Scope and Contents
The collection consists of scrapbook albums that contain photographs of construction details for major projects in which Corey was involved.
The volumes are arbitrarily numbered as follows and subjects include:
Volume 1: City reservoir and street railway, for Utah Light and Railway Co., Salt Lake City, 1907.
Volume 2: Tintic smelter, Silver City, Utah, 1908-1910.
Volume 3: Bull Run conduit, Portland, Oregon, 1911; Guild's Lake garbage incinerator, Portland, 1912; North Yakima, Washington, water supply system, 1911; North Yakima gas plant, 1911.
Volume 4: Coos Bay, Oregon, water supply project, 1926; Salem, Oregon, water supply project, 1928-1930; water supply projects at Hillsboro, Oregon, Hoquiam, Vancouver, and Mt. Vernon, Washington, 1928-1930.
Volumes 5-6: Schools, libraries, Oregon State Capitol, and other public building construction under W.P. A., Oregon and Washington, 1932-1939.
Volumes 7, 8 and 9: Sewage disposal plants, water works, and bridge construction under P.W.A., Oregon and Washington, 1932-1939. Includes Oregon coast highway bridges.
Volume 10: Water works, sewage disposal plants, and other public projects, Oregon and Washington, 1939-1952. Includes Tongue Point Naval Station.
Dates
- 1907-1952
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Ray Corey was born in Piper City, Illinois, and educated at Purdue University. He became an engineer who specialized in water supply and sewage disposal plant design and construction. From 1932-1939, he was state engineering inspector for Oregon and Washington Public Works Administration (P.W.A) projects, and from 1939-1952, worked as a consulting engineer.
Extent
6 linear feet (8 containers) : 6 medium flat boxes, 2 small flat boxes.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ray Corey (1880-1962) was an engineer who specialized in water supply and sewage disposal plant design and construction, and worked as a state engineering inspector and consultant for Oregon and Washington P.W.A. projects. The collection (1907-1952) consists of scrapbook albums that contain photographs of construction details for major projects in which Corey was involved.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into by volume number, 1-10.
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Normandy Helmer.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents
- Civil engineering -- Oregon -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil engineering -- Utah -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil engineering -- Washington (State) -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil engineers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corey, Ray Howard, 1880-1962, Ray Howard, 1880-1962
- Engineering drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Public Buildings -- Oregon -- Design and construction -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public Buildings -- Washington (State) -- Design and construction -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sanitary engineers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sewage disposal plants -- Oregon -- Design and construction -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sewage disposal plants -- Washington (State) -- Design and construction -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongue Point Naval Air Station (Or.)
- United States. Works Progress Administration. Oregon
- Water-supply -- Oregon -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply -- Washington (State) -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Oregon -- Coos Bay -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Oregon -- Hillsboro -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Oregon -- Salem -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Washington (State) -- Hoquiam -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Washington (State) -- Mount Vernon -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Washington (State) -- Vancouver -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineering -- Washington (State) -- Yakima -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water-supply engineers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Ray Howard Corey Scrapbooks
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Normandy Helmer and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
