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Series I: Academics, 1864-1963
Series III: Anniversaries, 1913-1965
Series IV: Building and Grounds, 1881-1961
Series V: Events, 1874-1962
Series VI: History, 1863-1952
Series VII: Press, 1865-1985
Series VIII: School of Mines Quarterly, 1895-1918

School of Mines and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences records, 1863-2007

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Series I: Academics, 1864-1963

Material related to academic issues and administrative governance of the School of Mines is gathered in this series. This includes curriculum, course and examination schedules, registration information, admission requirements, guide for students, and annual school catalogues. Faculty and trustee reports cover finance, education, instruction, administration, and development of the School. Limited correspondence of the faculty and general inquiry, statistics of enrollment and teaching, and research and patent policies and procedures are also found in this series. Publications issued by the School regarding its departments and engineering at Columbia University in general make up the bulk of this series. Of note are the academic issues of the faulty response to changing its name to encompass the broader, evolving scope of the School's subjects as well as the process of changing the School's course degree program.


Box 1 Folder 1 to 5 Academic Issues and Curriculum, 1864-1951, (5 Folders)


Box 27 Folder 1 Academic records - Fahs, Charles Frederick, 1874-1878


Box 1 Folder 6 Camp Columbia, 1901-1904

Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1869, 1878-1879, 1869, 1878-1879

Box 1 Folder 8 Curriculum and Course Materials of Braschi, Victor Manuel, 1879-1882

Box 1 Folder 9 Enrollment and Teaching Statistics, 1944-1950

Box 1 Folder 10 Examination and Attendance Schedules, 1864-1897

Box 1 Folder 11 Guides for Students, 1947-1950

Box 1 Folder 12 Laboratory Information, 1870s


Box 26 Negatives, stress tests, 1939-1943

(Black-and-white, mostly 5" x 7" negatives, prepared by the Columbia University Library's Photograph Division for the School of Engineering. The images record stress tests, impact tests, fire tests, load tests, shrinkage tests, etc. There different materials: acoustical tile, I-beams, gypsum sheeting, aerocrete, etc. And the photos include test setup, closeups, top views, breaking points and/or after test shots.)

Planning Reports, 2003-2007


Box 29 Folder 1 An Action Plan: 2004-2009, 2003 September

Zvi Galil, Dean

Box 29 Folder 2 A 2020 Vision for SEAS, 2007 May 1

Report of the Long Range Planning Committee of the SEAS Board of Visitors to Dean Zvi Galil.

Publications


Box 1 Folder 13 "Abstracts of Photographic Science & Engineering Literature,", 1963 July


Box 2 Folder 1 "Columbia Institute for Research in Production and Industrial Management," circa, 1950s

Box 2 Folder 2 Combined Plan for Liberal Education in Engineering, 1950-1952

Box 2 Folder 3 "Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,", 1950

Box 2 Folder 4 "Engineering, Today and Tomorrow and the School of Engineering of Columbia University"--Draft,, 1947

Box 2 Folder 5 Industrial Development, 1948-1950

Box 2 Folder 6 "Manual of Physical Measurements,", 1928

Box 2 Folder 7 to 8 "Reports in Industrial Engineering,", 1949-1950


Box 3 Folder 1 Registration, 1877-1903

Box 3 Folder 2 to 4 Reports, 1881-1956, (3 Folders)

Box 3 Folder 5 Research and Patents, 1939-1949


Box 25 Thesis for Degree of EE "Motor Speed Controls" by W.L.S. Pierce and F.E. Ward, 1905 May

Inscription: "Presented to Mr. M. Arendt (Morton Arendt, Lecturer in Electrical Engineering), in token of our appreciation of past favors received at his hands by F.E. Ward and W.L.S. Pierce. June 11, 1905"

