Archives:Sources in Electrical History, vol. 1: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories

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A001
ABBOTT, WILLIAM L., 1861-1951
Coll. # 1/20/9
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Profession: Chief Operating Engineer of Commonwealth Edison Co.
Dates of collection: 1871-1981
Size: .7 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Includes photographs (1871-1935); university catalogues (1884-94); National Electric Construction Co. (1884-94) and Chicago Edison Co. (1895-1904) records; genealogical and biographical information (1928, 1981); and recognition documents (1928, 1935-36).

A002
ACHESON, EDWARD GOODRICH, 1856-1931
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Electrochemist, engineer, and inventor
Dates of collection: 1872-1968
Size: 13,000 items
NUCMC #: MS76-140
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Correspondence, diaries (1906-31); biographical material, including typescript of autobiography entitled "A Pathfinder: Discovery, Invention and Industry" (1910); financial papers; laboratory notebooks relating to Acheson's experiments and inventions; newspaper clippings, and other material, chiefly 1899-1930. Includes 2 volumes of court proceedings concerning a case (1894) involving Acheson's Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, NY, and research materials of his biographer, Raymond Szymanowitz. Correspondents include Acheson's sons, Edward, Jr., George, John, and Raymond; John P. Deringer, Thomas A. Edison, Fred E. Hunt, John S. Huyler, Andrew W. Mellon, Edward L. Nichols, Walther Rathenau, William Acheson Smith, Edmund C. Sprague, Bakewell and Bakewell, Electric Smelting and Aluminum Co., and the Electrochemical Society. Information on literary rights available in the repository. Chiefly gift of Acheson's children,
Howard A. Acheson and Margaret A. Stuart, 1972.

A003
ACKERMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, 1911-1973
University of Wyoming Library, American Heritage Center (Laramie)
Profession: Geographer, teacher, consultant
Dates of collection: 1936-73
Size: 62 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-1255
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence with prominent scientists, notes, speeches, articles, pamphlets, periodicals, documents, printed maps, and other material, relating to geography, environmental systems and studies, water resources, and science administration. Includes material on Ackerman's consultation posts in the U.S. and abroad, his career with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services in post-World War II Japan, as assistant general manager (1952-54) of the Tennessee Valley Authority, in the organization Resources for the Future, and as an officer (1958-73) of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Information on literary rights available in the repository. Gift of Mrs. Ackerman, Vaud, Switzerland, 1974.

A004
ADAIR, GOLDWAITE, STANFORD & DANIEL, ATLANTA, GA
Georgia State University Library, Southern Labor Archives (Atlanta)
Dates of collection: 1955-56
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-259
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Transcripts kept by a law firm of arbitration hearings concerning employees discharged by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. during the 1955 strike by the Communications Workers of America. Cases occurred in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Information on literary rights available in the repository. Gift of the firm, 1973.

A005
ADAMS, CARL F.
Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections Department (New Brunswick, NJ)
Profession: Businessman
Dates of collection: 1901-35
Size: 1 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains correspondence, clippings, diagrams, and photographs of an early manufacturer and promoter of electric chairs.

A006
ADAMS, ELMER ELLSWORTH,
1860-1950
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Profession: Politician and business leader
Dates of collection: 1861-1951
Size: 26 ft.
NUCMC #: MS61-2786
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, campaign literature, clippings, and printed materials documenting Adams's career. Scattered throughout the collection are materials on the Otter Tail Power Co., Fergus Falls, MN, such as descriptions of its properties, business papers, information on the construction of a new dam, and information on the company's use of auxiliary steam plants to compensate for low water.

A007
ADAMS, THOMAS CALDWELL,
1901-1965
University of Utah Library, Special Collections Department (Salt Lake City)
Profession: Civil engineer, Associate Professor
Dates of collection: 1920-65
Size: 23 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: register
Personal and professional correspondence; reports on a variety of engineering projects in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming make up the greater part of the collection. Included are water, conservation, electrical power, and irrigation projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Great Salt Lake. The collection also contains material from his years of teaching at the University of Utah (1927-41), including correspondence, reports, class notes, lectures, and projects. Photographs form a major part of the collection.

A008
AIKEN, GEORGE DAVID, b. 1892
University of Vermont, Guy W. Bailey Library, Wilbur Special Collections (Burlington)
Profession: Governor, U.S. Senator
Dates of collection: 1936-77
Size: 700 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: preliminary guide
In part, microfilm (6 reels, positive) purchased in 1976 from Vermont Public Records Office. Originals destroyed by the State of Vermont. Correspondence and printed material relating to Aiken's activities as a member of the following Senate Committees: Civil Service (1941-47), Pensions (1941-47), Expenditures in the Executive Dept. (1941-47), Education and Labor (1941-54), Agriculture and Forestry (1941-47), Foreign Relations (1954-74), Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1965-66), Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (1959-74), Joint Committee on Republican Principles (1962), and Senate Republican Policy Committee (1959-62, 1967-68). Subjects include St. Lawrence Seaway, Cambodia, Vietnam, Farm Credit Act, food allotment bill, Civil Rights Act, antiballistic missiles, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vernon), atomic energy, flood control, firearms, Rural Water and Sewer Act, Hoover Commission, Status of Women Commission, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, supersonic transport, Vermont transportation, Watergate, fuel oil situation in New England, and Champlain Waterway. Gift of Senator and Mrs. Aiken, 1974.

A009
ALDWELL, THOMAS, 1896-1968
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Business executive, general manager of Northwestern Power and Manufacturing Co., Port Angeles, WA, and of Olympic Power Co., Port Angeles, author of Conquering the Last Frontier (Seattle, 1950), an autobiography
Size: 1.5 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Collection contains mainly correspondence. Electric power material is located throughout the collection.

A010
ALEXANDERSON, ERNST FREDRIK WERNER, 1878-1975
Union College, Schaffer Library, Special Collections (Schenectady, NY)
Profession: Electrical engineer, inventor
Dates of collection: 1900-75
Size: 15 ft. + 45 ft.
NUCMC #: MS76-1639, MS80-338
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Chiefly business correspondence (1901-75), much of it with RCA and General Electric's patent departments; papers and notebooks from Berlin Royal Technical Institute; and specifications patents, designs and notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, photos, and drawings pertaining to Alexanderson's inventions in the fields of radio, television, and high-frequency alternators. Correspondents include Charles P. Steinmetz and Edwin W. Rice, Jr. Gift of Dr. Alexanderson, 1970 and 1973, and of Mrs. Alexanderson, 1975.

A011
ALLEN, FLORENCE ELLINWOOD, 1884-1966
Western Reserve Historical Society, History Library (Cleveland, OH)
Profession: Lawyer, judge
Dates of collection: 1856, 1877-1967
Size: 14 ft.
NUCMC #: MS75-1315
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: register
Correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical and genealogical material, articles by or about Judge Allen, awards, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photos. Includes material on women's suffrage, outlawry of war, Tennessee Valley Authority case, and rights to outer space. Gift of Judge Allen's estate, 1967, 1970.

A012
ALLEN, JOHN MYRON AND FAMILY
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Dates of collection: 1924-37
Size: 2 boxes
NUCMC #: MS62-3252
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: inventory
Scrapbooks and photograph albums containing newspaper clippings, letters and announcements to stockholders, advertisements, annual reports, maps, pictures, etc., relating to the electric power plants and transmission systems of the Eastern Minnesota Power Co., Pine City, MN, General Minnesota Utilities Co., Pine City, Chengwatana Dam, and proposed hydroelectric projects on the Upper Snake River.

A013
ALLMENDINGER FAMILY
University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (Ann Arbor)
Dates of collection: 1890-1974
Size: 4 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: folder-level inventory
Includes correspondence, scrapbooks, family genealogy, photographs concerning family affairs, Helene Allmendinger's radio show, "The Ann Arbor Organ Company," and family members still living in Germany.

A014
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STREET, ELECTRIC RAILWAY & MOTOR COACH EMPLOYEES
Georgia State University Library, Southern Labor Archives (Atlanta)
Dates of collection: 1940-61
Size: 1 ft.
NUCMC #: MS73-118
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory, index
Desk diaries (1940-41, 1943-46, 1948-50) of J.F. Folsom and Jessie L. Walton, presidents of the union, relating to union meetings, elections, contracts, grievances, and race relations in Atlanta public transportation, forming the bulk of the collection; 175 grievance reports (1947-61) describing disputes between union members and the Atlanta Transit Co., and miscellaneous correspondence, reports, notes, and clippings. Information on literary rights available in the library. Gift of the union, 1971.

A015
AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE VS. PEOPLES TELEPHONE COMPANY
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (Harrisburg)
Dates of collection: 1884
Size: 1 reel (2 vols.)
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card index
Proceedings in the 1884 suit against Peoples Telephone Co., Harrisburg, PA, in the U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, including the argument of
James J. Storrow for the complainants and the defendant's brief.

A016
AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1888-1890
Size: .1 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
These records contain correspondence, notes, agreements, and cost estimates concerning efforts of the company to begin the manufacture of graphophones. Also included are drawings, done by Charles Stolpe, of a disc graphophone of Chichester A. Bell. The company was organized in 1887 to manufacture graphophones based on the design of Charles Sumner Tainter, Alexander Graham Bell, and Chichester A. Bell.

