H.G. Thuesen Collection
Papers, 1925-1968

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Collection No. 71-001

The collection contains papers associated with the research of OAMC Industrial Engineering professor H.G. Thuesen, including the development of the memo-activity camera (1962) and the "world's first operable parking meter." The first parking meter was tested in Oklahoma City in July 1935 and officially patented in 1938. Thuesen also wrote on the development of the first forty years (1926-1966) of instruction in Industrial Engineering and Management at OAMC. The materials included are manuscripts, blueprints, articles, drawings, correspondence, advertisements, and publications.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Access to this collection is unrestricted.

Finding aid available in repository; folder level control.

.5 linear ft. (1 manuscript box)

Oklahoma State University Libraries
Special Collections and University Archives
Stillwater, OK 74078-1071

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BOX 1
Folder:

1. American Legion speech, 1932.
2. Articles in his files on retirement, 1963.
3. Biographical, H. G. Thuesen, Gerald A. Hale.
4. "The Development of the Parking Meter As I Saw It", by H. G. Thuesen.
5. Engineering, OAMC. 1932-33, 1948, 1967.
6. Engineering, OAMC. Purposes, Objectives, Policies and Procedures, 1946.
7. The First Forty Years of Industrial Engineering and Management at OSU. As I Saw It. - Figures, 1966-67.
8. Frank and Lillin Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award, 1964.
9. "Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences", by LeRoy Fischer, Chronicle of Oklahoma, 1970.
10. Hale, Gerald A. Correspondence, 1968.
11. "Oklahoma and the Parking Meter", LeRoy Fischer, Chronicle of Oklahoma, 1969.
12. Parking Meter. Advertisements, 1930s-1950s.
13. Parking Meters. Articles, 1948, 1951, 1960.
14. Parking Meter. Assembly and detail drawings, 1934.
15. Parking Meter. Correspondence, 1933-1966.
16. Parking Meter. "Is the Park-O-Meter Legal?", Butterfield vs. City of Oklahoma City, 1935.
17. Parking Meter. Patent, 1938.
18. The Park-O-Meter Story by G. A. Hale, 1967.
19. "Reminiscences of the Development of the Parking Meter", The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Summer 1967.
20. "Reminiscences of the Development of the Parking Meter", Chronicles of Oklahoma, Summer 1967, Reprint.
21. "Reminiscences of the Development of the Parking Meter". Correspondence, 1967.
22. Time Recorder. Articles, 1947, 1949.
23. Time Recorder. "Automatic Time Recorder", by Ralph Barnes and E. D. Williams, Jr., n.d.
24. Time Recorder. Memo-Activity Camera, 1961-62, 1968.
25. Time Recorder. Notes, 1946, 1967.

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