Mechanical Arts and Engineering College Records 1892-1943
Archives 156

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Mechanical Arts & Engineering College Records
ID
Archives 156
Date [inclusive]
1892-1943
Extent
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 It also includes published and unpublished manuscripts on engineering projects dating from 1892 to 1940, some authored by Carpenter.

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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.

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Scope and Content

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 It also includes published and unpublished manuscripts on engineering projects dating from 1892 to 1940 -- some authored by H. V. Carpenter.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the College of Mechanical Arts & Engineering were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries prior to 1970 (WSU 165).

Processing Information

The records were processed in July 1984 by Patricia M.Gourd.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering--Archives
  • State College of Washington. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering--Records and correspondence
  • KWSC (Radio Station: Pullman, Wash.)--Records and correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Carpenter, Hubert Vinton, 1875-1941--Archives
  • Volk, Edmund--Archives

Subject(s)

  • Electric engineering--Study and teaching--Research
  • Electric engineering--History--Archival resources
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

H. V. Carpenter Correspondence  1911  16 items

1 1

H. V. Carpenter Correspondence (re: KWSC)  1915-1932  24 items

1 2

H. V. Carpenter Correspondence  1922-1943  35 items

1 3

"Descriptive Geometry: Plates," by Albert E. Church, 1892, with holographic comments by H. V. Carpenter   1 item

1 4

"Experiments In Electrical Laboratory, 1896-1897," by H. V. Carpenter   1 item

1 5

"Experiments On Magnetism," by Edmond Volk (Physics 4)  1897  1 item

1 6

"The Future of Power Use in the Pacific Northwest," by H. V. Carpenter  1940  1 item

1 7

"High Voltage Research," by H. V. Carpenter  1927  1 item

1 8

"Notes On Electric Measurements," by H. V. Carpenter  1895  1 item

1 9