53910670 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x988mq revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context VIAF revised 2015-09-17 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-15T19:11:22 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-15T19:11:22 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF /data/source/findingAids/uct/MSS19920033.xml United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. corporateBody United Engineers & Constructors (U.S.) presumed United Engineers & Constructors, inc. presumed United Engineers & Constructors. presumed active 1929 active 1944 Chance, Edwin M. Kellems, Vivien. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer Philadelphia Improvements. Wharton School. Industrial Research Unit. United Engineers & Constructors (U.S.) Chance, Edwin M. Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1929-1944. Chance, Edwin M. United Engineers & Constructors. Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1929-1944. 3 items (3 leaves). Correspondence concerns the Central Heating Plant, Washington, D.C., Work No. 267. Chance's firm, United Engineers & Constructors, was associated with Cret on this project. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library Vivien Kellems Papers, undated, 1879-1976. Kellems, Vivien. Vivien Kellems Papers undated, 1879-1976. 82.75 Linear feet Vivien Kellems, Connecticut businesswoman and activist, served as president of the Kellems Cable Grip Company into the early 1960s. She also devoted herself to challenging the United States Government on issues such as personal rights during war time, business tax withholding from employees, inflated singles income tax and fair voting procedures. English Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. Wharton School. Industrial Research Unit. Records, 1941-2001 (bulk, 1968-1988). Wharton School. Industrial Research Unit. Cappelli, Peter. Northrup, Herbert Roof, 1918-. Wharton School. Center for Human Resources. Wharton School. Industrial Research Dept. Records, 1941-2001 (bulk, 1968-1988). 23 linear ft. The records consist of surveys, notes, interviews and background materials for the studies produced by the Industrial Research Unit and its predecessor from 1941 to 1990 and collected and maintained by Herbert R. Northrup. The bulk of the files are from the 1970s and 1980s, but there are also a few files from the Center for Human Resources and its first director, Peter Cappelli. Fininshed studies and publications of the Unit are catalogued in the Imprints Dept. The OSHA files deal with the impact of chemical exposure in the aerospace and chemical industries, and of noise and dust exposure in the textile industry. Series V consists of questionnaires for a 1991 survey conducted for the National Association of Manufacturers on the shortage of skilled workers, including questions on training, retraining, hiring practices, turnover rate and orientaion practices. Hagley Museum & Library Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer Philadelphia Improvements. Records, 1925-1938. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer Philadelphia Improvements. Records, 1925-1938. 3 linear ft. The files of the Chief Engineer Philadelphia Improvements describe the design and construction of the project through the end of 1937. Later documentation may be found in the records of the Chief Engineer-Eastern Region. The files cover design work by the architects, technical problems affecting operation of the stations, publicity, negotiations and coordination with the city and its architect, Paul Cret, and with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, and the impact of the depression on financing and the work force. There are also colorful letters of complaint by patrons and lengthy descriptions of attempts to remedy conditions in the poorly-ventilated underground station, along with floor plans of various schemes for the station buildings and maps of the entire project area. Hagley Museum & Library