Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 11/10/19
Henry Montgomery Black (1907-1989)
Papers, 1889-1989
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Black, Henry Montgomery (1907-1989) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1889-1989, undated |
| extent: | 18.4 linear feet (13 record center cartons, 1 oversize box, 1 map drawer folder) |
| collection number: | RS 11/10/19 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research excluding exceptions noted. Three folders that contain legal documents are closed until 2038 to ensure that all parties are deceased.
This collection is stored offsite. Please contact the Special Collections Department at least two working days in advance. |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Henry Montgomery Black Papers, RS 11/10/19, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
Henry Montgomery Black was born on May 13, 1907, to Alexander and Sarah (Montgomery) Black of Reinbeck, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1929) from Iowa State College (University) and a S.M. (1934) from Harvard University in mechanical engineering. From 1946 until 1972, he served as a professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State and, until 1977, taught courses on campus. During World War II, Black served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers (1941-1946), including landing at Utah Beach as chief engineer during the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. After the war, he served in the Army Reserve until 1960. The collection includes audiovisual materials, awards and certificates, calendars, clippings, correspondence, course materials, drawings, lecture notes, meeting minutes, memorandums, notes, reports, photographs, publications, subject files, and writings. The materials cover Black’s early career through his death in 1989, with the bulk of the materials dated during his tenure at ISU, 1946-1972. |
Biographical note
Henry Montgomery Black was born on May 13, 1907, to Alexander and Sarah (Montgomery) Black of Reinbeck, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1929) from Iowa State College (University) and a S.M. (1934) from Harvard University in mechanical engineering. Black’s professional career at Iowa State began when he was hired as an Instructor (1929-1932) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After he received his graduate degree from Harvard, Black worked in the private sector as a mechanical engineer (1934-1936) for the Chicago architectural firm of Berlin and Swern. He next worked as an engineer (1936-1941) for the Sargent and Lundy engineering firm in Chicago. After the war, Black returned to Iowa State University to serve as Professor and Head (1946-1972) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He continued teaching until 1977, when he retired with the title of Professor Emeritus. Black remained active in development efforts for the Alumni Association until his death in 1989. Black joined the United States Army Reserve in 1929. During World War II, he served in the Army (1941-1946), including landing at Utah Beach as chief engineer during the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He served in the military campaigns in Normandy, northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and central Europe. Black received the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Croix de Guerre. After returning from the war, Black returned to the Army Reserve and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1960. Black was an active member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Iowa Engineering Society (IES). He was instrumental in establishing the Central Iowa Section of ASME in 1946. Black worked to improve the relationship between ASME and educational institutions, as reflected in his work on education-related committees. At the state level, Black served as Vice-President (1950) and President (1952) of IES and received their John Dunlap Award (1949) and their Distinguished Service Award (1972). In addition to his professional memberships, Black was very active in civic organizations in Ames. Among other commitments, he was a member and president (1959-1960) of the Ames Rotary Club; a member of the Boy Scouts of America troop and Properties and Facilities Committee member; a member and president (1978) of the Ames Chamber of Commerce; and an advisor to chapters of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. Iowa State University also bestowed several honors on Black. He received the Faculty Citation (1968) and in 1987, the then newly completed mechanical engineering facility was named the Henry M. Black Engineering Building. Henry Black married Bernice Bernard of Clarion, Iowa, on October 6, 1936, and together they had two children, Bruce and Bernice. Black’s wife, Bernice, died on May 25, 1961. He married Alice Redington of Waterloo in 1969, who predeceased him in 1982. Henry Black died on October 18, 1989, and was buried in the ISU Cemetery. |
Collection description
