Clarence Edward Keefer manuscript

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0093

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists manuscript pages of chapters from Keefer's "Sewage-Treatment Works: Administration and Operation." There is also a typescript copy of the final draft. The materials date from 1935 to 1940.

Dates

Creation: 1935-1940

Creator

Keefer, Clarence Edward, 1891-1964 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical Note

Clarence Edward Keefer, a sanitary engineer, was born in Baltimore in 1891, and received his B.E. from Johns Hopkins in 1919. Keefer was employed by the Department of Public Works in Baltimore and eventually took over the design and construction of the Back River treatment works in 1921. From 1940 to 1945, Keefer was an instructor in sanitary engineering at JHU. He published an important work in his field, Sewage Treatment Works: Administration and Operation, in 1940.

Extent

1.9 Cubic Feet (5 letter size document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Clarence Edward Keefer, a sanitary engineer, was born in Baltimore in 1891, and received his B.E. from Johns Hopkins in 1919. From 1940 to 1945, Keefer was an instructor in sanitary engineering at JHU. He published an important work in his field in 1940. Collection consists manuscript pages of chapters from Keefer's "Sewage-Treatment Works: Administration and Operation" dating from 1935 to 1940.