26/20/70 Guide to the Carl A. Menzel Papers Carl A. Menzel Papers

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Guide to the Carl A. Menzel Papers 1918/1988 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Carl A. Menzel Papers 1918-88 26/20/70 Menzel, Carl A., 1894-1987 0.60 English University of Illinois Archives
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Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: American Concrete Institute American Society for Testing and Materials Autoclaves Barrington, Illinois Cement Concrete Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Forest Products Laboratory Homewood, Illinois Humidity Testing Portland Cement Association Reinforced Concrete
Administrative Information Accruals:

1/6/1988

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

Papers of Carl A. Menzel '17 (1894-1987), including correspondence, biographical information, autobiographical recollections, publications, patents, press releases, photographs, awards and clippings relating to Mr. Menzel's career at the Forest Products Laboratory (1918-21), Underwriter's Laboratories (1921-28) and the Portland Cement Association (1928-59) and his engineering research humidity testing in wood drying kilns (1926), Homewood, IL sewage system (1927-29), fire resistance and strength of concrete masonry (1931-32), Portland Cement as a binder in foundry molding sand (1937), autoclave testing apparatus (1934-39), concrete reinforcing bars (1941-46), aid and moisture content of concrete (1947, 1955-58), concrete and steel bonding (1952), Menzel high-pressure steam curing symposium (1969), and awards from the American Society for Testing and Materials (1931, 1974-75) and the American Concrete Institute (1963, 1970).  Personal recollections related to childhood in Barrington and Chicago, IL, friends, research accomplishments and family.