A017
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY PAPERS ON SCIENCE
American Philosophical Society Library (Philadelphia, PA)
Dates of collection: 1670-1967
Size: 220 items, 31 vols., 1 reel of microfilm
NUCMC #: MS76-888
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Among the papers are photocopies and microfilm made in 1966 from a scrapbook of Henry A. Rowland, loaned by Harriette H. Rowland, Baltimore, MD.

A018
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE
Ohio Historical Society, Archives-Manuscripts Division (Columbus)
Dates of collection: 1961-80
Size: 1 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Chartered in 1961 in Columbus as a private, non-profit organization concerned with information and its transfer. Records include executive committee minutes, annual reports, constitutions, rosters, correspondence, and nominations for the Columbus Technical Council's "Technical Man/Woman of the Year" award. Collection documents both the internal and external functions of CO-ASIS.

A019
AMERICAN WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION
Broadcast Pioneers Library (Washington, DC)
Profession: Radio broadcasters
Size: 161 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1163
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Transcripts of interviews, audiotapes, biographical information, and photos, of women pioneers in broadcasting. Includes material on Kathryn F. Broman, Margaret Mary Kearney, Agnes Law, Edythe Meserand, Minnie Pearl, and Ruth Crane Schaefer. Gift of American Women in Radio and Television, 1976.

A020
ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY
Montana Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (Helena)
Business: Butte, MT, copper mining corporation
Dates of collection: 1878-1916
Size: 139 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: preliminary inventory
General correspondence, financial records, and production records of the company's general office; some departments and many predecessor and subsidiary companies are included. Two of the subsidiary companies were Electric Light & Railway Co. and Electric Railway, Light & Power Co., both of Anaconda, MT. Donated by the Anaconda Copper Co., Denver, CO, 1981.

A021
ANDERSON, HENRY WATKINS
Virginia Historical Society Library (Richmond)
Profession: Lawyer
Dates of collection: 1908-73
Size: 1,328 items
NUCMC #: MS76-811
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, speeches, logbooks, accounts, reports, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and other papers, documenting Anderson's activities as commissioner of the American Red Cross Commissions to the Balkan States and to Rumania, as the Republican gubernatorial candidate (1921), and as chairman of the board of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Includes a report (1910) of the Virginia Railway and Power Co., Richmond. Gift of Mrs. James Asa Shield, Mankin-Sabot, VA, 1974.

A022
ANDERSON, ROLAND A., b. 1899?
Nebraska State Historical Society, State Archives Division (Lincoln)
Profession: Electrical engineer, radio broadcaster, inventor
Dates of collection: 1920-51
Size: 2 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, scrapbooks, bulletins, and other papers, relating primarily to broadcasting of the Anderson Radio Station, Wahoo, NE, founded and operated by Anderson in the 1920s. Includes statements detailing the station's broadcasting signals, material relating to radio history and techniques, and photos. Gift of Mrs. Roland Anderson, 1978.

A023
ANDREWS, ERNEST GALEN,
1898-1980
Dartmouth College Library (Hanover, NH)
Dates of collection: 1935-72
Size: 3 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Consists of papers, drawings, plans, patents, and computer manuals, much of which relates to Andrews's work with Bell Telephone Laboratories, particularly the development of the relay and digital computer, radar, and Bell Telephone Laboratories equipment. Gift of Sarah Andrews, 1980.

A024
ANDRUS, LEONARD A., 1883-1965
University of Oregon Library (Eugene)
Profession: Consulting engineer
Dates of collection: 1921-30
Size: 1 vol.
NUCMC #: MS76-1278
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Reports of surveys of various business firms in the Pacific Northwest, among which are the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Armstrong Manufacturing Co., Portland, OR; Automatic Electric Brake Co.; Barnes-Lindsley Manufacturing Co., Portland, OR; Bell Telephone System; and Prairie Power Co., Prairie City, OR.

A025
ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1866-1947
Size: 12 ft.
NUCMC #: MS80-195
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Acts, charters, and agreements, relating to the company (2 vols.); minutes of the board of directors (1873-1947); journals (1866-1912); ledgers (1866-1911); and general and deposit accounts (1904-24) of a company which laid five Atlantic cables during the 19th century and leased three of them to Western Union. Gift.

A026
ANGUS, DONALD J., 1887-1966
Case Western University Libraries, Special Collections (Cleveland, OH)
Profession: Engineer, inventor
Dates of collection: 1904-63
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS68-903
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in library
Correspondence, reports, laboratory notes, patents, and fiscal records of the Esterline-Angus Co., Indianapolis, IN; an unpublished history of the company (to 1943); and papers relating to the invention of the spring engine starter, to Angus's activity as a designer and manager of the Williams, IN, power plant, and to the activities of John W. Esterline, electrical engineer and inventor.

A027
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. CITY RECORDS.
University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (Ann Arbor)
Dates of collection: 1830-1951
Size: 3 ft., 22 vols.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: folder-level inventory
Includes city council proceedings (1834-1919), accounts (1857-61), assessment rolls (1830 and 1839), plats of the wards (1912), election returns (1847-52), scrapbooks (1904-51), and papers concerning a proposed art museum, street and interurban railways, the Ann Arbor Railroad, and the Charter Commission of 1920.

A028
ARIVACA MILLING, MINING & COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Central Michigan University, Clarke Historical Library (Mt. Pleasant)
Dates of collection: 1842-90
Size: 369 items, 3 vols.
NUCMC #: MS68-532
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Business papers, including papers relating to W.F. Witherell and his activities with the Inter-State Telephone and Telegraph Co., Chicago, IL. The papers of Witherell's connection with this company form a separate file in the Arivaca Milling, Mining & Commercial Co. Papers. Included are the plan of organization (1884?); memoranda statements of the costs of establishing telephone systems in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, the Dakotas, and Nebraska; Articles of Agreement for the sale of the (A.A.) Knudson Patent Mechanical Telephone by Samuel Ashton and Samuel Smith to W. F. Witherell (1 November 1884); a report detailing confirmation of title, costs, profits, and results accomplished; a contract between the Metropolitan Telephone Co., New York, NY, and Witherell (16 October 1884); U.S. Patent 277,198 (8 May 1883), for the M.L. Baxter Transmitting Telephone; and questions, particularly those involving the G.M. Hopkins patent for the "Telephone Central Office System."

A029
ARIZONA COLLECTION
University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Dates of collection: 1757-1956
Size: 167 items, 8 vols., 21 ft. of microfilm
NUCMC #: MS65-1781
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Part of the collection contains information on the water and hydroelectric development of the Salt River Valley. This is a report, "Economic Survey of Salt River Project, Arizona" (30 September 1942), written by Raymond A. Hill for the Board of Governors, Salt River Valley Water Users Association. The report covers water and hydroelectric development of the Salt River Valley and includes maps, rate schedules, and statistical tables. Hill was a member of the firm, Leeds, Hill, Barnard and Jewett, Los Angeles.

A030
ARMSTRONG, EDWIN HOWARD, 1890-1954
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (New York, NY)
Profession: Inventor, Professor of electrical engineering
Dates of collection: 1890-1972
Size: 200,000 items
NUCMC #: MS80-1888
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, lectures, research notes, circuit diagrams, articles, and legal and other papers, related to Armstrong's research and many inventions, including the regenerative or feedback circuit (1912); first amplified radio reception; superheterodyne circuit (1918), the basis of modern radio and radar; superregeneration (1922), a simple, high-power receiver now used in emergency-mobile service; and frequency modulation, FM (1933), static-free radio reception of high fidelity. Much material relates to his lawsuits, primarily against RCA over patent infringement. Other topics include his work at Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory, Columbia (1913-35) and with the AEF in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, his Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at Armstrong's radio station at Alpine, NJ, the use of FM in TV, his involvement in FCC hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corp. Gift of Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, 1977.

A031
ARNOLD, BION JOSEPH, 1861-1942
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division (New York, NY)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1887-1941
Size: 29 vols., 14 boxes
NUCMC #: MS68-1034
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, pocket memoranda books, technical reports, and scrapbooks of clippings, relating to the development of electrical engineering and Arnold's work as a consultant on electric traction problems, both surface and underground, in Chicago, San Francisco, Cincinnati, and many other cities. Includes data on aspects of electrification of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (Grand Central Terminal zone), of the Greenwood Lake Division of the Erie Railroad, and of sections of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad; and correspondence covering Arnold's business affairs as president and principal stockholder of the Elgin, Belvidere & Rockford (IL) Railway Co.

A032
ASHTON, JOHN OLIVER
University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Profession: Radio engineer
Dates of collection: 1938-59
Size: 1 carton
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: temporary guide
Correspondence and papers. Mostly stories written by Ashton about the early days of radio and the various pioneers for whom he worked.

