MS044: Leroy Norman Reeve Collection

Leroy Norman Reeve’s collection includes professional reports, publications, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs and correspondence from 1906-1978.

Box 1 contains employment information and career correspondence from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, and his field work in Japan. There is also a folder of letters after his retirement. The end Box 1 includes publications, reports, and research pertaining to his work on various dam construction projects and hydroelectric power plants. The newspaper clippings contain information on work related topics and personal endeavors. Memorabilia from Reeve’s life includes souvenirs from overseas and handwritten notes from friends and colleagues.

Box 2 contains strictly photographs. The first folder houses a few pictures of family including Reeve’s mother, uncle, and wife. Subsequent folders include dam construction projects in the USA, Japan and the Dominican Republic. The final folders in Box 2 contain photos of Reeve and colleagues at various work sites, as well as college reunion pictures of the class of 1906.

Box 3 contains artifacts from Reeve’s professional life. It houses his Society of Civil Engineers Diplomas – associate member in 1913, full member in 1917, and honorary lifetime member in 1948. Also in Box 3 is a ribbon that commemorates his 50 year association with WPI as a civil engineer. Two containers in Box 3 hold professional pins he collected during his career. One container contains a very unique and valuable pin which notes his involvement in the Manhattan Project. A fragile Japanese fan with signatures of colleagues from Japan is also included in Box 3.

Stored separately, with WPI Diplomas and related diplomas and certificates in 16”X20” box: Diploma -- Bachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering, 1906 Diploma – National Society of Professional Engineers, June 25, 1945