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American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records, 1946-1976

Overview of the Collection

Creator
American Society of Civil Engineers. Montana Section.
Title
American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records
Dates
1946-1976
Quantity
6.4 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 2062, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records includes the constitution, bylaws and amendments of the Montana Section of the ASCE. Minutes, annual reports and annual meetings for the Montana Section and joint meetings/seminars and conventions were collected. Accumulations of the Montana Section's Treasurer's reports, bills, receipts, bank statements, ledgers and correspondence along with some years of financial materials from individual branches are in the collection. Assorted manuals, brochures, individual problems and conference papers, a fund raising program, award announcements and certificates for the entire Society and the Section were preserved along with newsletters of the Section, ASCE and individual Sections of the Pacific Northwest Council.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was organized in 1892 and invited civil engineers and students from engineering schools to join. Its purpose was to promote engineering with high standards of conduct and professionalism. The Student Chapter of Montana State College was created in 1922 and individual engineers in Montana belonged to the Society which consists of Sections, Districts and Zones in the United States. On January 18, 1946, Montana engineers organized the Montana Section of ASCE which became a part of District 12 (Pacific Northwest Council established in 1949) and Zone IV of ASCE. The Montana Section organized branches of local areas which as of 1951 included Billings, Helena, Hungry Horse and North Central Branches. Completion of projects and consolidation dropped the Hungry Horse Branch in 1953 and North Central Branch in 1961. The branches had been renamed the Eastern Branch and the Western Branch by 1963.

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Content Description

This collection includes the constitution, bylaws and amendments of the Montana Section of the ASCE. Minutes, annual reports and annual meetings for the Montana Section and joint meetings/seminars and conventions were collected. Annual reports, correspondence, and newsletters of the Student Chapter of Montana State College are present. Member lists of the Montana Section and assorted branch membership lists along with committee assignments through the years are represented. Correspondence and associated papers between the Section and National (ASCE) offices as well as correspondence within the Section, by the Branches and with District 12 (Pacific Northwest Council) were saved by respective Presidents of the Section. Accumulations of the Montana Section's Treasurer's reports, bills, receipts, bank statements, ledgers and correspondence along with some years of financial materials from individual branches are in the collection. Assorted manuals, brochures, individual problems and conference papers, a fund raising program, award announcements and certificates for the entire Society and the Section were preserved along with newsletters of the Section, ASCE and individual Sections of the Pacific Northwest Council. These miscellaneous items have been grouped in appropriate files at the end of the collection. Files are arranged chronologically by categories.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section donated these records to Special Collections in 1976. They were initially housed in the Archives of Montana State University until assigned collection number 2062. The records were described by the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and assigned control number 79-623.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 December 17