A033
ASLAKSON, CARL INGMAN, b. 1896
U.S. Army Military History Institute (Carlisle Barracks, PA)
Profession: U.S. military officer
Dates of collection: 1896-1980
Size: 5 boxes
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: guide
Official papers, scientific and technical writings, and memoirs of his service with the Army, Marines, Air Force, and especially the Coast and Geodetic Survey (1917-55). In surveying, Aslakson frequently used electronics, and he is credited with developing the SHORAN radar technique for charting coastlines.

A034
ASSOCIATED GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Dates of collection: 1902-54
Size: 286 ft.
NUCMC #: MS62-3818
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in repository
Annual reports, accounts, audit reports, contracts, court litigation records, property and stock holdings, minutes and reorganization plans, a history of the company, and a list of companies acquired, merged, dissolved, or sold, 1919-33.

A035
ATKINSON, RALPH WALDO,
1887-1961
New Jersey Historical Society Library (Newark)
Profession: Scientist
Dates of collection: 1899-1961
Size: 1 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in repository
Correspondence, diary (1946), research notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials, relating to the Westinghouse Electric Co., General Cable Co., U.S. atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, and the electrical engineering division of the Sindri Institute in India (1958-60). Includes correspondence with Henry Wright Fisher.

A036
ATLANTA TRANSIT COMPANY
Atlanta Historical Society Archives (Atlanta, GA)
Dates of collection: 1910-75
Size: 12 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-44
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence concerning streetcars and equipment purchased by the company; charters, franchises, and documents relating to court cases; other legal papers; appraisals of tangible and intangible property; material used for a history (1975) of transportation in Atlanta; and 472 related photos, 85 blueprints (1920s), and other records.

A037
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1863
Size: 1 vol.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Copy letterpress book labeled "Atlantic Telegraph Company--Contracts &c.," consisting of correspondence and reports relating to contracts for the manufacture and laying of a transatlantic telegraph cable. Purchase, 1980.

A038
ATOMS FOR PEACE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections (Cambridge)
Dates of collection: 1955-75
Size: 7.5 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Includes correspondence, records of the executive secretary, minutes of meetings, and legal and financial papers. Correspondents include Aago Niels Bohr, David Bohr, Sir John Cockcroft, George Charles de Hovosy, Dwight David Eisenhower, Sigvard Eklund, Neils Henrik, James Rhyne Killian, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Paul Wignor.

A039
AVERELL, WILLIAM WOODS,
1832-1900
New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections (Albany)
Profession: Army officer, inventor
Dates of collection: 1836-1907
Size: 10 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-939
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, official orders, circulars, account books, ledgers, court records, autobiographical notes, articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photos, relating to Averell's career as a student at West Point, an Indian fighter in New Mexico, a cavalry officer during the Civil War, an inventor and holder of patents for asphalt paving and insulating conduits for wires and conductors, and as inspector general of the Soldiers' Home, Bath, NY. Purchase, 1951.

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B001
BAGBY FAMILY
Virginia Historical Society Library (Richmond)
Dates of collection: 1824-1960
Size: 53,178 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Materials concerning John Hampden Chamberlayne Bagby, including a certificate (1891) from a course in advanced electricity at the University of Virginia (signed by Frances Henry Smith and James Biscoe Baker).

B002
BAGLEY, WILLIAM RICHARDSON,
b. 1870
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Profession: Physician
Dates of collection: 1923-72
Size: 2 reels of microfilm
NUCMC #: MS74-463
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Microfilm made in 1972 from originals loaned by J. Wesley White, Duluth, MN. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, and clippings (mostly 1930s), chiefly relating to the history and activities of the Minnesota Division and Duluth Chapter of the Izaak Walton League and the involvement of the Duluth Chapter in the management and expansion of Superior National Forest. Includes material on the development of fish and game and water power in Minnesota, and policies and personnel of the Minnesota Conservation Commission and Minnesota Division of Game and Fish.

B003
BAILEY, BENJAMIN M.
Atlanta Historical Society Archives (Atlanta, GA)
Profession: Army officer
Dates of collection: 1901-45
Size: 4 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-51
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, military documents, clippings, photos, and other papers, relating to Bailey's academic education (1901-05), military education and subsequent training (1906-18), Army career (1906-45), including service in both World Wars, and personal and family life in Atlanta, GA. Includes correspondence, personal notes, notebooks, training manuals, and maps, relating to activities of the 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, primarily in France; Signal Corps photos of personnel, equipment, and terrain; notes for a history of the 2nd Division; and a study of military-press relations.

B004
BAK, ANDERS K., b. 1892
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Profession: Danish mechanical engineer
Dates of collection: 1923-34, 1945, 1968-70
Size: .4 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains correspondence concerning the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1945, 1968, 1970); papers on the Parsons Steam Turbine (1933); papers and blueprints on work done at the Barton Power Station, Manchester, England (1925-34); photographs of buildings, staff, and equipment at the Mason Laboratory of Yale University; and material on the Detroit Edison Co., including a corporate history (1903-23), research and operations reports (1923-26), and copy for a pamphlet.

B005
BAKER FAMILY
University of Oregon Library (Eugene)
Dates of collection: 1864-1959
Size: 6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS64-685
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, business papers, and family papers of Walter Rawalt Baker (1883-1962), farmer and electrical engineer of Salem, OR, and other family members. Part of the material relates to construction and maintenance of rural telephone lines.

B006
BAKER, HOWARD HENRY, 1902-1964, AND IRENE, b. 1901
University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, Special Collections
Profession: U.S. Representative (Howard H. Baker)
Dates of collection: 1933-65
Size: 49.5 ft. (60,000 items)
NUCMC #: MS78-578
Access: restricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative files, clippings, scrapbooks, photos, and other papers, documenting Baker's congressional career. Includes material on his work with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the national tax structure, stemming from his position on the House Ways and Means Committee. Gift of Mrs. Howard H. Baker, 1973.

B007
BAKER, WALTER R.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Profession: Vice President and General Manager, General Electric
Dates of collection: 1951-56
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS68-2105
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Speeches and articles, primarily discussing the evolution of color television, the National Television System Committee, and the Radio-Television Manufacturers Association's Television Committee.

B008
BALDWIN, GEORGE JOHNSON,
1856-1936
University of North Carolina Library, Southern Historical Collection (Chapel Hill)
Profession: Business executive
Dates of collection: 1884-1936
Size: 50 ft.
NUCMC #: MS70-342
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Business files and personal papers relating to Baldwin's career as president of numerous street-railway and electric companies in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, including Houston Electric, Key West Electric, Pensacola Electric, Savannah Electric, and Tampa Electric. Approximately 80 percent of the collection is directly concerned with electric power and street-railway companies, all of which were linked with Stone & Webster, Boston, MA. Stone & Webster material (1899-1924) is contained in a general series arrangement, which includes personal correspondence with Charles Stone and Edwin Webster, and also in a separate Stone & Webster series (2 ft.).

B009
BALDWIN, NORMAN LEE, 1890-1945
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Archives (Stanford, CA)
Profession: Colonel, U.S. Army; Signal Officer, 4th Army
Dates of collection: 1943-44
Size: 1 folder
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Holograph. Relates to American military activities and communications in the vicinity of Paestum, Italy. Includes a memoir by J.M. Huddleston, Colonel, U.S. Army, and Surgeon, 6th Corps. Gift, Mrs. J. Allen Davis, 1968.

B010
BANE, CHARLES A., b. 1913
University of Wyoming Library, American Heritage Center (Laramie)
Profession: Lawyer
Dates of collection: 1960-73
Size: 10 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-1256
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
The collection is part of the repository's Archive of Contemporary History. Reports, often annotated, notes, court reports, appendices material, complaints, congressional investigations, committee hearings, depositions, writings by others on cases, motions, and memoranda, relating particularly to Bane's involvement (1960-66) in the price-fixing and market-allocation cases against General Electric, Westinghouse, and others. Includes ms. of Bane's book, The Electrical Equipment Conspiracies: The Treble Damage Actions (1973). Information on literary rights available in the repository. Gift of Mr. Bane, 1975.

B011
BANGOR RAILWAY & ELECTRIC COMPANY
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Dates of collection: 1914-24
Size: 31 vols.
NUCMC #: MS60-3296
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card catalogue
Monthly statements and records of this Bangor, ME, company.

B012
BANKS, FRANK ARTHUR, 1883-1957
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Division (Pullman)
Profession: Civil engineer
Dates of collection: 1913-57
Size: 15 ft. (450 items)
NUCMC #: MS72-1826
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished list
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, project histories, design and technical reports, specifications, photos, and printed material, chiefly relating to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Northwest such as Owyhee, Deadwood, and Grand Coulee dams. Includes similar material acquired by Banks through private consultation on hydroelectric dams and public works in Washington State, British Columbia, Venezuela, and Punjab, India. Information on literary rights available in the library. Gift of John V. Banks, 1958.

B013
BARBER, EARL HUNTINGTON,
b. 1883
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Profession: Engineer
Dates of collection: 1910-69
Size: 6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS74-340
Access: restricted
Finding aids: in library
Correspondence, reports, working notes, and articles, relating to Barber's career with the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities, Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Federal Power Commission, and as a consultant in gas and electric company cases in Massachusetts. Gift of Mr. Barber, 1973.

