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The 1867 Committee of the Regent and the Board of Trustees made provision for Civil Engineering instruction
In 1876, the Trustees defined the object of the school as "to furnish a course of theoretical instruction, accompanied and illustrated by a large amount of practice, which will enable students to enter intelligently upon the various and important duties of an engineer." Their report included statements on instructions, course of studies, technical studies, drawing, projects, apparatus and courses.
On January 30, 1906, the Trustees created a Department of Railway Engineering.
In February 1989, the Departments of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering and Ceramic Engineering were merged to form the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. See also Subgroup 11/9.
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May 8, 1867, pp. 42, 50-51.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 5th Report, Nov. 1, 1871, p. 149.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 4th Report, 1870-71, p. 14.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 8th Report, 1874-76, pp. 44-47.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 23rd Report, Jan. 30, 1906, p. 315.
6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 24th Report, Jan. 23, 1907, p. 70.
7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 34th Report, July 7, 1926, p. 3; Board of Trustees Transactions, 17th Report, 1892-94, p. 332.
8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 64th Report, February 4, 1988, pp 466-67.
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September 1963
Chronological
Printed and illustrated promotional and descriptive publications concerning the curriculum, physical plant and accomplishments of the School of Railway Engineering. The series includes a Spanish edition (1907), railway conference proceedings (1910), Charles Seley's address on railway legislation (1912), Edward C. Schmidt's paper on the locomotive laboratory, prepared for a meeting of the Western Railway Club (1913), a bulletin on the locomotive laboratory (1915) and a brochure on the railway dynamometer test car and steel rail and flanged wheel research (1949). Established in January 1906, the Department of Railway Engineering offered courses in railway, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering and in railway administration. The series includes a brochure on "Railroads and the University of Illinois" (ca. 1949) and an article on "Locomotive Testing Stations" by D.R. Carling (1972).