The collection (1889-1989, undated) includes audiovisual materials, awards and certificates, calendars, clippings, correspondence, course materials, drawings, lecture notes, meeting minutes, memorandums, notes, reports, photographs, publications, subject files, and writings. The materials cover Black’s early career through his death in 1989, with the bulk of the materials dated during his professional years at ISU (1946-1972). The collection’s original order has been maintained where possible, reflecting Black’s working methods and organization. An appendix details common engineering abbreviations found in the collection, mostly those of professional organizations. Series 1, Biographical Information, contains information regarding Black’s personal life, covering his roles as ISU engineering student and instructor, high school and ISU class representative, Harvard University and Harvard Business School graduate student, and service member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Material types include artifacts, awards, certificates, clippings, correspondence, engineering schematic drawings, membership cards, notes, photographs, speeches, and writings. Series 2, University Records, contains materials generated during the course of Black’s professorship, headship, and related duties at Iowa State University. Topics that are addressed include fundraising for the mechanical engineering department and the Black Engineering building; College of Engineering and departmental procedures; course and lecture materials; consulting jobs undertaken while at the University; and committee memberships. Materials include artifacts, correspondence, course materials, meeting minutes, memorandums, notes, pamphlets, photographs, programs, reports, and writings. Series 3, Professional and Civic Involvement, reflects Black’s activities in engineering professional organizations as well as local civic organizations. Material types include artifacts, correspondence, certificates, examinations, membership cards, minutes, newsletters, notes, photographs, publications, reports, and scrapbooks. Three folders in this series are closed until 2038 due to privacy concerns. |
Related materials
Related collections in the University Archives, Iowa State University Library include: |
Organization
The collection is comprised of three series, reflecting their original arrangement: |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Biographical Information | 1929-1989, undated |
| extent: | 2.6 linear feet (2 record center cartons, 1 map case drawer folder) | |
| description: | This series contains information regarding Black’s personal life, covering roles such as ISU engineering student and instructor, high school and ISU class representative, Harvard University and Harvard Business School graduate student, and service member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The series includes artifacts, awards, certificates, clippings, correspondence, engineering schematic drawings, membership cards, notes, photographs, speeches, and writings. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Alice Redington Black Fund for the Performing Arts |
1981 |
1 |
2-3 |
Awards and honors |
1933-1985 |
1 |
4 |
Award: IES Order of the Engineer |
1973 |
1 |
5-6 |
Biographical information |
1929-1989 |
14 |
6 |
Coat of arms of Columbia |
undated |
1 |
7 |
Harvard University coursework |
1933-1935 circa |
1 |
8 |
Harvard University coursework: combustion and heat balances |
1933-1934 |
1 |
9-10 |
Harvard University coursework: engineering |
1933-1934 |
1 |
11 |
Harvard University coursework: factory management |
1933-1934 |
1 |
12 |
Harvard University coursework: industrial accounting |
1933-1934 |
1 |
13-14 |
Harvard University coursework: statistics |
1933-1935 circa |
1 |
15 |
Harvard University Engineering Society |
1935-1948 |
1 |
16 |
Identification cards |
1936-1943 |
14 |
3 |
Iowa State University Alumni Association 1929 class pin |
undated |
1 |
17 |
Iowa State University Alumni Association 1929 class representative correspondence (1 b/w photograph) |
1940-1988 |
1 |
18 |
Letterheads |
1936-1980 circa |
Map |
C410 |
Iowa State University course drawings |
1926-1928 |
1 |
19 |
News clippings |
1946-1987, undated |
1 |
20 |
News clippings and pamphlets: religion and humor |
1938-1968, undated |
1 |
21-23 |
Personal correspondence (2 b/w photographs) |
1939-1986 |
1 |
24 |
Photographs: Black, Henry M. (15 b/w, 1 color slide) |
1950-1989 circa |
1 |
25 |
Photographs: group (24 b/w, 1 color) |
1950-1989 circa |
1 |
26 |
Professional Engineer registration: Illinois |
1947-1982 |
1 |
27 |
Professional Engineer registration: Iowa |
1953-1988 |
1 |
28 |
Reinbeck (Iowa) High School class of 1923 |
1959-1988 |
1 |
29 |
Societies, boards, and committees membership forms |
1964-1975 |
1 |
30 |
Speeches and remarks |
1948-1955 undated |
1 |
31 |
Speeches: Armed Forces Service Club |
1974 |
1 |
32 |
Speeches: ASME Region 7 conference |
1977 |
1 |
33 |
Speeches: Cardinal Key Tapping Ceremony |
1983 |
1 |
34 |
Speeches: freshmen orientation |
1965-1966 |
1 |
35 |
U.S. Army: ANSCOL correspondence and newsletters |
1946-1951 |
2 |
1-2 |
U.S. Army: ANSCOL course materials (1 b/w photograph) |
1941-1945 |
1 |
36 |
U.S. Army: certificates and orders (1 b/w photograph) |
1928-1940 |
1 |
37 |
U.S. Army: certificates and orders |
1941-1957 |
2 |
3 |
U.S. Army: certificates of appointment |
1929-1953 |
2 |
4 |
U.S. Army: certificates of retirement |
1960 |
1 |
38 |
