Speer, Ralph E., Jr. (1931-1994)

Papers

1948-1994, n.d.

9.03 linear feet (12 manuscript boxes, 2 half manuscript boxes and 3 oversize boxes)

RS 21/7/99

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Open for research

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

Ralph E. Speer, Jr., Papers, RS 21/7/99, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

American Public Works Association (APWA) records

1

1

APWA Regional Seminar on Planning and Programming Urban Transportation Improvements

1961

1

2

Iowa American Public Works Association

1968-1970

1

3

APWA miscellaneous material

1969-1970

1

4

Institute for Municipal Engineers (IME) Program Committee

1972-1973

1

5

American Public Works Association newsletter

Oct. 1973

1

6

Paper: "Pride and Performance in Public Works" by Lambert Mims

1974

1

7

APWA Education Foundation workshops

1974-1976

1

8

Correspondence – Director of Public Works, Norman, OK

1974-1977

1

9

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Request for the transfer of modules developed by the USAC program

1975

1

10

Construction News

Dec. 1976

1

11

APWA membership status report for the last quarter of 1976

1976

1

12

Oklahoma Chapter APWA Convention and Equipment Show

1976

1

13

APWA membership status report of the first quarter 1977

1977

1

14

APWA Educational Foundation workshop information

1977-1978

1

15

Results of survey by the APWA Task Force on Revenue Shortfall

1981

1

16

IME Program Committee

1981-1982

1

17

APWA brochure

1982

1

18

APWA Joint Survey –Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Needs

1983

1

19

APWA Board Members

1983

1

20

Regional meeting – Illinois Chapter of APWA

1983

1

21

Correspondence – Director of Public Works, Rockford, IL

1983-1984

1

22

PIN Bulletin

1984

1

23

Snow and ice control management brochures

1984

1

24

Guides for Chapter Leaders -

1984-1985

1

25

Iowa Chapter APWA Membership Directory

Jan. 1985

1

26

South Dakota Chapter APWA meeting minutes and notes

1986-1988

1

27

Correspondence

1986-1988

2

1

Correspondence – 1988 APWA Honors and Awards Committee

1987

2

2

Formation of the Southeastern Branch of the South Dakota Chapter APWA – petition, bylaws, and correspondence

1987

2

3

APWA membership applications

1987-1988

2

4

Miscellaneous APWA chapter newsletters

1987-1988

2

5

Correspondence and notes – Southeastern Branch of South Dakota Chapter APWA

1988

2

6

APWA Regional Director Candidate data forms and nominations

1988

2

7

Annual Activity Report for Southeastern Branch of South Dakota Chapter APWA

1988

2

8

Correspondence – APWA Honors and Awards Committee

1988

2

9

APWA Chapter Officer Training Workshop – Chapter Newsletters

1988

2

10

Agenda materials for project sponsors annual meeting – private sector contracts and agreements for public work services

1988

2

11

APWA meeting minutes for private sector contracts and agreements for public work services

1988

2

12

Public Works Pro-Views (second quarter 1988 & 1989)

1988-1989

2

13

APWA Southeastern Branch of the South Dakota Chapter – meeting notices and minutes

1988-1989

2

14

Correspondence – Southeastern Branch of the South Dakota Chapter APWA Executive Board meeting

1988-1989

2

15

APWA mailing list (South Dakota)

1988-1989

2

16

APWA Education Foundation workshop brochures

1988-1989

2

17

APWA Leadership Bulletin and Washington Report

1988-1989

2

18

APWA Pubic Works Conference brochure

Mar. 1989

2

19

Research in Progress (comments on APWA Survey findings)

June 1989

2

20

Proposed budget for Southeastern Branch of the South Dakota Chapter APWA

1989

2

21

Correspondence – APWA Honors and Awards Committee

1989

2

22

APWA professional career development brochures

n.d.

22

23

APWA stationery

n.d.

2

24

APWA workshop I Presentation Methods handout

n.d.

2

25

APWA Research Foundation – questionnaire for street maintenance and management

n.d.

2

26

APWA chapter publication specifications

n.d.

2

27

Guidelines for consultants employed by the APWA Educational Foundation

n.d.

Biographical Information

2

28

Biographical information

1953-1994

2

29

Unidentified photographs

n.d.

2

30

Boys State identification card

1948

2

31

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute identification card

1949

2

32

Engineering Society brochures and Engineer's Carnival program

1953

2

33

Iowa State College Commencement Program

1953-1954

2

34

Iowa State College fee cards

1953-1954

2

35

Photograph of Speer in Letter Sweater (5x7 b & w)

ca. 1954

2

36

Letter of invitation to Ahmed Temple

1957

2

37

American Heart Association "Cardiac Arrest"

1983

14

College scrapbook

1950-1954

Committee Records

3

1

Advisory Committee University of Iowa Traffic Engineering Education (1 of 2)

1971

3

2

Advisory Committee University of Iowa Traffic Engineering Education (2 of 2)

1971

3

3

Committee correspondence – Second Stage Problem Solving Submittals for Research Programs for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program

1982

Conferences

3

4

International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show

1974

3

5

International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show

1975

3

6

International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show

1976

3

7

International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show

1988

Course Work

3

8

Supplementary problems in Mechanics of Materials

n.d.