B014
BARBOUR, LOUISE
Radcliffe College, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America (Cambridge, MA)
Profession: Telephone operator
Dates of collection: 1917-39
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS77-1725
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card catalogue
Correspondence, memorabilia, and other papers, relating to Barbour's experiences with the Signal Corps in France during World War I (1918-19), which formed the basis for an article included in the collection written by her for the Bell Quarterly in 1935. Includes letters to the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and frequent references to Helen Cook, who also served as an operator with the Signal Corps.

B015
BARCZAK, GARY J., b. 1939
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Profession: Democratic Representative of 24th
Assembly District
Dates of collection: 1973-78
Size: 1 box
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: register
Correspondence, report drafts, hearing testimony, and other material on the Assembly Special Committee on Telephone and Electricity Rate Disparities.

B016
BARDEEN, JOHN, b. 1908
Coll. # 11/10/20
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Profession: Professor of electrical engineering and physics
Dates of collection: 1956-74
Size: .6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS72-1500
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
A biography, reprints, a tape-recorded, one-hour interview (1965), with transcriptions, motion pictures, and a bibliography (1930-64). The interview includes Bardeen's comments on solid-state physics, Bell Laboratories and the transistor, xerography, scientific understanding and communication between, and education of, non-scientists and scientists, and his education and career. Motion pictures include a May 1972 interview with Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley on the development of the transistor and a December 1972 Swedish film on the contributions of Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer to the theory of superconductivity and their reunion to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. Reprints include Nobel Lectures on "Semiconductor Research Leading to the Point Contact Transistor" (11 December 1956) and on "Electron-Phonon Interactions and Superconductivity" (11 December 1972), an address on "The Role of Basic Research" given at the Xerox Research Laboratory dedication (12 November 1964), a survey of solid state physics (1973), a history of superconductivity (1973), and a nomination for a National Medal of Science (1964). Acquired, 1964-65, 1974.

B017
BARKER, WHARTON, 1846-1921
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Financier, publicist, agent of the Czar of Russia
Dates of collection: 1870-1920
Size: 5,000 items
NUCMC #: MS59-148
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Correspondence, letterpress books, photos, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed matter and scrapbooks, reflecting Barker's broad interests in American and foreign business matters (banking, mining, railroad, telegraph, and telephone rights in China and Russia), and in the late-19th century political agitation over bimetallism, which at successive periods drew him into the Republican, Democratic, and Populist Parties. Gift of Rodman Barker, 1931.

B018
BARNOUW, ERIK, b. 1908
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (New York, NY)
Profession: Professor of film
Dates of collection: 1920-73
Size: 500 items
NUCMC #: MS77-73
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, theater scripts, reports, and other papers. Includes material relating to projects for the U.S. Government, the Indian film industry, radio and television networks, private ventures in the radio and film industries, and the Center for Mass Communications, Columbia University. Gift of Mr. Barnouw, 1974.

B019
BARNUM, WILLIAM MILO, 1856-1926
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Businessman
Dates of collection: 1882-99
Size: 2.5 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Letterpress books and miscellaneous business records regarding the United States Electric Co. (1882-99), Banning Brake Shoe Co. in New Jersey (1880), Henrico Coal Co. (1887-88) and Kanawha Improvement Co. (1887-88) in West Virginia, and National Mining Co. (1879-81) and Wells Farm Land and Mining Co. (1880-84) in New York. Microfilm copy available. Acquired with Oregon Improvement Co. records.

B020
BARR, SAMUEL R., b. 1914
University of Minnesota at Morris, West Central Minnesota Historical Center, Briggs Library
Profession: Electrical contractor, State Legislator
Dates of collection: 1954-73
Size: .5 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-481
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, tape-recorded interview and transcript, reports, journals, clippings, and related legislative material.

B021
BATCHELDER, SAMUEL, 1784-1879
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Manuscripts Department (Cambridge, MA)
Profession: Manufacturer and inventor
Dates of collection: 1806-1902
Size: 220 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Chiefly letters to Batchelder and his son, John M. Batchelder, many relating to early research in telegraphy and insulation of submarine cables; and letters to others, apparently collected by the family as autographs. Correspondents include Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Julius Erasmus Hilgard, Samuel F.B. Morse, Benjamin Peirce, David Humphreys Storer, and John Trowbridge. Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, 1955.

B022
BATCHELLER, WILLIS TRYON,
1889-1975
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Consulting engineer
Dates of collection: 1915-70
Size: 18 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Diary (1925-63), correspondence, reports, and topical and related files, concerning his various consulting activities, mainly for the Seattle Lighting Dept. (ca. 1915-20), Columbia River Basin development (ca. 1919-35), Quincy Valley Irrigation District, Chelan River Irrigation District, and the Hanford Engineering Works. Also includes information on the Alaska Mining and Exploration Co., Alaska Pulp and Paper Co., Canadian-Alaska Railway Co., and Portland Canal Power Co.

B023
BATCHER, RALPH R., 1897-1970
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Profession: Consulting engineer, Director of the Radio Club of America
Dates of collection: 1925-65
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Includes correspondence, patent records, catalogues, computer data, notes, technical data, engineering studies, and records of professional organizations, concerning industrial electrical technology.

B024
BATES, DAVID HOMER, 1843-1926
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Military telegrapher, author, vice president of Western Union
Dates of collection: 1837-1926
Size: 1 ft. (200 items)
NUCMC #: MS62-4619
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Correspondence, diary, journal (1863-65), facsimiles, photos, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and drafts and annotated proof sheets of Bates's writings. The journal serves as a record of military intelligence activities in the Civil War and of military telegraphic communication.

B025
BAUDINO, JOSEPH E.
Broadcast Pioneers Library (Washington, DC)
Profession: Radio broadcaster
Dates of collection: 1940s-76
Size: 129 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1164
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Script and print of "On the Air: The Story of Broadcasting" (1944), a film produced by Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.; histories and photos of radio stations KFKX (Hastings, NE), KEX (Portland, OR), and KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA); papers on shortwave broadcasting; NBC documentary recording entitled "Rendezvous with Destiny," containing 24 radio addresses (1933-45) of Franklin D. Roosevelt; NBC private recording of D-Day landings at Normandy; and books, pamphlets, and other papers. Gift of Mr. Baudino, 1974-76.

B026
BAXTER, LIONEL F.
Broadcast Pioneers Library (Washington, DC)
Profession: Radio broadcaster
Dates of collection: 1939-76
Size: 41 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1165
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Audiotapes of a testimonial dinner (1941) honoring Dr. George Washington Carver and of a Broadcast Pioneers banquet (1968?) honoring WSPD Radio, Toledo, OH, and George B. Storer, Sr.; radio scripts (1930s-'40s); and photos. Gift of Mr. Baxter, 1974-76.

B027
BEAL, JUNIUS EMERY, 1860-1942
University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (Ann Arbor)
Profession: Businessman, publisher, Republican politician
Dates of collection: 1882-1941
Size: 15 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: folder-level inventory
Includes correspondence, letterpress books, speeches, and newspaper clippings concerning all phases of his career; also papers (1909-20) of the Michigan Public Domain Commission; papers (1877-1904) concerning the Port Huron Gas Light Co.; and printed material (1885-1905) concerning the League of American Wheelmen and Beal's interest in bicycling. Includes material on electric railroads.

B028
BEARD, GEORGE MILLER, 1839-1883
Yale University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT)
Profession: Physician
Dates of collection: 1853-1923
Size: 2 ft.
NUCMC #: MS72-1874
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished register
Correspondence, writings, biographical material, and other papers. Includes material relating to his work on the medical uses of electricity. Beard published a treatise, "Medical Uses of Electricity," and investigated electric shock techniques. Articles in the collection include "Cases of Gastralgia Treatment by Central Galvanism" (1872), "Atmospheric Electricity and Ozone" (1874), "Experiment with the Alleged New Forces" (1876), and "The Dosage of Electricity" (1879). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Beard Walker, 1971.

B029
BECK, ROBERT W., 1896-1968
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1913-68
Size: 25 ft.
NUCMC #: MS71-594
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Reports, speeches, government documents, maps, project files, clippings, and ephemera, relating to the Public Ownership League, the National Society of Professional Engineers, James D. Ross, Friends of City Light, the Logan and Parks report on the flow of water and power potential of certain rivers in the Columbia Basin, Puget Sound Water and Light Co., the Grays Harbor Public Utility District, the Bonneville Power Administration, Grand Coulee Dam, and public power in Nebraska.

B030
BEHREND, BERNARD ARTHUR,
1875-1932
Clemson University, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library, Special Collections (Clemson, SC)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1886-1932
Size: 3.5 ft. (pamphlet collection)
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: index
Collection contains an autobiographical essay (78 pages); 18 volumes of class notes taken as an engineering student; papers, addresses, and mss. of Behrend's book on the induction motor; personal financial records; blueprint of his home laboratory; approximately 30 notebooks of his laboratory observations; correspondence; and diagrams. Collection also contains materials relating to Oliver Heaviside, including memorial sketches, outlines of his Harvard lectures, and 100 pages of notes prepared for Behrend's MIT course (July 1925) entitled "Heaviside Operational Calculus." Printed circulars (1897-1905) published by Baldwin Locomotive works, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., and General Electric Co., describing, with pictures and diagrams, electrical equipment connected with motors are also included in the collection. Pamphlets indexed by subject and author.

