Scope and Contents note
The papers are correspondence, reports, plans, specifications, and drawings for a Portland, Oregon waterfront project, 1919-1933 and other city projects. Materials are ordered chronologically.
Dates
- 1919-1940
Conditions Governing Access note
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 note
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 note
Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Oregon. He worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1937-1940, at which time he kept an engineer's diary.
Extent
3 linear feet (6 containers) : 6 manuscript boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Olaf Laurgaard (1880-1945) was city engineer of Portland, Oregon. The papers are correspondence, reports, plans, specifications, and drawings for a Portland, Oregon waterfront project, 1919-1933, and other city projects.
Processing Information note
Collection processed by manuscripts staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Architectural drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Architecture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- City Planning Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Civil engineers -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil engineers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Engineering drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Letters Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Portland Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Portland (Or.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Portland (Or.). Office of City Engineer
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Waterfronts -- Oregon -- Portland -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Olaf Laurgaard papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Cassandra A. Schmitt
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
