Michael Idvorsky Pupin papers, 1800-1995

Creator:

Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935

Extent:

5 linear feet 10 boxes; 2 oversize boxes; 1 oversize roll

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

Personal and professional correspondence, including 25 long letters from Professor Henry F. Herbig; manuscripts (mainly speeches); specifications for patents in electrical fields; technical and personal photographs; and memorabilia. Included is a copy of the famous "shot in hand" x-ray photograph, ca. 1896, one of the first ever to be taken. This collection also contains the correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and memorabilia of Professor Pupin's daughter, Varvara Smith, and his son-in-law, Louis Graham Smith. His daughter's letters and documents deal with her financial difficulties, her administration of Pupin's estate and her claims against Columbia University. Louis G. Smith's letters deal with his anti-Communist sentiments and his manuscripts are mainly ideas for popular songs and plays. There are three letters (photostatic copies) to Smith from Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1986 Addition: Awards and diplomas presented to Pupin by American and European universities and charitable organizations; drawings and prints by Yugoslav artists; and miscellaneous correspondence, manuscripts, blue prints, architectural drawings and maps.

Biographical / historical:

Columbia College, A.B., 1883; Columbia University, Doctor of Science, 1904; Professor of Electro-mechanics, 1901-1927.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Source of acquisition--Various. Method of acquisition--Gifts.

2 video cassettes: Source of acquisition--Vujovic, Ljubo. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/10/1993. Accession number--M-93-12-10.

Gift of Mrs Rose Trbovich Andrews, 1965 1970.

Gift of Seymour H. Kott Richard Roberts, 1965.

Gift of the Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation, 1977.

Gift of Mrs Clark W. Fisher, 1986.

Gift of Ljubo Vujovic, 1993.

Processing information:

Papers Entered in AMC 11/27/1990.

2 video cassettes Processed HR 07/21/1998.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1: Cataloged correspondence & manuscripts; Boxes 2-4: Uncataloged correspondence & manuscripts; Box 5: Printed materials; Boxes 6-7: Patent materials; Boxes 8-10: 1986 addition; 2 Oversize boxes; 1 Oversize roll (Stack 15/23/30); & Map case drawer 14/14/8.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

See also the Pupin glass negatives in the Edwin H. Armstrong Papers.

Other finding aids:

Legacy Finding aid

Alternative form available:

Boxes 1, 2, 6 and 7 are on: microfilm.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Michael Idvorsky Pupin papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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