Abbott Merkt and Company records, 1906-1994

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Series 3: Harrington and Cortelyou Records


Subseries A: General Papers

Materials are arranged alphabetically.



Box 69 "Beaumont Navigation District, Application to Public Works Administration.", 1935 Aug 08, 1 item



Box Specs. Box 5 Bridges., 1926, 1938, 1 item

Includes drawings and specifications.



Box 69 Correspondence. Adam F. Wreckler & Associates. [1 of 2.], 1937, 23 items

Regarding refineries for producing the Jerusalem artichoke.



Box 69 Correspondence. Adam F. Wreckler & Associates. [2 of 2.], 1937, 8 items

Regarding refineries for producing the Jerusalem artichoke.



Box 69 Correspondence. Cortelyou, Frank M. to Richard H. Tatlow III., 1945 Aug 17, 1 item

Regarding Tatlow's decision to become a partner in the firm.



Box 69 Correspondence. Miscellaneous. [1 of 2], 1940, 1946, 4 items

Includes Tatlow's letter of resignation to work for the Army and notices of J. L. Harrington's death.



Box 69 Correspondence. Miscellaneous. [2 of 2], 1940, 1946, 4 items

Includes Tatlow's letter of resignation to work for the Army and notices of J. L. Harrington's death.



Box 69 "Engineering Engagements of Harrington and Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri and Waddell and Harrington 1907-1914, Harrington, Howard and Ash 1914-1928.", 1935-1940, 1 item

Includes projects lists, contracts, notes and correspondence.



Box 69 "Exhibit No. 3, Descriptive and Illustrated Matter - Jacksonville, Its Utilities and Industries.", 1931, 1935, 1 item

"Application of City of Jacksonville, Fla. To Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works." Scofield Engineering Company. Bound volume with pamphlets affixed to pages.



Box 69 "Exhibit No. 4, Drawings of Proposed Improvements for Electric Department Items.", 1927, 1932, 20 items; 6 items; 13 items; 1 item

Blueprint on paper

Photostat on paper

Blackline print on paper

"Application of City of Jacksonville, FLA. To Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works." Scofield Engineering Company.

Site survey and engineering drawings

Mechanical working drawings

Electrical working drawings.

Drawing folded in a bound volume that also contains typed documents and postcards.



Box 69 "Exhibit No. 5, Drawings of Proposed Improvements for Water Department Items.", 1935, 16 items

Blueprint on paper

"Application of City of Jacksonville, FLA. To Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works." Scofield Engineering Company.

Site surveys

Drawing folded in a bound volume that also contains typed documents.



Box 69 "Exhibit No. 6, Drawings of Proposed Improvements for Municipal Docks Department Items.", 1922, 1934, 1935, 20 items

Blueprint on paper

"Application of City of Jacksonville, FLA. To Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works." Scofield Engineering Company.

Site surveys and engineering drawings

Architectural working drawings

Structural working drawings

Drawing folded in a bound volume that also contains typed documents.



Box 69 Financial statements for 1938 and 1940., 1938-1941, 2 items



Box 69 Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge. The "Jordan Bridge.", 1948, 4 items



Box 69 Parsons-Harrington & Cortelyou Company. Experience Qualifications., circa 1948, 1 items



Box 69 "Project Number 4, Improvement and Extension Municipal Airport.", 1932, 1935, 14 items; 1 item; 13 items

Diazo print with colored pencil on paper

Diazo print on paper

Presentation drawings

Site survey and engineering drawings

Architectural working drawings

Structural working drawings

Mechanical working drawings

Drawing folded in a bound volume that also contains typed documents.



Box 69 Tatlow, Richard H. III. The Government of the United States of America, "Organization of the Public Works Agency." [1 of 2.], 1935, 1 item



Box 69 Tatlow, Richard H. III. The Government of the United States of America, "Organization of the Public Works Agency." [2 of 2.], 1935, 1 item


Subseries B: Photographs

Materials are arranged alphabetically.



Box 69 Brandon Road Bridge over the Illinois Waterway. La Salle County (Illinois)., 1937 Feb 01, 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Chain Bridge. Washington (District of Columbia), 1938 Jun 08, 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

"Tuller Const. Co."



Box 69 Deep Creek Bridge and Dismal Swamp Canal. Deep Creek (Virginia), 1939 Feb 19, 6 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

Machinery



Box 69 Granby Street Bascule. Norfolk (Virginia), 1928, 1939, 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Indian River Inlet. Delaware Highway Department. Indian River (Delaware), 1941 Apr 30, 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 K. Street Grade Separation. Washington (District of Columbia), 1938 May, 3 items; 2 items; 1 item

Sepia photographic print

Photostat

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Main Street Bridge. St. John's River (Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida), 1937, 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Massachusetts Ave. Bridge. Massachusetts Ave. (Washington, District of Columbia), [1938], 4 items; 3 items; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Photostat

Exterior perspective view

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Miami Canal Bridge. (Miami, Florida), 1937

Blueprints

Photostat



Box 69 Mississippi River Bridge. Baton Rouge (Louisiana), undated, 2 items

Photostat

Architectural drawing



Box 69 N.W. 27th Ave Bridge. Dade County, Miami (Florida), 1939, 3 items; 2 items; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Black-and-white film negative

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Niagara Falls Bridge. Niagara Falls (New York), 2 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Ninth Street Bridge, proposed. Richmond (Virginia), 1938 Sep 21, 2 items

Photostat

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge. Norfolk (Virginia). Repairs and appraisal only., 1938, 1943, 33 items; 33 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

Machinery



Box 69 Piscataqua River Bridge. Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority - Railroad and Highway Bridge. Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 1940, 5 items; 5 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

Includes Public Works Administration engineering drawing.



