Oscar E. Manz Papers, 1892-2001

Oscar E. Manz Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Oscar E. Manz Papers, 1892-2001

ID: OGLMC1285

Primary Creator: Manz, Oscar (1927-)

Extent: 3.75 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 03/00/1994. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Geology, University of North Dakota - Faculty

Languages: English

Abstract

1927-; UND Department of Civil Engineering, 1952-1989

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Oscar Manz Papers date from 1892 to 2001 and consist of reports and other materials on North Dakota clays, shales, and volcanic ash. The collection has been divided into nine series as follows:

Series 1: Biographical Information

Series 2: North Dakota Clays

Series 3: Bentonites

Series 4: Construction Material Studies

Series 5: Fly Ash

Series 6: Insulators

Series 7: North Dakota Mineral and Water Resources

Series 8: Soil Stabilization

Series 9: Volcanic Ash (Pumice)

Collection Historical Note

Oscar E. Manz, the son of a Canadian Lutheran minister, was born in Castor, Alberta, in 1927.

Manz grew up in Lemburg, Saskatchewan and received his Bachelor's degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1951. Manz joined the UND Department of Civil Engineering in 1952.

In addition to his academic duties, Professor Manz formed and became the director of the Coal By-Products Utilization Laboratory (CBUL) at the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) of the University of North Dakota, a lab that focuses on the utilization of high-lime fly ash in concrete. Manz also provided consulting services in the areas of soil stabilization, fly ash utilization, and clay and shale evaluations. Professor Manz's pioneering efforts in the utilization of fly ash formed the basis for many new products from combustion ash. In addition, Manz helped to form the Western Fly Ash Research, Development, and Data Center (now the Coal Ash Resources Research Consortium [CARRC]) at the EERC.

Manz was a member of several organizations, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the North Dakota Academy of Science, and an honorary member of the American Coal Ash Association. He received many awards and honors, such as the Elwyn F. Chandler Award in 1987, and the Edward A. Abdun-Nur Award for Fly Ash in 1992. Manz authored and coauthored over 100 publications and professional presentations.

Oscar Manz retired from UND as Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, in June 1989.

Subject/Index Terms

Geology
University of North Dakota - Faculty

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Additions received in 1997 and 2002

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Oscar Manz

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.94-1943

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Oscar Manz Papers. OGLMC 1285, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in November 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Information],
[Series 2: North Dakota Clays],
[Series 3: Bentonites],
[Series 4: Construction Material Studies],
[Series 5: Fly Ash],
[Series 6: Insulators],
[Series 7: North Dakota Mineral and Water Resources],
[Series 8: Soil Stabilization],
[Series 9: Volcanic Ash (Pumice)],
[All]

Series 1: Biographical Information

Box 1

Folder 1: Manz, Oscar; Clay Research at the University of North Dakota, 1954
Folder 2: Manz, Oscar; Lightweight Aggregate Research at the University of North Dakota: 1955.
Folder 3: Manz, Oscar; Lake Agassiz Brick Clay Research: 1956.
Folder 4: Explorer: 1980.
Folder 5: Manz's Resume' and business cards: 1994.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Articles: various dates.

Box 3

Folder 24: Text of speech in honor of Oscar Manz, delivered by Harvey Gullicks, 27 September 2000

