MZFCollection2062.xml Guide to the American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records 1946-1976 American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 2062, MtBC, us American Society of Civil Engineers. Montana Section. American Society of Civil Engineers, Montana Section Records 1946-1976 6.4 linear feet 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. Collection materials are in English 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.

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.

This collection is open for research.

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.

This collection was processed 2009 December 17

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