Filtration Theory Relative to Air Laid Filter Media , 1976 - 1976

File — Box: 3, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The papers include correspondence, motion picture film, photographs, reports, and transparencies.

The papers date from 1946 – 1996 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1960 – 1989. There are eleven folders with approximately seventy photographs, twenty overhead transparencies, three pieces of felt and one reel of 16 mm motion picture film.

His widow, Katherine Perry Rodman transferred the papers to Special Collections after Clarke Rodman’s death in 1997. Edward Homanoff, a colleague, helped weed out material leaving only items related to Rodman’s research and information about filtration.

The papers document research pertaining to the manufacturing of oil filters, air filters, fuel filters, and other automotive parts and accessories as part of his work as an employee of FRAM Corporation. It also documents Mr. Rodman’s continued interest and involvement in the development and implementation of wastewater treatment technologies and water pollution controlling devices.

There is also a model of an oil or water filter mounted on a wooden base with a wooden cover.

Dates

1976 - 1976

Extent

From the Collection: 3.4 Cubic Feet (consisting of 86 folders in seven document boxes, one oversize folder and one oversize box with 11 with approximately 70 photographs, 20 overhead transparencies, three pieces of felt, one model of a filter and one reel of 16 mm motion picture film.)