B031
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM,
1847-1922
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Inventor and educator
Dates of collection: 1834-1972
Size: 140,000 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1688
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, diaries, laboratory notebooks, subject files, drafts and copies of speeches, articles, books, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers, chiefly of Bell, but also of various members of the Bell, Hubbard, Fairchild, and Grosvenor families. Papers of Bell's father, Alexander Melville Bell, include material on elocution and the physiology of speech; papers of his father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, include material on the founding of Bell Telephone Co. and the National Geographic Society; and papers of his wife, Mabel (Hubbard) Bell, include material relating to Montessori education. Much of the material relates to Bell's invention of the telephone (1876). Other material relates to the Volta Laboratory and to Bell's interests in the education of the deaf, eugenics, marine engineering, and aviation. Correspondents include Joseph Henry, Guglielmo Marconi, and Charles Sumner Tainter. Gift of the descendants of Alexander Graham Bell, 1975. Additions to the collection are expected. Repository also has microfilm of the laboratory notebooks.

B032
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM,
1847-1922
(in Historical Manuscript collection)
Boston University, Mugar Library, Department of Special Collections (Boston, MA)
Profession: Inventor
Dates of collection: 1847-1922
Size: 12 letters
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Letters relate to Bell's patents and the telephone.

B033
BELL, ROSCOE E., b. 1905
Harry S. Truman Library (Independence, MO)
Profession: Government official
Dates of collection: 1930-53
Size: 4 ft.
NUCMC #: MS75-590
Access: restricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, notes, vouchers, speech files, charts, and graphs, documenting Bell's career in the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, particularly with the Bureau of Land Management, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Western Phosphate Program. Includes material on rural electrification. Information on literary rights available in the library. Gift of Mr. Bell, 1974.

B034
BELL, VERNON
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Profession: Electrician
Dates of collection: 1926
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
A five-page typewritten account of Bell's career as a pioneer electrician of the Northwest, installing bells, lighting, and dynamos in houses, factories, and hotels, starting in 1878 in Minneapolis. Manuscript is entitled "The Introduction of Electrical Service in Minnesota."

B035
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY VS. PETER A. DOWD
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Dates of collection: 1879
Size: 4 boxes
NUCMC #: MS60-168
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card catalogue
Depositions and examinations from the case between Bell Telephone Co. and Peter A. Dowd, an agent of Western Union Telegraph Co., about priority in the invention of the telephone.

B036
BELL TELEPHONE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (Harrisburg)
Dates of collection: 1886-92
Size: 2 reels of microfilm (3 letterpress books)
NUCMC #: MS60-1787
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card index
Executive correspondence of L.C. Kinsey & Co., Williamsport, PA (1886-89), dealers in electrical lighting, and of Davis, Rhoads & Co., Williamsport, PA (1887-92), engaged in the establishment of accumulator plants. These volumes include information on incandescent lighting systems, arc lights, dynamos, storage batteries, central lighting, automatic switches, house lighting, electric motors, the telephone, and electrical and street railway industries.

B037
BENNETT, ELMER F.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library (Abilene, KS)
Profession: Legislative Counsel, Dept. of Interior
Dates of collection: 1953-61
Size: 6 ft. (4,000 items)
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
The papers contain approximately 1,000 pages of material relating to water policy, reclamation, conservation, natural resources, hydroelectric power, and water transportation. Specific information included in the collection concerns the St. Lawrence Seaway, Colorado and Columbia Rivers projects, and Bear River water legislation. The papers are concerned primarily with legal and legislative problems of the various projects.

B038
BENNING, BROUGHTON W.
Atlanta Historical Society Archives (Atlanta, GA)
Profession: Amateur radio operator
Dates of collection: 1919-56
Size: 1 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-60
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence with other radio operators and with the American Radio Relay League (1919-21), ledger (1920s) listing stations and quality of reception, photos of radio equipment, and other papers.

B039
BENT, ALFRED ERNEST, 1862-1922
Colorado Historical Society, Stephen H. Hart Library (Denver)
Profession: Businessman, State Auditor and Treasurer
Dates of collection: 1900-20
Size: 3,300 items
NUCMC #: MS74-92
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence (1892-1912), business records, and printed materials, relating to the Colorado Investment & Realty Co., La Junta Power and Railway Co., Lamar Electric Co., Lamar Investment Co., Lamar Land and Canal Co., Primrose Mining and Development Co., and Purgatoire Development Co. Includes reports of the Colorado State Engineer and decisions of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.

B040
BERG, ERNST JULIUS, 1871-1941
Union College, Schaffer Library, Special Collections (Schenectady, NY)
Profession: Electrical engineer, educator
Dates of collection: 1898-1938
Size: 20 ft.
NUCMC #: MS76-1640
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Personal and professional correspondence, addresses, mss. and galleys of published books, lecture notes and student and departmental material, relating to Berg's teaching at Union College and his service as head of the Electrical Engineering Dept. at the University of Illinois, and notes and technical papers on alternators, induction motors, turbines, rotary converters, and other electrical apparatus, from his work at General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY. Correspondents include Oliver Heaviside, Edwin W. Rice, Jr., and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Information on literary rights available in the repository. Transferred from the Electrical Engineering Dept., Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1964.

B041
BERLINER, EMILE, 1851-1929
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, DC)
Profession: Inventor
Dates of collection: 1888-1924
Size: 1 box
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Collection contains three letters concerning Berliner's telephone transmitter (1894, 1918, 1924); a manuscript written by Berliner, "How the Induction Coil Became Added to the Telephone Transmitter"; a memorandum on the Edison-Berliner-Jenkins dispute over the phonograph (1924); and various speeches and addresses made by Berliner. These include "The Loose Contact Transmitter" (1910), "The Development of the Talking Machine" (1913), "A Reminiscence" (1912), and "The Gramophone" (1888).

B042
BESSEY, ROY FREDERIC, b. 1889
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Engineer, consultant
Dates of collection: 1955-63
Size: 15 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Speeches and writings concerning the Hells Canyon Controversy (1955-63) over nuclear power.

B043
BETTS, CLIFFORD ALLEN, b. 1889
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Profession: Engineer
Dates of collection: 1911, 1921-55
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS80-218
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Professional papers relating to hydraulic engineering, including studies of hydroelectric power systems in California, Colorado, Columbia River Basin, and Missouri Valley; laboratory reports (1930-32, 1939-41) on hydraulic engineering; published material on the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado, reclamation dams, and floods; and photos, sketches, and notes for articles by Betts.

B044
BETTS, PHILANDER, 1865-1945
Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections Department (New Brunswick, NJ)
Profession: Chief engineer for New Jersey Public Utilities Commission (1910-34)
Dates of collection: 1910-34
Size: 12 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains correspondence, reports, pamphlets, and blueprints, relating to public utilities, mainly in New Jersey. Also includes material on mechanical and electrical engineering and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

B045
BEUKEMA, JOHN C., 1888-1967
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections (East Lansing)
Profession: Business executive, secretary manager and president of the Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce
Dates of collection: 1920-61
Size: 19 ft.
NUCMC #: MS80-517
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Chiefly correspondence, financial records, Congressional reports, newspaper clippings, printed material, and maps, relating to the development and completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, particularly the role therein of the Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce ; together with correspondence and other records of the Chamber, serving the communities of Muskegon, North Muskegon, and Muskegon Heights, MI, relating to civic affairs, business and industry, and economic problems during the Depression and post-World War II period. Correspondents include U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, Michigan governors, U.S. presidents, and various organizations, including the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association, National Seaway Council, Ohio Waterway Association, and Power Authority of the State of New York. Includes material on the U.S. Federal Power Authority and the Rural Electification Administration. Gifts of Mr. Beukema, 1962, and his wife, 1971.

B046
BEVERLEY FAMILY
Virginia Historical Society Library (Richmond)
Dates of collection: 1654-1929
Size: 22,037 items
NUCMC #: MS78-588
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, accounts, notes, bonds, commonplace book, insurance policies, bills of lading, and other papers, chiefly of Robert Beverley (1858-1928), farmer, businessman, and civic leader, of Blandfield (estate), Essex County, VA, and Wachusett (farm), Fauquier County, VA, relating to his personal and business affairs. Includes accounts and other records of Upper Rappahannock Telephone and Telegraph Co., Caret, VA, of which Beverley was president, and accounts of St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, VA, of which he was treasurer, and records of Episcopal churches in that parish. Gift of Mrs. William Nash Beverley, Blandfield, Essex County, VA, 1972.

