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Miscellaneous Articles, Offprints, Publicity Photographs, and Programs, 1966-1979

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Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Tedesko, Anton, 1903-1994
Dates:
1966-1979
Located In:
Box 1, Folder 3
Extent:
1 folder
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

ONE. Offprints of a six-page article by Tedesko, entitled 'Space Truss Braces Huge Building for Moon Rocket' and of anonymous article entitled 'To Design for the Moon Age, Four Firms Work as One Team'. Both articles from 'Engineering News-Record', 6 February 1964. Stapled together into a 4to pamphlet with red and black covers. Photograph of the 'Design team for Moon-rocket building', featuring Tedesko, on cover.

TWO. Colour publicity photograph (17 x 24 cm) of the Vertical Assembly Building at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida.

THREE. Illustrated advertisement brochure (4to, 3 pp), described as 'Advertisement prepared by Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., Pgh., to appear in: Missiles and Rockets - November 29, 1965. Aviation Week - TBS.' Text headed 'For the manned moon shot: the free world's largest launch complex.' and 'United States Steel: where the big idea is innovation'. Tedesko has underlined his name in a paragraph headed 'Design and construction supervision'.

FOUR. Offprint of German six-page article relating to Tedesko's work on the Apollo site at Cape Canaveral, by 'E. Kodric, Wien', with six illustrations, from the Oesterreichische Ingenieur-Zeitschrift ('Sonderabdruck aus Heft 9, Jg. 9 (1966)'), entitled 'Montagehalle fuer grosse Weltraumraketen mit bemannten Raumfahrzeugen'. With Tedesko's stamp, calling card, a signed note and inscription 'To Nelly with Love!'

FIVE. Three pages, photocopies of magazine articles, stapled together by Tedesko and with a short note by him and his signed compliments slip. The first page is headed 'Lehigh Begins Second Century of Service | Four to Receive Honorary Degrees at Founder's Day Observance'. With photo of Tedesko, and report of his receipt of a degree. The other two pages (5 and 99) from November 1966 issue of Civil Engineering, the former featuring a report of the receipt by Tedesko of the degree, and the latter an article entitled 'Conference in Russia on Shell Structures' ('Civil Engineering is indebted to Anton Tedesko, F. ASCE, of Roberts and Schaefer for this information'). WITH: Xerox press handouts one concerning the award of Honorary Degrees at Lehigh to Tedeskop, Robert Macnamara and others, the other life and career of Tedesko.

SIX. Programme for the ACI 1973 Annual Awards, Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 8 March 1973, featuring page announcing the award of Honorary Membership to Tedesko, 'for outstanding service to the Institute and innovative design and construction of shells and other concrete structures'.

SEVEN. Offprint, docketed by Tedesko 'A reprint mit Druckfehlern', of 9-page article by Tedesko from 'ASCE-IABSE International Conference on Tall Buildings Preprints August 1972/Lehigh University', entitled 'Technical Committee No. 4 Constructional Systems Discusssion No. 3 Unusual Solutions'. Fourteen illustrations.

EIGHT. Offprint, docketed by Tedesko 'A reprint ohne Druckfehler', of 3-page article by Tedesko 'Reprinted from Civil Engineering - ASCE February 1973', entitled 'Construction: the gap between intent and performance'.

NINE. Two-page press release from the American Concrete Institute, 'For Release 2:00 p.m. March 8, 1973', headed 'Awards Luncheon Presents Honorary Memberships'. Reproduces the section relating to Tedesko.

TEN. Photocopy of letter by Tedesko, published in 12 August 1976 ENR, headed 'No criticism intended'.

ELEVEN. Offprint of article by Tedesko entitled 'Bridge and structural engineers meet' from December 1976 issue of Civil Engineering.

TWELVE. Copy, stamped 'Not for publication', of three-page typewritten press release headed 'Anton Tedesko to receive 1978 Arthur J. Boase Award'.

THIRTEEN. Typescript (A4, 2 pp), headed 'Arthur J. Boase Award of the Reinforced Concrete Research Council, announcing the award to Tedesko.

FOURTEEN. Photocopy of article from April 1978 issue of ACI Journal, entitled 'Tedesko receives RCRC Boase Award'.

FIFTEEN. Photocopy of typewritten press release with manuscript emendations, from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, headed 'For release from Monday on, August 28, 1978, 00.00 h | The International Awared of Merit in Structural Engineering remitted to Dr. Anton Tedesko'

SIXTEEN. Copy of article from the Concrete Industry Bulletin, Winter 1978, pp.19 and 20, entitled 'Boase Award to Anton Tedesko'. A further thirteen offprints, photocopies of articles, press releases and one newspaper cutting relating to Tedesko, dating from between 1967 and 1980. One in German and the rest in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This 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.

Credit this material:

Miscellaneous Articles, Offprints, Publicity Photographs, and Programs; Anton Tedesko Collection, C1456, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1
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.

Processing Information

Finding Aid written by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2013.