Box 69 Pt. Marion Bridge. Pt. Marion (Pennsylvania), 1930, 2 items; 2 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Quogue Bridge. Suffolk County, Long Island (New York), 13 items; 6 items; 7 items

Gelatin silver print

Photostat

Exterior perspective view

Architectural drawing

Machinery



Box 69 Sacramento River Bridge. Knights Landing (California), 1937 Feb 01, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Sawmill Parkway. Westchester County (New York), 1938 May, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Viaduct. Baltimore (Maryland), 1939 May, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view



Box 69 Wasena Bridge. Roanoke (Virginia), 1938, 1939, 9 items; 7 items; 4 items

Gelatin silver print

Photostat

Exterior perspective view

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Various Bridges. Various locations., 14 items; 14 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

Pictures are numbered 1 thru 16; 11 and 15 lacking.



Box 69 Unidentified., undated, 2 items; 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Photostat

Exterior perspective view

Architectural drawing



Box 69 Unidentified., 1930s, 5 items; 2 items; 3 items

Gelatin silver print

Photostat

Exterior perspective view

Machinery

Architectural drawing



Box 69 View from R.H. Tatlow III's office in 638 Woodward Building to Shoreham Building. Washington (District of Columbia), 1939 Feb 01, 2 items; 2 items

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view


Subseries C: Reports and Writings

Materials are listed chronologically.



Box 69 "Curves on Railroad Bridges, Harrington and Cortelyou, Kansas City, Mo.", 1913, 1914, 1 item



Box 69 Harrington, John Lyle and Ernest E. Howard. "Columbia River Interstate Bridge, Final Report." A.W. Hirsch Printing Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1918, 1 item



Box 69 "Table of Quantities of Materials for Concrete." Engineering and Research Division, National Sand and Gravel Association, Inc., Washington., 1928 May, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 69 Harrington and Cortelyou. Calculations, cost estimates and drawings of bridges., 1929-1940, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 69 "Report of a Survey of Traffic on the Federal-Aid Highway Systems of Eleven Western States.", 1930, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 69 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Specifications, Proposal and Contract for Constructing Sacramento River Bridge at Knights Landing, California.", 1932, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 69 "A Traffic Survey of the City of Norfolk, Virginia.", 1935, 1936, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 69 "Consumer Incomes in the United States, Their Distribution in 1935-36, National Resources Committee." United States Government Printing Office, Washington., 1938, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "Progress Report: National Resources Committee.", 1936 Jun 15, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "What Industry Means to America." Reprinted from Factory Management and Maintenance., 1936 Aug, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "Drainage Basin Problems and Programs, National Resources Committee." United States Government Printing Office, Washington., 1936 Dec, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Contract Documents for Alteration and Extension of Atchafalaya River Bridge at Simmesport, Louisiana, Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.", 1936 Dec, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Contract Documents, Public Works Administration Project No. Tex. 1553-DS, Port Improvements for the City of Beaumont, Texas.", 1937 Oct 30, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou. '"Location Report on the Proposed Chadakoin River Bridge for the City of Jamestown, New York.", 1938 Jun, 1 item

Includes photos (loose), and maps.



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Contract Documents, Public Works Administration Project No. NEBR. 1368-F, Bridge Over the Missouri River at Rulo, Nebraska for Richardson County, Nebraska.", 1938 Sep, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Contract Documents for Piscataqua River Bridge, Portsmouth, N.H. to Kittery, ME. for Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority.", 1938 Nov, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "Research - A National Resource: I. - Relation of the Federal Government to Research. Report of the Science Committee to the National Resources Committee.", 1938 Nov, 1 item



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Proposal, Special Provisions and Specifications, Madison Avenue Bridge at Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway.", 1939 Nov, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Reconstruction and Repairs for the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge for Norfolk-Portsmough Bridge, Inc., Norfolk, Virginia.", 1939 Jun, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "Survey of American Listed Corporations, Volume 1.", 1939, 1940, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 Norfolk Industrial Commission. "Norfolk, Virginia and its Advantages for Air Plane Manufacture, Assembly, and Aeronautical Activities," report., 1940, 1 item

Bound volume

Includes diazo print and "Belt Line Map Showing Norfolk-Portsmouth," fragile. For R. H. Tatlow of Harrington and Cortelyou.



Box 70 [Massachusetts Ave. Bridge]. The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)., 1942 Jan 10, 1 item

Sketch.



Box 70 Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers. "Contract Documents, Public Works Administration Project No. 8864, Eng. Ref. No. 909, City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Sewage Treatment Plant and Sewer Extensions.", 1935 Oct, 1 item

Bound volume



Box 70 "Contract Documents, Public Works Administration Project No. Eng. Ref. No. 1220, Beaumont Navigation District Regulating Dam In Taylor's Bayou Near Port Arthur, Texas.", 1935 Dec, 1 item

Bound volume