Thomas Caldwell Adams Papers (Ms 43)
The Thomas Caldwell Adams Papers (1920-1965) represents the
accumulation of papers and files resulting from Adams' years as a student,
teacher, and consulting civil engineering. Adams (1901-1965) did not
concentrate on any one specific field of civil engineering, but instead
developed expertise in a variety of subject matters, including hydrology,
electrical engineering, sanitary engineering, and city planning. The
collection contains correspondence, a journal, financial records, reports,
papers, manuscripts, field notes, record books, lecture notes,
memorandums, evaluations, equipment drawings and designs, earthquake
studies, maps, and charts. Adams was a prolific writer and collector of
not only his own work, but the work of others. As a result, he left an
extensive collection reflecting the varied business life of a civil
engineer working in the Intermountain West in the first half of the
Twentieth Century. An indexed register is available.