Charles T. G. Looney Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Looney, Charles Thomas George, 1906-1987
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: Names
content: Cross, Hardy
place: label: Place
content: Iowa
label: Place
content: Maryland
label: Place
content: North Carolina
label: Place
content: Connecticut
topic: label: Topic
content: Iron and steel bridges
label: Topic
content: Concrete bridges
label: Topic
content: Soil erosion
label: Topic
content: Building laws
label: Topic
content: Structural design
label: Topic
content: Materials -- Testing
label: Topic
content: Water-power
label: Topic
content: Engineers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) in 1973.
creator: label: Creator
content: Looney, Charles Thomas George, 1906-1987
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content: Charles T. G. Looney Papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles T. G. Looney (1906-1987) consulting engineer and college professor taught at the University of North Carolina, 1936-1937; University of Iowa, 1937-1943; Johns Hopkins University, 1943-1946; Yale University, 1946-1958; and the University of Maryland, 1958-1972.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.1 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1971.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1084
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
Arrangement: By subject and numeric thereunder.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Charles T. G. Looney contain handbooks, lectures, manuals, pamphlets, regulations reports, and research bulletins on structural design, concrete and steel materials testing, impact and stress studies, bridges, earthquakes, and erosion, building codes, waterpower, mathematical calculations, professional associations, and related engineering topics. Also includes lecture notes for courses taught by Hardy Cross at the University of Illinois.