Accession 2007.004

Series II: Administrative Records, 1895-1936

This series contains the Office of the Dean's correspondence files. These files include information on faculty and student matters, department budgets and annual reports, enrollments, Camp Columbia, alumni gifts, trustee decisions, etc. The first alphabetical run is supposed to be from 1900 to 1910 but includes later materials. School of Engineering Deans during this period: Frederick R. Hutton, 1899-1905; George F. Sever (Acting), 1905-1907; Frederick A. Goetze, 1907-1917; George B. Pegram, 1917-1930 and Joseph Warren Barker, 1930-1946. This series also includes materials related to the School's self-study and/or reviews undertaken as part of the re-accreditation proces, which were submitted to the Education and Accreditation Commission of the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, later known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Subseries II.1: Correspondence, circa 1900-1936

Dean's Correspondence, circa 1900-1910


Box 4 Folder 1 A, 1907-1909

Box 4 Folder 2 B, 1907-1910

Box 4 Folder 3 Brimberg, Jacob, 1912

Box 4 Folder 4 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1902-1910

Box 4 Folder 5-6 C, 1904-1910, 2 folders

Box 4 Folder 7 D, 1905-1912

Box 4 Folder 8 E, 1905-1910

Box 4 Folder 9 F, 1903-1925

Box 4 Folder 10 G, 1907-1910

Box 4 Folder 11-12 H, 1905-1928, 2 folders

Box 4 Folder 13 I, 1905-1909

Box 4 Folder 14 J, 1905-1923

Box 4 Folder 15 K, 1905-1912

Box 4 Folder 16 L, 1906-1910

Box 4 Folder 17 Layton, William, 1908-1909

Box 4 Folder 18 Lovell, Earl B., 1905-1910

Box 4 Folder 19 Lucke, Charles E., 1907-1910

Box 4 Folder 20 Mc, 1906-1910

Box 4 Folder 21 M, 1902-1910

Box 4 Folder 22 N, 1908-1910

Box 4 Folder 23 O, 1906-1909

Box 4 Folder 24 P, 1895-1910

Box 4 Folder 25 Q, 1905

Box 4 Folder 26 R, 1905-1910

Box 4 Folder 27 S, 1901-1926

Box 4 Folder 28 T, 1905-1909

Box 4 Folder 29 U, 1907-1910

Box 4 Folder 30 V, 1905-1910

Box 4 Folder 31 W, 1907-1910

(Includes a photo of George V. Wendell)

Box 4 Folder 32 X, Y, Z, 1910

Dean's Correspondence, 1910-1915


Box 5 Folder 1 A, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 2-4 B, 1910-1915, 2 folders

Box 5 Folder 5 C, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 6 D, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 7 F, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 8 G, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 9 H, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 10 J, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 11-12 K, 1910-1915, 2 folders

Box 5 Folder 13-14 L, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 15 Mc, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 16-17 M, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 18 N, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 19 O, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 20-21 P, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 22 Q, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 23 R, 1910-1915


Box 15 Folder 7-10 S, 1910-1915, 4 folders


Box 5 Folder 24 T, 1910-1915

Box 5 Folder 25 U, 1910-1915


Box 15 Folder 1 V, 1910-1915

Box 15 Folder 2-3 W, 1910-1915, 2 folders

Box 15 Folder 4 X, Y, Z, 1910-1915

Box 15 Folder 5 Unsorted, 1910-1915

Box 15 Folder 6 Damaged, 1910-1915

Dean's Correspondence, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 11 A, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 12-15 B, 1915-1920, 4 folders

Box 15 Folder 16 C, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 17 D, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 18 E, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 19 F, 1915-1920

Box 15 Folder 20 G, 1915-1920


Box 16 Folder 1 H, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 2 I, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 3 J, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 4-5 K, 1915-1920, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 6-8 L, 1915-1920, 3 folders

Box 16 Folder 9 Mc, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 10-11 M, 1915-1920, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 12 N, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 13 O, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 14-16 P, 1915-1920, 3 folders

Box 16 Folder 17 Q, 1915-1920

Box 16 Folder 18-19 R, 1915-1920, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 20-21 S, 1915-1920, 2 folders


