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Engineers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

American International Corporation records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1197
Abstract:

Reports on iron ore and manganese deposits in South Russia, submitted by American International Corporation engineers Charles Rees and M.A. Neeland.

Dates: 1917

Nathaniel Terry Bacon papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 696
Abstract:

Incoming letters of Nathaniel T. Bacon, largely on financial matters from companies in which Bacon had invested. Principal correspondents include Edmund Jandrier about the production methods of the Solvay Process Company, where Bacon worked as technical expert, and his brother Selden.

Dates: 1897-1924

Fred John Beck papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

James Henry Burton papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 117
Abstract:

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, clippings, printed matter and a draft history of the Richmond Armory which he headed from 1861 to 1862. Included also are notes on machinery and a British patent for small fire-arms.

Dates: 1845-1950, bulk 1845-1893

Albert Godfrey Conrad papers

 Collection
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

Barnett Fred Dodge papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Hipolite Dumas papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1422
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence and orders relating to Hipolite Dumas's service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dumas was an officer and served in New Orleans, Mobile, Virginia, and Delaware.

Dates: 1813-1828

Thomas Timings Holme papers

 Collection
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

James William Hook papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 288
Abstract: Eighty-four letter books covering the professional career of James William Hook, who was president and treasurer of Geometric Tool Company of New Haven, 1923-1944; member of President Hoover's National Organization on Unemployment Relief, 1931-1933; president of the New England Council; and president and director of United Illuminating Company, 1939-1942. There are letterbooks labeled general, Geometric Tool Company, National Association of Manufacturers, New England Council, unemployment...
Dates: 1919-1953

Richard Shelton Kirby papers

 Collection
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

Edwin Hoyt Lockwood papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Pierce-Dahlgren-Vinton family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 398
Abstract: The principal figure in these papers is Sarah Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, whose daughter, Ulrica Dahlgren married Josiah Pierce (1861-1902). More than half the papers consists of family correspondence chiefly for the years 1824-1873. Also in included are sketchbooks, memoirs, genealogical materials, account books, legal records and autographs of Civil War generals and admirals. The correspondence of Josiah Pierce (1827-1913) who was secretary of the U.S. legation in St. Petersburg includes...
Dates: 1792-1936

Samuel B. Reed papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 409
Abstract:

Correspondence, financial records, diaries, papers, and miscellanea relating to Samuel B. Reed's career as an engineer and surveyor for various railroad lines in Canada and the United States. Personal correspondence with Jane Ann Earl Reed and Lucy Adeline Hurd Van Horne also discuss railroad matters.

Dates: 1841-1921

Howard Richards papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1057
Abstract:

Chiefly correspondence, printed matter, and memorabilia related to Howard Richards' missionary work at Boone College in Wuchang, China and his position as secretary to Yale-in-China. Also included is correspondence concerning transportation facilities through the Pottsville Gap in Pennsylvania and printed matter relating to the American Metric Association, of which Richards was secretary.

Dates: 1907-1959

Roe family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 774
Abstract: The papers contain family correspondence, missionary correspondence, family papers, diaries, sermons, printed works, photoprints, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of Alfred Cox Roe, Emma Wickham Roe, Mary Abigail Roe, Walter Clark Roe, Mary Wickham Roe, Joseph Wickham Roe, Henry Roe Cloud, and several other Roe relatives. The Roe family papers have extensive material on family life, specifically concerning such subjects as relations between brothers and sisters and...
Dates: 1802-1977

Ruggles family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1199
Abstract: Correspondence, household accounts and receipts, leases and other personal and financial papers of Herman, Ellen McCoy, Thomas Colden, Julia Flewwelling, and Ellen Rosalie Ruggles. Particularly well documented are business transactions involving land holdings near Cleveland, Ohio and the Union Square area of New York City prior to and during the Civil War. Also included are papers relating to Thomas Colden Ruggles' career as an engineer to domestic management of a new house in Jersey City,...
Dates: 1789-1887, bulk 1832-1867