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Constitution, bylaws and amendments with committee recommendations
    Dates: 1946-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Annual reports
    Dates: 1946-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Annual reports
    Dates: 1961-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Minutes
    Dates: 1952-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: Annual meeting
    Dates: 1952-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
  • Description: Annual meeting
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  • Description: Annual meeting
    Dates: 1957-1958
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  • Description: Annual meeting
    Dates: 1959-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  • Description: Annual meeting
    Dates: 1966-1968
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  • Description: Joint meetings and seminars
    Dates: 1958-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  • Description: Joint meetings and seminars
    Dates: 1965-1968
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  • Description: Student Chapter at MSC of ASCE
    Dates: 1953-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 2/1
  • Description: Student Chapter Annual reports, scattered
    Dates: 1950-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 2/2
  • Description: Student Chapter Newsletters "The Cantilever" and "Student Record", scattered
    Dates: 1961-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 2/3
  • Description: Membership - application forms
    Container: Box/Folder 2/4
  • Description: Membership committee
    Dates: 1952-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 2/5
  • Description: Membership grade transfer letters
    Dates: 1958-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 2/6
  • Description: Membership lists-branch changes
    Dates: 1952-1955
    Container: Box/Folder 2/7
  • Description: Membership lists and dues records
    Dates: 1958-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 2/8
  • Description: Membership lists and dues records
    Dates: 1961-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 2/9
  • Description: Membership lists, dues record and branch allotments
    Dates: 1964-1974
    Container: Box/Folder 2/10
  • Description: Billings Branch memberships
    Dates: 1950-1957
    Container: Box/Folder 2/11
  • Description: Eastern Branch Memberships
    Dates: 1961-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 2/12
  • Description: Western branch memberships
    Dates: 1961-1970
    Container: Box/Folder 2/13
  • Description: Committee assignments - Montana section
    Dates: 1959-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 3/1
  • Description: Committee - Professional Welfare
    Dates: 1952-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 3/2
  • Description: Committee - Inter-Professional Relationships
    Dates: 1956-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 3/3
  • Description: Committee - Professional Engineers regulation act
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box/Folder 3/4
  • Description: Committee - Civil Defense
    Dates: 1962-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 3/5
  • Description: Committee - County Surveyor
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box/Folder 3/6
  • Description: Committee- National Highway Program
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 3/7
  • Description: Committee - MSC Staff Research Program
    Dates: 1958-1959
    Container: Box/Folder 3/8
  • Description: Committee - Education
    Dates: 1957-1959
    Container: Box/Folder 3/9
  • Description: Committee - Education
    Dates: 1960-1965
    Container: Box/Folder 3/10
  • Description: Committee - Publications
    Dates: 1953-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 3/11
  • Description: Committee - Public Relations
    Dates: 1952-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 3/12
  • Description: Committee - annual conventions and programs of Montana Section
    Dates: 1952-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 3/13
  • Description: Committees - National committee appointments and nominations
    Dates: 1955-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 3/14
  • Description: Committee - Student Chapters (ASCE)
    Dates: 1954-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 3/15
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1950-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 4/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box/Folder 4/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box/Folder 4/3
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box/Folder 4/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1957
    Container: Box/Folder 4/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: January-June 1958
    Container: Box/Folder 4/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: July-December 1958
    Container: Box/Folder 4/7
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box/Folder 5/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1960-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 5/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box/Folder 5/3
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box/Folder 5/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 5/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box/Folder 5/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box/Folder 6/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box/Folder 6/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box/Folder 6/3
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 6/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 6/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 6/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box/Folder 6/7
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - ASCE and Montana Section
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 6/8
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 6/9
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1955-1957
    Container: Box/Folder 6/10
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1958-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 6/11
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box/Folder 6/12
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box/Folder 7/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 7/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box/Folder 7/3
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1968-1969
    Container: Box/Folder 7/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 7/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 7/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 7/7
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box/Folder 8/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box/Folder 8/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Montana Section
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box/Folder 8/3
  • Description: North Central Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1949-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 8/4
  • Description: Hungry Horse Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 8/5
  • Description: Helena Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1952-1955
    Container: Box/Folder 8/6
  • Description: Helena Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1956-1958
    Container: Box/Folder 8/7
  • Description: Helena Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1959-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 8/8
  • Description: Billings Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1950-1952
    Container: Box/Folder 8/9
  • Description: Billings Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1953-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 8/10
  • Description: Billings Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1957-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 9/1
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1961-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 9/2
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 9/3
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1965-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 9/4
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1967-1968
    Container: Box/Folder 9/5
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box/Folder 9/6
  • Description: Western Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1971-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 9/7