3

9

College Physics Laboratory Manual

n.d.

3

10

Civil Engineering 485 Notes and Procedures

n.d.

3

11

Civil Engineering 490 Notes

n.d.

3

12

Chemistry – Atomic Energy Report

ca. 1949

33

13

English 12-2 – Atomic Energy: A World Responsibility

ca. 1949

3

14

English 101, 102, and 103

1949

3

15

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Drawings

1949-1950

3

16

General Chemistry Laboratory Manual (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

1949

3

17

Civil Engineering 211 Field Books

1950

3

18

Civil Engineering 212

1950

4

1

Civil Engineering 360 – Soil Engineering

1950

4

2

Engineering Drawing 132

1950

4

3

Engineering Drawing Workbook, Book IV, Working Drawings

1950

4

4

Workbook for a One Term Course in Engineering Problems

1950

4

5

Mathematics 101X

1950

4

6

Physics for Students of Calculus

1950

4

7

Civil Engineering 213 Field Notebook

1951

4

8

Civil Engineering 300 sample notes

1951

4

9

Civil Engineering 360 – notes, syllabus, problem sets

1951

4

10

Civil Engineering 360 – soil engineering laboratory report

1951

4

11

Civil Engineering 497 – handout and printed materials

1951

4

12

Economics 384A

1951

4

13

General Engineering 108

1951

5

1

Mathematics 212R

1951

5

2

Mathematics 213

1951

5

3

Mathematics 314

1951

5

4

Military Science 201, 202, and 203

1951

5

5

Military Science 301

1951

5

6

Physics 221

1951

5

7

Physics 221 Laboratory

1951

5

8

Physics 223

1951

5

9

Physics 223 Laboratory

1951

5

10

Speech 311 – syllabus and speech evaluations

1951

map

case

Plan for road project T83NR26W

1951

5

11

Civil Engineering 331 – problem sets, quizzes, and syllabus

1952

5

12

Civil Engineering 331 – design of a warehouse

1952

5

13

Civil Engineering 331 – Fink roof truss report

1952

5

14

Civil Engineering 355 – notes and problem set

1952

5

15

Civil Engineering 355 – Ames Airport report

1952

5

16

Civil Engineering 355 – highway and airport pavement laboratory report

1952

5

17

Civil Engineering 356 – problem sets and class notes

1952

5

18

Civil Engineering 364 – problem sets and string lining railroad curves lab problem

1952

5

19

Civil Engineering 395

1952

6

1

Civil Engineering 432 – problem sets and exam

1952

6

2

Civil Engineering 505 – notes and problem sets

1952

6

3

Geology 374

1952

6

4

Military Science 302

1952

6

5

Military Science 401

1952

6

6

Physics 222

1952

6

7

Physics 222 Laboratory

1952

6

8

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 344

1952

6

9

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 358

1952

6

10

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 358 – experiments (1 of 2)

1952

6

11

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 358 – experiments (2 of 2)

1952

6

12

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 324 – problem sets

1952

6

13

Bacteriology 304D – class notes

1953

6

14

Civil Engineering 422 – design of a storm sewer

1953

6

15

Civil Engineering 422 – problem sets, notes, design of a sanitary sewer report

1953

6

16

Civil Engineering 433 – problem sets and final exam

1953

6

17

Civil Engineering 434 – problem sets

1953

6

18

Civil Engineering 484 – notes and report

1953

7

1

Civil Engineering 485 – notes

1953

7

2

Civil Engineering 505 – cost calculation for land subdivision

1953

7

3

Civil Engineering 505 – benefit factor method of special assessment

1953

7

4

Civil Engineering 505 – streets and intersections

1953

7

5

Civil Engineering 505 – municipal public works

1953

7

6

Civil Engineering 534 – problem sets

1953

7

7

Civil Engineering 552

1953

7

8

Civil Engineering 585

1953

7

9

Problems for Elementary Economics

1953

7

10

Economic 261

1953

7

11

Economics 365A

1953

7

12

Electrical Engineering 434 (1 of 2)

1953

7

13

Electrical Engineering 434 (2 of 2)

1953

7

14

Engineering Drawing

1953

7

15

General Engineering 404

1953

7

16

Military Science 402

1953

7

17

Military Science 403

1953

7

18

Sociology 234B

1953

7

19

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – efficiency of a centrifugal pump

1953

7

20

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – efficiency of a Pelton wheel

1953

7

21

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – loss of a head in a pipe line

1953

7

22

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – comparison of pressure measuring devices

1953

7

23

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – design of a pipeline

1953

8

1

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – study of buoyant forces

1953

8

2

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – Venturi meter and orifice meter coefficient

1953

8

3

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – Weir coefficients

1953

8

4

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 378 – problem sets and exams

1953

8

5

Report: "Changes in the Civil Engineering Curriculum Necessary to Prepare a Student in the City Management Profession

