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The 1867 Catalogue of the Illinois Industrial University listed Mechanical Science and Art in the Polytechnic Department.
On September 1, 1940, the Department of Railway Engineering was discontinued and some of its courses and faculty were transferred to the Mechanical Engineering Department.
1. Catalogue and Circular, 1867, p. 6.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 3rd Report, March 8, 1870, p. 47.
3. Ibid., 40th Report, June 28, 1940, p. 971
4. Ibid., 46th Report, March 12, 1952, pp. 1410-11
5. Ibid., 50th Report, April 20, 1960, p. 1257.
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Additions acquired 2/16/2015.
Chronological
Printed and duplicated publications and issuances of the department, including "Notes on Elementary Machine Design for Students" (1909), a banquet menu (1916); alumni lists (1908-09, 1968); a statement on research cooperation (1942); a faculty handbook containing photographs and biographical information (1947); faculty directory (1960); a 60-page memorial booklet on George Goodenough by Seichi Konzo (1972); a report on a shared professorship endowed by the ALCOA Foundation (1970); a centennial fund brochure (1970); faculty retirement banquet programs; a talk on engineering education by Norman Parker (1949) and materials on mechanical engineering; Notes on Humidity and Air Conditioning by L.A. Harding (ca. 1935); Atmospheric Environment Research Program Statement by M.K. Fahnestuck (1942); "Quantitative Approaches to the Management of Information/Document Retrieval at The University of Illinois", (1975) and the MechSE 2008 newsletter.