Series 2: North Dakota Clays

Box 1

Folder 7: Babcock, E.J.; Clays of Economic Value in North Dakota, 1892
Folder 8: Clapp, C.H.; 1906 Administrative Report North Dakota Clays.
Folder 9: Leonard, A.G.; Forth Biennial Report of the State Geological Survey of North Dakota: 1906.
Folder 10: Leonard, A.G.; State Geological Survey of North Dakota: Sixth Biennial Report: 1912.
Folder 11: Leonard, Arthur Gray; The White River Formation in North Dakota: 1922.
Folder 12: Clay Patents: 1925-1935.
Folder 13: Budge, W.E.; Report of Survey of Clay Deposits along Main Line of the Northern Pacific Railway: 1931.
Folder 14: Fraser, F.J.; Geology of Southern Saskatchewan (maps to accompany): 1935.
Folder 15: School of Mines; Mineral Resources Survey of 1937: Bleaching Clay in the Pembina Mountains and Marl Deposits Near Devils Lake.
Folder 16: Gries, John Paul; Economic Possibilities of the Pierre Shale: 1942.
Folder 17: Laird, Wilson M., Dr.; Geology of the Pembina Hills: 1951
Folder 18: Manz's Research on Clays and Shales: 1954.
Folder 19: Manz's Research on Clays and Shales: 1956.
Folder 20: Prokopovich, Nikola; Preliminary Survey of Bloating Clays and Shales of Minnesota: 1957.
Folder 21: Adolphson, D.G.; Test Drilling in the Walhalla Area Pembina County, North Dakota: 1960.
Folder 22: Sahinen, U.M.; Progress Report of Clays and Shales of Montana: 1960-1961.
Folder 23: Van Sant, Joel N.; Refractory Clay Deposits of Wyoming: 1961.
Folder 24: Jepsen, Glenn L.; Eocene Vertebrates, Coprolites, and Plants in the Golden Valley Formation of Western North Dakota: 1963.
Folder 25: Schultz, Leonard G.; Quantitative Interpretation of Mineralogical Composition from X-Ray and Chemical Data for the Pierre Shale: 1964.
Folder 26: Schultz, Leonard G.; Mineralogy and Stratigraphy of the Lower Part of the Pierre Shale, South Dakota and Nebraska: 1965.
Folder 27: Leo J. Hickey, "Hebron Member Clays": Field Notes and Section Drawings for PhD. Dissertation, Princeton. (Geology Library has a copy). Part I. (1967).
Folder 28: Leo J. Hickey, "Hebron Member Clays": Field Notes and Section Drawings for PhD. Dissertation, Princeton. (Geology Library has a copy). Part II. (1967).
Folder 29: Leo J. Hickey, "Hebron Member Clays": Field Notes and Section Drawings for PhD. Dissertation, Princeton. (Geology Library has a copy). Part III. (1967).
Folder 30: Aase, James H.; Field Investigation and Testing of a Minnesota Clay Resource for Iron Ore Pellet Bonding: 1968.
Folder 31: Goss, David A.; Feasibility of Establishing a Clay Products or Cement Block Manufacturing Plant in the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation North Dakota: 1968.
Folder 32: Westwood Case: 1977.
Folder 33: Schrader, E.L.; General Geology and Operations of Kaolin Mining in the "Southwestern Clay Belt": A Perspective from Huber, Georgia: 1983.
Folder 34: Hauck, S.; LCMR Clay Project: NRRI Summary Report: 1990.
Folder 35: Toth, Thomas A.; Characterization of New and Traditional Clay Products Using Wrenshall, Springfield, and St. Cloud Area Clays: 1990.
Folder 36: Brick and Tile (undated).
Folder 37: Clay Miscellaneous (undated).
Folder 38: College of Mining Engineering; Laboratory Notes and Methods of Instruction in Chemistry of Clay Products: (undated).
Folder 39: Crawford, G.S.; Saskatchewan Ball Clays in Whiteware Bodies: (undated).

Box 3

Folder 25: Fritz, Ann. "North Dakota Clay." North Dakota Geological Society Newsletter: Spring 1998.
Folder 26: Murphy, Edward. "North Dakota Clay: A Historical Review of Clay Utilization in North Dakota." North Dakota Geological Society Miscellaneous Series: 1995; "A Brief History of Clay Resources in North Dakota." North Dakota History: 1998.
Folder 27: Powell, Patrick. "Ball Clay Basics." The American Ceramic Society Bulletin: June 1996.
Folder 29: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings Regarding North Dakota Pottery: 1994-2001.