B047
BEYER, WALTER, 1913-1969
University of California at Los Angeles, University Research Library, Department of Special Collections
Profession: Motion picture and television engineer
Dates of collection: 1935-68
Size: 25 ft. (ca. 2,275 items)
NUCMC #: MS73-60
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Correspondence, papers, files, catalogues, printed material, and many photos, relating to wide-screen processes and stereo sound, television, 3-D, Cordova Mark 1 Projector, Mardovan method of film conservation, traveling matte process photography and the blue screen system, film processing, lighting and lamps, theater screens, shutter and flicker data, and the American Society of Cinematographers, American Standards Association, and Motion Picture Research Council. Gift of Mrs. Beyer, 1971.

B048
BILLINGS, JOHN SHAW, 1838-1913
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division (New York, NY)
Profession: Librarian, surgeon
Dates of collection: 1861-1918
Size: 44 ft.
NUCMC #: MS74-525
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in library
Correspondence and papers relating to Billings's work with the U.S. Army Medical Dept. (1861-95), Johns Hopkins Hospital (1873-90), and the New York Public Library (1895-1913); family correspondence, including letters from Billings to his wife regarding his Civil War experiences; and lectures, addresses, notes, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell.

B049
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FILE
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Size: 6 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Contains clippings, articles, photographs, blueprints, patents, and technical articles, concerning persons of note in the fields of electrical science and technology.

B050
BIOLOGICAL COMPUTER LABORATORY CONTRACT AND CONFERENCE
Coll. # 11/6/17
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Dates of collection: 1946-73
Size: 20.6 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Includes material on contracts with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (OSR), Aeronautical Systems Division, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory and Systems Command, Office of Naval Research (ONR), National Science Foundation (NSF, 1961-63), Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (1958-70), Army Research Office (1968-69), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1967-68). The series includes contracts on which director Heinz von Foerster worked, including those for Air Force Material Command (1946-53), OSR (1954-58), Cambridge Research Center (1953-60), Army Air Forces (1946-51), ONR (1947-55), and consulting projects with Westinghouse (1960-64), Army Research Office (1960-64), and NSF (1969-70). The series includes material on conferences (1950-51, 1953, 1955-71) attended by von Foerster concerning cybernetics, bionics, man-machine interaction, electrical engineering, computers, art and design, and memory; his participation in meetings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1964-69), American Society for Cybernetics (1967-71), NATO Advisory Board (1965, 1968), and the Annual Review of Electronics (1963-69, 1971); lectures to seminars, classes, clubs, and religious foundations; his work on the Graduate College Centennial Committee; and television presentations and visits by contract supervisors.

B051
BIOLOGICAL COMPUTER LABORATORY PUBLICATIONS
Coll. # 11/6/0/34
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Dates of collection: 1960-73
Size: 2 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Includes proposals, reports, technical reports, and publications lists for research projects supported by Air Force, Navy, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts and grants for research on the "technological realization" of "computational mechanisms observed in living organisms," "the theory and application of computational principles," the "mechanization of cognitive processes," "direct access intelligence systems," and information processing. This series includes a looseleaf BCL publications binder containing 148 microfiche of all BCL publications (1957-76) on cybernetics, cognitive studies, ecology, and related research projects.

B052
BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC COMPANY
Birmingham Public Library, Department of Archives and Manuscripts (Birmingham, AL)
Dates of collection: 1913-52
Size: 41 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aids
Contains correspondence, expenditure requisitions, blueprints and wiring schematics, annual reports to the Alabama Public Service Commission (1934-46), and tax records, including state taxes (1925-36), annual taxes (1937-44), and rate hearings (1933), relating to electric supply and electric traction. Correspondents include the chief engineer and purchasing agents of the company and major suppliers and producers of electrical equipment. Deposited by the Alabama Power Co., 1980.

B053
BISHOP, JAMES W., 1874-1953
Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection (Detroit, MI)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1928-43
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS70-1150
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence and other papers relating to the history of the Detroit Electric Light and Power Co., research for the Edison Institute at Greenfield Village (Dearborn, MI), and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund.

B054
BLATCHFORD, SEWARD & GRISWOLD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections (Cambridge)
Business: New York City law firm
Dates of collection: 1841-1910
Size: 6 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Contains material on 34 patents for which the firm helped inventors apply for the patents, provided counsel during infringement suits, and advised on marketing new inventions. Patents include Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Clinton Colgate's telegraph cable. Material includes letters, patents, patent applications, correspondence, notes, clippings, drawings, printed court records, court notices, bills of complaint, briefs, witness lists, depositions, subpoenas, affidavits, transcripts of testimony, and patent assignments.

B055
BLIESNER, GUSTAV HENRY, b. 1910
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Division (Pullman)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1934-81
Size: 45 ft. (100,000 items)
NUCMC #: MS69-565
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
"My Life's Philosophy," an unpublished accumulation of letters, documents, notes, and newspaper clippings, reflecting Bliesner's life as an electrical engineer, both in industrial and academic situations, as a family man, and as a church leader.

B056
BLISS, WILLIAM JULIAN ALBERT, 1867-1940
Johns Hopkins University, Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., Archives (Baltimore, MD)
Dates of collection: 1867-1940
Size: 7 vols.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Notebooks, two of which (1892-93) pertain to electricity and magnetism.

B057
BLUE HILL STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, Canton, MA.
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Dates of collection: 1898-1920
Size: 35 vols., 1 case
NUCMC #: MS60-3296
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in library
Directors' and stockholders' records, ledgers, cash books, letterpress book, scrapbooks, and financial reports.

B058
BOBROFF, BORNETT L., d. 1946
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Profession: Inventor, president of the Teleoptic Co. (Racine, WI)
Dates of collection: 1904-46
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS78-940
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, patents, articles, advertising matter, and other papers, relating to Bobroff's inventions; papers relating to the Teleoptic Co.; ship passenger lists from his trips to Europe; and personal correspondence. Includes material relating to Bobroff's invention of a voting machine for the Wisconsin Assembly and his dispute with the Patent Office.

B059
BOCKMIER, PAUL T., 1891-1977
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Division (Pullman)
Profession: District Manager, Washington Water Power Co.
Dates of collection: 1850-1977
Size: 3 ft. (450 items)
NUCMC #: MS79-1993
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, reminiscences, family papers, essays, maps, photos, and printed material, relating to the Bockmier, Perry, and Ross families and the development of Whitman County, WA, together with records of Whitman Tuberculosis Association and Washington Water Power Co., Garfield, WA. Gift of Mr. Bockmier, 1959-77.

B060
BOETTCHER, CHARLES, 1852-1948
Colorado Historical Society, Stephen H. Hart Library (Denver)
Profession: Businessman
Dates of collection: 1870-1969
Size: 10,000 items
NUCMC #: MS76-16
Access: restricted until 1995
Finding aids: published calendar
In part, photocopies. Correspondence, business records, newspaper reports, scrapbooks, photos, memorabilia, and taped interviews (with transcripts) of people who knew and worked with Boettcher and his son, Claude K. Boettcher (1875-1957), who carried on his father's business interests. Most of the collection consists of Boettcher's correspondence as an executive in the companies he directed or controlled. Business interests represented include banking, beet sugar refining, Portland cement, and electrical, mining, and transportation enterprises. The repository also has 4 reels of microfilm from which photocopies of the correspondence were made.

B061
BONE, HOMER TRUETT, 1883-1970
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: U.S. Senator, Judge
Dates of collection: 1934-48
Size: 1 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Correspondence (1934-48), speeches and writings, (1940-42), news releases (1940-43), legal documents, court papers, statistics, clippings, photographs, and other papers, concerning his involvement in the public power movement. Acquired in 1961.

B062
BONTSEMA, PETER H.
Broadcast Pioneers Library (Washington, DC)
Profession: Radio broadcaster
Size: 100 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1166
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Chiefly autographed photos of radio personalities, together with correspondence concerning Bontsema's research on the radio programs "Gene and Glenn" and "Ford and Glenn" (Gene Carroll, Glenn Rowell, and Ford Rush), Bontsema's memoir, Sears Roebuck and Radio WLS (Chicago, IL) material, and other books, pamphlets, and papers. Gift of Mr. Bontsema, 1976-77.

B063
BOOTHROYD, WILLIAM H.
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Businessman, secretary of the Current Power Co.
Dates of collection: 1896-1922
Profession: .5 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Personal correspondence (1905) and correspondence, legal documents, stock certificates, and other records, regarding the Current Power Co., a manufacturer of pumps and other equipment for mining and irrigation.

B064
BOSKOVIC, RUDZER
University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Size: 15 boxes, 7 vols.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: guide
Correspondence and other papers.

B065
BOWEN, GEORGE S., 1829-1905
Chicago Historical Society Library (Chicago, IL)
Profession: Entrepreneur, civic leader
Dates of collection: 1880s
Size: 74 boxes
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Correspondence, speeches, financial records, promotional materials, and newsclippings, relating to his career as an entrepreneur and civic leader in Chicago and Elgin. Topics include cotton and wool trade (1865-75); Chicago & Pacific Railroad (1870s); Elgin Electric Light Co. (1880s); investments in the South, Mexico, and Asian trade; free silver and anti-trust movements (1890s); and real estate, politics, and family affairs.