  • Description: Eastern Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1960-1961
    Container: Box/Folder 10/1
  • Description: Eastern Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box/Folder 10/2
  • Description: Eastern Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box/Folder 10/3
  • Description: Eastern Branch - Correspondence and papers
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box/Folder 10/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1954-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 10/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1957-1958
    Container: Box/Folder 10/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box/Folder 10/7
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1960
    Container: Box/Folder 11/1
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1961-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 11/2
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 11/3
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box/Folder 11/4
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box/Folder 11/5
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box/Folder 11/6
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box/Folder 11/7
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box/Folder 11/8
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box/Folder 11/9
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box/Folder 11/10
  • Description: Correspondence and papers - Pacific Northwest Council (PNWC)
    Dates: 1974; 1976
    Container: Box/Folder 11/11
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1950-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 12/1
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips, savings book
    Dates: 1947-1952
    Container: Box/Folder 12/2
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Box/Folder 12/3
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Box/Folder 12/4
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 12/5
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 12/6
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1957-1958
    Container: Box/Folder 12/7
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1957-1958
    Container: Box/Folder 12/8
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1959-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 12/9
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1959-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 12/10
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1961-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 12/11
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1961-1962
    Container: Box/Folder 12/12
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 13/1
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 13/2
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1965-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 13/3
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1965-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 13/4
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1967-1969
    Container: Box/Folder 13/5
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1967-1969
    Container: Box/Folder 13/6
  • Description: Financial bills, receipts and correspondence
    Dates: 1970-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 13/7
  • Description: Bank statements, checks, deposit slips
    Dates: 1970-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 13/8
  • Description: Helena Branch - financial papers
    Dates: 1955-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 13/9
  • Description: Billings Branch - financial papers
    Dates: 1952-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 14/1
  • Description: Billings Branch - financial ledger
    Dates: 1950-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 14/2
  • Description: Eastern Branch - financial papers
    Dates: 1960-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 14/3
  • Description: Western Branch - financial papers
    Dates: 1960-1964
    Container: Box/Folder 14/4
  • Description: Western Branch - financial papers
    Dates: 1965-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 14/5
  • Description: Montana Section - Cash Ledger, check stubs and savings books
    Dates: 1955-1971
    Container: Box/Folder 14/6
  • Description: Montana Section annual financial reports (w/Branches)
    Dates: 1964-1965; 1965-1966
    Container: Box/Folder 14/7
  • Description: Montana Section annual financial reports (w/Branches)
    Dates: 1966-1967; 1967-1968
    Container: Box/Folder 14/8
  • Description: Montana Section annual financial reports (w/Branches)
    Dates: 1968-1969; 1969-1970
    Container: Box/Folder 14/9
  • Description: Montana Section annual financial reports (w/Branches)
    Dates: 1970-1971; 1971-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 14/10
  • Description: ASCE annual reports
    Dates: 1956-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 15/1
  • Description: ASCE history
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box/Folder 15/2
  • Description: "ASCE Official Registry"
    Dates: 1952; 1958; 1964; 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 15/3
  • Description: ASCE Manuals assorted dates
    Container: Box/Folder 15/4
  • Description: ASCE brochures, handbooks, conference programs
    Container: Box/Folder 15/5
  • Description: ASCE National and District officers - scattered dates
    Container: Box/Folder 15/6
  • Description: ASCE Sections summary reports
    Dates: 1952-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 15/7
  • Description: Montana Section and Branch officers and committees
    Dates: 1948-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 15/8
  • Description: Section Handbooks and manuals
    Dates: 1951-1968
    Container: Box/Folder 15/9
  • Description: Awards and Grants available - Freeman Fellowship, Daniel Mead prizes
    Container: Box/Folder 15/10
  • Description: Professional awards and nominations - Montana, National
    Dates: 1955; 1964
    Container: Box/Folder 15/11
  • Description: Certificates and award forms
    Container: Box/Folder 15/12
  • Description: Bibliographies of films available for training, etc.
    Dates: 1951-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 15/13
  • Description: United Engineering Center fund raising materials and correspondence
    Dates: 1957-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 16/1
  • Description: Civil Service classifications
    Dates: 1952-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 16/2
  • Description: Engineering Council on Professional development
    Dates: 1951-1955; 1959
    Container: Box/Folder 16/3
  • Description: Montana Technical Council with concrete specification proposal
    Dates: 1961
    Container: Box/Folder 16/4
  • Description: Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference and papers
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box/Folder 16/5
  • Description: Mailing permit papers
    Dates: 1964-1970
    Container: Box/Folder 16/6
  • Description: Montana Section newsletter
    Dates: 1955-1976
    Container: Box/Folder 16/7
  • Description: Section leader newsletter
    Dates: 1960-1974
    Container: Box/Folder 16/8
  • Description: PNWC council sections newsletters- Alaska, Columbia
    Dates: 1972-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 16/9
  • Description: PNWC council sections newsletters - Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma
    Dates: 1972-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 16/10
  • Description: Assorted newsletters
    Dates: 1969-1976
    Container: Box/Folder 16/11

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Subject Terms

  • Engineering students-Montana-Bozeman
  • Engineering-Montana-Societies, etc
  • Engineering-Northwest, Pacific

Corporate Names

  • American Society of Civil Engineers-Montana Section-Archives
  • Montana State College-Students-Societies, etc

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Billings Branch (creator)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Helena Branch (creator)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Montana Section-Eastern Branch (creator)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Montana Section-Western Branch (creator)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Montana State College Student Chapter (creator)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers-Pacific Northwest Council (creator)
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