Robert James Kuhn papers, 1928-1975 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Box 1: Writings

Folder 1: "Galvanic Currents on Cast Iron Pipe," presented at First Corrosion Conference, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, 1928 December

Published in Volume VI - First Edition, 1962 by George B. McComb, 8038 Lafon Place, St. Louis, Missouri.

Folder 2: "Methods of Controlling Electrolysis in New Orleans," presented at Annual Convention of International Association of Municipal Electricians, New Orleans, 1928 October 27

Folder 3: "Electrolysis and Water Distribution Systems," presented at Annual Convention of Southwest Water Works Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1929

Folder 4: "Galvanic Currents in the Earth Around Steel Pipes," presented informally at the American Gas Association Distribution Conference, St. Louis, 1930 April 10

Folder 5: "Electrolysis and Soil Corrosion Work in New Orleans," presented at Second Corrosion Conference, Bureau of Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, 1930 November 6-8

Folder 6: "Electrolysis of Water Mains," presented by Annual Convention of Southwest Water Works Association, New Orleans, 1931 October 22

Folder 7: "Determining the Performance of a Coating without Disturbing a Gas Line," presented at American Gas Association Distribution Conference, Birmingham, 1932 April 6-8

Folder 8: "Corrosion of Underground Pipe Lines and Cathodic Protection," presented at Third Corrosion Conference of Bureau of Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, 1933 March 30-31

Folder 9: "Electrolysis and Soil Corrosion in New Orleans," presented at meeting of Louisiana Chapter of International Association of Electrical Inspectors, New Orleans, 1933 August 25

Folder 10: "Electrolysis and Soil Corrosion in New Orleans," presented at meeting of Louisiana Engineering Society, New Orleans, 1933 May 8

Folder 11: "Cathodic Protection of Underground Pip Lines from Soil Corrosion," presented at Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 1933 October 24-26

Folder 12: "Corrosion and Cathodic Protection of Underground Pipe Lines," Thesis submitted to and approved by the faculty of the Graduate School of Tulane University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Advanced Degree of Electrical Engineer, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1934 May 10

Tulane University Library. Tulane Thesis 1934. Volume III.

Folder 13: "Cathodic Protection of Pipe Lines from Soil Corrosion," presented at Convention of Southern Gas Association, Dallas, Texas, 1935 February 20

Folder 14: "Converting Liabilities into Assets", 1935

An article on cathodic protection submitted to the Edison Electric Institute for the McGraw-Hill Prize in Engineering in 1935. Edison Electric Institute, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York.

Folder 15: Bibliography of Cathodic Protection of Underground Metallic Structures from Soil Corrosion, 1935 October 15

Folder 16: Discussion of paper written by W.R. Schneider of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and entitled "Introduction and Elimination of High Resistance Pipe Couplings for the Mitigation of Electrolysis"

Folder 17: Discussion of A.V. Smith's paper on the "Theory and Use of Cathodic Protection", 1937 April 12-14

American Gas Association Distribution Conference, Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia

Folder 18: "Cathodic Protection of Pipe Lines in Cities and Country", 1937 August

Oil and Gas Journal, 1937 September 16. Not published account.

Folder 19: "Cathodic Protection and Electrolysis Experiences," presented at Bureau of Standards, Fourth Corrosion Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, 1937 November 15-16

Folder 20: Discussion of Starr Thayer's paper on cathodic protection, 1938 April 25-28

American Water Works Association Convention, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans.

Folder 21: "Ten Years of Cathodic Protection in New Orleans," presented at Annual Meeting of Natural Gas Department of American Gas Association, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans; also read before meeting of Mid-Continent Cathodic Protection Association, Houston, Texas, 1938 May 9; 1938 June 14

Folder 22: "A Problem in Corrosion - To Protect a Welded Steel High Pressure Gas System from All Types of Corrosion", 1932

Private paper. Not published.

Folder 23: "Electrolysis and Corrosion of Underground Metallic Structures," presented at the meeting of the New Orleans Section, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana and also presented at the meeting of the Southern Division of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Miami, Florida, 1938 March 14, 1938 November 28-29

Folder 24: "Wind Behavior as It Affects Cathodic Protection Installations," The Oil and Gas Journal, 1938 September 22

Folder 25: "Cathodic Protection and Polarization of Underground Pipe Lines," The Oil and Gas Journal, 1939 September 21

Folder 26: "Louisiana Soils Corrosive to Underground Pipe Lines," The Oil Review, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1939 September

Folder 27: "The Effect of Electricity on Oil Well Casing and Oil Well Storage Tanks," The Oil Review, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1939 November

Folder 28: "Electrolysis and Soil Corrosion Work on Gas Distribution Networks in Cities," presented at American Gas Association Distribution Conference - Natural Gas Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1940 May 6-10

Pipe Line News, 1940 June.

