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Hans John Asleson papers (N 129), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name.
Hans John Asleson was a Minneapolis engineer.
Collection contains blueprints for 132 engineering commissions, primarily for grain and other material handling equipment in installations around the Midwest.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.
Gantry crane
Box 1
American Falls, ID
blueprints
Jib crane
Box 1
St. Paul, MN
photostat
Roof plates and rafters; details of grain tanks
Box 1
Kansas City, MO
blueprints
Smokestack, self-supporting
Box 1
Anaconda, MT
blueprints
Stack details
Box 1
n.l.
ink on paper
Conveyor gallery
Box 1
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Universal distributor spout
Box 1
Winnipeg, Man., Canada
blueprints
Self-supporting stack
Box 1
Pueblo, CO
blueprints
Style #41A low frame tripper
Box 1
n.l.
blueprints
Fire escape
Box 1
Anoka, MN
blueprints
Catalog #44, #46, #75, #78, #79
Box 1
Philadelphia, PA
catalogs
Details of grain tanks
Box 1
Lisbon, ND
blueprints
Bulletin #1
Box 1
n.l.
catalog
General arrangement of #41-B tripper
Box 1
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints, photostat, blueline
Sluice gates
Box 1
Cornell, WI
blueprints, specs
Single drum swinger crab
Box 1
n.l.
blueprints
Standard conveyor coupling
Box 1
Chicago, IL
blueprints
Coal bunkers
Box 1
Superior, WI
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 1
Milwaukee, WI
blueprints
300-ton coaling station
Box 1
Denver, CO / Aurora, NE
blueprints
175-ton coaling station
Box 1
Dayton's Bluff, MN
blueprints
Details feeder hopper;coal and ash conveyor drives
Box 1
n.l.
blueprints
Elevator at coaling station
Box 1
Laredo, MO / Canton, SD
blueprints
Coal handling plant
Box 1
Hudson, WI
blueprints, photstats
150-ton coaling station
Box 1
Emerson, NE
blueprints
[unident]
Box 1
Amarillo, TX
bluelines
Grain tanks
Box 1
Madelia, MN
blueprints
Details of foundation
Box 1
Columbus, NE
blueprints
Grain tanks
Box 1
Montgomery, MN
blueprints
[unident]
Box 1
n.l.
blueprints
Stack
Box 1
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Detail of penstock
Box 2
Rapid City, SD
blueprints
Tower for tank
Box 2
De Smet, SD
blueprints
Spouts for coal bunker
Box 2
Eau Claire, WI
blueprints
Spout under grain tank
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
[calculations, etc. - published]
Box 2
n.l.
Dix J. Asleson
blueprints
Coaling gates
Box 2
Two Harbors, MN
blueprints
Eagle wagon dump [published diagrams, etc]
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
catalog
Ash conveyor
Box 2
New Ulm, MN
blueprints, photostats
Cover plates over manholes
Box 2
n.l.
blueprints
Elevator leg; elevator head
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 2
Brier Hill, OH
blueprints
Hopper scale
Box 2
St. Johnsbury, VT
blueprints, catalogs
Suspension bearing dump scale
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Coal handling plant
Box 2
Faribault, MN
photostats
Breeching
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Sclae hopper details; other work
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Coal handling plant
Box 2
Fergus Falls, MN
blueprints
Coal and ash handling plant
Box 2
Appleton, WI
photostats
Details of foundation
Box 2
Fremont, NE
blueprints
Storage tanks
Box 2
Grafton, ND
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 2
Port Huron, MI
blueprints
Coal chute
Box 2
Sand Point, ID
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 2
Minneapolis, MN
bluelines
Coal bin
Box 2
Havre, MT
blueprints
Coal handling equipment
Box 2
Minot, ND
blueprints
Grain tank
Box 2
Gwenford, ID
blueprints
Proposed power plant; coal bunker
Box 2
Hastings, MN
Charles Pillsbury Company
blueprints
Car puller
Box 2
La Crosse, WI
blueprints
Oil tank supports
Box 2
Groton, SD
blueprints
Tank and tower
Box 2
Hinckley, MN/ Jackson, MN
blueprints
Coke handling equipment
Box 2
Jackson, MI
blueprints
Weigh hopper
Box 2
Whitby, Ont., Canada
blueprints
Coal handling equipment
Box 2
Jamestown, ND
blueprints
Travelling weigh hopper
Box 2
St. Peter, MN
blueprints
Grain tank
Box 2
Howells, NE
blueprints
Belt conveyor details
Box 2
n.l.