B066
BOWERSOCK, JUSTIN DEWITT,
1842-1922
University of Kansas Libraries, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Kansas Collection (Lawrence)
Profession: Businessman, U.S. Representative
Dates of collection: 1860-1918
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS80-356
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence, contracts, mortgages, deeds, and other records, relating to Bowersock's business ventures, including work as a grain merchant in Iowa; purchase of a dam on the Kansas River and establishment of Kansas Water Power Co.; organization of Douglas County Bank; establishment of Griffin Ice Co., Lawrence Iron Works, and Bowersock Opera House, all in Lawrence, KS; and purchase of an interest in the Kansas and Colorado Railroad and Consolidated Pacific Cement Plaster Co. Gift of Justin Hill, 1966.

B067
BOWHILL, SIDNEY A., b. 1927
Coll. # 11/6/25
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University Archives
Profession: Professor of electrical engineering
Dates of collection: 1959-75
Size: 5.6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS77-1166
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Chiefly correspondence with engineers in the U.S. and abroad, relating to program arrangements for meetings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Radio Engineers, and other professional groups; to articles on aeronomy, physics of the ionosphere, radio propagation, and rocket and satellite studies of the upper atmosphere, submitted for publication in Radio Science, Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, and Transactions of the Institute of Radio Engineers Professional Group on Antennas and Propagation, for which Bowhill served as editor and member of the Editorial Board; and to joint research projects, graduate student applications, assistantship appointments, and other topics. Acquired, 1973, 1979.

B068
BOYNTON BICYCLE ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Boston, MA.
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Baker Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department (Boston, MA)
Dates of collection: 1908-13
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS60-3296
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: card catalogue
Letters to and from E. Moody Boynton, patents, and a map.

B069
BRACKENRIDGE, WILLIAM ALGERNON, d. 1929
Huntington Library (San Marino, CA)
Profession: Vice President of the Southern California Edison Co.
Dates of collection: 1905-25
Size: 23 reports
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: catalogue cards
Twenty-three detailed engineering reports, written by Brackenridge, on various power projects throughout the United States (such as Niagara Falls, Trenton Falls and Prospect Falls, and steam power from geysers in Sonoma County, CA) made for various companies.

B070
BRADEN COPPER COMPANY
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1895-1900, 1916-20
Size: .4 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains correspondence, requisitions, proposals for projects, blueprints, plans, specifications, and worksheets for the Pangal Power Project in Chile. Also includes material on high-head hydroelectric stations, progress reports on dam and hydroelectric station work, and a bound volume of progress photographs.

B071
BRADLEY, JOSEPH P., 1813-1892
New Jersey Historical Society Library (Newark)
Profession: Lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Dates of collection: 1836-1936
Size: 5,000 items
NUCMC #: MS60-669
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Contained in the collection are materials relating to Bradley's private law practice. These include documents, legal notes, briefs, and some correspondence about the Bell telephone, Morse telegraph, and other patent cases.

B072
BRAGG, GEORGE NATHAN,
1897-1975
Nebraska State Historical Society, State Archives Division (Lincoln)
Profession: Amateur radio operator
Dates of collection: 1925-74
Size: 200 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Correspondence (1925-29, 1954-62), consisting chiefly of postcards confirming reception of Bragg's amateur radio stations, together with notes, radio log (1926-28), and other papers. Gift of Barbara B. Clayburn, 1979.

B073
BRANDON, MERWIN McGEHEE,
b. 1898
Mississippi State University, Mitchell Memorial Library, Special Collections (Mississippi State)
Profession: Electrical engineer, president of Underwriters' Laboratories
Dates of collection: 1942-74
Size: 1 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-1346
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
In part, photocopies (positive). Personal and business correspondence, speeches, memoranda, and biographical material, relating to Underwriters' Laboratories, the National Electrical Code, and electrical engineering. Gift of Mr. Brandon, 1974.

B074
BRIFFAULT, HERMA (HOYT), b. 1898
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division (New York, NY)
Profession: Author, translator
Dates of collection: 1951-73
Size: 1 package
NUCMC #: MS76-1500
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Typescript of "To the Yukon and Beyond," a story about the Russian-American telegraph expedition to the Arctic region of Alaska and Siberia, together with correspondence regarding its publication, copies of source materials relating to the expedition, and other papers. Gift of Mrs. Briffault, 1975.

B075
BRIMHALL, DEAN R., 1886-1972
University of Utah Library, Special Collections Department (Salt Lake City)
Profession: Government official, editor, executive secretary of the Psychological Corp., president of Utah Pacific Airways
Dates of collection: 1881-1972
Size: 30 ft.
NUCMC #: MS79-1983
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: register
Personal papers, including general and family correspondence, diaries and daybooks, financial records, biographical material, and Brimhall family records, particularly a diary (1881-1932) and other papers of Brimhall's father, George H. Brimhall, President of Brigham Young University; correspondence, charter and bylaws, minutes of meetings, interim and annual reports, and articles and publications of the Psychological Corp., which conducted human engineering research; material relating to American Men of Science (3d ed., 1921), of which he was co-editor; correspondence and other business records (1931-45) of Utah Pacific Airways; correspondence, speeches, news releases, and articles relating to his career with the Works Progress Administration (1935-39) and Civil Aeronautics Administration (1939-51); and subject files on Brimhall's writings, politics, education, mining, electric power, and petroglyphs. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brimhall, 1972-74.

B076
BRITTIN, LEWIS HOTCHKISS,
1877-1952
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Profession: Industrialist, founder of Northwest Airways
Dates of collection: 1898, 1913-53
Size: .5 cubic ft.
NUCMC #: MS72-968
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Correspondence, reports, statements, and clippings, relating to Northwest Airways (later Northwest Airlines), trade and industrial potential of the Northwest States, air cargo flow and freight services (1944-46), proposed industrial development for Minneapolis (1915), hydroelectric development in St. Paul (1921), and the 1934 Senate investigation of airmail contracts during which Brittin was convicted of contempt. Included is a report, "Saint Paul's Plan for Development and Utilization of Power at Government Dam No. 1," by Adolph F. Meyer and Lewis H. Brittin, presented to the U.S. Federal Power Commission, 18 October 1921. Correspondents include Richard C. Lilly.

B077
BROCKTON & PLYMOUTH STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
Pilgrim Society (Plymouth, MA)
Dates of collection: 1919-26
Size: 100 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1352
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence, minutes, meeting agendas, reports, and financial and other records.

B078
BROOKLYN EDISON COMPANY
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1926-35
Size: .1 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains annual reports of the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Brooklyn Edison Co. with narrative report, photographs, drawings, and graphs. Also included is a 1926 pamphlet on the Hell Gate and Sherman Creek generating stations of the United Electric Light and Power Co., New York, NY.

B079
BROUGHTON, WILLIAM GUNDRY, b. 1902
Coll. # 2341
Cornell University Libraries, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (Ithaca, NY)
Profession: Electrical engineer, District Sales Manager for broadcast equipment at General Electric
Dates of collection: 1875-1964
Size: 100 ft.
NUCMC #: MS70-1059
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Correspondence, logs, flight charts, accounts, drawings, specifications, agreements, catalogues, manuals, class exercises, notes, office records, memoranda, printed and mimeographed material, memorabilia, photos, slides, movie film, and tape recordings, relating to Broughton's student years at the Sibley College of Engineering, Cornell University, to his career at General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY, and to his interest in "ham" radio transmission. Includes family correspondence, chiefly relating to Broughton's father, Henry Primm Broughton, electrical engineer and "ham" radio enthusiast; correspondence with Walter Scott Goll, a family friend and manager of the General Electric plant in Fort Wayne, IN; correspondence with and publications of the Old Old Timer's Club, an organization of early experimenters in wireless communication; and material relating to Broughton's work and to his interests in airplanes, skate sailing, sailboating, and photography.

B080
BROWN, CHANDLER PERCY, b. 1909
Oregon Historical Society Library (Portland)
Profession: Businessman
Dates of collection: 1905-70
Size: 16 vols., 2 boxes
NUCMC #: MS73-736
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: guide
Correspondence with family members and members of the U.S. and Oregon Senates, relating to conservation, Oregon Children's Aid Society, trust funds, water supply in Salem, OR, and World War II; financial records of Bosler Electric Co., Breyman Bros., Stevens Steel & Equipment Co., and Walton-Brown Electric Co., Salem, OR, and Ray-Maling Co., Hillsboro, OR; address, date, and title books; ledgers; and family genealogy. Information on literary rights available in the library. Gift of Mr. Brown, 1972-73.

B081
BROWN, EDWARD FULLERTON,
b. 1891
Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (St. Paul)
Profession: Journalist
Dates of collection: 1915-16, 1923-62
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS72-970
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Correspondence, speeches, campaign literature, and printed material, chiefly 1932-54, relating to presidential campaigns (1932-48), including William Lemke's campaign for the Union Party (1936) with which Brown was associated, repeal of the 18th Amendment, Emil Holmes's unsuccessful campaigns for various State offices, the American Security Alliance, anti-Communist literature and correspondence, and rural electrification.

