Guide to the Cornell University College Of Engineering Photographs,
1870-1965.

Collection Number: 16-2-2378

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:
Laura Linke
Date completed:
December 2007
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff. March 2008

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, 1870-1965.
Collection Number:
16-2-2378
Creator:
Cornell University.College of Engineering.
Quantity:
.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, Maps, Portraits, Negatives, Contact Sheets
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
College of Engineering photographic negatives, ca. 1945-1965, unidentified; seven lantern slides of field trips, 1870-1900, identified; photographs of Physics Dept. apparatus, 1870s-1880s, identified; five glass negatives and photographs of the construction of the Hydraulic Laboratory; glass slides depicting College of Engineering equipment and facilities (1870-1900); and photographs of John McMullen with a McMullen Scholarship brochure.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

College of Engineering photographic negatives, ca. 1945-1965, unidentified; seven lantern slides of field trips, 1870-1900, identified; photographs of Physics Dept. apparatus, 1870s-1880s, identified; five glass negatives and photographs of the construction of the Hydraulic Laboratory; glass slides depicting College of Engineering equipment and facilities (1870-1900); and photographs of John McMullen with a McMullen Scholarship brochure.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
McMullen, John, 1848-1921.
Cornell University--Description--Views.

Subjects:
Physical instruments.
Engineering--Study and teaching.