U.S. Army: commendations, decorations, and awards |
1929-1945 |
1 |
39-40 |
U.S. Army: correspondence |
1945-1958 |
2 |
5 |
U.S. Army: correspondence and clippings regarding Iowa State College headship and civilian career options |
1940-1947 |
2 |
6 |
U.S. Army: correspondence and photographs regarding retirement (2 b/w) |
1956-1960 |
2 |
7 |
U.S. Army: correspondence, notes, and photographs (4 b/w) |
1945-1960 circa |
2 |
8 |
U.S. Army: correspondence, officer directories, and photographs (5 b/w) |
1941-1948 |
2 |
9-10 |
U.S. Army: engineer summer field training materials |
1945-1955 |
2 |
11 |
U.S. Army: Fort Brady, Mich., 702nd military police battalion command materials (7 b/w photographs) |
1941 |
2 |
12 |
U.S. Army: intelligence estimates notes and agendas |
1945-1955 circa |
1 |
41 |
U.S. Army: Iowa State University Organized Reserve Corps unit history |
1947 |
2 |
13 |
U.S. Army: orders |
1947-1960 |
1 |
42 |
U.S. Army: speeches and remarks |
1949 |
2 |
14 |
U.S. Army: training materials |
1940s circa |
2 |
15 |
U.S. Army: weapons collection correspondence and notes (1 color photograph) |
1952-1980 |
2 |
16 |
U.S. Army: writings, "Captain Henry Black praises our American Army," The Carnation, Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity |
1942 |
2 |
17 |
U.S. Army: writings, "Corps of Engineers in the European theatre of operations" |
1944-1945 circa |
2 |
18 |
U.S. Army: writings, "Crossing of the Roer River" |
1940s circa |
2 |
19 |
U.S. Army: writings, "Crossing of the Rhine River by 7th Corps" |
1945 |
2 |
20 |
U.S. Army: writings on shore parties |
1946 |
Map |
C410 |
Wieboldt Stores Inc. drawings and blueprints |
1934-1935 |
1 |
43 |
Writings |
1967-1982 |
1 |
44 |
Writings: “Design of pipe bends” theory, for Sargent and Lundy |
1933-1937 |
1 |
45 |
Writings: “Flange designs,” for Sargent and Lundy |
1936 |
1 |
46 |
Writings: “Flow of fluids in piping,” for Sargent and Lundy |
1936-1939 |
1 |
47 |
Writings: obituary for Mortimer Goodwin |
1984 |
1 |
48 |
Writings: professional and administrative |
1949-1964 |
1 |
49 |
Writings: “Study of public utilities in Iowa,” for Ensign, Black, & Ross |
1934 |
1 |
50 |
Writings: “The ‘Base of Power’ in Ames,” Ames Daily Tribune |
1975 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | University Records | 1929-1989, undated |
| extent: | 5.85 linear feet (4.5 record center cartons) | |
| description: | This series contains materials generated during the course of Black’s professorship, headship, and related duties at Iowa State University. Topics that are addressed include fundraising for the mechanical engineering department and the Black Engineering building; College of Engineering and departmental procedures; course and lecture materials; consulting jobs undertaken while at the University; and a number of committee memberships. Materials include artifacts, correspondence, course materials, meeting minutes, memorandums, notes, pamphlets, photographs, programs, reports, and writings. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
51 |
Alumni lists and correspondence |
1983-1989, undated |
1 |
52 |
Black Engineering Building correspondence regarding name |
1986 |
13 |
19 |
Black Engineering Building dedication celebration (1 videocassette) |
1987 |
1 |
53 |
Black Engineering Building dedication notes, memorandums, and personal correspondence |
1987 |
14 |
2 |
Black Engineering Building dedication guestbook |
1987 |
1 |
54 |
Black Engineering Building dedication program materials and correspondence |
1987 |
1 |
55 |
Black Engineering Building dedication program |
1987 |
3 |
1-2 |
Black, Henry, department records |
1929-1983 |
3 |
3 |
Boast, Warren B., memorial program |
1975 |
3 |
4-8 |
Calendars |
1959-1974 |
3 |
9 |
Center of Excellence in Materials and Manufacturing Processes |
1970 |
3 |
10 |
College of Engineering Academic Standards Committee |
1971-1977 |
3 |
11 |
College of Engineering Advisory Council |
1977-1982 |
3 |
12 |
College of Engineering alumni award lists, clippings, and forms |
1980-1981 |
3 |
13-15 |
College of Engineering cabinet meeting minutes, notes, and memorandums |
1946-1958 |
3 |
16-18 |
College of Engineering cabinet meeting minutes, notes, and memorandums |
1968-1970 |
3 |
19 |
College of Engineering Curriculum Committee: catalog changes |
1972 |
3 |
20 |
College of Engineering curriculum and entrance requirements |
1947-1958 |
3 |
21-22 |
College of Engineering curriculum improvement report and correspondence |
1946-1953 |
3 |
23 |
College of Engineering department reports |
1977-1978 |
3 |
24-27 |
College of Engineering Development Committee |
1977-1986 |
3 |
28 |
College of Engineering Education Committee |
1952-1955 |
3 |
29 |
College of Engineering Education Committee |
1969-1974 |
4 |
1 |
College of Engineering Education Committee |
1969-1974 |
4 |
2 |
College of Engineering Education Committee: fundamentals in engineering curriculum proposal |
1947-1952 |
4 |
3 |
College of Engineering enrollment and degree statistics |
1948-1972 |
4 |
4-5 |
College of Engineering entrance requirements reports, minutes, and correspondence |
1949-1955 |
4 |
6 |
College of Engineering equipment proposals, plans, and requests |
1957-1969 |
4 |
7 |
College of Engineering Extension Committee |
1970-1972 |
4 |
8 |
