Descriptive
summary
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creator: |
Whitney, Frank S.
(1893-1959)
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title: |
Papers |
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dates: |
1899-1960, n.d. |
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extent: |
2.04 linear feet (1 document box, 1
half-document box, 1 oversized box) |
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collection number: |
RS 21/7/135 |
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repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections
Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative
information
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access: |
Open for research |
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publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
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preferred citation: |
Frank S. Whitney Papers, RS 21/7/135, Special
Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
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Biographical note
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Frank Stevens Whitney (1893-1959) was born in Britt, Iowa,
to John Wayne and Martha Abigail Stevens Whitney on July
21, 1893. He studied civil engineering at Iowa State
College (University) where he was a member of the Ausonia
club and Army ROTC until 1917 when the United States
declared war on Germany, at which point he enlisted and
served overseas with the Rainbow Division and later the 34th
Division. He was discharged from the Army in 1919.
Whitney spent four years engaged in
land reclamation work in Iowa before agreeing to become
one of the first five men employed by the newly formed
Kentucky Highway Department in 1923. He served as the
district engineer for District 7 until moving into a
private firm in Huntington, West Virginia in 1930. While
in Kentucky he met Anna Pearl Caudill of Morehead,
Kentucky, whom he married on June 27th 1926.
In the early 1940s newly elected
mayor Paul O. Fiedler appointed Whitney Huntington, West
Virginia’s city engineer.
He selected the site of the Tri-State Airport and
was appointed its first manager, a post he held from
1952-1955, when he returned to the city engineer position.
His title was changed to public works director in 1957.
Whitney was a registered professional
engineer and land surveyor, a member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, the West Virginia Society of
Professional Engineers, and the American Waterworks
Association. He
was also active in civic groups, including the Lions Club,
and BPO Elks Lodge.
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Collection
Description
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The collection consists of photographs, scrapbooks,
certificates, news clippings, Kentucky property deeds and
a Whitney family genealogy. Topics include the Whitney and
Caudill families, Huntington, West Virginia, the Kentucky
Highway Department, civil engineering, the Ausonia club at
Iowa State College (University), Iowa State College
(University) ROTC, and the United States Army’s World
War I Rainbow Division.
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Organization
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The collection is arranged alphabetically.
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Container list
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Box
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Folder
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Title
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Dates
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1
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1
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Airport
dedication program
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1952
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1
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2
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Anna Pearl
Caudill’s sheet music
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n.d.
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1
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3
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Caudill
property deeds
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1899-1934
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3
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OVR
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Certificate:
Iowa State Board of Engineering Examiners
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1919
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3
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OVR
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Certificate:
National Society of Professional Engineers
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1950
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3
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OVR
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Certificate:
Society of Civil Engineers
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1953
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1
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4
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Certificates
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1917-1960
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3
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OVR
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Family
scrapbook/photograph album
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n.d.
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1
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5
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Funerary
guest book
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n.d.
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3
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OVR
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Iowa State
College (University) memory book (293 4x5” B&W; 6
color)
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1914-1917
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1
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6
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Lions
Club/BPO Elks Memorials
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1959
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1
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7
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Negative:
unidentified dorm room
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n.d.
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1
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8
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News
clippings and obituaries
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1934-1959
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2
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1
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Photograph
album: WWI
(278 4x5” B&W; 2 color)
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1
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9
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Photograph
album: Anna Whitney
(144 4x5” B&W)
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ca. 1910s
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1
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10
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Photograph
album: Kentucky (110 4x5” B&W)
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ca. 1920s
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1
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11
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Photograph
album: Kentucky (73 4x5” B&W)
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ca. 1926
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3
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OVR
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Photograph:
Martha Abigail Stevens Whitney (53 4x5” B&W; 3
color)
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n.d.
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2
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2
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Photographs:
family (7 4x5” B&W)
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1950, n.d.
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2
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3
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Photographs:
Kentucky engineering projects (15 4x5” B&W)
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ca. 1920
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3
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OVR
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2
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4
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Whitney
family genealogy
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1957
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