Box 17 Folder 1 S, 1915-1920

Box 17 Folder 2 T, 1915-1920

Box 17 Folder 3-5 U, 1915-1920, 3 folders

Box 17 Folder 6 V, 1915-1920

Box 17 Folder 7-9 W, 1915-1920, 3 folders

Box 17 Folder 10 X, Y, Z, 1915-1920

Dean's Correspondence, 1920-1925

Box 17 Folder 11 A, 1920-1925

Box 17 Folder 12-14 B, 1920-1925, 3 folders

Box 17 Folder 15-16 C, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 17 D, 1920-1925


Box 18 Folder 1 E, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 2 F, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 3 G, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 4 H, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 5 I, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 6 J, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 7 K, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 8-9 L, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 18 Folder 10 Mc, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 11 M, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 12 N, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 13 O, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 14-15 P, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 18 Folder 16 Q, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 17 R, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 18-19 S, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 18 Folder 20 T, 1920-1925

Box 18 Folder 21 U, 1920-1925


Box 19 Folder 1-2 U, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 19 Folder 3 V, 1920-1925

Box 19 Folder 4-5 W, 1920-1925, 2 folders

Box 19 Folder 6 X, Y, Z, 1920-1925

Box 19 Folder 7 Unsorted, 1920-1925

Dean's Correspondence, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 8 A, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 9-11 B, 1925-1930, 3 folders

Box 19 Folder 12-14 C, 1925-1930, 3 folders

Box 19 Folder 15 D, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 16 E, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 17 F, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 18 G, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 19 H, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 20 I, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 21 J, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 22 K, 1925-1930

Box 19 Folder 23 L, 1925-1930


Box 20 Folder 1 L, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 2 Mc, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 3 M, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 4 N, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 5 O, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 6 P, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 7 Q, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 8 R, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 9 S, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 10 T, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 11-12 U, 1925-1930, 2 folders

Box 20 Folder 13 V, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 14 W, 1925-1930

Box 20 Folder 15 X, Y, Z, 1925-1930

Dean's Correspondence, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 16 A, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 17 Advisory Committee on Education, 1934-1936

Box 20 Folder 18 Annual Reports, 1931-1934

Box 20 Folder 19 B, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 20 Berkey, Charles, P., 1930-1933

Box 20 Folder 21 Beyer, Albin H., 1931-1933

Box 20 Folder 22 Blossom, Francis, 1931-1934

Box 20 Folder 23 Budget, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 24 Butler Commission on Economic Affairs, 1933

Box 20 Folder 25 C, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 26 Committee on Instruction (COI) minutes, 1930-1934

Box 20 Folder 27 Committee, conference and council reports, 1930-1934


Box 21 Folder 1 Committee on Unemployment of Engineers, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 2 Committee on Housing - 21 Claremong Avenue, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 3 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 4 Coss, John J., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 5 D, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 6 Dunn, Gano, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 7 E, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 8 Egbert, James C. - Director of University Extension, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 9 F, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 10 Fackenthal, Frank D., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 11 Faculty Load Reports - Teaching and Research, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 12 Faculty Minutes, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 13 Faculty Planning Committee, 1932

Box 21 Folder 14 Finch, James K., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 15 G, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 16 Goetze, Frederick A., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 17 Grant, Edward J., Registrar, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 18 H, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 19 Hayden, Philip N., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 20 Hinckley, A. Dexter, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 21 I, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 22 J, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 23 Jackson, D. D., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 24 K, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 25 L, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 26 Lovell, Earl B., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 27 Lucke, Charles E., 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 28 Mc, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 29 M, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 30 Mayer, Ralph Edward (Fund), 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 31 Meixell, Granville (Report on Applied Science Libraries), 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 32 Mines, School of - Minutes of the Staff meetings, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 33 N, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 34 O, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 35 P, 1930-1934

