J. Parker Snow Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Snow, J. Parker
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Wooden bridges
label: Topic
content: Engineers
label: Topic
content: Bridges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Snow, J. Parker
setName: label: See more items in
content: J. Parker Snow Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The J. P. Snow Papers document Snow's history of wooden bridges and his work as a civil engineer. The history was written in the 1930s with Robert Fletcher, Director Emeritus of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering at Dartmouth College.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: J. Parker Snow was an American civil engineer with an interest in wooden bridges. He partnered with Robert Fletcher, the Director Emeritus of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering at Dartmouth College, to write a manuscript on the history of wooden bridges in the United States. This manuscript was not published. Both were members of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1933
label: Date
content: bulk 1930-1933
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, formerly the Division of Engineering and Industry, in 2007. The 1882 engineering notebook was transferred from the Engineering Notebook Collection, AC0225.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1000
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Writings
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1, History of Wooden Bridges, 1930-1933, undated

Subseries 1, Correspondence, 1930-1933, undated

Subseries 2, Drafts of manuscript, 1932-1933, undated

Series 2, Engineering projects, 1882, 1930-1931
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Elizabeth Garber (intern), July, 2009; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1940
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Snow's engineering notebook, 1882; notes relating to his writings on the history of wooden bridges; drafts and manuscripts for articles he wrote on the development of wooden bridges; and correspondence, especially with engineering journals relating to efforts to get his manuscripts published.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, drafts of manuscript, notes, and an engineering notebook comprise the J. Parker Snow Collection.

Series 1, History of wooden bridges, 1930-1933, undated, contains material relating to Snow and Fletcher's unpublished manuscript. Snow corresponded with Fletcher regarding topics addressed in the book and the status of their writing. He also corresponded with John W. Storr, another civil engineer with an extensive knowledge of wooden bridges, and Sydney Wilmot, the editor planning to publish the history.

Series 2, Engineering projects, 1882, 1930-1931, consists of material related to various civil engineering projects, primarily bridges, with which Snow was associated. The engineering notebook contains detailed drawings of kilns and arches and information on various types of bridges, including railroad bridges.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

The Llewellyn N. Edwards Collection (AC0959) contains extensive correspondence with J. Parker Snow regarding the history of wooden bridges.