Main content

Donald L. Derrom Papers

Notifications

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0418
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 2 boxes
  • 0.8 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald L. Derrom Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1941-1952 (inclusive)
Creator:
Derrom, Donald L
Form:
Commonplace books -- 20th century. and Diaries -- 20th century.
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.

Derrom, Donald L

Donald L. Derrom was a twentieth-century American engineer.

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.

Unprocessed.

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

People
Subject
Place

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Reports, 1951. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1951-1952. 5 folders.
Physical Description

5 folders

Correspondence: Cables, 1951-1952. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous, 1951-1952. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes postcards, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, etc.

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebooks, 1942-1952. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Negev Israel, Minerals (Copper and Phosphate), 1952. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes maps, reprints of data, etc. Other notes in field book.

Physical Description

1 folder

Data on Asbestos, 1929-1938. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kenya Papers, 1950. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes maps, correspondence, notes, etc.

Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest