Joseph Joyner Collection of Wm. D. Pence Papers
M2007.4
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Joseph Joyner Collection
- ID
- M2007.4
- Date [inclusive]
- 1887-1903
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Physical Description
- Handwritten and typed correspondence, handwritten notes and calculations,newspaper clippings. Many documents have been glued to sheets of scrap paper.
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 6, Section 4
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Joseph Joyner Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Historical Note
The documents are addressed to Dr. William D. Pence of the University of Illinois, or are thought to be his work. Pence was a civil engineer, with an interest in standpipe failures. Two handwritten items are either drafts for, or copies from, Stand-Pipe Accidents and Failures in the United States by Pence. Otherwise their provenance is unknown.
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the standpipe failure in Asheville on January 23, 1893, and storm damage to the standpipe in March 1887. There are also documents that refer to a standpipe being constructed in Concord, NC in 1903.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor
Thought to be Joseph Joyner
Processing Information
Originally processed by Special Collections staff, 2007. Foldered by G. Hyde. New finding aid by Colin Reeve, January 2017.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Pence, William D. Stand-Pipe Accidents and Failures in the United States: A Chronological Record of Accidents to and Failures of Water-Works Stand-Pipes in the United States. New York: Engineering News Pub. Co, 1895.
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 |
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Folder 1: Newspaper clippings describing the 1893 standpipe failure |
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Folder 2: Handwritten accounts of 1887 collapse, and 1893 burst, from manuscript for Stand-Pipe Accidents and Failures in the United States |
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Folder 3: Correspondence to Wm. D. Pence, University of Illinois, 1893 |
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Folder 4: Handwritten report of 1893 failure |
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Folder 5: Correspondence to Wm. D. Pence, 1893-1903 |
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Folder 6: Assorted notes and correspondence (related to standpipe in Concord, NC) |
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