College of Engineering faculty and staff committees |
1966-1971 |
4 |
9 |
College of Engineering faculty workload evaluation |
1969-1971 |
4 |
10-13 |
College of Engineering Honors and Awards Committee minutes, reports, and forms |
1965-1989 |
4 |
14 |
College of Engineering long-range strategic and fundraising plans |
1988-1989 |
4 |
15 |
College of Engineering Materials Committee |
1970-1971 |
4 |
16 |
College of Engineering memorandums |
1962-1974 |
4 |
17 |
College of Engineering presentation to Robert Parks and administration |
1972 |
4 |
18 |
College of Engineering public relations |
1980s circa |
4 |
19 |
College of Engineering reports and memorandums |
1974-1976 circa |
4 |
20 |
College of Engineering scholarship and attrition reports |
1963-1970 |
4 |
21 |
College of Engineering Technical Institute |
1960-1963 |
4 |
22 |
College of Engineering Technical Institute |
1965-1973 |
4 |
23 |
College of Engineering Technical Institute and Engineering Technology Committee |
1970-1971 |
4 |
24 |
College of Engineering two-year programs brochure |
1970s circa |
4 |
25 |
Consulting: Congregational Christian Church of Iowa camp |
1958 |
4 |
26 |
Consulting: Des Moines (Iowa) parking garage |
1949 |
4 |
27 |
Consulting: general correspondence |
1949-1962 |
4 |
28 |
Consulting: insurance claims |
1960-1968 |
4 |
29 |
Consulting: Iowa State House boiler system |
1950 |
4 |
30 |
Consulting: Northwestern State Portland Cement Company fan failure |
1962 |
4 |
31 |
Consulting: Thermogray Company heater |
1954 |
4 |
32 |
Consulting: Ramona Davis patents |
1961-1967 |
4 |
33 |
Corporate fundraising efforts |
1981 |
4 |
34-38 |
Correspondence and memorandums |
1939-1987 |
5 |
1 |
Correspondence: Acheson, Allen |
1982-1988 |
5 |
2 |
Correspondence: Boltz, Arthur E. |
1954-1956 |
5 |
3 |
Correspondence: Evans, Thomas Cooper |
1977-1981 |
5 |
4 |
Correspondence: Hamlin, Jack |
1961-1964 |
5 |
5 |
Correspondence: Hebley, Henry F. |
1939 |
5 |
6 |
Correspondence: Junkhan, George H. |
1971-1972 |
5 |
7 |
Correspondence: Pilegard, Jens |
1970 |
5 |
8 |
Correspondence: professional and congratulatory |
1947-1979 |
5 |
9 |
Correspondence: Reinholz, Otto W. |
1955-1978 |
5 |
10 |
Correspondence: Servoy, George K. |
1948-1958 |
5 |
11-12 |
Correspondence: Todd, Meryl L. |
1958-1982 |
5 |
13 |
Department academic standards and curriculum materials |
1967-1977 |
5 |
14 |
Department alumni obituaries and correspondence |
1947-1975 |
5 |
15 |
Department budgets and faculty and staff rosters |
1946-1974 |
5 |
16 |
Department budgets and related memorandums |
1971-1973 |
5 |
17-18 |
Department building facilities and maintenance reports, memorandums, and architectural drawings |
1953-1960 |
5 |
19-21 |
Department correspondence and memorandums |
1966-1987 |
5 |
22 |
Department courses and laboratory planning |
1946-1956 |
5 |
23 |
Department curriculum comparison report |
1965 |
5 |
24-25 |
Department curriculum materials |
1950-1965 |
5 |
26 |
Department curriculum reports and memorandums |
1968-1977 |
5 |
27 |
Department doctorate program proposal |
1971-1973 |
5 |
28 |
Department faculty and staff lists |
1946-1972 |
5 |
29 |
Department faculty and staff lists, committees, and guidelines |
1973-1977 |
5 |
30 |
Department faculty committees minutes, memorandums, and reports |
1971-1977 |
5 |
31 |
Department faculty memberships, awards, and qualifications |
1967-1977 |
5 |
32 |
Department graduate placement statistics |
1965-1983 |
5 |
33 |
Department graduate program and students |
1969-1973 |
5 |
34 |
Department graduate research opportunities |
1973-1975 |
5 |
35 |
Department head files, A to Z |
1936-1969 |
5 |
36 |
Department history writings and notes |
1938-1981 |
5 |
37 |
Department history photographs (2 b/w) |
1920-1949 |
5 |
38 |
Department Industrial Board meeting materials |
1987-1989 |
5 |
39 |
Department laboratory materials |
1956-1958 |
5 |
40 |
Department memorandums |
1970-1975 |
5 |
41 |
Department memorandums and committee meeting minutes |
1957-1979 |
5 |
42 |
Department merger with Engineering Mechanics proposal |
1971-1972 |
5 |
43 |
Department: new head |
1972 |
5 |
44 |
Department party photographs (9 b/w) |
1972 circa |
5 |
45 |
Department personnel memorandums |
1946-1975 |
5 |
46 |
Department policies and course materials |
1947-1958 |
5 |
47 |
Department publicity |
1969 |
5 |
48 |
Department reports |
1957-1962 |
5 |
49 |
Department self-study report and teaching memorandums |
1975-1977 |
5 |
50 |
Electrical engineering graduate program |
1970 circa |
5 |
51 |
Engineering degree recipient lists, 1872-1970 |
1954-1971 |
5 |
52-53 |
Engineering education and curriculum correspondence |
1951-1975 |
5 |
54 |
Engineering education seminars, correspondence, and reports |
1950-1960 |
5 |
55 |
Engineering Enrollment Enhancement Committee meeting minutes and correspondence |
1974-1975 |
5 |
56 |
Engineering equipment fundraising support group |
1979-1982 |
5 |
57 |
Engineering Research Institute activity memorandums |
1968-1972 |
6 |
1 |
Engineering Research Institute and grant funding |
1964-1981 |
6 |
2 |
Faculty and staff promotion guidelines |
1969 circa |
6 |
3 |
General Motors conference for educators program and photographs (5 b/w) |
1966 |
6 |
4 |
Grade analysis |
1969-1976 |
6 |
5 |
Grade distributions and grading standards |
