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Otto Duke miscellaneous engineering papers, 1917-1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1536 Series 12

Scope and Contents

Maps, diagrams, blueprints, and other engineering materials dealing with various companies, including USS Lead Refinery, Inc, Combined Metals Reduction Company, Kennecott Copper Corp., Utah Power and Light Company, American Zinc, Lead, and Smelting Co., Denver Equipment Co., Climax Molybdenum Co., Great Western Engineers, Inc., Allison Steel Manufacturing Company, American Smelting and Refining Company, Link-Belt Company, M. H. Detrick Co., and others. Dated 1917 to 1973.

Dates

  • 1917-1973

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Otto Duke papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

Otto Duke (1899-1983) was a mechanical engineer in the western United States.

Born in 1899, Otto Duke was educated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He worked as an instructor in that program in the 1930s, and later served as the secretary-treasurer of the Intermountain Alumni Association of the Theta Tau fraternity there. During his career in mining engineering, Duke worked with numerous mining companies,including the United States Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co. in Alaska, Chicago, and the western states; F.C. Torkelson Co. in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Alaska; Utah Construction and Stearns-Roger in Tucson, Arizona; Allis Chalmers, Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing, Columbia Steel Co., and Geneva Works; as well as the U.S. Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield, Utah. Duke died in 1983.

Extent

8 folders

27 oversize folders

Language of Materials

English

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