Series 3: Bentonites

Box 2

Folder 1: Hammers, Frieda L.; Properties of some North Dakota Bentonites: 1931.
Folder 2: Thompson, Raymond; Investigation of Acid Treatment of North Dakota Bentonites for use in the Clarification of Petroleum Oils: 1933.
Folder 3: Spivey, R.C.; Bentonite in Southwestern South Dakota: 1940 (1951).
Folder 4: Wing, M.E.; Bentonites of the Belle Fourche District: 1940.
Folder 5: United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines; The Utilization of North Dakota Bentonitic Clays: 1944.
Folder 6: Fisk, H.G.; Bentonite with Test Methods and Results of Tests of Wyoming Bentonites: 1946.
Folder 7: Gries, John Paul; Bentonitic Clays of Southwestern North Dakota: 1948.
Folder 8: Mineral Research and Development Department Great Northern Railway Company; Fuller's Earth Deposit Pembina Mountains, North Dakota Report No. 6: 1958.
Folder 9: Fuller's Earth: 1964.
Folder 10: Gill, James R.; Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain Areas North Dakota: 1965.
Folder 11: Budge, William E.; The Bentonites of North Dakota: (undated).
Folder 12: Dakota Industries, Inc. development of cat litter (various dates).
Folder 13: Fuller's Earth (various dates).
Folder 14: Fuller's Earth (various dates).
Folder 15: Gilje, E. Norman; Water Softening Properties of North Dakota Bentonites (undated).
Folder 16: Investigation and Research of North Dakota Bentonite (undated).
Folder 17: Manz's Research and Notes on Bleaching Clay and Bentonites (various dates).

Series 4: Construction Material Studies

Box 2

Folder 18: Burkhart, Edsel J.; Investigation of Soils and Building Techniques for Rammed-Earth Construction: 1949.
Folder 19: Carlson, Clarence G.; The Niobrara Formation of Eastern North Dakota: It's Possibilities for use as a Cement Rock: 1964.
Folder 20: Manz, Oscar E.; Condition Survey: Lime- Stabilized Roads, Streets and Alleys Red River Valley, North Dakota: 1965.
Folder 21: Anderson, Sidney B.; Cement-rock Possibilities in Paleozoic Rocks of Eastern North Dakota: 1968.
Folder 22: Rammed Earth (undated).

Series 5: Fly Ash

Box 2

Folder 23: Budge, W.E.; Survey of Clay Deposits Along Main Line of the Northern Pacific Railway: 1931.
Folder 24: Clarke, Fremont F.; Southwestern North Dakota Clay Deposits Stark, Slope and Billings Counties, N. Dak.: 1948.
Folder 25: Reinbold, John A.; The Brick industry of North Dakota: 1958.
Folder 26: Chew, Randall T., III; A Preliminary Investigation of Clay Deposits in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Northern Idaho and Washington: 1960.
Folder 27: Freas, Donald H.; Occurrence, Mineralogy, and Origin of the Lower Golden Valley Kaolinitic Clay Deposits Near Dickinson, North Dakota: 1962.
Folder 28: Lignite Mine Clays: 1962.
Folder 29: Pulst, Marvin L.; The Development of Fly Ash Bricks: 1969.
Folder 30: College of Engineering; Forming, Firing and Testing of Interior Wall Tile containing Boundary Dam Fly Ash: 1974.
Folder 31: Liem, J.; The Testing of Glazed Ceramic Tile: 1974.
Folder 32: Resource Planning Associates, Inc.; Economic Feasibility of Using Fly Ash in the Ceramic and Concrete/Cement Industries: 1980.
Folder 33: Manz's Research on Fly Ash (various dates).

Box 3

Folder 23: Anderson, Gary R. Potential Products from North Dakota Lignite Fly Ash.
Folder 28: Sorenson, Gary and Shondeep Sarkar. "High Volume Coal Ash Brick Production Using State of the Art Extrusion Process." Sixth CANMET/ACI International Conference on Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Slag and Natural Pozzolans in Concrete: 1998.

