Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, 1870-1990.
Collection Number: 16-2-2378

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, 1870-1990.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
16-2-2378
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.
Creator:
Cornell University. College of Engineering
Colby, Victor
Quanitities:
4.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Cornell University College of Engineering photographs, #16-2-2378. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Scope and content

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 and electrical engineering photos of equipment, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and Professor Victor Colby with his "EE Sculpture" that was installed in Phillips Hall. Includes carte-de-visite photographs of engineering students, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1900, and 1901.
Related Materials

A number of the photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be seen here: http://rmc-images.library.cornell.edu/ .
SUBJECTS

Names:
McMullen, John, 1848-1921.
Cornell University -- : Description -- : Views.
Subjects:
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Physical instruments
Form and Genre Terms:
Negatives.
Lantern slides.
Photographs
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. General Photographs
Box 1
Faculty (multiple names in the folder(s) for each letter: A-P
Box 2
Faculty: Q/R-Z
Box 2
Faculty: Earlier photos, A-Z
Box 2
Faculty: Retired, A-Z
Box 28
Faculty
 1996-2002
Box 3
Unidentified man (Portrait)
Box 3
W. L. Malcolm, Director of Civil Engineering
 1939-1946
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
Scope and Contents
Classes of: 1882-1884, 1886-1892, 1895-1897, 1899, 1901, 1902
Box 3
Army engineers (Rolled Print)
 1917
Box 3
35th National Convention of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, University of Orono, Maine (Rolled Print)
 1927
Mapcase Folder 2
Class of 1925 panoramic photograph
 1925
Series II. Departments
Subseries IIa. General Departments
Box 4
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 5
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 6
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Box 6
Nuclear Engineering
Box 6
Operations Research [Industrial Engineering]
Box 6
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Subseries IIb. Centers, Labs, and Programs
Box 6
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 7
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)
Subseries IIc. Buildings
Box 7
Album: Photos of construction of Cornell Hydraulic Laboratory
 1897-1898
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
Mapcase Folder 1
Hollister Hall-oversized photo
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
Series III. Alphabetical By Subjects (Folder Titles Supplied By Engineering College)
Box 8
Academic Rush Week
Box 8
Admissions
Box 8
Admissions
 1986
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
Convocation
 1971
Box 8
CO-OP Program (2 folders)
Box 8
Cornell Engineer
Box 8
COSEP mini-course
Box 9
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
Engineering
 1980
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
Freshman Center
 1971
Box 9
Frosh Orientation
Box 9
Hatfield Fellow
 1982
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
Master of Engineering
 1981
Box 9
Master of Engineering Design projects
Box 10
Master Plan
Box 10
Materials Learning Center
Box 10
McManus
 1980
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
Reunion
 1968
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)
Roger K. Berman, EE
 1970
Carter
Gary Cokins, ORIE
 1972
George E. Gull, MAE
 1972
Robert E. Kingan, EE
 1969
Otis W. Sprow, Mech.E
 1970
Thomas M. Wozny, AEP
 1973
Box 10
Students(3 more folders; to be processed)
 1970
Box 10
Summer Jobs
Box 10
Superconductivity
Box 10
Tau Beta Pi
Box 10
Teaching Awards
 1995
Box 10
Techniques of Engineering Education
Box 10
Telegraph
Box 10
Texture, Design, etc
Box 10
Transportation
Box 10
TV Classroom
Box 10
Twentieth Anniversary Program, [Applied & Engr. Physics]
 June 1966
Box 10
Underground Research
Box 10
Urban
Box 10
VIP for General (notes)
 April 1982
Box 10
Women in Engineering
Series IV. General Cornell Views--Non-Engineering
Box 11
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
Constituent Assembly
 1969
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
Series V. Prints, Contact Sheets and Negatives (By Photographer or Photo Agency Name)
Box 12
Dede Hatch
Box 12
Doug Hicks
Box 12
