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Engineering

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 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

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

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

George Parmly Day papers

 Collection
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

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

John Hays Hammond, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 863
Abstract:

Printed patents, reports and related material on his system for the radio control of torpedoes, inventions for musical instruments and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and congressional publications about Hammond and his work. Half the collection is made up of clippings.

Dates: 1912-1963

John Hays Hammond Sr. papers

 Collection
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

Herman Haupt papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 269
Abstract: The papers consist of Herman Haupt's business and personal correspondence, financial and legal papers, and writings, which were collected by Herman Haupt Chapman during his research on his grandfather's life. In addition, the papers include the manuscript of Chapman's unpublished biography, as well as transcripts of documents, photographs, additional family correspondence, diaries, and other family papers, and Chapman's own correspondence files which relate to his research and biographical...
Dates: 1800-1984

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

Watson Fredericks Kinney collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1584
Abstract:

The collection consists of Kinney family correspondence, genealogical material, a memoir, a writing on the icaroscope, and a report on a Yale engineering inspection trip.

Dates: 1876-1995, bulk 1876-1928

Charles Augustus Lindbergh papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 325
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence; diaries; writings; childhood, school and college materials; financial, legal, and housekeeping records; reports; memoranda; drawings; maps; publications; artifacts; and memorabilia documenting the life and interests of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. The papers form the largest and most extensive collection of his personal, professional, and family papers. They document his work as a pilot, developer of commercial aviation and rocketry, bio-engineer, air...
Dates: 1780-1999, bulk 1911-1974

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

William Smith Mason autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 344
Abstract:

The collection consists of autograph manuscripts, documents and correspondence of people in public life. The collection contains correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt with Francis J. Heney and others and copies of letters of the Jonathan Knight family.

Dates: 1800-1929

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

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

Charles Felton Scott papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 779
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, reports, and papers on engineering. The largest portion concerns the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, of which Scott was an active member. Another large section is made up of Scott's administrative correspondence at Yale in the electrical engineering department (1911-1922). Also included are papers documenting Scott's employment at the Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company from 1888 to 1911 and includes correspondence, technical...
Dates: 1889-1943