Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 88
Dana, Homer J. (Homer Jackson), 1890-1970
Homer Jackson Dana Catalog and Brochure Collection
1915-1950
1 Linear foot of shelf space
2 Boxes
This collection consists of ephemeral materials collected by WSU Professor Homer Jackson Dana.
Collection materials are in English
Homer Jackson Dana attended the State College of Washington (now Washington State
University) where he completed a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1915 and a
master's degree in 1917. He remained at WSU as an instructor, then returned as a student to
complete a second master's degree in mechanical engineering. He continued his association
with WSU, first as a consulting engineer, and later as a research engineer until his
retirement in 1960. Although his post was as a research engineer, Dana occasionally taught
classes, participated in the education of graduate students, and served as director of the
Engineering Experiment Station.
Dana's interest in engineering led to a series of experimental projects, including
researching the effect of heavy automobile traffic on roads and highways, solving
refrigeration and heat transfer and storage problems, and designing the Mason City Project
to measure the amount of electricity a community consumed. He was awarded patents for
multiple devices, including an emotional stress meter (lie detector) and a prototype home
freezer. Together with Hubert V. Carpenter, he founded one of the first educational radio
stations in the United States in 1922. The radio station, located in Pullman, WA, was
originally named KFAE, becoming KWSC in 1926, and KWSU in 1969.
This collection consists of ephemeral materials collected by Homer Jackson Dana. It
includes brochures, pamphlets, and catalogs for Automobiles 1915-1950 (Series 1), Tractors
1915-1919 (Series 2), Engines 1915-1918 (Series 3), Parts and Equipment 1915-1922 (Series
4), Appliances, Electric Lighting, and Miscellaneous 1915-1921 (Series 5) which includes
operating manuals, parts lists, and other materials documenting mechanical and electrical
technology.
This collection is arranged in 5 series. Each series is arranged alphabetically by
manufacturer or company name; in some cases, miscellaneous items are placed at the end of
each series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item Description]
Homer Jackson Dana Catalog and Brochure Collection, 1915-1950 (Cage 88)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Homer Jackson Dana donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries at an unknown date.
This collection was processed by Morgan Clendenning.
Homer Jackson Dana Papers, 1890-1970 (Cage 299)
A Historical Sketch Describing the Growth of the Generation and Use of Electricity in Pullman and the Inland Empire Typescrypt, 1958 February 11 (Cage 1817)
(Cage 1817)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Dana, Homer J. (Homer Jackson), 1890-1970 -- Archives
Automobiles -- History -- Sources
Engines -- History -- Sources
Tractors -- History -- Sources
Technology
Series 1: Automobiles, 1915-1950
Buick Motor Company
1
1
1919
Buick Valve-in-head Motor Cars: six cylinder open
and closed models. (catalog, 2 copies)
1
1
circa 1920
What Buick Valve in Head Means.
(pamphlet)
1
1
1917
Instruction Book, 1918 Six Cylinder Models.
(pamphlet)
Cadillac
1
1
undated
Finishing Touches. (pamphlet)
1
1
undated
Why an Eight-cylinder Cadillac?
(brochure)
1
1
undated
Cadillac Passenger Cars: Type 57.
(catalog)
1
1
circa 1949-1950
Cadillac for Nineteen Hundred and Fifty.
(catalog)
Case
1
1
circa 1917-1918
Case Automobiles: Style Cars: Six Cylinder for 1918.
(catalog)
Cole
1
1
undated
The Cole Aero-Eight. (catalog)
Dodge
1
2
1919
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. (catalog)
Franklin Automobile Company
1
2
undated
Why the Franklin will start readily with low test
gasoline on the coldest winter day. (brochure)
1
2
undated
Eliminating 177 Unnecessary Parts.
(brochure)
1
2
undated
A Fat Spark Anytime. (brochure)
1
2
1917
Is it the Tires or the Car? Heavy Tire Expense is
Unnecessary. (pamphlet)
1
2
1918
The Franklin Sedan: The American Woman and the
Franklin Sedan. (pamphlet)
1
2
1918
Are Spare Tires your only Guarantee of Tire
Security? (pamphlet)
1
2
undated
Wick Oiling. (brochure)
1
2
undated
Power from Piston Rings: As Secured in the Franklin
Car of Today. (brochure)
1
2
undated
Keeping Dust and Grit out of the Cylinders.
