Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Mechanical Arts and Engineering College Records
1892-1943
Archives 156
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Mechanical Arts & Engineering College Records
- ID
- Archives 156
- Date [inclusive]
- 1892-1943
- General Physical Description note
- approximate 81 items .5 linear feet 1 containers
- Abstract
- Includes the correspondence of H.V. Carpenter regarding his engineering consultations with the State College of Washington and others and his responsibilities as the director of KWSC. It also includes published and unpublished manuscripts on engineering projects dating from 1892 to 1940, some authored by Carpenter.
Organizational History:
The College of Mechanical Arts Engineering was established in 1917 upon the reorganization of the State College of Washington. Hubert Vinton Carpenter had been the head of the Department of Mechanical Electrical Engineering from 1903, but in 1917 he became the Dean of the College of Mechanical Arts Engineering. Both before and after Dr. Carpenter became dean, he acted as an engineering consultant with the State College. Dr. Carpenter also was instrumental in the establishment of KWSC in 1915 and acted as its director until his retirement from the college in 1938.
Scope and Contents note
The records of the College of Mechanical Arts Engineering date from 1892 to 1943 and are arranged in a single alphabetical sequence. The series includes the correspondence of H. V. Carpenter regarding his engineering consultations with the State College of Washington and others and his responsibilities as the director of KWSC. It also includes published and unpublished manuscripts on engineering projects dating from 1892 to 1940 -- some authored by H. V. Carpenter.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The records of the College of Mechanical Arts & Engineering were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries prior to 1970 (WSU 165).
Processing Information note
The records were processed in July 1984 by Patricia M.Gourd.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- KWSC (Radio Station: Pullman, Wash.)--Records and correspondence
- State College of Washington. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering.
- Washington State University. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering--Archives
- Washington State University. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering--Records and correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Carpenter, Hubert Vinton, 1875-1941--Archives
- Volk, Edmund--Archives
Subject(s)
- Colleges and Universities
- Electric engineering--History--Archival resources
- Electric engineering--Study and teaching--Research
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
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H. V. Carpenter Correspondence 1911 16.0 items |
1 | 1 | ||
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H. V. Carpenter Correspondence (re: KWSC) 1915-1932 24.0 items |
1 | 2 | ||
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H. V. Carpenter Correspondence 1922-1943 35.0 items |
1 | 3 | ||
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"Descriptive Geometry: Plates," by Albert E. Church, 1892, with holographic comments by H. V. Carpenter 1.0 item |
1 | 4 | ||
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"Experiments In Electrical Laboratory, 1896-1897," by H. V. Carpenter 1.0 item |
1 | 5 | ||
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"Experiments On Magnetism," by Edmond Volk (Physics 4) 1897 1.0 item |
1 | 6 | ||
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"The Future of Power Use in the Pacific Northwest," by H. V. Carpenter 1940 1.0 item |
1 | 7 | ||
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"High Voltage Research," by H. V. Carpenter 1927 1.0 item |
1 | 8 | ||
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"Notes On Electric Measurements," by H. V. Carpenter 1895 1.0 item |
1 | 9 | ||