C. Hadley Smith
Box 12
In-house photos
Box 12
University Photography, (Harrington) contact sheets
 1987-1989
Box 12
University Photography, contact sheets
 1990-1997
Box 12
Visual Services contact sheets
Box 12
Special negatives
Box 12
Others
Box 12
Box of unidentified old negatives
Series VI. David Ruether contact sheets and negatives
Scope and Contents
[Note: Engineering College owns copyright to Ruether's images]
Box 13
Contact sheets
Box 13
Contact sheets
 1973
Box 13
Contact sheets
 1975
Box 13
Contact sheets
 June 1975
Box 13
Contact sheets
 November 1975
Box 13
Contact sheets
 December 1975
Box 13
Contact sheets
 1976
Box 13
Contact sheets
 Spring 1976, Fall 1976
Box 13
Contact sheets
 December 1976
Box 13
Contact sheets
 May 1977
Box 13
Contact sheets
 Spring 1977, 1983-1984
Box 13
Contact sheets
 1985-1986
Box 13
Contact sheets
 1987-1989
Box 13
Additional folders, undated
Box 13
Negatives: C-22, C-23, 25-36
Box 13
Negatives: 37-54
Box 14
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 15
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 16
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 17
Bridges (over-size prints)
Box 18
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Scope and Contents
Annual banquet, bridges, canals, railroads
Box 19
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Scope and Contents
Faculty and students group portraits, portrait of unidentified woman,bridges, canals, piers, railroads
Box 20
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Scope and Contents
Bridges, construction
Box 21
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Scope and Contents
Construction, bridges, buildings
Box 22
Civil Engineering (over-size prints): map
Scope and Contents
"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)
Box 22
Construction, bridges, buildings, railroads
Box 23
Civil Engineering (over-size prints)
Scope and Contents
Aerial photos, construction, bridges, buildings, railroads
Box 24
Civil Engineering: bridges, buildings, construction, dams, piers, railroads
Series VII. Jon Reis contact sheets and negatives
Box 25
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
Negative: Inside front cover,"The Surface of a high-density sample of magnesium," photo by Dr. P. Morgan
 1966
Box 25
Contact sheets (3 more folders)
Box 25
McManus luncheon
 May 1980
Box 25
Engineering Corp.
 February 1980
Box 25
Ellie Moulton's retirement party
 December 1980
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1980-1986
Box 25
Everhart retirement
 July 1984
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1981
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1982
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1983
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1987
Box 25
Contact sheet
 1989-1990
Box 25
In map case: Bundle (oversize prints)
Scope and Contents
Unidentified portrait, College de Genie Civil, Batiment Principal
Manuscript Box 37 Folder m.16-2-2378
Additional material.
Series VIII. Slides with index
Scope and Contents
Order based on slide file index in box 26 folder 1
Box 26 Folder 1
Slide File Index
 1998-04-07
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of buildings.
Box 26 Folder 2-4
PR 1 Engineering Buildings
 1986-1998
Box 26 Folder 5
PR 2 Aerial Views
 1968 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 6
PR 2 Aerial Views of Engineering Quad
 1968, 1985, and Undated
Box 26 Folder 7
PR 3 Hoy Field Stadium
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 8
Cornell E-Car Racing
 1975
Box 26 Folder 9
Sports
 1990
Box 26 Folder 10
PR 4 Paths, Trees, People
 1970 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 11
PR 4 Sky and Falls
 1990
Scope and Contents
Ithaca Falls, Taughannock Falls
Box 26 Folder 12
PR 4 Bridges and Stairs
 1975, 1993, and Undated
Box 26 Folder 13
PR 5 Ivy League - Anabel Taylor Hall
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 14
PR 5 Ivy League - Walls
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 15
PR 6 Sundial
 1981-1996
Box 26 Folder 16
PR 7 Architectural Plans
 1985
Box 26 Folder 17-20
PR 8 McGraw Tower
 1982-1985 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 21
PR 9 People (Anonymous) - People on Arts Quad, Sibley Dome and Arecibo
 1989-1998 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 22
PR 9 People (Anonymous) - Old Anonymous Alumni
 1970-1995
Box 26 Folder 23
PR 9 People (Anonymous - Classes/Classrooms
 1989-1991 and Undated
Scope and Contents
Includes slides from "Day in the Life of a (Female) Cornell Engineer" "Women in Red" program.