B082
BROWN, GORDON STANLEY, b. 1907
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections (Cambridge)
Profession: Head of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at MIT
Dates of collection: 1932-77
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Contains correspondence, reports, research proposals, newspaper clippings, speeches, reprints, and biographical material. A portion of the collection relates to the U.S. Federal Power Commission, the National Academy of Engineering, MIT, electrical engineering education, the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Whirlwind I computer, television, and professional engineering societies such as the Institute of Radio Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. A number of Brown's speeches and reprints cover such topics as feedback control systems, automation and automatic control, servomechanisms, and engineering education.

B083
BROWN, WILLIAM W., b. 1899
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1920-50
Size: 4 cubic ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: title index
Contains 35 binders of engineering drawings, correspondence, and charts, concerning high-frequency alternators, low- and high-frequency antenna systems, insulators, conductors, power transformers, cables, vacuum tubes, and the General Electric Co.

B084
BRUNETTI, CLEDO, 1910-1971
Foothill Electronics Museum, de Forest Memorial Library (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Profession: Engineer and inventor
Dates of collection: 1936-71
Size: 507 items
NUCMC #: MS79-1685
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
In part, photocopies. Class lectures on theory of electric networks delivered at the University of Minnesota Engineering Graduate School and publications and other papers relating to the development of the radio proximity fuse during World War II, printed circuits, electronic production, microelectronics, circuits, electronic production, microelectronics, mechanics, plastics, ceramics, design of microminiature electronic equipment, aeronautical, industrial, and medical instrumentation, radiosonde, automation in industry, business development, radar systems, and smog in Los Angeles. Gifts of Mr. Brunetti, his widow, and son, 1967-75.

B085
BRUSH, CHARLES FRANCIS,
1849-1929
Case Western Reserve University Libraries, Special Collections (Cleveland, OH)
Profession: Inventor of Brush arc light and Brush dynamo
Dates of collection: 1869-1929
Size: 17 ft.
NUCMC #: MS68-904
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished guide
Contains family, personal, business, and scientific correspondence, diaries, laboratory notebooks, mss. of patent specifications, fiscal and other business records of the Brush Electric Co. in Cleveland, newspaper clippings, and photos. Includes C.B. Sawyer's collection relating to Brush's work and life, assembled after Brush's death.

B086
BRUSH, CHARLES FRANCIS,
1849-1929
Western Reserve Historical Society, History Library (Cleveland, OH)
Profession: Inventor of Brush arc light and Brush dynamo
Size: 54 photographs
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
The photographs relate to the invention by Brush, in 1890, of a windmill to generate electricity.

B087
BRYAN, GEORGE SANDS, 1879-1943
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division (New York, NY)
Profession: Author
Dates of collection: 1918-39
Size: 3 vols., 4 boxes
NUCMC #: MS68-1088
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Correspondence relating chiefly to the preparation of Bryan's book, Edison, the Man and His Work (1926), incomplete typescript of the book, miscellaneous notes, clippings, and photos used for this and earlier books, autograph album, Bryan's copy of Edison, His Life and Inventions (1929), by F.L. Dyer and T.C. Martin, and notes and photocopies of source materials related to Bryan's other writings.

B088
BRYAN, JAMES WESLEY, 1874-1956
University of Washington Libraries, Manuscripts and University Archives Division (Seattle)
Profession: Attorney, public official, Washington State senator (1908-12) and U.S. Congressman (1913-15), Public Utility District Commissioner (1950-52)
Dates of collection: 1906-53
Size: 1 ft.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Family correspondence, legal case files, published court records, and clippings relating to his terms as Washington State senator and U.S. Congressman, attempts (1906) to have him disbared, personal legal matters, his libel suit (1911) against the Times Printing Co., Seattle, and his activities as Public Utility District Commissioner. Includes printed briefs relating to the public utility movement, filed amicus curiae (1950-53). Acquired in 1962.

B089
BUCHTEL, JOSEPH, 1830-1916
Oregon Historical Society Library (Portland)
Profession: Photographer, inventor, community leader, sheriff
Dates of collection: 1851-64
Size: 3 folders
NUCMC #: MS72-1598
Access: restricted
Finding aids: none
Diary excerpts (May-July 1851), bills, receipts, and patents for wooden-block pavements, telegraph firehoses, mining caisson, electric signal firehoses, distributing or spray nozzle, draft regulator, and cigar trays. Information on literary rights available in the library.

B090
BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM D.
Case Western Reserve University Libraries, Special Collections (Cleveland, OH)
Profession: Electrical engineer
Dates of collection: 1921-64
Size: 3 ft.
NUCMC #: MS71-1505
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: in library
Contains business correspondence, patents, speeches, technical articles, and data relating to Buckingham's invention of the zirconium-concentrated arc lamp and material relating to his career with Western Union. Includes correspondence and clippings concerning Buckingham's receipt of the Franklin Institute's Wetherill Medal and Western Union's d'Humy Medal.

B091
BUFFALO, NEW YORK. CITY RECORDS.
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Manuscripts Department (Buffalo, NY)
Dates of collection: 1808-1922
Size: 6 ft.
NUCMC #: MS75-172
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished inventory
Papers relating to lawyers, bar admission, cemeteries, businesses, societies, churches, the police department, city streets, schools, and street railways in the City of Buffalo. Information on literary rights available in the repository. Gift of the City of Buffalo.

B092
BUFFINGTON, JOHN V.
University of Virginia Library, Manuscripts Department and University Archives (Charlottesville)
Profession: Director of Conservation Council of Virginia
Dates of collection: 1970-75
Size: 750 items
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: unpublished finding aid
Minutes, bylaws, reports, speeches, research papers, legislative action files, and newsletters, relating chiefly to the Council of Population Growth and Control. Includes material on preservation of Assateague Island and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Blue Ridge Dam Project, Gathright Dam, Green Springs, James River, and Northanna Nuclear Power Plant. Gift, 1977.

B093
BULKLEY, CHARLES S.
Library Association of Portland (Portland, OR)
Profession: Engineer-in-chief for the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s expedition for the Russian Extension
Dates of collection: 1865-67
Size: 1 vol.
NUCMC #: MS73-144
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Letters from members of the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s expedition for the Russian Extension and a map of Russian America (Alaska Territory) compiled from Russian charts and surveys by J.F. Lewis. The repository also has a photocopy and microfilm (negative) of the collection.

B094
BURKHARDT, CHRISTIAN, 1834-1931
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Dates of collection: 1854-96
Size: 1 folder
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Personal material and information on the establishment of electric power lines in St. Croix County. Includes family letters, correspondence, appointments, mortgages, and deeds. Gift of Ms. Esther Burkhardt, 1943 and 1962.

B095
BURKLAND, CARL J.
Broadcast Pioneers Library (Washington, DC)
Dates of collection: 1930s-'40s
Size: 61 items
NUCMC #: MS78-1167
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Contains mainly CBS research studies, promotional items, speeches, books, and pamphlets.

B096
BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY,
1863-1937
University of Texas at Austin, E.C. Barker Texas History Center
Profession: Lawyer, U.S. Representative, U.S. Postmaster General (1913-21), chairman of the U.S. Telegraph and Telephone Administration (1918), and chairman of the U.S. Commission to the International Wire Communication Conference (1920)
Dates of collection: 1898-1928
Size: 5 ft.
NUCMC #: MS69-1957
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: descriptive register
Correspondence, speeches, photos, maps, broadsides, clippings, and pamphlets, relating to Burleson's legal and government career and to the Waters-Pierce case. Gift of Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson, 1939; Library of Congress, 1944; and Mrs. Sidney B. Smith, 1963-66.

B097
BURNELL, LEVI, 1803-1881
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division (Madison)
Dates of collection: 1843-80
Size: 1 box
NUCMC #: MS62-1803
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Letters and clippings to substantiate Burnell's claim that he proposed the idea of an electric telegraph in 1827, together with a few papers concerning his invention of the anemograph and some of the records made by the instrument under the observation of Increase A. Lapham at Milwaukee in the winter of 1860-61.

B098
BUSH, VANNEVAR, 1890-1974
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections (Cambridge)
Profession: Educator, inventor, administrator
Dates of collection: 1921-75
Size: 24 cartons
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: finding aid
Contains correspondence, reports, patent records, notes, memos, manuscript drafts, and galley proofs of books and articles, appointment calendars, and reprints, primarily from Bush's retirement years (1956-74). Included is material relating to the invention of Nomad radar for Raytheon Co., professional societies, and his business dealings with such companies as American Telephone and Telegraph and the Stewart-Warner Corp. A large part of the collection consists of correspondence, notes, and biographical material relating to two of his books, A Piece of the Action and Science In Not Enough. Part of the collection was transferred from the MIT Museum to the Archives in 1977, and the rest was given to the Archives by Harold Hazen and Frederick R. Fassett.

B099
BUTTE ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
Montana Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts (Helena)
Dates of collection: 1905
Size: 1 vol.
Access: unrestricted
Finding aids: none
Volume entitled "Power Development of the Butte Electric and Power Co., Madison River Power Co., Montana Power Transmission Co.," including photographs, maps, graphs, and text, concerning development of the Madison River. Gift of C.W. Wetmore, n.d.

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