Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The papers of Harvey Dean Miner consist of .5 linear feet of material centered on the industrial arts career of Harvey Miner of Bowling Green, Ohio. The collection spans the years circa 1935 to 1975 and is made up of subject files, literary productions, maps, printed materials and photographs.

The donation of these papers to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged through the cooperation of Beverly M. Miner of Bowling Green, Ohio, on December 4, 2007. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. The register was completed by Stephen W. Badenhop, Graduate Assistant in January 2008.

Biographical Sketch

Harvey Dean Miner (1910-1998) was an influential industrial arts instructor at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, for forty years. He was born January 7, 1910, in Tontogany, Ohio, to Hugh V. and Mabel Shanower Miner. Harvey received a bachelor of science in education, specializing in industrial arts, in 1932 from Bowling Green State University where he later became an instructor in 1935. He later went on to earn a master's degree from Ohio University in 1947 and studied at the doctoral level at Western Reserve and Wayne State Universities.

Miner established new industrial art technology facilities and programs throughout schools in Ohio including Weston, McClure, Florida, Wauseon, Anthony Wayne and Graham Local High School in St. Paris. In 1959 he was selected as a member of a team to establish technical education facilities in Eastern Nigeria under the sponsorship of the U.S. Government, where he and his family resided for two years.

During his tenure at Bowling Green he authored many articles and published a book entitled Exploring Patternmaking & Foundry. He retired from Bowling Green State University in 1975 as Associate Professor Emeritus. Harvey was considered by many to be "an excellent educator, cabinetmaker, carpenter, and patternmaker." He died on June 20, 1998 in Bowling Green.

Scope and Content 

The Harvey Dean Miner Papers consists of .5 linear feet of materials revolving around the industrial arts career of Harvey Miner from circa 1935 to 1975. The collection includes subject files, printed materials, maps and photographs.

The subject files include industrial arts project plans and industrial art facilities and programs development plans at schools throughout Ohio, including McClure, Otsego and Weston. Floor plans for these facilities are included in the map section. There are also numerous articles written by Miner addressing several industrial art issues. Photographs in the collection show the changes instituted by Miner in industrial arts programs in "before" and "after" shots of various school industrial art facilities. Any one interested in industrial arts education would find this collection a very useful research tool in their investigations.

Series Description

SUBJECT FILES

SUBJECT FILES
c.1935-1975
Arranged alphabetically
Files about industrial arts projects in the classroom and the development of industrial arts programs at other institutions, most notably McClure, Otsego and Weston

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

ARTICLES
1940s-1960s
Arranged chronologically
Articles written by Harvey Miner addressing industrial art issues in the classroom

MAPS, CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, LISTS, ETC.

DIAGRAMS
n.d
Floor plans of industrial art classrooms in various Ohio schools

PRINTED MATERIAL

PRINTED MATERIAL
1930s-1970s
Invitations, flyers and newsletters relating to Harvey Miner

PHOTOGRAPHS

PHOTOGRAPHS
n.d.
1930s-1950s
School pictures and industrial art project pictures

ARTIFACTS

ARTIFACTS
n.d.
Industrial arts ruler and metric converter

Inventory

Box 1

1. 2" Belt Sander Plans, n.d.
2. Art Metal and Plastics Projects, n.d.
3. McClure High School Industrial Arts Department, 1956
4. Otsego Local Schools Industrial Arts Department, 1958
5. Patternmaking and Foundry Projects, n.d.
6. Plywood Projects, 1937-1950
7. School Shop Project Notebook, n.d.
8. School Shop Project Notebook, n.d.
9. Weston Industrial Arts Department, 1953
10. Weston Local School Industrial Arts Department, [1953]
11. Weston High School Industrial Arts Department, [1953]

Box 2

Folder

1. The Problem of Tool Storage, 1949
2. Patternmaking and Foundry Work in the General Shop, 1950
3. Caring for Finishing Brushes, 1959
4. Effective Shop Safety Organization, 1959
5. Foundry Molding Sand Mixer, 1967
6. Industrial Art Laboratory Plans, n.d.
7. Invitations, 1938-1977
8. Flyers, 1951-1952
9. Newsletters, 1951-1977
10. Photographs, 1930s-1950s
11. Artifacts, n.d.

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