- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Derrom, Donald L
- Title:
- Donald L. Derrom Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/st74cq529
- Dates:
- 1941-1952
- Size:
- 2 boxes, 0.8 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of selected papers of American engineer, Donald L. Derrom; the bulk of which deals with the building of a rock crushing plant for the Rock Products Corp., Ltd., of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers of Derrom, including correspondence, notes, a diary (1952), legal documents, notebooks, a commonplace book, a reading log, photographs, maps, and printed matter. The bulk of the collection deals with the building of a rock crushing plant for the Rock Products Corp., Ltd., of Tel Aviv, Israel, and includes correspondence with and reports to Derrom's firm, Kennedy Van Saun Mfg. and Eng. Corp., in New York City, especially to M. Maurice Shafer. In addition, there are notes regarding a cement manufacturing plant near Sultan Hamud, Kenya.
- Arrangement
Unprocessed.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Derrom, Donald L
Donald L. Derrom was a twentieth-century American engineer.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Donald L. Derrom Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/st74cq529
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2
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- Subject Terms:
- Cement plants -- Kenya. -- 20th century
Crushed stone industry -- Israel. -- 20th century
Engineers -- Israel. -- 20th century - Genre Terms:
- Commonplace books. -- 20th century
Diaries. -- 20th century - Names:
- Shafer, M. Maurice
- Places:
- Israel -- Industries. -- 20th century
Kenya -- Industries. -- 20th century