Langford Taylor Alden papers
Content Description
The Langford Taylor Alden papers contain biographical material, personal photographs (including images of the 1904 RPI Cane Rush), photographs of several of Alden’s civil engineering projects, drawings and planning documents for civil engineering projects, and two sets of drafting instruments.
Dates
- 1904-1940
Biographical / Historical
Langford Taylor Alden was born in Troy, NY in 1887. He entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1904 as a member of the class of 1908 and graduated in June 1909 with a degree in Civil Engineering. During his 46 year career as a civil engineer his work focused on bridges, harbor development, and industrial plant design and construction in New York, California, Idaho, Virginia, Mexico, Canada, and Japan. During World War I he served in the French Foreign Legion and American Ambulance Service and during World War II he worked for the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Ships. He died in Carmel, California in 1985.
Extent
.4 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Langford Taylor Alden Papers, MC 93
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Dojka
- Date
- 7/26/2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
lib-archives@rpi.edu