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Northwestern Engineering Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1924-

Biography

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1, 1919-1953

 File — Box B207.01.0001: Series B207.01; Series B207.02 [Barcode: U186020737342]
Identifier: B207.01.0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Papers contain nine folders and one book, Paving the Way: The Life Morris E. Adelstein by Howard Shaff and Audrey K. Shaff (1970). There are eight folders of photographs and one folder with two issues of The National Jewish Monthly magazine (1944-1945).

Dates: 1919-1953

Culvert, 1919

 Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002.00004
Abstract

Mounted photograph showing a culvert in South Dakota. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, Morris Adelstein joined his mother in Kadoka, South Dakota and was elected as the county engineer for several counties in South Dakota. Morris Adelstein and his banker founded the Northwestern Engineering Company in 1924.

Dates: 1919

Culvert Construction, 1919

 Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0001.00002
Abstract Mounted photograph showing a construction crew building a culvert in South Dakota. Nine men pose at a bridge construction site, where a concrete pour is beginning. The forms are fitted with rebar; a concrete mixer with extended trough is at the back, along with a tarped stack of cement bags, a gravel pile and two wheelbarrows. Loose lumber is scattered about the site. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, Morris Adelstein joined his mother in Kadoka, South Dakota and...
Dates: 1919

Culvert Construction, 1919

 Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0001.00001
Abstract Mounted photograph showing a construction crew of fifteen men at a worksite in South Dakota where a concrete culvert pour is about to begin. Forms are fitted with rebar, a concrete mixer with extended trough is at the back, along with a tarped stack of supplies, a gravel pile, two wheelbarrows, a shovel and other tools. Two kegs (probably holding nails for form assembly) are at the right front and back, and two men standing at the left of the photo have shovels. After serving in the Army as...
Dates: 1919

Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B207
Abstract Morris Adelstein was born in Des Moines, Iowa on June 2, 1894. His parents had immigrated from Russia and settled in Des Moines, Iowa. His mother Bailey Adelstein Martinsky homesteaded land in South Dakota in 1910 and moved with her youngest daughters to Kadoka, South Dakota. Morris Adelstein graduated from Highland Park College in Des Moines with a degree in englineering. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, he joined his mother in Kadoka and was elected as the...
Dates: Other: between 1919-2005

Moving in from Bel. Water Job, 1929

 File
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0005
Abstract

File contains image of construction equipment and houses in the background.

Dates: 1929

Photographs, between 1919-1953

 Series
Identifier: B207.01
Abstract

The series contains photographs of Northwestern Engineering Company worksites and a photograph of Kadoka, South Dakota.

Dates: between 1919-1953

Photographs of Work Sites, 1926-1953

 File
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0004
Abstract

File contains Northwestern Engineering Company photographs of the construction of bridges and roads in South Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah. Taped on the photographs are descriptions and explanations of the work.

Dates: 1926-1953

Publications, 1944-1945, 2005

 Series
Identifier: B207.02
Scope and Contents

Series contains 1 folder with two issues of The National Jewish Monthly and a book on Morris E. Adelstein and Northwestern Engineering Company.

Dates: 1944-1945, 2005

Road and Culvert Work, 1919

 File
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Papers contain nine folders and one book, Paving the Way: The Life Morris E. Adelstein by Howard Shaff and Audrey K. Shaff (1970). There are eight folders of photographs and one folder with two issues of The National Jewish Monthly magazine (1944-1945).

Dates: 1919

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 16
Collection 1
 
Subject
Photographs 11
South Dakota 11
Jewish engineers 9
Roads 6
Design and construction 5