Box 21 Folder 36 R, 1930-1934


Box 22 Folder 1 Rautenstrauch, Walter, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 2 Read, Thomas T., 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 3 S, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 4 Shoudy, W. A., 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 5 Slichter, Walter I., 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 6 Student Council, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 7 Trustees, Minutes of Meetings, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 8 T, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 9 U, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 10 University of the State of New York, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 11 United States Coast Guard, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 12 United States Naval Academy, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 13 V, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 14 W, 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 15 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., 1930-1934

Box 22 Folder 16 X, Y, Z, 1930-1934

Dean's Correspondence, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 17 A, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 18 Annual Reports, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 19 Armour Institute of Technology, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 20 B, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 21 Blossom, Francis, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 22 Budget, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 23 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 24 C, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 25 Committee and Conference Reports, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 26 Committee on Curriculum, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 27 Committee on Instruction (COI) minutes, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 28 D, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 29 Dunn, Gano, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 30 E, 1934-1936

Box 22 Folder 31 Engineers' Council on Professional Development - Accrediting Procedure, 1935


Box 23 Folder 1 F, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 2 Fackenthal, Frank D., 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 3 Faculty Minutes, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 4 Finch, James K., 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 5 G, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 6 H, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 7 I, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 8 J, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 9 Inside Silvered Lamp, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 10 K, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 11 L, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 12 Mc, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 13 M, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 14 N, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 15 O, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 16 P, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 17 Q, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 18 R, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 19 Read, Thomas T., 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 20 S, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 21 Scholarships, 1935-1936

Box 23 Folder 22 Slichter, Walter I., 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 23 T, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 24 United States Coast Guard, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 25 Statistics, Report on Committee of, 1935-1936

Box 23 Folder 26 Trustees, Minutes of Meetings, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 27 U, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 28 V, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 29 W, 1934-1936

Box 23 Folder 30 X, Y, Z, 1934-1936

Correspondence - Professors, 1881-1914


Box 27 Folder 6 Egleston, Prof. Thomas, 1881-1899

(Bound and typed copies of Prof. Thomas Egleston's correspondence)

Box 27 Folder 2-3 Peele, Prof. Robert, 1904-1906 and 1912-1914, 2 folders

Subseries II.2: Accreditation Records, 1954-1988


Box 24 Folder 1 Procedure for review of undergraduate engineering curricula, work copy, 1954 May

Box 24 Folder 2 Questionnaire for review of engineering curricula, 1959 February

Box 24 Folder 3 Questionnaire for review of engineering curricula, 1965 April

Box 24 Folder 4 Questionnaire for review of engineering curricula, Volume I, 1970 November

Box 24 Folder 5 Questionnaire for review of engineering curricula, Volume II (by discipline), 1971 January

Box 24 Folder 6 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume I, 1976 May

Box 24 Folder 7 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II (by discipline), 1976 May

Box 24 Folder 8 Report on Engineering Programs, 1978 May

Box 24 Folder 9 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume I, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 10 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Chemical Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 11 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Civil Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 12 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Engineering Mechanics, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 13 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Electrical Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 14 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Industrial Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 15 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Mechanical Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 16 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Metallurgical Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 17 Questionnaire for review of engineering programs, Volume II - Mining Engineering, 1982 May

Box 24 Folder 18-19 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume I, 1988 May, 2 folders

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, United Engineering Center

Box 24 Folder 20 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Chemical Engineering, 1988 May

Box 24 Folder 21 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Civil Engineering, 1988 May

Box 24 Folder 22 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Electrical Engineering, 1988 May

Box 24 Folder 23 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Engineering Mechanics, 1988 May

Box 24 Folder 24 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Industrial Engineering, 1988 May

Box 24 Folder 25 Self-Study Questionnaire, Volume II - Mechanical Engineering, 1988 May

Subseries II.3: Ledgers, 1864-1895


Box 28 Folder 7 Department of Metallurgy attendance records, 1904-1907

(This ledger or "class book" organizes students by course (Metallurgy 2, 4, 54, 175), records attendance, and, for some, records grades.)

