Joseph Jefferson Slomer Papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Joseph Jefferson Slomer Papers
- Date
- 1919-1966, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Slomer, J.J. (Joseph Jefferson), 1897-1965
- Extent
- 0.7 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Engineering -- Kentucky.
- Mining engineering -- Kentucky.
- Patents -- United States.
- Hydraulics
- Engineering -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Hydraulic engineers
- Slomer, J.J. (Joseph Jefferson), 1897-1965
- Goodman Manufacturing Company
- American Society of Lubrication Engineers
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by organization name or format into 6 series: Bibliographical Files; Goodman Manufacturing Company; American Society of Lubrication Engineers; National Congerence on Institutional Hydraulics; Other Professional Organizations; and Patents, Publications, and Writing. Within series, organized chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2023ua050 : [identification of item], Jospeph Jefferson Papers, 1919-1966, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Joseph Jefferson Slomer was born in Covington, Kentucky, on August 16, 1897. He started work for Goodman Manufacturing Company, Cinicinnati, Ohio, in 1914 while also studying mechanical drawing, shop, algebra and geometry at the Ohio Mechanics Institute. In November 1918, he began studying radio at the University of Kentucky during World War I as part of the vocational section of the U.S. Army. After the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, Slomer stayed at the University of Kentucky, enrolling in engineering, and graduated in 1922 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and returned to Goodman Manufacturing Company in 1923, where he worked as an engineer and inventor on mining machinery, hydraulics, and lubrication for over 30 years. He was issued over 30 patents and was an active member of several professional organizations, including as Chairman for the Chicago Section of the American Society of Lubricantion Engineers and Director for the 1951 National Conference on Institutional Hydraulics. He married Lee Mae Christerson on July 22, 1924. They had two children, Joseph Gayle Slomer and Emma Laune Slomer. He died in Chicago in 1965.
- Scope and Content
- The Joseph Jefferson Slomer papers (dated 1919-1966, undated; 0.7 cubic feet, 2 boxes) comprise letters, photographs, event materials, articles, writings and speeches, patents, publications, technical diagrams, and biographical materials that document the career of University of Kentucky alumnus Joseph Jefferson Slomer, a hydraulics engineer for the Goodman Manufacturing Company stationed in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of the materials document his work on mining machinery, hydraulics, and lubricants at Goodman Manufacturing Company, including his roles as a lecturer, engineer, supervisor and inventor. Also documented is his participation and leadership within the American Society of Lubrication Engineers and the National Conference on Institutional Hydraulics. Also included are several publications where his picture was printed and/or work discussed.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Biographical Files, (1943?)-1966, undated
Scope and Contents
Biographical Files contain typed and handwritten biographies; correspondence to the University of Kentucky; correspondence related to job-seeking; printed materials realted to Slomer; and documents related to death and estate settlement.
Resumés and biographies, (1943?)-1957, undated
Career development, 1943-1946
- Box 1, folder 2
Scope and Contents
Comprises correspondence that documents a persuit for a higher degree from the University of Kentucky and variouis outreaches for potential new employment.
Printed materials related to Slomer, 1953-1957
- Box 1, folder 3
Scope and Contents
Contains articles and publications that mention or picture Slomer.
Teaching materials, undated
- Box 1, folder 4
Scope and Contents
Contains teaching matierials; unknown if written by or received by Slomer or whether part of his education or from his time as a teacher.
Subject files and research materials, 1941-1949, undated
- Box 1, folder 5
Scope and Contents
Contains printed materials and handwritten notes related to hydraulics, including notes on Hydraulics: A Test on Practical Fluid Mechanics by R.L. Daugherty, 1937. Also includes correspondence from the Encyclopedia Britannica Library Research Service fulfilling a bibliography request on the history of hydraulics.
Will, estate affidavit, nursing home invoice, cemetery invoice, and autopsy correspondence, 1959-1966
Goodman Manufacturing Company, 1919-1960
Correspondence and reports, 1926-1952
Machine manuals, 1919, 1920, 1956-1957, undated
Typescript and handwritten operational instructions, 1945-1957, undated
Technical diagrams (blueprints and sketches), 1925-1950
Field tests, 1924-1935
Printed materials, 1945-1960
- Box 1, folder 12
Scope and Contents
Contains printed materials related to Goodman Manufacturing Company, including programs for the eleventh and fifteenth Goodman Emblem Club Annual Dinner, pages a pamphlet listing Emblem Club members, and an article on the death of Edward Sperry, a member of the Board of Directors.
American Society of Lubrication Engineers, 1947-1960
National Conference on Institutional Hydraulics, 1947-1961
Membership and committee materials including correspondence, 1949-1961
Presentations, 1949, 1955
8th annual conference contribution award, 1952
5th annual conference banquet photographs, 1949
Proceedings and programs, 1947-1960
Other Professional Orgaizations, 1944-1960
Patents, Publications, and Writing, 1925-1960
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