1947-1965 circa |
6 |
6-7 |
Grade placement, grade distribution, salary, and tuition statistics |
1947-1979 |
6 |
8 |
Graduate programs questionnaire |
1972, undated |
6 |
9 |
Graduate school enrollment |
1936-1970 |
6 |
10 |
Graduate student scholarships and funding |
1964-1968 |
6 |
11 |
Graduate Study Committee materials regarding Master of Engineering degree |
1954-1963 |
6 |
12 |
High Scholarship recipient lists and dinner programs |
1963-1972 |
6 |
13 |
Instrumental and controls curriculum development |
1950-1952 |
6 |
14 |
Iowa State University Alumni Association Long-Range Policy Committee and Alumni Achievement Fund |
1947-1954 |
6 |
15-16 |
Iowa State University Foundation correspondence |
1980-1989 |
6 |
17 |
Iowa State University Foundation engineering fundraising |
1979-1983 |
6 |
18-19 |
Iowa State University Foundation mechanical engineering endowment fund correspondence |
1955-1981 |
6 |
20 |
Iowa State University history articles and notes |
1985-1988 |
6 |
21-23 |
ME 100: Technical Lecture course materials |
1949-1976 |
6 |
24 |
ME 201/300: student inspection trips correspondence |
1964-1977 |
6 |
25 |
ME 251/253: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering assignments |
1980-1987 |
6 |
26 |
ME 301: early history of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University lecture notes |
1980-1989 circa |
6 |
27 |
ME 312: Machine Design II course materials |
1964-1989 circa |
6 |
28 |
ME 316, 317, 318, and 423: Machine Design course sequence |
1971 |
6 |
29 |
ME 341:Iinstrumentation course planning materials |
1966-1967 |
6 |
30 |
ME 400/301: professional conduct course materials |
1969-1977 |
6 |
31 |
ME 406: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning syllabus |
1962-1963 |
6 |
32 |
ME 410: Creative Design syllabus and exams |
1960-1965 circa |
6 |
33 |
ME 420: Computer-Aided Design lecture materials |
1965-1975 circa |
6 |
34 |
ME 420: Machine Design I lecture notes and exams |
1964-1989 circa |
6 |
35 |
ME 423: Mechanical Systems Design lecture notes |
1968-1978 circa |
6 |
36 |
ME 423: syllabus |
1960-1965 circa |
6 |
37 |
ME 428: Refrigeration syllabus |
1965 |
6 |
38 |
ME 431: Physical Metallurgy course outlines |
1965 circa |
6 |
39 |
ME 467: compression ignition engines lecture materials |
1950s circa |
6 |
40 |
ME 470: Computer-Aided Design homework questions and lecture notes |
1964-1989 circa |
6 |
41-42 |
ME course lecture notes |
1944-1975 circa |
6 |
43 |
ME course materials: Link-Belt Corporation and FMC Corporation history |
1978 |
6 |
44 |
ME course planning memorandums and notes |
1963-1971 circa |
6 |
45 |
ME course outlines |
1947 |
6 |
46 |
ME laboratory course materials |
1967 |
6 |
47 |
Mechanical technology reports, memorandums, and notes |
1966-1968 |
6 |
48-50 |
Metallurgy curriculum and program establishment materials |
1947-1969 |
7 |
1 |
Metallurgy promotional materials |
1960-1961 circa |
7 |
2 |
MT 080: Physical Metallurgy course materials |
1971 |
7 |
3 |
Okner, Bernard S., Eichmuller drafting set donation (3 b/w photographs, 5 negatives) |
1973-1974 |
7 |
4 |
Professional engineering registration |
1974-1979 |
7 |
5 |
Professional exchange program correspondence |
1976 |
7 |
6 |
Quarter teaching and administration schedules for Black |
1972-1976 |
7 |
7 |
Quarter versus semester curriculum plan |
1947-1957 |
7 |
8-10 |
Quarterly course schedules |
1946-1972 |
7 |
11 |
Retirement dinner photographs taken by Guy Wagner (31 color photographs, 30 negatives) |
1972 |
7 |
12 |
Scholarship and young alumni medal recipients |
1989 |
7 |
13 |
Scholarship memorandums and correspondence: Guy W. Morrison |
1966-1975 |
7 |
14 |
Scholarship winner photographs (6 b/w and 1 color) |
1953-1964 |
7 |
15 |
Stoufer, Florence Kimball, award correspondence |
1977-1980 |
7 |
16 |
Student cooperative training guides and reports |
1960-1961 |
7 |
17 |
Student recruitment in high schools |
1967 |
7 |
18 |
Teaching and instruction workshop materials |
1949-1954 |
7 |
19 |
Undergraduate admissions reports |
1963-1972 |
7 |
20 |
Writings: Ives, Hukill, and Black, "Corn Drying Time at Counterflow Steady State" |
1966-1967 |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Professional and Civic Involvement | 1889-1989 |
| extent: | 9.95 linear feet (6.5 record center cartons, 1 oversize flat box) | |
| description: | This series reflects Black’s involvement in engineering professional organizations as well as local civic organizations. Material types include artifacts, correspondence, certificates, examinations, membership cards, minutes, newsletters, notes, photographs, publications, reports, and scrapbooks. Three folders in this series are closed until 2038 due to privacy concerns. An appendix details common engineering abbreviations found in the collection, mostly composed of professional organizations. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
7 |
21 |
Alpha Phi Omega advisory materials |
1932-1964 |
7 |
22 |
American Legion membership cards and correspondence |
1947-1954 |
7 |
23 |
American Red Cross West Story County Chapter |
1964-1965 |
7 |
24 |
Ames Chamber of Commerce |
1978-1989 |
14 |
1 |
Ames Chamber of Commerce president scrapbook |
1978 |
7 |
25 |
Ames Economic Development Commission |
1981-1985 |
7 |
26 |