(brochure)
1
2
undated
The Franklin Sedan. (pamphlet)
1
2
1918
The Franklin Car. (catalog)
1
2
1917
Gasoline Economy-the Real Test of Motor Car Thrift.
(pamphlet)
Hupmobile
1
2
1919
The Hupmobile Series-R: What it is, how it looks,
what it does. (catalog)
1
2
undated
Hupmobile the Comfort Car. (brochure)
1
2
1924
Hupmobile Specifications: Motor and Chassis
Improvements. (brochure)
Oldsmobile
1
2
undated
Oldsmobile Economy Truck. (brochure)
1
2
undated
Model Fortyfive-A Eight Cylinder Touring Car.
(brochure)
1
2
undated
Model 37 Six Touring Car and Roadster.
(brochure)
Rickenbacker Motor Company
1
2
undated
Rickenbacker Six: A Car Worthy of its Name.
(catalog)
1
2
undated
Do You Know that-? (brochure)
1
2
undated
The Story of the Hat in the Ring.
(pamphlet)
1
2
undated
Rickenbacker Six: A Car Worthy of its Name.
(brochure)
Rolls Royce
1
2
undated
Containing some recent appreciations of the Rolls
Royce. (pamphlet)
Miscellaneous
1
2
1915
A Cost Keeping System for the Automobile.
(pamphlet)
1
2
undated
Seattle Hotel Penbrook and Apartments.
(brochure)
Series 2: Tractors, 1915-1919
Advance-Rumley Thresher Co.
1
3
undated
Rumley OilPull Tractor. (catalog)
Aultman-Taylor Machinery Company
1
3
undated
Instructions for Operating and Maintaining
Aultman-Taylor Gasoline-Kerosene Tractors. (pamphlet)
Bean Spray Pump Co.
1
3
1919
The Bean TrackPull Tractor Catalog 32.
(catalog)
Buda Company
1
3
undated
Model "BTU" Four Cylinder Unit Power Plant with
Removable Cylinder Head. (catalog)
Buffalo Pitts Company
1
3
undated
The Buffalo Pitts 40-70 Kerosene Gas Tractor.
(catalog)
Bull Tractor Company
1
3
undated
The Big Bull: A Real Kerosene Tractor.
(catalog)
Case Threshing Machine Company
1
3
undated
Case Tractor Manual: Instructions on Operation and
Care of Case 10-18 Tractor. (pamphlet)
Caterpillar Tractor
1
3
undated
Correct Lubrication of the Caterpillar Tractor.
(pamphlet)
1
3
1918
Caterpillar 45 Tractor 72 Inch Thread: Price List
and Parts. (catalog)
1
3
1916
Caterpillar 75: Price List and Parts.
(catalog)
Chase Motor Truck Company
1
4
undated
The Chase 9-18 Farm Tractor. (catalog)
Dayton-Dick Co.
1
4
undated
Things you ought to know about Power Farming with
the Leader Tractor: Leader Model B 12-18. (pamphlet)
Fageol Motors Company
1
4
undated
Fageol Walking Tractor. (brochure)
Frick Company
1
4
1919
Frick Tractors, Traction and Portable Engines,
Threshers, Saw Mills, Stationary Engines, and Steam Boilers. (catalog)
Hart-Parr Company
1
4
1915
Care and Operation Instructions: 35 Brake H. P.
Tractor. (pamphlet)
International Harvester Company of America
1
4
1915
Farm Power. (pamphlet)
1
4
1919
Instructions for Operating the International
15-30-H. P.: Kerosene Tractor (4-Cylinder). (pamphlet)
John Lauson Mfg. Co.
1
4
undated
Instructions for Operating The Lauson Kerosene
Tractor. (brochure)
La Crosse Tractor Co.
1
4
1918
La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor Model "F":
Instruction Book and Repair Price List. (catalog)
Moline Plow Company
1
4
undated
How to Operate Moline Universal Tractor Model D:
Four Cylinder Engine and all other Features Desired in the Ultimate Tractor.