Box 26 Folder 24
PR 9 People (Anonymous) - Changing classes and Engineering Quad
 1982 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 25
PR 10 Statues
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 26
PR 11 Portraits - Deans
 1994 and undated
Box 26 Folder 27
PR 11 Portraits
 1992
Scope and Contents
Edward Ray, Biochem
Box 26 Folder 28
PR 12 Labs 1
 1989-1998
Box 26 Folder 29
PR 12 Lab 2 - Labs and Shops
 1989-1998
Box 26 Folder 30
PR 12 Labs 3
 1989-1998
Box 26 Folder 31
Labs - EE, NNF, MSC, CIMP
 1991
Box 26 Folder 32
Labs - CADIF
 1989
Box 26 Folder 33
Labs - Plasma
 1990-1992
Box 26 Folder 34
Labs - Materials Science Center NNF/CIMP/EMF
 1991
Box 26 Folder 35
PR 12 Miscellaneous Labs
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 36
PR12 Labs and Shops - Robotics/Machine Shop
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 37
PR 13 Computer Images
 Undated
Scope and Contents
NNF/ORIE, CIMP
Box 26 Folder 38
PR 14 Teaching Scenes
 1987-2000 and Undated
Box 26 Folder 39
PR 16 Professors
 1974-1995
Box 26 Folder 40
PR 18 Electrical Devices
 1983
Box 26 Folder 41
PR 19 of Graphic Interest
 1974, 1990, and Undated
Box 26 Folder 42
Historic engineering activities
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 43
Historic buildings, documents, people
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 44
Historic, building Hollister
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 45
Historic old Quad photographs
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 46
PR 21 - Industry Partnerships - GE Robot
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 47
Cornell scenes
 Undated
Box 26 Folder 48-49
Misc. slides
 1984-1993 and Undated
Scope and Contents
Includes slides of buildings, Cornell Cooperative Extension, campus scenes, dorms, and student activities.
Series IX. Cornell Engineering Quarterly and Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs used in issues, correspondence, and delivery memos and correspondence with University Photography.
Box 26 Folder 50
Historic images used in 1971 Engineering Quarterly
 1971
Box 26 Folder 51
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Winter 1977
Box 26 Folder 52
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 October 1978
Box 26 Folder 53
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 April 1979
Box 26 Folder 54
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 October 1979
Box 26 Folder 55
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 December 1979
Box 26 Folder 56
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1980
Box 27 Folder 1
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Spring 1980
Box 27 Folder 2
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Winter 1980-1981
Box 27 Folder 3
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Spring 1981
Box 27 Folder 4
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1981
Box 27 Folder 5
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Spring 1982
Box 27 Folder 6
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Winter 1982-83
Box 27 Folder 7
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1982
Box 27 Folder 8
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1985
Box 27 Folder 9
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Spring 1986
Box 27 Folder 10
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1987
Box 27 Folder 11
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Fall 1987
Box 27 Folder 12
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Winter 1987-1988
Box 27 Folder 13
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1988
Box 27 Folder 14
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Spring 1989
Box 27 Folder 15
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1989
Box 27 Folder 16
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Autumn 1989
Box 27 Folder 17
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Autumn 1989
Scope and Contents
Figures and correspondence related to Prausnitz article in Autumn 1989 issue (Vol. 24, No.1)
Box 27 Folder 18
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Winter 1989-1990
Box 27 Folder 19
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Fall 1990
Box 27 Folder 20
Cornell Engineering Quarterly photographs
 Summer 1991
Scope and Contents
Includes photograph with President George H.W. Bush
Box 27 Folder 21
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Spring 1995
Scope and Contents
Slides of Asha Pai
Box 27 Folder 22
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Spring 1998
Box 27 Folder 23
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Summer 1998
Box 27 Folder 24
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Fall 1998
Box 27 Folder 25
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Spring 1999
Box 27 Folder 26
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Summer 1999
Scope and Contents
Robert Constable, Robert Swanson, Daneil Huttenlocher, Bill Shreve
Box 27 Folder 27
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Fall 1999
Box 27 Folder 28
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Spring 2000
Box 27 Folder 29
University Photography Delivery Memorandums
 Summer 2000
Scope and Contents
Photographs in folder do not apepar in CEM. Includes delivery memorandums from University Photography of photographs
Box 27 Folder 30
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Summer 2001
Box 27 Folder 31
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Spring 2002
Box 27 Folder 32
Cornell Engineering Magazine photographs
 Fall 2002
CD-8317-8450
Cornell Engineering Magazine CDs