Harold L. Manley Collection, 1911-1949

Title: Harold L. Manley Collection, 1911-1949

Predominant Dates: 1928-1940

ID: MSS Manley

Primary Creator: Manley, Harold Leonard (1915-1996)

Extent: 0.35 cubic feet

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Harold L. Manley Collection consists of lecture notes and problem sets from mathematics and engineering classes as well as several mathematics and engineering textbooks. Manley graduated from Oregon State College in 1940 with a BS degree in Civil Engineering.

Scope and Content Notes

The Harold L. Manley Collection consists of lecture notes and problem sets from mathematics and engineering classes that Manley took at Oregon State College in 1939-1940 as well as several mathematics and engineering textbooks. Of particular interest are lecture notes from a numerical calculus class taught by W.E. Milne and a 1949 numerical calculus textbook by Milne.

In addition to the numerical calculus lecture notes, the collection includes problems in differential equations and statically indeterminate structures. The textbooks include Numerical Calculus: Approximations, Interpolation, Finite Differences, Numerical Integration, and Curve Fitting by W.E. Milne (1949); Elementary Differential Equations by Lyman M. Kells (1935); Strain Energy Methods of Stress Analysis by A.J. Sutton Pippard (1928); Theory of Elasticity by S. Timoshenko (1934); and Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus by W.A. Granville (1911).

Biographical / Historical Notes

Alumnus Harold L. (Hal) Manley entered Oregon State College in January 1938 and graduated in June 1940 with a BS degree in Civil Engineering. He worked briefly for the National Bureau of Standards after graduation and served in the US Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946. In 1946, he became a State Registered Civil Engineer in California; shortly thereafter he began working for the Department of Building and Safety of the City of Los Angeles where he remained until his retirement in 1975.

Author: Elizabeth Nielsen

Administrative Information

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The materials were donated to the University Archives by Manley's son, Steven L. Manley, in 2000.

Related Materials: The Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks (MSS Hironaka) consist of class notebooks created by Hironaka for engineering courses that he took at Oregon State College in the 1950s. The W.E. Milne Collection (MSS Milne) includes other mathematical publications by Milne. The Mathematics Department Records (RG 136) include Milne's general correspondence from the 1930s.

Preferred Citation: Harold L. Manley Collection (MSS Manley), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

People, Places, and Topics

Elementary differential equations
Elements of the differential and integral calculus
Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Manley, Harold Leonard, 1915-1996
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Numerical calculus
Strain energy methods of stress analysis
Theory of elasticity