(pamphlet)
Monarch Tractor Co.
1
5
circa 1919
Monarch Tractor Performance. (pamphlet)
1
5
1919
Repair List and Instruction Book for Starting and
Operating the "Neverslip" and "Lightfoot" Gasoline and Oil Tractors.
(pamphlet)
1
5
undated
Lightfoot and Neverslip Monarch Tractors.
(catalog)
1
5
undated
Neverslip Monarch Tractors: 16-9 H. P.
(brochure)
Porter Tractor Company
1
5
circa 1918
The Porter Tractor: The Actual One-Man Tractor.
(pamphlet)
Titan
1
5
1918
Instructions for Operating the Titan Kerosene
Tractor: Two Cylinder 10-20-H. P. (pamphlet)
Twin City
1
5
undated
Twin City: A tractor for every kind of work.
(brochure)
Velie Motors Corporation
1
5
undated
Velie Biltwel Tractor: 12-24. (brochure)
Wallis Tractor Co.
1
5
undated
Wallis Tractor Instruction Book: Model J.
(pamphlet)
1
5
circa 1918
Parts Price List: Wallis Cub Junior Tractor.
(catalog)
Wisconsin Farm Tractor Sales Company
1
5
undated
Wisconsin Farm Tractor: Reducing Labor and
Increasing Profits on the Farm. (pamphlet)
1
5
circa 1917
Wisconsin Tractors. (brochure)
Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation
1
5
1917
Model "A" General Service Tractor.
(pamphlet)
Yuba Manufacturing Company
1
5
1918
The Yuba Bulletin. (pamphlet)
Series 3: Engines, 1915-1918
Buda Company
2
6
undated
Model "YTU": Four Cylinder Unit Power Plant.
(catalog, 2 copies)
2
6
1918
Model "HTU": Four Cylinder Unit Power Plant.
(catalog)
Buffalo Pitts Company
2
6
undated
Buffalo Pitts Engines. (catalog)
Cushman Motor Works
2
6
undated
At Last I Bring you Light Weight Power.
(catalog)
2
6
undated
The Gasoline Engine: Its History and Principles.
(pamphlet)
2
6
undated
Construction and Uses of the Gasoline Engine.
(pamphlet)
International Harvester Company of America
2
6
1916
Engine Operator's Guide. (pamphlet)
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co., Inc.
2
6
1915
How to Run the Gas Engine-Simplified.
(pamphlet)
Series 4: Parts and Equipment, 1915-1922
American Manganese Steel Co. (AMSCO)
2
7
circa 1919
Manganese Steel Tractor Parts. (catalog)
2
7
circa 1922
Manganese Steel Tractor Parts. (catalog)
Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.
2
7
1919
A Tractioneer's Guide to Good Lubrication.
(pamphlet)
Foote Bros. Gear and Machine Co.
2
7
undated
The Foote-Strite Transmission. (catalog)
2
7
undated
The Foote Standard Transmission: Model D.
(brochure)
2
7
undated
The Foote Standard Transmission: Model DU and EU.
(brochure)
2
7
undated
The Foote Standard Transmission: Model FU.
(brochure)
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
2
7
1918
1918 Manual: Instructions for the Setting Up,
Operation, Care, and Maintenance of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.
(pamphlet)
2
7
1917
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Parts.
(catalog)
2
7
1918
Motor Repair Manual for the Guidance of the
Motorcycle Repair Man. (pamphlet)
Edward V. Hartford, Inc.
2
8
circa 1917
Every Phase of Motoring. (catalog)
Holley Carburetor Company
2
8
undated
Care and Adjustment of the Holley Model "K"
Carburetor. (brochure)
Homestead Valve Manufacturing Company
2
8
1919
Homestead Valves and Other Specialties: Catalogue
and Price List Showing our Complete Line of Valves, etc. (catalog)
Hyatt Roller Bearing Co.
2
8
undated
Tractor Bearings. (catalog)
2
8
circa 1917
Anti-Friction Bearings on Farm Machinery.
(pamphlet)
2
8
undated
Bearing Engineering for Tractor Designers.
(pamphlet)
International Harvester Company of America
2
8
1917
Tractor Hitches. (catalog)
K-W Ignition Co.
