports, Washington State Board
of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,
1969-1970 |
| 97 | 12 | Guide to Consulting Engineer Services
for Public Works (pamphlet), undated |
| 97 | 13 | Hydroelectric Dams in Pacific
Northwest (pamphlet), circa 1960s |
| 97 | 14 | Handbook on treaty with Canada for
development of the Columbia River (pamphlet), circa 1971 |
| 97 | 15 | Contract Documents for 99-W Hulet
Deborah Street Sanitary Sewage improvements, 1971 |
| 97 | 16 | Contract Documents for Fulton Street
Villa Road Improvements |
| 97 | 17 | Contract Documents for Second Street
Improvements, 1971 |
| 97 | 18 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know
about BPA (pamphlet), 1971 |
| 97 | 19 | The Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
(brochure), undated |
| 98 | 1 | Contract Documents for Sewage
Collection and Treatment Facility, Newberg, OR, 1968 |
| 98 | 2 | Contract Documents for Hess
Creek-Springbrook Sanitary Sewer Collection System Improvements,
Newberg, OR, 1970 |
| 98 | 3 | Contract Documents for Sewage System
Improvements Newberg, 1969 |
| 98 | 4 | Swarthmore Subdivision,
1964 |
| 98 | 5 | Newberg City Budget,
1976-1977 |
| 98 | 6 | Specifications for Annex Remodeling
Fire Station and City Hall, Newberg, OR, 1969 |
| 98 | 7 | General Electric Circuit Protective
Components catalog, 1968 |
| 98 | 8 | Consulting engineers' brochures, circa
1970s |
| 98 | 9 | Underground utilities planning paper,
circa 1960s |
| 98 | 10 | Engineering education materials,
1970s |
Subseries 4.7: Engineering files, circa
1957-1973 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 99 | 1 | Correspondence, 1973-1974 (Includes
letters to Washington State University regarding his
papers) |
| 99 | 2 | Incinerators, undated |
| 99 | 3 | Los Angeles County Air Pollution
Control District, 1960s |
| 99 | 4 | Plant Engineering Procedure,
1964 |
| 99 | 5 | Flood Control, 1965 |
| 99 | 6 | Power and Lighting, 1962 |
| 99 | 7 | Precision power regulator, circa
1950s-1960s |
| 99 | 8 | 400 N Generators, circa
1960-1961 |
| 99 | 9 | Generators and Motors, circa
1960s |
| 99 | 10 | Rectifiers, circa
1964-1965 |
| 99 | 11 | Design and Construction,
1964 |
| 99 | 12 | NASA Analysis Chart,
1964-1965 |
| 99 | 13 | University of Portland,
1973 |
| 99 | 14 | In-service Training, 1961 |
| 99 | 15 | Reliability, 1964 |
| 99 | 16 | Communications, 1963-1964 |
| 99 | 17 | Electric Heating,
1962-1963 |
| 99 | 18 | Corrosion Studies,
1950s-1960s |
| 99 | 19 | Photographs (negatives),
undated |
| 99 | 20 | Correspondence, 1963-1965 |
| 99 | 21 | State of California licensing board,
1962 |
| 99 | 22 | Federal Power Commission press
releases, 1964 |
| 99 | 23 | Copper wire characteristics,
undated |
| 99 | 24 | Research (skid-mounted generator
pamphlet), undated |
| 99 | 25 | Control and circuit protection,
1962-1965 |
| 99 | 26 | Insulation, circa
1957-1963 |
| 99 | 27 | Distribution and Transmission,
1958 |
| 100 | 1 | Utilities, undated |
Subseries 4.8: Personal Journals,
1951-1970 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 100 | 2-3 | Personal journals; 1951,
1953 |
| 100 | 4 | Log Book, 1964 |
| 100 | 5 | Resume, 1970 |
| 100 | 6-7 | Correspondence, 1970 |
| 100 | 8 | Surplus Properties,
1960-1965 |
| 100 | 9 | Biographical information, notes about
papers, miscellaneous; circa 1960s-1970s |
| 100 | 10 | Consulting Practice,
1957-1965 |
| 100 | 11 | Personnel, 1963-1964 |
| 101 | 1-8 | Notebooks and log books (including
news clippings), 1965-1969 |
| 102 | 1-2 | Notebooks and log books (including
news clippings), 1965-1969 (continued) |
| 102 | 3 | Biographical information,
correspondence, Toastmasters materials, and miscellaneous;
1974-1977 |
| 102 | 4 | Miscellaneous, 1962-1968 |
Subseries 4.9: Miscellaneous,
1965-1973 |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 103 | 1 | Correspondence, resumes, and
miscellaneous (includes Richard Nixon campaign materials),
1968-1972 |
| 103 | 2 | Biographical information,
correspondence, and miscellaneous; 1972-1973 |
| 103 | 3 | Engineering (pamphlets),
1968-1970 |
| 103 | 4 | State and county fairs and
miscellaneous (pamphlets), circa 1960s-1970s |
| 103 | 5 | German magazines,
1965-1969 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Electrical engineers -- Archives.
- Hydroelectric power plants.
- Rural electrification.
Personal Names
- Bliesner, Gustav Henry, 1910-1994 -- Archives
Geographical Names
- Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Finding aid prepared by Michael Kuester
2016
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