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Box 9

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Engineering Bulletin of Purdue University, Proceedings of the 56th Annual Road School, March 30 - April 2, 1970

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 23
Identifier: UA 89, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In January 1913, W. K. Hatt, Head of the School of Civil Engineering made a request for a Civil Engineering Conference to cover the needs of county surveyors and city engineers. Roads and streets were heavily involved. A similar conference was held in 1914 at which a resolution was passed which called for a provision in the laws of Indiana that there be a yearly "School of Good Roads." In 1915, the name of the Civil Engineering Conference was changed to the "Purdue Road School."In...
Dates: March 30 - April 2, 1970