2
9
undated
Instruction Book for Setting and Timing High Tension
Magnetos. (pamphlet)
2
9
1917
Instruction Book for Setting and Timing High Tension
Magnetos: 3rd Edition. (pamphlet)
2
9
1918
Instruction Book for Setting and Timing High Tension
Magnetos: 4th Edition. (pamphlet)
Lockwood-Ash Motor Company Inc.
2
9
circa 1917
Marine Motors for Every Purse and Purpose.
(catalog)
Marvel Carburetor Co.
2
9
undated
Marvel's Exclusive Principle-Heat-Jacket
Automatically Controlled: Improves Any Car. (catalog)
Master Carburetor Corporation
2
9
circa 1916
The Master Carburetor: The World's New Standard.
(catalog)
Mica Insulator Company
2
9
undated
The Insulation of Commutators: A Few Facts Relative
to an Important Subject. (pamphlet)
Mobiloils
2
9
undated
Lubrication of the Automobile: No. 2-The Chassis.
(pamphlet)
Price Maker
2
9
1920
Automobile Supplies. (catalog)
Rayfield Carburetors
2
10
undated
Rayfield Carburetors Manual and Specification Book
"C." (catalog)
2
10
1918
Price List: Rayfield Parts. (catalog)
Reflex Ignition Co.
2
10
undated
Reflex Spark Plugs. (catalog)
Remy Electric Company
2
10
undated
Remy: Electric Lighting, Starting, Ignition and
Governor Control for Farm Tractors. (pamphlet)
2
10
undated
The Story of the Electric Governor.
(pamphlet)
2
10
undated
Remy Instruction Book: Starting, Lighting, Ignition
for Tractors. (pamphlet)
Splitdorf Electrical Co.
2
10
circa 1917
Principles of Construction and Operation of Dixie
Magnetos: Instructions for their Installation, Care, and Maintenance.
(pamphlet)
Standard Oil Company
2
10
undated
Engine Overheating. (brochure)
2
10
undated
Correct Transmission and Rear Axle Lubrication.
(brochure)
2
10
1915
Calol Fuel Oil for Oil Injection Engines.
(pamphlet)
Willard Storage Battery Co.
2
10
undated
Lighting Batteries and Starting Batteries:
Instructions for Charging, Care and Operation. (pamphlet)
2
10
1916
Who Pays? (pamphlet)
2
10
1917
Consult in Case of Battery Trouble.
(brochure)
2
10
1918
Your Storage Battery: What it is and how to get the
most out of it. (pamphlet)
2
10
undated
Your Electrical System and How it Works.
(pamphlet)
Zenith Carburetor Co.
2
10
circa 1917
The Compound Nozzle Explained.
(pamphlet)
Series 5: Appliances, Electric Lighting, and
Miscellaneous, 1915-1921
Appliances
2
11
undated
How to Judge an Electric Cleaner.
(pamphlet)
2
11
undated
Hotpoint Electric Range: 'Your Dream Come True.'
(pamphlet)
2
11
circa 1915
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Exchange. (brochure, 2
copies)
2
11
1918
Simplex Ironer: "The Best Ironer."
(pamphlet)
2
11
undated
Simplex Ironer: "The Best Ironer."
(catalog/letter)
2
11
1919
The Story of a Lump of Dirt. (pamphlet)
2
11
1920
ISKO Electric Refrigerator. (pamphlet)
2
11
undated
Universal Electric Christmas Gifts.
(brochure)
Electric Lighting
2
11
1916
Be Kind to Your Eyes. Read and Write with Emeralite.
(catalog)
2
11
1921
Kohler: Automatic Power and Light 110 Volt D.C.
(pamphlet)
2
11
circa 1920
Light Where you Want it. (catalog)
2
11
undated
How to Care for Your Electric Lighting Plant.
(pamphlet)
2
11
undated
Instruction Book: Type "S" Inter-pole Motors.
(pamphlet)
2
11
undated
The Way to Better Light. (catalog)
2
11
circa 1916
Instruction Book for Installing and Operating The
Edison Storage Battery Electric Light Plant. (pamphlet)
Miscellaneous
2
11
circa 1919
Ottawa Log and Tree Saws. (pamphlet)