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Abel Wolman papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0105
Abstract
Abel Wolman was an American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering. The papers trace Abel Wolman's active career as teacher, consulting engineer and advisor to local, national, and international agencies and include correspondence, documents, and files documenting his various activities from 1901-1989.
Dates:
1901 - 1989
Found in:
Special Collections
C. Harvey Palmer, Jr. research and lecture notes
Collection
Identifier: MS-0727
Abstract
C. Harvey Palmer, Jr. is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in optics. This collection holds selections of Palmer's research notes and teaching files, loose leaf and in binders, ranging from 1968 to 1990.
Dates:
1968 - 1990
Found in:
Special Collections
David Sterrett Pindell notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0207
Abstract
David Sterrett Pindell received his B. A. (1895) and PAE (Proficiency in Applied Engineering, 1897) from The Johns Hopkins University. The collection consists of one notebook of notes on lectures delivered by Henry A. Rowland from 1896-1897.
Dates:
1896-1897
Found in:
Special Collections
Department of Civil Engineering records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-040
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Civil Engineering date from 1923 to 1936, and from 1981 to 1987. Three series are included: (1) Course Records, 1981- 1985; (2) Seminar Meetings, 1923-1936; and (3) Departmental Records, 1982-1987. The records are very limited, both in terms of the dates covered and the types of materials included. There are no student or faculty records (except for a few curriculum vitaes) and very few records to document the activities of the Department over the years, such...
Dates:
1923-1987
Found in:
Special Collections
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-070
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering span the years 1915 to 1988, although they are concentrated in the 1950s to the 1980s. The record group consists of student and employment records, correspondence, and financial records concerning grants and other externally- funded projects of the department. The record group is divided into three series: (1) Student Records, 1938-1987; (2) Faculty, Visiting Faculty, Associates and Fellows, 1944-1988; and (3)...
Dates:
1915-1988
Found in:
Special Collections
Early Revision of the 1916 First Edition of Ralph R. Lawrence's Alternating Currents
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0709
Abstract
Copied from dealer description: Ralph R. Lawrence was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard
University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a member of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers. His book, Principles of Alternating Current
Machinery, was first published in 1916 in New York by the McGraw-Hill Book
Company. The present volume appears to be an early revision of a portion of the fust
edition corrected by Jacob Young, who was likely...
Dates:
1917 - 1917
Found in:
Special Collections
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0738
Abstract
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. contributed over fifty years of service to The Johns Hopkins University as a student, faculty member and administrator. The personal papers of Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., spanning the years 1924 to 1986, include professional publications, lectures, addresses, and class and seminar notes. There are also records pertaining to Hamburger's service as Director of Centennial Planning for The Johns Hopkins University, records concerning the founding of the Archives, and files...
Dates:
1924-1986
Found in:
Special Collections
Henry Hazlehurst Wiegand notebooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-0127
Abstract
Henry Hazlehurst Wiegand [1858?-1943] was trained as an electrical engineer. The collection consists of 20 notebooks of student class notes or laboratory notes dating from 1876-1906.
Dates:
1876-1906
Found in:
Special Collections
Henry Rowland papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0006
Abstract
Henry Augustus Rowland (November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901) was an American physicist. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society. The collection spans the years 1793 to 1970, but the bulk of the material is that created by Rowland and dates from 1868 to 1901. The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, research notebooks, lab notes and calculations, patents and agreements, lectures, writings, bills and receipts, reprints, and newspaper...
Dates:
1793-1970
Found in:
Special Collections
Jan Michael Minkowski papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0319
Scope and Contents
The papers of Johns Hopkins University professor, Jan Michael Minkowski, document his demanding course work and research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1946-1948, and his teaching and research career at Hopkins, 1960-1987. Along with his student papers are lecture notes, and other course material from classes taught by Dr. Minkowski in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Included are notes and contract information from Dr. Minkowski's position as research...
Dates:
1946-1987
Found in:
Special Collections