Dec. 1953

8

6

Civil Engineering 423 – problem sets and class notes

1954

8

7

Civil Engineering 550 – projects

1954

8

8

Civil Engineering 550 – problem sets and notes

1954

8

9

Civil Engineering 550 – graphs on vehicle, highway, and travel facts

1954

8

10

Report: "A Proposed Waterworks System for the Town of Monroe, Iowa

1954

8

11

Economics 182 – Notes and test

1956

8

12

Political Science 107

1956

8

13

Political Science 107 – book report "Grand Inquest"

1956

8

14

Political Science 107 – book report "Supreme Court and Supreme Law"

1956

8

15

Political Science 107 – book report "The Nine Young Men"

1956

8

16

Political Science 178

1956

8

17

Political Science 242

1956

8

18

Political Science 273 (1 of 2)

1956

9

1

Political Science 273 (2 of 2)

1956

9

2

Report: "State Aid to Michigan Municipalities for Street Improvements"

1956

9

3

Economics 174 – notes and problems

1957

9

4

Law 363

1957

9

5

Political Science 241

1957

9

6

Political Science 271

1957

9

7

Political Science 272 – notes

1957

9

8

Report: "An Analysis of the cost of Operation of Mount Hope Cemetery, Lapeer, Michigan"

1957

9

9

Report: "An Analysis of Budget Procedures and Documents used by the City of Saginaw, Michigan"

1957

9

10

Report: "The Role of the City Manager in his Relationship with the City Council"

1959

9

11

Civil Engineering 656

1963

9

12

Statistics 447

1964

9

13

Civil Engineering 350 – project "Traffic Forecasting in the City of Des Moines (Iowa)"

1965

9

14

Civil Engineering 553

1965

10

1

Civil Engineering 635

1965

10

2

French notes

1965

10

3

Statistics 401C (1 of 2)

1965

10

4

Statistics 401C (2 of 2)

1965

10

5

Statistics 481 – computer programming notes

1965

10

6

Civil Engineering 553 – "Report on the Feasibility of Parking on Alternate Sides of Streets in the City of Ames (Iowa)"

1965

10

7

Statistics 402C

1965-1966

10

8

Urban Drainage short course September 2-4, 1970
(1 of 2)

1970

10

9

Urban Drainage short course September 2-4, 1970
(2 of 2)

1970

Notes

10

10

Equipment specs

n.d.

10

11

Maintenance performance standards from Salley

n.d.

10

12

Public works articles

n.d.

10

13

Street maintenance (includes transparencies)

1978

Papers

11

1

Public works and public relations

1974

11

2

"New Techniques for Maintaining Streets"

1975

11

3

"Transportation Research in the Public Works Dilemma: The Local Government Role in Transportation Research"

1983

11

4

"Transportation Needs and Concerns of the Future"

1987

Professional Engineering Societies

11

5

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers – 1976 Government Professional Development Award

1975

11

6

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers – 1977Government Professional Development Award

1976

11

7

Oklahoma Engineering Foundation – pledge brochures

1976

11

8

Oklahoma Engineering and Technology Guidance
Council – State of the Council Report

June 1976

11

9

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers – Board of Directors meeting reports and agenda

1976

11

10

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers – State Meeting agenda

Sept. 1976

11

11

Professional Engineers in Government – Board of Governors Agenda

July 1977

11

12

Illinois Municipal League Seminar records

1984

Color Slides

12

1

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

n.d.

12

2

Unidentified (possibly east coast of United States)

n.d.

12

3

Unidentified (possibly Michigan)

n.d.

12

4

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

n.d.

12

5

Grand Canyon National Park

n.d.

12

6

Yellowstone National Park

1952

12

7

Canada

1952

12

8

Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin

1952-1953

12

9

Michigan

1953

12

10

Washington DC and surrounding area

1954

12

11

Kansas

Nov. 1954

12

12

Unidentified

Aug. 1960

12

13

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

Aug. 1965

12

14

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

1965-1966

13

1

San Francisco, California and west coast of the United States

1968

13

2

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

Oct. 1969

13

3

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

Oct. 1969

13

4

Unidentified (possibly western United States)

Oct. 1969

13

5

Unidentified (possibly Colorado)

1971

13

6

Department of Public Works, Newport News, Virginia

1980

Artifacts (on artifact shelves)

15

Artifact

Iowa State College letter sweater

ca. 1954

16

Artifact

Acacia Fraternity pin

1950

16

Artifacts

Commemorative miniature ceramic beer steins (2) from the Acacia Fraternity Spring Formal 1951

1951

16

Artifact

Acacia Fraternity fan from a 1952 dance

May 1952

16

Artifact

Cardinal Key Honary medallion (71/2 inch wooden key painted red and hung on a gold rope)

May 1954

16

Artifact

Cardinal Key tie bar

May 1954

16

Artifact

Yellow toy dump truck and bulldozer (Hot Wheels series by the Mattel Toy Company. Each item is approximately 3 inches long)

n.d.

17

Artifact

Acacia Fraternity mug

1950

17

Artifact

Acacia Fraternity stein

1953

17

Artifact

Iowa State College diploma case

1954