11/1/52 Guide to the Engineering Scrapbooks Engineering Scrapbooks Finding Aid Authors: Bethany Anderson.

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Guide to the Engineering Scrapbooks 1894/1969 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Engineering Scrapbooks 1894-1969 11/1/52 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Engineering 5.70 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

Organized when the University opened in 1868 and formed as a college in March, 1873, the College of Engineering operates an experiment station, twelve departments, and a graduate program.

The duties of the Dean of the College of Engineering have evolved from being chairman at faculty meetings to being chief administrator for and representative of the College within the University system.1 In this capacity as chief administrator, the Dean has the power to create positions and offices under his direct control in order to meet his obligations to both faculty and students.2

The Measurement Program was created in 1948.3 It is a branch of the Engineering Experiment Station, which was founded in 1909 and placed under the control of the Dean of the College.4 It functions as a service group for the entire campus by calibrating and repairing optical and electrical laboratory equipment used for experimentation or instruction.5

Student Placement is an office providing information and assistance to graduating students seeking employment.6 This office developed as a result of the University's policy of leaving employment counseling to the deans of the colleges.7 Its budget and staff are incorporated into the general administrative allocations of the College.8

The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula are eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.9

1. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 114-116.

2. Statutes, September 1, 1957, p. 10.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, June 15, 1948, p. 1289.

4. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 116.

5. Interview with the Acting Director, February, 1980.

6. Interview with the Assistant Dean, February, 1980.

7. Annual Register, 1943-1944, p. 109.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, June 24, 1941, p. 317.

9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Engineering Research Engineering, College of Engineers, Portraits of Faculty Social Life Railway Engineering
Title:

Engineering Scrapbooks (Digital Surrogates)

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of the College of Engineering (1894-1915, 1906-1924, 1907-1969), contain newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs documenting the history of the College, including the Railway Engineering program; engineering research (e.g. the creation of the Betatron and Cyclotron, Joseph T. Tykociner's development of sound-on-film, and Jakob Kunz's work on the photoelectric cell); the social activities of administrators, students, faculty and their spouses; obituaries of faculty; conferences and special events hosted by the College (e.g. the Engineering Open House); employment opportunities for women during the World War II (ca. 1943); the establishment of the Willard Airport in 1944; and notable faculty innovations (e.g. Nathan Newmark's work on the Latino Americana building in Mexico City, 1957). The scrapbooks also include photograph portraits of faculty (1910).

Detailed List of Contents id174617 1 Scrapbook 1894-1911 id174619 2 Scrapbook (Railway Engineering Photographs) 1894-1907 id174620 2 Scrapbook (Railway Engineering Clippings) 1909 id174621 2 Scrapbook 1906-1907 id174623 3 Faculty Photographs 1916 id174624 3 Scrapbook 1907-1920 id174625 3 Scrapbook 1922-1924 id174626 3 Scrapbook 1924-1927 id174628 4 Scrapbook 1927-1929 id174629 4 Scrapbook 1929-1932 id174630 4 Scrapbook 1932-1935 id174631 4 Scrapbook 1935-1939 id174632 4 Scrapbook 1939-1942 id174634 5 Scrapbook 1942-1945 id174635 5 Scrapbook 1945-1948 id174636 5 Scrapbook 1948-1950 id174637 5 Scrapbook 1950-1954 id174638 5 Scrapbook (Engineering and Research) 1955-1957 id174640 6 Scrapbook 1957-1959 id174641 6 Scrapbook (Engineering Social Activities) 1958-1959 id174642 6 Scrapbook (Engineering Social Activities) 1959-1962 id174643 6 Scrapbook 1959-1966 id174644 6 Scrapbook 1966-1969 id228764 7 (OS) 1 Newspaper Clippings, 1911-1913