Folder 29: "Some Problems in Soil Corrosion," read before Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Tau Chapter, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1932 May 13

Folder 30: "Cathodic Protection on Water Distribution Systems," presented at Annual Meeting of the Southwest Division of the American Water Works Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1940 October 14

In Southwest Water Works Journal, 1941 September.

Folder 31: "Cathodic Protection in New Orleans, 14 Years Without a Corrosion Leak", 1942 May

American Gas Association Monthly

Folder 32: "Electrolysis and Corrosion of Metallic Underground Structures," presented at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of International Association of Electrical Inspectors, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1943 September 28

Folder 33: "Twenty Years of Cathodic Protection in New Orleans," presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, 1948 April 7

Folder 34: "Latest Developments in Corrosion Prevention," presented at the Third Annual Short Course in Gas Technology, Texas College of Arts and Industries, Kingsville, Texas, 1948 June 3

Folder 35: Report on Inspections and Tests Relative to Coatings and Wrappings and Cathodic Protection on the New 26 Inch High Pressure Gas Pipe Line Between Lula, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee, 1948 October 14-16

This report distributed by Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Corporation at Annual Convention of National Association of Corrosion Engineers in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1949 April 11-14.

Folder 36: "Cathodic Protection on the 840 Mile Texas Gas Transmission Corporation 26 Inch Pipe Line from Texas to Ohio," presented at the American Gas Association Motor Vehicle, Distribution and Corrosion Conference, Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, 1950 April 3-5

Folder 37: Introduction of speakers on Cathodic Protection Symposium National Association of Corrosion Engineers, St. Louis, Missouri by Robert J. Kuhn, Chairman, 1950 April 4-7

E.R. Shepard, Henry J. Graeser, Professor Albert L. Kimmel, Doctor G.L. Christie, Harold A. Robinson, Oliver Osborn

Folder 38: "Grounding and Corrosion Protection on Underground Electric Power Cable Sheaths and Oil or Gas Filled Pipe Lines," presented at Fall General Meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Jung Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1952 October 13-17

Folder 39: "Interesting Corrosion Problems That I Have Worked On," presented at Southeast Region Annual Meeting National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama, 1957 October 11

Folder 40: "Cathodic Protection of the Empire and Ostrica, Louisiana Navigation Locks," presented at the monthly meeting of the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Section of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Engineers Club, DeSoto Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957 December 30, Monday

Folder 41: "Corrosion Protection on the Gas Piping Systems of the Housing Authority of New Orleans," presented before the monthly meeting of the Louisiana Engineering Society, DeSoto Hotel, 1958 May 12 Monday 8:00

Folder 42: "Fundamentals of Corrosion and Cathodic Protection," presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Engineering Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Charles Hotel, 1960 January 8, Friday

Folder 43: "Fundamentos de la Corrosion y la Proteccion Cathodica," presented before engineers of the Ministry of Public Works, Republic of Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 1960 February 12

Folder 44: "Casing Promotes Corrosion of Crossings Instead of Providing Protection," Oil and Gas Journal, 1960 December 2

Folder 45: "Pipe Line Corrosion," presented at Southwest Section of National Association of Corrosion Engineers at Southwest Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1958 June 4

Outline of talk.

Folder 46: "The Excellent Performance of Coal Tar Pipe line Coatings," presented before the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama, 1962 October 11-12

Folder 47: "Cathodic Protection of Waterworks and Distribution Facilities," presented at Southwest Section Meeting of the American Waterworks Association, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1963 October 16

Folder 48: "El Excelente Funcionamiento de Recubrimientos Anti-corrosivos de Alquitran de Hulla en Lineas de Tuberia Subterranea" translated into Spanish, Paper Number A-48 by Fabricas Protexa, S.A. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Humberto Lobo, President, 1963 March

Folder 49: Seventeen reports by Robert J. Kuhn as corrosion editor of Gas Age, 1966 March-1967 September

Box 2: Biographical material

Folder 1: Cathodic protection, pipeline engineering (regarding Kuhn medal)

Folder 2: Photographs

Folder 3: Biographies

Folder 4: The East Ohio Sunline and Dixie Roto

Folder 5: Clippings regarding the Gulf Outlet

Volume 1: Footprints in the Sands of Time by Gladys Story Kuhn, 1975