Ames Rotary Club: membership cards, publications, and correspondence |
1946-1979 |
7 |
27 |
Ames Rotary Club: newsletters and correspondence |
1959-1961 |
7 |
28 |
Ames Rotary Club: Rotary International correspondence |
1959-1977 |
7 |
29 |
ASEE: Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education notes, meeting minutes, and publications |
1952-1953 |
7 |
30 |
ASEE: correspondence and meeting agendas |
1946-1948 |
7 |
31 |
ASEE: engineering design education |
1959-1961 |
7 |
32 |
ASEE: goals of engineering education |
1962-1964 |
7 |
33 |
ASEE: writings and memorandums |
1963, 1973 |
7 |
34-36 |
ASME Ad Hoc Committee on Mechanical Engineering |
1961-1963 |
7 |
37 |
ASME Ad Hoc Committee on Relations with ECPD |
1962-1963 |
7 |
38 |
ASME Ad Hoc Committee on Society Affairs |
1971 |
7 |
39 |
ASME and ECPD correspondence and policy statements |
1970-1972 |
7 |
40 |
ASME and ECPD correspondence regarding National Commission on Accrediting |
1972 |
7 |
41 |
ASME and ECPD engineering education correspondence and reports |
1965-1968 |
7 |
42 |
ASME and National Committee on Continuing Education meeting materials |
1965-1968 |
7 |
43 |
ASME and other responses to ASEE report on goals of engineering education |
1966-1967 |
7 |
44 |
ASME annual meeting conference papers |
1959-1960 |
8 |
1 |
ASME awards in honor of Edwin F. Church and Charles T. Main |
1967-1970 |
8 |
2 |
ASME Board on Education |
1960-1965 |
8 |
3 |
ASME Centennial Committee: audiovisual presentation |
1980 |
8 |
4 |
ASME Centennial Committee: budgets and correspondence |
1978-1979 |
8 |
5 |
ASME Centennial Committee: Centennial Day materials |
1980 |
8 |
6-8 |
ASME Centennial Committee: correspondence and reports |
1975-1980 |
8 |
9 |
ASME Centennial Committee: correspondence, minutes, and notes |
1980 |
8 |
10 |
ASME Centennial Committee: History of the ASME |
1976-1980 |
8 |
11 |
ASME Centennial Committee: History Subcommittee |
1977-1980 |
8 |
12-13 |
ASME Centennial Committee: History Subcommittee unit histories |
1977-1981 |
8 |
14 |
ASME Centennial Committee: logos |
1975 |
8 |
15 |
ASME Centennial Committee: Mechanical Engineers in America biographical dictionary correspondence |
1980-1981 |
8 |
16 |
ASME Centennial Committee: Medallion Task Force and presentation to Robert D. Ray (7 b/w photographs) |
1979 |
8 |
17-20 |
ASME Centennial Committee: meeting materials and correspondence |
1976-1980 |
8 |
21 |
ASME Centennial Committee: progress reports and publicity materials |
1975-1981 |
8 |
22 |
ASME Centennial Committee: student award winners |
1979-1980 |
8 |
23-26 |
ASME Centennial Committee: television series |
1968-1980 |
8 |
27 |
ASME Centennial Committee: television series advisory panel correspondence |
1979-1980 |
8 |
28 |
ASME Centennial Committee: television series and books correspondence |
1980-1981 |
8 |
29 |
ASME Central Iowa Section correspondence, bylaws, and reports |
1947-1953 |
8 |
30 |
ASME Chicago section correspondence |
1929-1940 |
8 |
31-32 |
ASME Committee on Constitution and Bylaws |
1974-1976 |
8 |
33-34 |
ASME Committee on Regional Affairs meeting minutes, notes, and correspondence |
1969-1972 |
9 |
1 |
ASME Committee on Technical Affairs meeting materials and correspondence |
1970-1971 |
9 |
2-6 |
ASME Continuing Education Committee |
1962-1971 |
9 |
7 |
ASME cooperation with NCEE |
1968 |
9 |
8 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: annual mailing |
1961-1975 |
9 |
9 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: committee materials and revisions |
1967-1978 |
9 |
10 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: correspondence and meeting materials |
1962-1968 |
9 |
11 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: correspondence and planning documents |
1960-1962 |
9 |
12 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: correspondence and solution evaluations |
1974-1976 |
9 |
13 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: judging guidelines |
1964-1971 |
9 |
14-15 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: ledger and correspondence |
1961-1974 |
9 |
16 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: Old Guard Committee correspondence, memorandums, and notes |
1977 |
9 |
17 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: question compilation and correspondence |
1974-1977 |
9 |
18 |
ASME Design Problem Contest: question criteria |
1966-1969 |
9 |
19 |
ASME engineering education enrollment studies |
1962-1963 |
9 |
20 |
ASME goals conference materials and progress reports |
1970 |
9 |
21 |
ASME goals conference working group reports |
1971 |
9 |
22-23 |
ASME Honors Committee meeting minutes and correspondence |
1976-1980 |
9 |
24 |
ASME mechanical engineering education history |
1978-1980 |
9 |
25 |
ASME mechanical engineering promotional brochure |
1962-1964 |
9 |
26 |
ASME Mechanical Engineers in America Born Prior to 1861 biographical dictionary |
1976-1980 |
9 |
27 |
ASME medals committees correspondence and notes |
1959-1961 |
9 |
28 |
ASME MEDHC: ASEE report on goals of engineering education |
1965-1966 |
9 |
29-30 |
ASME MEDHC: Brochure Subcommittee drafts and notes |
1964-1968 |
9 |
31 |
ASME MEDHC: correspondence |
1961-1965 |
10 |
1 |
ASME MEDHC: correspondence |
1961-1965 |
10 |
2-3 |
ASME MEDHC: meeting minutes and annual reports |