blueprints
Spouts, trolleys, other work
Box 3
Omaha, NE
blueprints
Tank and tower
Box 3
Irwin, WA
blueprints, bluelines
Blast furnace flue
Box 3
Tooele, UT
photostats
[unident]
Box 3
n.l.
blueprints
Catalog #271, other details
Box 3
Columbus, OH
blueprints, photostats, catlogs
Self-supporting stack
Box 3
St. Paul, MN
pencil on vellum
Brownsdale Mill - Tank and tower
Box 3
n.l.
bluelines
Steel stack
Box 3
St. Paul, MN
blueprints
Coal conveyor
Box 3
Zion City, IL
blueprints
Stoker spouts, gates and operating mechanisms
Box 3
Babbit, MN
photostat
Adjusting screws - detail
Box 3
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
600-ton coaling station
Box 3
Hopkins, MN
blueprints
Riverside station - Self-supporting stack
Box 3
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
[unident]
Box 3
n.l.
pencil on vellum
Taintor gate
Box 3
n.l.
photostats
Ash tank and support
Box 3
International Falls, MN
blueprints
Tank and tower
Box 3
International Falls, MN
blueprints
Taintor gate
Box 3
Little Falls, MN
blueprints
[unident]
Box 3
Ah Gwah Ching, MN
blueprints
Coal handling equipment
Box 3
Chisholm, MN
blueprints
Weigh hopper
Box 4
Norfolk, VA
blueprints, photostat
Wood yoke
Box 4
Waukegan, IL
blueprints
Tanks
Box 4
Davenport, IA
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 4
North Judson, IN
blueprints
Coal bunker
Box 4
Grand Forks, ND
blueprints
Foundation
Box 4
Winona, MN
blueprints
Flue
Box 4
Sioux Falls, SD
blueprints
Breeching
Box 4
Fargo, ND
blueprints
High Bridge Station - Stack
Box 4
St. Paul, MN
blueprints
Coal gates
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Rock crusher building
Box 4
Mason City, IA
blueprints
Parts list, diagrams
Box 4
Chicago, IL
photostat
Smoke stack
Box 4
Parral, Mexico
blueprints
Tower for tank
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Tank
Box 4
Hibbing, MN
blueprints
Gantry crane
Box 4
Fond du Lac, WI
blueprints
Gantry crane
Box 4
Blanchard Falls, MN
blueprints
Tanks, gates, other work
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Clamp collar
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
pencil and ink on vellum
Specifications for tanks
Box 4
n.l.
photostated catalog
Scales
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Coal and ash handling plant
Box 4
Pueblo, CO
blueprints
Elevator
Box 4
Montgomery, MN
blueprints
Conveyor
Box 4
Red Wing, MN
blueprints
Portable hopper
Box 4
Green Bay, WI
blueprints
Skip hoist
Box 4
Denver, CO
blueprints
Coaling plants
Box 4
Chicago, IL
catalog
Order form
Box 4
Chicago, IL
catalog
Elevator casing
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Proposed auto parking ramp - #40 Palace Court
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
William Comb
blueprints, photographs
Tank and tower
Box 4
San Diego, CA
blueprints
Bag house
Box 4
n.l.
photostats
Seed tank, track hopper
Box 4
Minneapolis, MN
blueprints
Coal handling and storage
Box 4
Bozeman, MT
photostats
Coal handling plant
Box 4
Rochester, MN
blueprints
[calculations from various commissions]
Box 4
varies
typed
Car spouts
Box 4
Port Arthur, Ont, Canada
blueprints
Tainter gates
Box 4
Tomahawk, WI
blueprints
Coaling station
Box 5
Hanna, WY
blueprints
Wabash gates
Box 5
Kearney, NE
blueprints
Coal conveyor
Box 5
Ft. Collins, CO
blueprints
Breeching dampers
Box 5
St. Cloud, MN
blueprints
Gantry crane
Box 5
Colter Develpoment, ??
blueprints
Coal bunker
Box 5
Salt Lake City, UT
blueprints
Conveyor, other work
Box 5
Winona, MN
blueprints, pencil on paper, photostats