Victor C. Darnell Bridge Construction Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Darnell, Victor
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Design and construction
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Victor C. Darnell, October, 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Darnell, Victor
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content: Victor C. Darnell Bridge Construction Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs of bridge construction projects collected by Victor Darnell was an early student of civil engineering and a pioneering civil engineer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Victor C. Darnell, 1921-1999, was a pioneering civil engineer. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1943 and spent thirty-one years, most of that time as chief engineer, working for the Berlin Steel Construction Company. 

Throughout his life, Darnell assembled a large collection documenting the history of structural and civil engineering in America. He researched and wrote extensively on the subject, including   A Directory of American Bridge-Building Companies 1840-1900 which was published by the Society for Industrial Archaeology in 1984.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1908-1913
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: At the time of the donation, the collection also included photographs of naval vessels, which were transferred to the Division of Armed Forces History (now Division of Political and Military History). The bridge photographs were transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
label: Custodial History
content: Donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Engineering and Industry, now the Division of Work and Industry, in 1988. At the time of the donation, the collection also included photographs of naval vessels, which were transferred to the Division of Armed Forces History. The bridge photographs were transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1018
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Julie Ruel, (intern), July, 2010; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is comprised of ninety black and white photographs documenting various bridge construction projects, including projects in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Warren and Springfield, Massachusetts. One photograph is clearly marked as the Copper Creek Bridge (1908) and another as the Washington Street Bridge (1911).  Other photographs are listed by job number or location. The collection includes images of bridges in various phases of construction.  There are also images of construction and ironworker crews and machinery used in the building process. Many photographs in the collection are unidentified and are undated.  Photographs that are dated are arranged in chronological order followed by undated materials.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives Center also holds materials relating to the Berlin Construction Company, 1904-1957, AC1032. Victor C. Darnell's large collection of photographs, ephemera, design books, catalogs, advertising magazines and working blueprints are located at the Huntington Library in California.