1964-1971 |
10 |
4 |
ASME MEDHC: national meeting correspondence |
1959-1961 |
10 |
5 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 6 Accreditation Subcommittee materials |
1958-1960 |
10 |
6 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 6 Curriculum Committee correspondence |
1959-1960 |
10 |
7-8 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 6 meeting materials and correspondence |
1957-1960 |
10 |
9 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 6 Objectives and Definitions Committee correspondence |
1959-1960 |
10 |
10 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 6 Staff Committee report and correspondence |
1958-1959 |
10 |
11 |
ASME MEDHC: Region 7 meeting materials and correspondence |
1962-1965 |
10 |
12 |
ASME MEDHC: Regions 6 and 7 meeting materials and correspondence |
1960-1961 |
10 |
13 |
ASME MEDHC: winter annual meeting session planning and correspondence |
1960 |
10 |
14 |
ASME membership cards and correspondence |
1947-1958 |
10 |
15 |
ASME membership on ECPD's Ad Hoc Visitors list |
1974-1977 |
10 |
16 |
ASME multi-layer vessel regulation |
1965-1966 |
10 |
17 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: correspondence |
1958-1976 |
10 |
18 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: correspondence and bylaws |
1973 |
10 |
19 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: correspondence and reports |
1958-1968 |
10 |
20-21 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: engineering technology programs |
1970-1972 |
10 |
22 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: guidance brochures |
1971-1972 |
10 |
23 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: Iowa State University conference |
1973 |
10 |
24 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: long-range planning |
1971-1973 |
10 |
25 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: mechanical engineering education |
1969-1971 |
10 |
26-27 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: meeting minutes and correspondence |
1964-1968 |
10 |
28-29 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: meeting minutes and correspondence |
1969-1972 |
10 |
30 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: notes and reports |
1971-1973 |
10 |
31 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: response to ASEE report on goals of engineering education |
1962-1967 |
10 |
32 |
ASME Policy Board on Education: stance on ECPD's master's program accreditation |
1971-1974 |
10 |
33 |
ASME technology executives conference agenda and notes |
1972 |
10 |
34 |
ASME Vice President of Education selection |
1968-1971 |
10 |
35 |
ASME visiting foreign lecturer program |
1961 |
10 |
36 |
Boy Scouts of America: explorer troop planning |
1952-1958 |
10 |
37 |
Boy Scouts of America: leadership roles |
1962-1965 |
10 |
38 |
Boy Scouts of America: Mid-Iowa Executive Board and Silver Beaver award materials |
1981-1989 |
10 |
39 |
Boy Scouts of America: properties and facilities committee |
1971-1976 |
11 |
1 |
Boy Scouts of America scout camp inspection materials |
1977-1979 |
11 |
2 |
Boy Scouts of America Tall Corn Area Council camping committee |
1969-1973 |
11 |
3 |
Boy Scouts of America Tall Corn Area Council correspondence, newsletters, and meeting materials |
1952-1980 circa |
11 |
4 |
Case Institute of Technology engineering design education conference |
1960 |
11 |
5 |
Des Moines Civil War Roundtable notes and correspondence |
1978-1979 circa |
11 |
6 |
ECPD accreditation committee visit to California Polytechnic Institute (4 b/w photographs) |
1965 |
11 |
7 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: department report |
1950 |
11 |
8 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: department report |
1960 |
11 |
9 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: department report data |
1970 |
11 |
10 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: department report data and inspection notes |
1971-1976 |
11 |
11-12 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: faculty and student lists |
1949-1969 |
11 |
13 |
ECPD accreditation inspection: recommendations |
1960-1963 |
11 |
14 |
ECPD accreditation visit |
1954-1955 |
11 |
15 |
ECPD accreditation visit |
1965 |
11 |
16 |
ECPD annual meeting notes and related materials |
1971 |
11 |
17 |
ECPD committee meeting materials and correspondence |
1970 |
11 |
18 |
ECPD Development of Young Engineers Committee and Guidance Committee |
1966-1968 |
11 |
19 |
ECPD engineering profession promotional brochures and related correspondence |
1961-1963 |
11 |
20 |
ECPD Guidance Committee annual meeting materials |
1966-1967 |
11 |
21-22 |
ECPD Guidance Committee brochures and publicity efforts |
1964-1971 |
11 |
23 |
ECPD Guidance Committee correspondence and reports |
1964-1966 |
11 |
24 |
Engineering fundamental review workbook |
undated |
11 |
25 |
Engineering Joint Council |
1947-1952 |
11 |
26 |
First Constitutional Church annual meeting booklets and correspondence |
1950-1960 |
11 |
27-28 |
IES: A History of IES draft and notes |
1988-1989 |
11 |
29-30 |
IES: administrative materials and correspondence |
1963-1964 |
11 |
31 |
IES and ECPD correspondence |
1985-1988 |
11 |
32 |
IES: Centennial Celebration Planning Committee |
1985-1988 |
