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Joseph Barrell papers

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Call Number: MS 778
Abstract: Correspondence, the manuscript for "The Piedmont Terraces of the Northern Appalachians" in various stages; manuscripts and typescripts for "The Genesis of the Earth," "Relations of Pleistocene Warping to Strength of Crust," "Significance of the Equatorial Acceleration in the Sun's Rotation," and "The Strength of the Earth's Crust" Part IX; notes; and miscellaneous items on geology originating during Barrell's service as secretary of the geological faculty at Yale University. The...
Dates: 1909-1920

Fred John Beck papers

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Call Number: MS 681
Abstract:

The papers consist of departmental files, course notes, problems, examinations, student papers, correspondence, and student grade books, all relating to Fred Beck's teaching career at Yale University. In addition there is a small amount of material on his teaching elsewhere (ca. 1940-1945), texts of public lectures, grant materials, and miscellaneous writings.

Dates: 1928-1971

Bunnell family papers

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Call Number: MS 1149
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal and financial records, writings, memorabilia, and pictorial material which document the activities of four generations of Bunnell and Sterling family members living primarily in Connecticut and New York. Correspondence, diaries, writings, and memorabilia document the Yale academic careers of Sterling Haight and Frank Scott Bunnell and John W. Sterling, the Civil War service of Rufus W. Bunnell and Henry T. Plant, and the travels of family...
Dates: 1772-1958

George VanTrump Burgess papers

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Call Number: MS 1727
Abstract:

The papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, and notebooks, documenting George VanTrump Burgess' years at Yale University and his professional career as an engineer.

Dates: 1923-1961

Albert Godfrey Conrad papers

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Call Number: MS 1306
Abstract: The papers consist of office files from the first quarter-century of Albert G. Conrad's career as an instructor of electrical engineering at Yale and an autobiographical memoir. Materials include correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, the latter including drawings, blueprints, charts, and a record of a speech by Conrad. The collection is especially rich in materials concerning life at Yale during World War II. The bulk of the papers concerns the Department of...
Dates: 1916-1993

Walter Jack Cunningham papers

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Call Number: MS 1479
Abstract:

The papers consist of teaching materials for electrical engineering and engineering and applied sciences courses taught at Yale University. Included are lecture notes, problems, and examinations.

Dates: 1941-1987

George Parmly Day papers

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Call Number: MS 174
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence and other materials which relate to George Parmly Day's many positions at Yale University. The papers primarily concern Day's fund-raising activities as treasurer of the University and of the Alumni Fund and as secretary of the Class of 1897. To a lesser extent the papers reflect Day's publishing interests as a founder and director of the Yale University Press and contributor to the Yale Alumni Magazine. Included also are papers of the Acrotorque Company,...
Dates: 1894-1960

Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 55
Abstract:

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, financial records, and subject files documenting scholarships and awards, loans and funding, research projects, and personnel of the Yale School of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering.

Dates: 1910-1983

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 781
Abstract:

The records consist of reports, applications, exams, minutes, and correspondence documenting the activities and operations of the Yale Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Dates: circa 1910-1970

Barnett Fred Dodge papers

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Call Number: MS 640
Abstract: Correspondence, research files, teaching materials, and writings relating to Barnett F. Dodge's (1895-1972) position as chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, 1931-1963, his participation in professional organizations and his activities as consultant to governments and corporations on technical problems. Among the teaching materials are lectures, problems, examinations, and reports of students. Included also are offprints of papers by Dodge published between...
Dates: 1930-1972

Augustus Jay DuBois papers

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Call Number: MS 931
Abstract:

Correspondence, engineering notebooks, lectures, and manuscripts on engineering, poems, plays, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter. The correspondence is chiefly on engineering, but also contains three notes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. discussing science and religion. All of DuBois' poems and plays also deal with the topics of science and religion. Also included is his unpublished manuscript: Mechanics of Engineering.

Dates: 1869-1913

Samuel William Dudley papers

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Call Number: MS 1086
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, printed material, and miscellanea relating to Samuel William Dudley's career as a professor of engineering at Yale University and a mechanical engineer with the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

Dates: 1901-1956

Faculty of Engineering, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 200
Abstract:

The records consist of administrative files documenting the academic and professional activities of the Faculty of Engineering at Yale.

Dates: 1986-1994

John Hays Hammond Sr. papers

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Call Number: MS 259
Abstract: Correspondence and printed material concerning the business affairs of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, the economic development of South Africa, and the Jameson Raid; together with articles and speeches (1893-1934) relating to Hammond's activities as a speechmaker in behalf of the Republican Party, organizer of the National League of Republican Clubs, special ambassador and representative of President William Howard Taft to the coronation of George V, king of Great Britain, and...
Dates: 1893-1936

Thomas Timings Holme papers

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Call Number: 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.

Dates: 1936-1962

Csaba Horvath, chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 973
Abstract:

The records consist of subject files and reports maintained by Csaba Horvath, chair of the Yale Department of Chemical Engineering. The records document departmental affairs, undergraduate chemical engineering courses, and graduate students.

Dates: circa 1974-2003

Richard Shelton Kirby papers

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Call Number: MS 1104
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, and research files reflecting Kirby's interest in the history of engineering. Much of the material was gathered in connection with his book, Engineering in History, published in 1956. Important correspondents are Ludlow S. Bull, an Egyptologist, and his co-autors, Arthur B. Darling, Frederick G. Kilgour, and Sidney Withington.

Dates: 1873-1956

Lester Clyde Lichty reports and correspondence

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Call Number: MS 1894
Abstract:

The material consists of correspondence, enclosures, and reports by Lester Clyde Lichty and his assistant, James F. Swartwout, relating to internal combustion engines. Also included is a report by Howard D. Baldwin, for which Lichty conducted the analysis.

Dates: 1926-1945, bulk 1941-1945

Edwin Hoyt Lockwood papers

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Call Number: MS 328
Abstract:

The papers consist of a series of automobile chassis dynamometer tests conducted at Yale (1916-1932) by Edwin Hoyt Lockwood and material relating to the performance of early automobiles.

Dates: 1890-1932

William Crosby Marshall papers

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Call Number: MS 983
Abstract:

The bulk of the papers consists of two textbooks and a notebook on the construction of ships dating from his enrollment in the École d'Application du Gènie Maritime in Paris, 1906-1907. Also included are later notebooks and drawings on engineering projects. Also in the papers is a commonplace book kept by Harriette N. Marshall.

Dates: 1893-1908