Guide to the Everett M. Strong Papers,
ca. 1919-1974.

Collection Number: 11-8-2335

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
T.A. Gobert
Date completed:
June 1987
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, March 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Everett M. Strong papers, ca. 1919-1974.
Collection Number:
11-8-2335
Creator:
Everett M. Strong, 1900-1986.
Quantity:
6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Reports, correspondence, drafts, minutes, notes, sketches, laboratory notebooks, newsletters, membership rosters, audio tapes, and other materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers of E.M. Strong, an electrical engineer at Cornell University.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Electrical engineer, Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of E.M. Strong primarily consist of reports, correspondence, drafts, minutes, and printed material relating to his work in electrical engineering, especially illumination and engineering education; notes, sketches, and laboratory notebooks used by Strong as a student at M.I.T. in the 1920s; materials concerning the Illuminating Engineering Research Institute; correspondence of Ella and Everett Strong; correspondence, newsletters, and membership rosters pertaining to the U.S. Power Squadrons and the local chapter, the Ithaca Power Squadron (boating organizations); and 34 audio tapes.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Strong, Everett M., 1900-1986.
Strong, Ella.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Ithaca Power Squadron.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
U.S. Power Squadrons.

Subjects:
Boats and boating.
Electric engineering.
Electric lighting.
Lighting.
Electric engineers.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Everett M. Strong papers, #11-8-2335. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Related collection: Ruth Strong. Papers, #37-5-2334.
Related collection: Phillips Hall Women's Club. Records, #11-8-2333.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Drafts of typescripts of "A Greenhorn Goes to Sea."
 Box 1
Materials regarding Ithaca, New York, organizations including Hobasco Lodge, Tau Beta Phi, Sigma Xi, and Acacia.
 Box 1
Careers in Lighting.
Box 1
National Science Foundation.
 Box 1
National Committee for Traffic Safety.
 Box 1
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
 Box 1
Patents.
 Box 1
Illuminating Engineering Research Institute: Technical Advisory Committee, Fellowship Program, and Symposia.
 Box 1
Correspondence pertaining to Agway, et al, v. Pennsylvania Electric Company.
 Box 1
Illuminating Engineering Research Institute: research progress reports, Photobiology Seminar, Technical Advisory Committee minutes, Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Development Committee, financial statements, C.L. Crouch, and contracts.
Box 2
Illuminating Engineering Research Institute: New York conservation of lighting.
 Box 3
Renwick Heights sewer.
 Box 3
R.G. Hopkinson correspondence.
 Box 3
Ella Strong papers.
 Box 3
Correspondence.
 Box 3
Correspondence.
 Box 4
United States National Committee: Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage.
 Box 4
Illuminating Engineering Research Institute.
 Box 4
Student notes, sketches, and printed material ( 1923-1925 ).
Box 4
Laboratory notebooks of E.M. Strong, MIT (3 vols., 1919-1922 ).
Box 5
Solutions and/or Answers to Problems in Electrical Circuit Analysis ( 1931 ) and notes.
Box 5
Physics notes and Laboratory Physics work book.
Box 5
General correspondence to Ella and Everett Strong from graduate students and others.
 Box 6
Birth certificates, passports, and related items.
 Box 6
Reports and correspondence regarding engineering education.
 Box 6
Correspondence, applications, and other items concerning the Cornell University Engineering Industrial Cooperative Program.
 Box 6
Correspondence, newsletters, membership rosters, and other materials concerning the United States Power Squadrons and the Ithaca Power Squadron.
Box 6
General correspondence, 1951, 1953, 1955-1962, 1965-1967 .
Box 7
Tape recordings (8-7" reels, 21-5" reels, 5-3" reels).
 Box 7