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The Ralph Keely Odor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-012

Scope and Contents

A collection of materials belonging to Ralph Keely Odor (1895-1987), a former researcher and engineer at OAMC in 1932. The collection contains a biography of R.K. Odor as well ledgers and notebooks written by him. Additionally, copies of photographs, patent documents and engineering diagrams are included, presumably for contextual information included in the biography. Odor is renowned for his creation of "Vornado" propulsion and his exhibition of a Vornado Plane in the early 1930's. He patented the air-moving system in 1934 and it was approved in 1938. He filed an additional patent for an indoor air circulation system based on the same concept.

Dates

  • 1930-2016

Extent

2 Linear feet (1 Record Storage Box and 1 Standard Document Box)

Language of Materials

English

Title
The Ralph Keely Odor Collection #2023-012
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository

Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA