- Additional Authors
- Description
- 16.1 linear feet (13 boxes and 5 other items).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Blueprints.
- Lantern slides.
- Maps.
- Photoprints.
- Access (note)
- Biography (note)
- John Francis Sullivan (1878- ) was an engineer who worked on New York City municipal improvement projects from the 1900s through the 1920s. In 1930 he was appointed City Planner. From 1918 to 1920, as an Army Reserve officer, Sullivan directed construction of the United States Nitrate Plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also served in 1927 as a consultant on the construction of the Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 2923
- Author
Sullivan, John Francis, 1878-
- Title
John Francis Sullivan papers, ca. 1906-1933, bulk (1920-1930).
- Summary
Collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, transcripts, blueprints, maps, notes, sketches, photographs, and printed matter chiefly concerning the projects Sullivan worked on in New York City. Projects documented include West Side improvement, 1909-1920s; sewers and New York harbor pollution, 1912-1928; subway and bus routes, 1900s-1920s; port and harbor development, 1919-1920; and road and bridge construction in the 1920s. Sullivan's work on the Cooper River Bridge in 1926 and 1927 is documented in these files and some personal and miscellaneous materials are included. U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2 records, 1918-1921, consist of correspondence and other materials concerning the construction of the plant at Muscle Shoals and ensuing congressional investigation. Also, photographs, including approximately 150 lantern slides; blueprints and maps; notes and sketches; and printed matter with many clippings.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
John Francis Sullivan (1878- ) was an engineer who worked on New York City municipal improvement projects from the 1900s through the 1920s. In 1930 he was appointed City Planner. From 1918 to 1920, as an Army Reserve officer, Sullivan directed construction of the United States Nitrate Plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also served in 1927 as a consultant on the construction of the Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Engineers.
- Added Author
Wilgus, William J. (William John), 1865-1949.
United States Nitrate Plant No. 2 (Muscle Shoals, Ala.)
- LCCN
ms 74000555
- Research Call Number
MssCol 2923