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

ONE. Offprints of a six-page article by Tedesko, entitled 'Space Truss Braces Huge Building for Moon Rocket' and of anonymous article entitled 'To Design for the Moon Age, Four Firms Work as One Team'. Both articles from 'Engineering News-Record', 6 February 1964. Stapled together into a 4to pamphlet with red and black covers. Photograph of the 'Design team for Moon-rocket building', featuring Tedesko, on cover.

TWO. Colour publicity photograph (17 x 24 cm) of the Vertical Assembly Building at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida.

THREE. Illustrated advertisement brochure (4to, 3 pp), described as 'Advertisement prepared by Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., Pgh., to appear in: Missiles and Rockets - November 29, 1965. Aviation Week - TBS.' Text headed 'For the manned moon shot: the free world's largest launch complex.' and 'United States Steel: where the big idea is innovation'. Tedesko has underlined his name in a paragraph headed 'Design and construction supervision'.

FOUR. Offprint of German six-page article relating to Tedesko's work on the Apollo site at Cape Canaveral, by 'E. Kodric, Wien', with six illustrations, from the Oesterreichische Ingenieur-Zeitschrift ('Sonderabdruck aus Heft 9, Jg. 9 (1966)'), entitled 'Montagehalle fuer grosse Weltraumraketen mit bemannten Raumfahrzeugen'. With Tedesko's stamp, calling card, a signed note and inscription 'To Nelly with Love!'

FIVE. Three pages, photocopies of magazine articles, stapled together by Tedesko and with a short note by him and his signed compliments slip. The first page is headed 'Lehigh Begins Second Century of Service | Four to Receive Honorary Degrees at Founder's Day Observance'. With photo of Tedesko, and report of his receipt of a degree. The other two pages (5 and 99) from November 1966 issue of Civil Engineering, the former featuring a report of the receipt by Tedesko of the degree, and the latter an article entitled 'Conference in Russia on Shell Structures' ('Civil Engineering is indebted to Anton Tedesko, F. ASCE, of Roberts and Schaefer for this information'). WITH: Xerox press handouts one concerning the award of Honorary Degrees at Lehigh to Tedeskop, Robert Macnamara and others, the other life and career of Tedesko.

SIX. Programme for the ACI 1973 Annual Awards, Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 8 March 1973, featuring page announcing the award of Honorary Membership to Tedesko, 'for outstanding service to the Institute and innovative design and construction of shells and other concrete structures'.

SEVEN. Offprint, docketed by Tedesko 'A reprint mit Druckfehlern', of 9-page article by Tedesko from 'ASCE-IABSE International Conference on Tall Buildings Preprints August 1972/Lehigh University', entitled 'Technical Committee No. 4 Constructional Systems Discusssion No. 3 Unusual Solutions'. Fourteen illustrations.

EIGHT. Offprint, docketed by Tedesko 'A reprint ohne Druckfehler', of 3-page article by Tedesko 'Reprinted from Civil Engineering - ASCE February 1973', entitled 'Construction: the gap between intent and performance'.

NINE. Two-page press release from the American Concrete Institute, 'For Release 2:00 p.m. March 8, 1973', headed 'Awards Luncheon Presents Honorary Memberships'. Reproduces the section relating to Tedesko.

TEN. Photocopy of letter by Tedesko, published in 12 August 1976 ENR, headed 'No criticism intended'.

ELEVEN. Offprint of article by Tedesko entitled 'Bridge and structural engineers meet' from December 1976 issue of Civil Engineering.

TWELVE. Copy, stamped 'Not for publication', of three-page typewritten press release headed 'Anton Tedesko to receive 1978 Arthur J. Boase Award'.

THIRTEEN. Typescript (A4, 2 pp), headed 'Arthur J. Boase Award of the Reinforced Concrete Research Council, announcing the award to Tedesko.

FOURTEEN. Photocopy of article from April 1978 issue of ACI Journal, entitled 'Tedesko receives RCRC Boase Award'.

FIFTEEN. Photocopy of typewritten press release with manuscript emendations, from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, headed 'For release from Monday on, August 28, 1978, 00.00 h | The International Awared of Merit in Structural Engineering remitted to Dr. Anton Tedesko'

SIXTEEN. Copy of article from the Concrete Industry Bulletin, Winter 1978, pp.19 and 20, entitled 'Boase Award to Anton Tedesko'. A further thirteen offprints, photocopies of articles, press releases and one newspaper cutting relating to Tedesko, dating from between 1967 and 1980. One in German and the rest in English.

Arrangement

Organized in simple files: Tedesko material (letters, manuscripts), material about Tedesko (typed and printed), and miscellaneous material.

Collection History

Appraisal

Nothing was removed during processing the collection in 2013.

Processing Information

Finding Aid written by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2013.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

This 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:

Miscellaneous Articles, Offprints, Publicity Photographs, and Programs; Anton Tedesko Collection, C1456, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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