12 |
1 |
IES: correspondence and pamphlets |
1966-1967 |
12 |
2 |
IES: Fifty Years of Engineering Leadership, photocopy |
1938 |
12 |
3 |
IES Guidance Committee |
1973-1975 |
12 |
4 |
IES: publications photocopies |
1889-1967 |
12 |
5 |
IES: Steering Committee |
1967-1968 |
12 |
6 |
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers: "A Professional Engineer," speech |
1977 |
12 |
7 |
ISBEE and IES reprimands |
1964-1966 |
12 |
8 |
ISBEE appointment correspondence and certificates |
1965-1969 |
12 |
9 |
ISBEE board member replacement procedures |
1969-1972 |
12 |
10-11 |
ISBEE continuing education materials |
1972-1978 |
12 |
12 |
ISBEE correspondence and memorandums |
1967-1973 |
12 |
13-15 |
ISBEE Ethical and Unauthorized Practice Committee [Closed until 2038 due to privacy concerns] |
1920-1968 |
12 |
16 |
ISBEE evaluation of applicant experience |
1970 |
12 |
17 |
ISBEE examination question materials |
1967-1969 |
12 |
18 |
ISBEE examination score reports |
1967-1974 |
12 |
19 |
ISBEE experience interpretations |
1967 |
12 |
20 |
ISBEE fundamentals of engineering examination design |
1953 circa |
12 |
21 |
ISBEE legislation correspondence |
1972-1973 |
12 |
22 |
ISBEE Legislative Committee, Registration Subcommittee |
1967-1968 |
12 |
23-26 |
ISBEE meeting minutes |
1964-1973 |
12 |
27 |
ISBEE notices printed in The Exponent and related correspondence |
1964-1972 |
12 |
28 |
ISBEE policy documents and correspondence |
1968-1973 |
12 |
29-30 |
ISBEE policy materials |
1966-1969 |
12 |
31 |
ISBEE scholarship standards correspondence |
1966-1976 circa |
12 |
32 |
ISBEE state government reorganization |
1967 |
12 |
33 |
Maytag Company Foundation Scholarship Committee materials |
1956-1989 |
12 |
34 |
Maytag Company Foundation Scholarship Committee program pamphlets |
1958-1989 |
14 |
4-5 |
Maytag Company Foundation silver anniversary coins (2) |
1977 |
12 |
35 |
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation engineering symposium |
1959-1960 |
12 |
36 |
National Committee of Mechanical Engineering Department Heads: curriculum survey |
1961-1963 |
12 |
37 |
NCEE: advanced engineering graduate record examinations |
1967-1968 |
12 |
38 |
NCEE: Engineer-in-Training Committee |
1966-1968 |
12 |
39 |
NCEE: Engineer-in-Training exam and Iowa results |
1965-1972 |
12 |
40 |
NCEE: examination results correspondence and forms |
1972-1973 |
12 |
41 |
NCEE: professional conduct standards |
1970-1973 |
12 |
42 |
NCEE relationship with NSPE |
1968 |
12 |
43 |
NCEE: Uniform Examinations Committee materials |
1962-1972 |
13 |
1-4 |
NCEE: Uniform Examinations Committee materials |
1962-1972 |
13 |
5 |
NCEE: Uniform Examinations Committee correspondence and data |
1969-1972 |
13 |
6 |
NCEE: Uniform Examinations Committee question-writing materials |
1970-1972 |
13 |
7 |
NCSBEE Central Zone uniform examination statistics |
1966-1968 |
13 |
8 |
NCSBEE Central Zone: uniform examination meeting materials and correspondence |
1965-1969 |
13 |
9-11 |
NSF laboratory curricula conference |
1959-1961 |
13 |
12 |
Professional development publications for young engineers |
1971-1976 |
13 |
13 |
Professional engineer registration examinations |
1969-1974 |
13 |
14 |
SAME membership materials and correspondence |
1946-1947 |
13 |
15 |
SNAME meeting materials |
1939 |
13 |
16 |
State and national organization publications on engineering registration |
1966-1969 |
13 |
17 |
Story County Engineering Club |
1953-1963 |
13 |
18 |
Young Men's Christian Association at Iowa State University |
1964-1965 |
Appendix A: Engineering Abbreviations Found in the Collection
ANSCOL: Army-Navy Staff College |
ASEE: American Society for Engineering Education. |
ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
ASME MEDHC: ASME’s Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee, which was subdivided into regions. |
CASE: Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Administers an annual Volunteer of the Year award. |
ECPD: Engineers' Council for Professional Development. Today called ABET, Inc. An engineering professional organization and the accrediting body for engineering and engineering technology education programs. |
EIT: Engineer-in-training. Frequently a step in the process of professional engineer registration that is gauged with an examination. |
EJC: Engineers Joint Council. National organization that coordinated engineering organizations around the U.S. |
ERI: Engineering Research Institute. The ERI in these papers refers to ISU’s. |
IES: Iowa Engineering Society. |
ISBEE: Iowa State Board of Engineering Examiners. |
ME: Mechanical engineering. |
MEDHC: see ASME MEDHC. |
NCEE: National Council of Engineering Examiners. Before 1967, known as National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners (NCSBEE). As of 1989, known as National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). |
NCEES: National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. |
NSF: National Science Foundation. |
NSPE: National Society of Professional Engineers. |
PE: Professional engineer, a legally defined classification. The process to become a licensed PE is governed by individual states in the U.S. |
SAME: Society of American Military Engineers. |
SNAME: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. |