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Edgar Johnson papers, 1938-1975
5 linear feetManuscripts, notes, transcripts, photographs, photostats, illustrations, and printed materials of Johnson. These are the research notes and manuscripts for his biographical works on Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. An autograph fragment by Scott is included.
Edmund H. Miller papers, 1904-1907
.5 linear feetManuscripts, lecture notes, and one letter. This collection contains a miscellaneous group of lecture notes and other notes on chemistry:" Analytical Chemistry" by E. Waller; "Dr. Wolcott Gibbs's Process for Analysis of Pt. Ore"; Lecture notes (4 folders); List of chemical indicators; Quantitative analysis-lecture notes (3 folders); and Misc.
Eduard Lindeman papers, 1911-1953
18 boxesPapers and manuscripts of Eduard Christian Lindeman.
Edward MacDowell Papers, 1876-1964
3 Linear FeetLetters and manuscripts of MacDowell. One group was written to Arthur P. Schmidt, his publisher during MacDowell's years as professor of music at Columbia University. These letters concern the publication and distribution of his compositions and his copyright difficulties with other firms, especially Brietkopf & Härtel. There are eight letters from MacDowell to the American pianist, composer, and pedagogue William Mason. This personal correspondence deals with such things as musical pieces dedicated by each man to the other. A diary and letter book belonging to Marian N. MacDowell (Mrs. Edward) contains draft copies of letters to Nicholas M. Butler and others relating to his controversial career at Columbia University. Also, photocopies of eight letters from the Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection at the Morgan Library. Among the numerous musical scores and sketches are his INDIAN SUITE and the SONATA TRAGICA. Also, two original drawings of MacDowell by Orlando Rowland; and correspondence, manuscripts, catalogs, and other materials relating to the MacDowell Exhibition at Columbia University in 1938.
Edward Robinson papers, 1826 -- 1838
2.75 linear feetEdward Sacket Elliott Papers, 1905-1950
23 boxesIncludes letters from China, 1905-1908; also, correspondence, lecture materials relating to religious education, books, articles, and pamphlets.
Edwards Amasa Park lectures, circa 1840 -- 1868
0.5 linear feetEdward Van Dyke Robinson papers, 1884-1915
5 linear feetPapers of Robinson, covering his secondary and college education (1884-1895), his early positions as a high school principal (1895-1907), his academic post at University of Minnesota, and his first three months at Columbia University. Robinson's incoming correspondence includes some originals and carbon copies of his own letters, related papers, clippings, and memorabilia. The papers deal with a wide range of public affairs issues on the local, state, national, and international levels. Letters with federal officials and legislators, 1898-1907, include those of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, concerning U.S. foreign policy in the Pacific Ocean, particularly the possible acquisition of the Caroline Islands. For the period 1907-1915, topics include charities, civic associations, U.S. tariff reform, and U.S. bank reform. Other letters relate to family, personal, and social matters; to academic posts, including letters of recommendation; to European trips as a delegate at the 1909 Darwin Centennial and the 1914 University of Leipzig's 500th anniversary; to membership in professional associations; to writings; to secondary education including offical reports while he was principal at St. Paul Central High School; and correspondence with other economists.
Edwin Blackwell Knowles papers, 1957-1967
0.5 Linear FeetManuscript notes of and some related letters to Knowles relating to his research on a 16th century English manuscript, ANATOMIE OF SPAYNE, 1599. The letters are from various scholars, librarians, and researchers both in the United States and England, who responded to Knowles' requests for information. There are photostatic copies of the manuscript as well as photostatic copies of related manuscripts and printed items used by Knowles in the course of his research. Also, a typescript of the English text with annotations by Knowles. The research appears to be incomplete since the letter file ends in 1967, the year of Knowles' death.
Edwin H. Armstrong papers, 1886-1982, bulk 1912-1954
295.7 linear feetProfessional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. Of his many inventions and developments, the most important are: 1) the regenerative or feedback circuit, 1912, the first amplified radio reception, 2) the superheterodyne circuit, 1918, the basis of modern radio and radar, 3) superregeneration, 1922, a very simple, high-power receiver now used in emergency mobile service, and 4) frequency modulation - FM, 1933, static-free radio reception of high fidelity. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round