Form and Genre Terms:
Negatives.
Photographs.
Lantern slides.
Negatives.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, #16-2-2378. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Faculty (multiple names in the folder(s) for each letter: A-P
 Box 1
Faculty: Q/R-Z
 Box 2
Faculty: Earlier photos, A-Z
 Box 2
Faculty: Retired, A-Z
 Box 2
Unidentified man (Portrait)
 Box 3
1939-1946
W. L. Malcolm, Director of Civil Engineering
 Box 3
John Rennie (old engraving)
 Box 3
Faculty moved away (4 folders)
 Box 3
Faculty deceased
Box 3
Scheele
Box 3
Streett
Box 3
Tang
Box 3
Wolga
 Box 3
Unidentified students and faculty
 Box 3
Cartes-de-visite
Box 3
Classes of: 1882-1884, 1886-1892, 1895-1897, 1899, 1901, 1902
1917
Army engineers (Rolled Print)
 Box 3
1927
35th National Convention of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, University of Orono, Maine (Rolled Print)
Box 3
Departments
Agricultural Engineering
 Box 4
Applied Mathematics
 Box 4
Applied Physics [Applied and Engineering Physics]
 Box 4
Chemical Engineering
 Box 4
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 4
Computer Science
 Box 4
Electrical Engineering [Electrical and Computer Engineering]
 Box 5
EE historical
 Box 5
Geology/Geological Sciences
 Box 5
Materials Science and Engineering
 Box 5
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
 Box 5
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
 Box 6
Nuclear Engineering
 Box 6
Operations Research [Industrial Engineering]
 Box 6
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
 Box 6
Centers, Labs, and Programs
Arecibo
 Box 6
CADIF
 Box 6
Center for Environmental Research
 Box 6
CHESS (Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source)
 Box 6
COMEPP (Cornell Manufacturing, Engineering, and Productivity Program)
Box 6
Computing/ Computing Graphics
 Box 6
Computers and Computing History
 Box 6
De Frees Hydraulics Lab
 Box 6
De Frees dedication
 Box 6
Earthquakes and National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
Box 6
Electronic Packaging Alliance
 Box 6
Emerson Lab
 Box 7
Engineering Communications
 Box 7
Hamilton
 Box 7
Joint Services and Electronics Program
 Box 7
NNF (National Nanoscale Facility)/ Knight Lab
 Box 7
NRRFSS (National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures)
Box 7
Plasma Studies (LPS: Laboratory of Plasma Studies)
 Box 7
Satellite
 Box 7
SRC (Semiconductor Research Corporation Program in Microscience and Technology)
Box 7
Waste Management (CWMI and NYS SWCI)
 Box 7
Buildings
1897-1898
Album: Photos of construction of Cornell Hydraulic Laboratory
Box 7
Engineering buildings--Former
 Box 7
Buildings--Aerial views
 Box 7
Bard Hall
 Box 7
Between classes
 Box 7
Biotechnology
 Box 7
Buildings--Interiors
 Box 7
Buildings--Others
 Box 7
Campus: Engineering (2 folders)
 Box 7
Carpenter Hall
 Box 7
Clark Hall
 Box 7
Grumman Hall
 Box 7
Hollister Hall
 Box 7
ILR
 Box 7
Kimball Hall
 Box 7
Olin Hall--Interiors
 Box 7
Phillips Hall
 Box 7
Snee Hall
 Box 7
Theory Center
 Box 7
Thurston Hall
 Box 7
Upson Hall
 Box 7
Ward Lab
 Box 7
Wilson Synchrotron
 Box 7
Winter Laboratory
 Box 7
Alphabetical By Subjects (Folder Titles Supplied By Engineering College)
Academic Rush Week
 Box 8
Admissions
 Box 8
1986
Admissions
Box 8
Admissions, Advising, and Counselling
 Box 8
Advising and Counselling
 Box 8
AID
 Box 8
Alumni (2 folders)
 Box 8
Alumni Affairs
 Box 8
Alumni Benefits
 Box 8
Alumni Convocation
 Box 8
Arbor Day--Paper Recycling
 Box 8
Basic Studies
 Box 8
Benefactors
 Box 8
Blackboards
 Box 8
Career Services
 Box 8
China
 Box 8
Classroom scenes
 Box 8
Commencement
 Box 8
Committees: College
 Box 8
Contests
 Box 8
Contests--Fun-type
 Box 8
Continuing Education
 Box 8
1971
Convocation
Box 8
CO-OP Program (2 folders)
 Box 8
Cornell Engineer
 Box 8
COSEP mini-course
Box 8
Danby Telescope
 Box 9
Design Project
Box 9
Dictation
Box 9
Dogs
Box 9
EE Centennial
Box 9
Energy
Box 9
Energy lectures
Box 9
Engineering (Miscellanous Photos)
Box 9
1980
Engineering
Box 9
Engineering Award
Box 9
Engineering College Council (2 folders)
Box 9
Engineering College Staff
 Box 9
Engineering Education Coalition
Box 9
Engineering Conference
 Box 9
Engineering "Historical"
 Box 9
Engineering Quarterly
 Box 9
Engineer's Day
Box 9
Freshman Center
Box 9
1971
Freshman Center
Box 9
Frosh Orientation
Box 9
1982
Hatfield Fellow
Box 9
Historical
Box 9
Historical: Portraits
 Box 9
Laboratory scenes
Box 9
Law and Environmental Control
Box 9
Lecture
Box 9
Libraries
 Box 9
Lunar Rover
 Box 9
Master of Engineering
Box 9
1981
Master of Engineering
Box 9
Master of Engineering Design projects
 Box 9
Master Plan
Box 10
Materials Learning Center
Box 10
1980
McManus
Box 10
McMullen Scholarship
Box 10
Mini courses
Box 10
Minority Programs
Box 10
Moods
 Box 10
Photogrammetry
Box 10
Placement
Box 10
Pollution--traffic
Box 10
Rawlings
Box 10
Registration
Box 10
Research Reviews
Box 10
Reunion
Box 10
1968
Reunion
Box 10
Scholarships
Box 10
Schultz
Box 10
Science photos
Box 10
Social Implications of Technology
Box 10
Special events
Box 10
Student Awards
Box 10
Students
 Box 10
Students 1970 - Identified (multiple photos: in class; in the lab; on campus; in the dorms)
Box 10
1970
Roger K. Berman, EE
Carter
1972
Gary Cokins, ORIE
1972
George E. Gull, MAE
1969
Robert E. Kingan, EE
1970
Otis W. Sprow, Mech.E
1973
Thomas M. Wozny, AEP
1970
Students(3 more folders; to be processed)
 Box 10
Summer Jobs
Box 10
Superconductivity
 Box 10
Tau Beta Pi
Box 10
1995
Teaching Awards
Box 10
Techniques of Engineering Education
Box 10
Telegraph
Box 10
Texture, Design, etc
 Box 10
Transportation
Box 10
TV Classroom
Box 10
June 1966
Twentieth Anniversary Program, [Applied & Engr. Physics]
Box 10
Underground Research
Box 10
Urban
 Box 10
April 1982
VIP for General (notes)
 Box 10
Women in Engineering
 Box 10
General Cornell Views--Non-Engineering
Athletics
Box 11
Between classes
Box 11
Book Store
Box 11
Campus
 Box 11
Campus Field & Stream (2 folders)
Box 11
Collegetown
Box 11
Community--Rural
Box 11
Community--Urban
Box 11
1969
Constituent Assembly
 Box 11
Distant Views
Box 11
Dormitories
Box 11
Housing and Dining
Box 11
McGraw Tower
Box 11