Series 6: Insulators

Box 2

Folder 34: Hansen, Miller; Clays of North Dakota as a Potential Source of Alumina: 1959.
Folder 35: National Porcelain Catalog: 1959.
Folder 36: NGK Insulators Catalog Number 60: 1960.
Folder 37: Northern Natural Gas Co; Porcelain Insulators: An Industrial Opportunity in the Northern Plains: 1965.
Folder 38: Sun, Shiou-Chuan; The Extraction of Alumina and the Removal of Iron from Pennsylvania Aluminous Clays: 1967.
Folder 39: Golden Valley Clay: 1968.
Folder 40: Golden Valley Sections: 1968.
Folder 41: Insulator Study: 1968.
Folder 42: Jacknin and Company, Inc.; Economic Feasibility Report: Porcelain Electric Insulator Plant in Chelan County, Washington: 1968.
Folder 43: Stewart, James A.; A Mineralogical and Chemical Investigation of North Dakota Clays: A Potential Source of Aluminum: 1969.
Folder 44: Schulte, Frank; Evaluation of the Golden Valley Formation as a Source of Alumina: undated.

Series 7: North Dakota Mineral and Water Resources

Box 2

Folder 45: Leonard, Arthur G.; The Lignite Deposits of North Dakota: 1925.
Folder 46: Tufte, Oswald; Mineral Resources of North Dakota: 1964.
Folder 47: Carlson, C.J.; Geology of Mercer and Oliver Counties, North Dakota: 1973.
Folder 48: U.S. Geological Survey; Mineral and Water Resources of North Dakota: 1973.

Series 8: Soil Stabilization

Box 2

Folder 49: Manz, Oscar E.; Soil Stabilization Study, 1969
Folder 50: Soil Stabilization Research and Information, various dates

Series 9: Volcanic Ash (Pumice)

Box 3

Folder 1: Dobbin, C.E.; Value of Ceramic Tests in Subsurface Correlation of Cretaceous Shales in Central Wyoming: 1931.
Folder 2: Nutting, P.G.; The Action of Some Aqueous Solutions on Clays of the Montmorillonite Group: 1943.
Folder 3: Reagan, M.M.; Development of a Light Weight Structural Product Using Saskatchewan Volcanic Dust: 1946.
Folder 4: Johnston, S.W.; Volcanic Ash and Lignite Coal in a Lightweight Structural Insulation Product: 1948.
Folder 5: Crawford, G.S.; Pumice in Saskatchewan: 1955.
Folder 6: Otis, L.M.; Pumice: 1959.
Folder 7: Linton, North Dakota: 1962 Report.
Folder 8: Manz, Oscar E.; Investigation of Pozzolanic Properties of the Cretaceous Volcanic Ash deposit near Linton, North Dakota: 1962.
Folder 9: Wilhelm, Thomas D.; Structural Bricks from Native North Dakota Volcanic Ash: 1967.
Folder 10: Parker, John G.; Pumice: 1969.
Folder 11: Wannemacher, W.; Report on Testing Volcanic Ash as an Additive Material in Portland Cement Concrete: 1971.
Folder 12: Wannemacher, W.; Report on Testing Calcined Volcanic Ash as an Additive Material in Portland Cement Concrete: 1971.
Folder 13: Hung, Yung-Tse; Use of Volcanic Ash in Waste Treatment for Phosphorus Removal: 1977.
Folder 14: Johnson, Dennis J.; Laboratory Evaluation of Volcanic Ash in Portland Cement Concrete: 1980.
Folder 15: Volcanic Ash Information: 1987.
Folder 16: VolAsh of North Dakota: May, 1988.
Folder 17: Manz's Research: (various dates).
Folder 18: Braund, Lawrence S.; Asphaltic Concrete: undated.
Folder 19: Chesterman, C.W.; Pumice, Pumicite, Perlite, and Volcanic Cinders: undated.
Folder 20: Coulson, Dale M.; Field and Laboratory Tests on Concrete in the Middle East: undated.
Folder 21: Mehta, P.K.; Properties of Portland Pozzolan Cements made with Santorin Earth: undated.
Folder 22: Schroeder, Harold J.; Pumice: undated.

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