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Thomas Timings Holme papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1130

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence, typescripts, reports, and materials connected with Thomas Timings Holme's teaching career at Lehigh University and Yale University. The Lehigh material includes correspondence and course materials while the Yale material consists of correspondence, course materials, and data on budgets and inspection trips.

Dates

  • 1936-1962

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Student grades iin boxes 4 and 5 are restricted until 2037.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Thomas T. Holme, 1961.

Extent

9 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1130

Abstract

The papers consist of correspondence, typescripts, reports, and materials connected with Thomas Timings Holme's teaching career at Lehigh University and Yale University. The Lehigh material includes correspondence and course materials while the Yale material consists of correspondence, course materials, and data on budgets and inspection trips.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Timings Holme received his B.S. degree from Lehigh University in 1935, his M.S. in 1940, and his I.E. (profl.) in 1948. He was a professor of mechanical engineering at Lehigh from 1937-1950, and head of the engineering department from 1949-1950. Holme was a professor of engineering at Yale from 1950-1973, and chairman of the department from 1954-1963. Holme was a consultant to the U.S. Army and to various corporations.

Title
Preliminary Guide to the Thomas Timings Holme Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by John Espy
Date
June 1980
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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