Performing Arts
 Box 11
Recreation/ Sports
Box 11
Statler
 Box 11
Prints, Contact Sheets and Negatives (By Photographer or Photo Agency Name)
Dede Hatch
 Box 12
Doug Hicks
 Box 12
C. Hadley Smith
 Box 12
In-house photos
 Box 12
1987-1989
University Photography, (Harrington) contact sheets
 Box 12
1990-1997
University Photography, contact sheets
 Box 12
Visual Services contact sheets
 Box 12
Special negatives
 Box 12
Others
 Box 12
Box of unidentified old negatives
 Box 12
David Ruether contact sheets and negatives
[Note: Engineering College owns copyright to Ruether's images]
Contact sheets
Box 13
1973
Contact sheets
Box 13
1975
Contact sheets
Box 13
June 1975
Contact sheets
Box 13
November 1975
Contact sheets
Box 13
December 1975
Contact sheets
Box 13
1976
Contact sheets
Box 13
Spring and Fall 1976
Contact sheets
 Box 13
December 1976
Contact sheets
 Box 13
May 1977
Contact sheets
 Box 13
Spring 19771983-1984
Contact sheets
 Box 13
1985-1986
Contact sheets
 Box 13
1987-1989
Contact sheets
 Box 13
Additional folders, undated
 Box 13
Negatives: C-22, C-23, 25-36
 Box 13
Negatives: 37-54
 Box 13
Negatives: E73, E74, E77, E79, E81, Eng 109, Eng 114, Eng 117
 Box 14
Cornell 11, C-12, C14, C-16, C-19, 2nd Run, Cornell 20
 Box 14
Engineering buildings: contact sheets and negatives, July 1971
 Box 14
83-E-1 through 85-E-43
 Box 14
85-E-44 through 89-E-16
 Box 14
90-E-1 through 91-E-15
 Box 14
Bridges, construction, railroads, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction, railroads, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction, distribution gates, railroads
 Box 15
Bridges, construction
Box 15
Bridges, construction, piers, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, construction, railroads
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, canals, construction, dams, railroads, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, construction, dams, railroads, reservoirs, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction, railroads, tunnels, water systems
Box 15
Bridges, construction, power lines
Box 15
Bridges, rock tunneling machine
Box 15
Bridge, Africans, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction, tunnels
Box 15
Bridges, construction
Box 15
Bridges, construction, water works
Box 15
Bridges, construction, wireless towers
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, construction
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, construction, streets
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, construction, railroads
Box 15
Bridges, construction, railroads
Box 15
Concrete frame building, Portland, Maine
Box 15
Bridges, construction, dams, piers, railroads, reactors, unidentified machinery
Box 15
Bridges, buildings, coffer dams, construction, viaducts
Box 15
Bridges, construction, horses and wagons hauling materials, piers, railroads
Box 15
Buildings, construction, pier
Box 15
Blasting, bridges, canals, construction, dams, foundations, machinery and plumbing, piers, respirators and testing laboratories
Box 16
Aqueducts, bridges, buildings, construction, dams drainage ditches, laying pipeline, machinery, tunnels, worker standing on his head atop span under construction
Box 16
Blasting, buildings, construction, machinery, piers
Box 16
Bridges, construction, drawbridges, foundations, railroads, test train
Box 16
Bridge collapse, bridges, construction, drawbridges, piers, railroads, sewer outlets, subways, tunnels
Box 16
Bridge conveyers, bridges, construction
Box 16
Sewage works school (C.U.), Michigan Community Health Project, Civil Engineering faculty (1956), bridges, construction
Box 16
Bridges, buildings, construction, disposal plant, pouring concrete
Box 16
Bridges, buildings, construction, machinery, piers, portraits of three early engineers
Box 16
Prints and negatives taken by Professors Walker and Hollister, reprint by D. L Frizzell
Box 16
Prints and negatives of bridges, construction, Africans
Box 16
Prints and negatives of bridges, buildings, construction, test train
Box 16
Bridges, construction, machinery, miscellany
Box 16
Bridges, construction, survey camp, miscellany
Box 16
Bridges (over-size prints)
Box 17
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
 Box 18
Annual banquet, bridges, canals, railroads
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Box 19
Faculty and students group portraits, portrait of unidentified woman,bridges, canals, piers, railroads
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Box 20
Bridges, construction
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Box 21
Construction, bridges, buildings
Civil Engineering (over-size prints): map
 Box 22
"area covered by the first summer survey of the College of Engineering, Spring 1874" (in Canada; including partial views of the Canadian Pacific RR, the South Saskatchewan River, and several towns; not a field map, but drawn by a member of the class after the survey)
Construction, bridges, buildings, railroads
 Box 22
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
 Box 23
Aerial photos, construction, bridges, buildings, railroads
Civil Engineering: bridges, buildings, construction, dams, piers, railroads
Box 24
Jon Reis contact sheets and negatives
Negatives and contact sheets: Library Tower
 Box 25
Contact sheets: Athletics
 Box 25
Contact sheets: Museum and Library after 1966
 Box 25
Contact sheets: "campuses"
 Box 25
Contact sheets: Mechanical Engineering
 Box 25
Contact sheets: Engineering Campuses
 Box 25
1966
Negative: Inside front cover,"The Surface of a high-density sample of magnesium," photo by Dr. P. Morgan
Box 25
Contact sheets (3 more folders)
 Box 25
May 1980
McManus luncheon
Box 25
February 1980
Engineering Corp.
Box 25
December 1980
Ellie Moulton's retirement party
 Box 25
1980-1986
Contact sheet
 Box 25
July 1984
Everhart retirement
 Box 25
1981
Contact sheet
 Box 25
1982
Contact sheet
 Box 25
1983
Contact sheet
 Box 25
1987
Contact sheet
 Box 25
1989-1990
Contact sheet
 Box 25
In map case: Bundle (oversize prints)
Box 25
Unidentified portrait, College de Genie Civil, Batiment Principal
Additional material, housed in manuscript collection box.
 Box 37 Folder m.16-2-2378