Box 28 Folder 12 Department of Metallurgy petty cash and furnace room accounts, 1904-1915

Box 28 Folder 13 Department of Metallurgy summer school, special funds and laboratory attendant accounts, 1904-1910

Box 28 Folder 4 Directory of Chemists, 1867-1870

(Alumni listed by class year, then by last name, with notes on their careers.)

Box 28 Folder 1-2 Fees of Students, 1865-1887, 2 Volumes

(Ledger includes student's name, class year, date of payment, amount of payment and remarks (i.e., "free by permission"). Organized by matriculation year and by last name.)

Box 28 Folder 11 Fee book, 1887-1888

Begins with Summer 1887 for the School in Chemistry. Ledger book compiled by Registrar George Fisher.

Box 28 Folder 3 Fee book, 1887-1895

Box 28 Folder 8-9 Inventory of the Chemical Department, circa 1878-1882, 2 Volumes

(Includes apparatus room, laboratory of A.A. Julien, quantitative laboratory, qualitative laboratory, assay laboratory, students apparatus, Dr. Chandler's laboratory and lecture room, store room, photographic room, Dr. Chandler's apparatus room, photometric room, Dr. Chandler's office, etc. Includes inventory for the Chemical Museum.)

Box 28 Folder 5 Inventory of the Furniture Collections and Apparatus in the Department of Mineralogy and Metallurgy, 1882-1883

(Organized by space: private offices, balance room, chemical laboratory, collecion room, blowpipe closet, blowpipe laboratory, store room and lecture room. Index available on pages 115-117. Mineralogical collections start on page 119.)

Box 28 Folder 6 Inventory of the Geological Department, 1878-1883

(Lithological collection, geological and paleontogical collection, collection of antiquities, collection in economic geology, zoological collection, botanical collection, and miscellaneous.)


Box 30 Student Accounts, 1873-1877

School of Mines, Ledger #4


Box 31 Student Accounts, 1883-1895

School of Mines, Ledger #6


Box 32 Student Accounts, 1894-1899

School of Mines, Ledger #7


Box 33 Student Accounts, 1898-1900

School of Mines and Chemical Department, Ledger #8

Series III: Anniversaries, 1913-1965

Contained in this series are correspondence, programs, announcements, and guest lists of the three School of Mines anniversary celebrations: the 50th anniversary in 1914, the 75th anniversary in 1938, and the 100th anniversary in 1964. The majority of this series resides in the 50th and 75th anniversary materials. The 50th anniversary celebrations included a banquet, convocation, an alumni luncheon, campus night, and commencement. Banquet materials consist of correspondence, menus, programs, guest lists, and announcements. Programs, admission tickets, invitations, and announcements represent the other 50th anniversary celebration events. The remaining 50th anniversary material consists of celebration badges; general correspondence; meeting minutes of the anniversary celebration committee; news clippings; financial papers including bills, reservations, and correspondence; poems and songs written for or performed at the celebrations; commemorative issues of campus publications; and copies of speeches given at the celebrations. The 75th anniversary celebrations included a dinner, convocation, an open house, "old home week" at Camp Columbia, and the unveiling of an Old School of Mines plaque commemorating the original site of the School at 50th Street and Park Avenue. Correspondence, including letters to and from President Nicholas Murray Butler; guest lists; programs; committee meeting minutes; announcements; schedules; news clippings; and commemorative issues of campus publications all compose the 75th anniversary celebration items. Three black and white photographs of the Old School of Mines unveiling ceremony are also included. The 100th anniversary celebration materials consist of a celebration badge, the centennial dinner seating list and program, convocation program and announcement, an alumni centennial questionnaire, and a speech draft for the celebration.

50th Anniversary of the School of Mines


Box 3 Folder 6 General, 1914

Box 3 Folder 7 Banquet, 1914

Box 3 Folder 8 Committee Meeting Minutes, 1913-1914


Box 6 Folder 1 Correspondence--General, 1913 September-1914 June

Box 6 Folder 2 Events, 1914

Box 6 Folder 3 Finance--General, 1913-1915

Box 6 Folder 4 Finance--Columbia Knickerbocker Trust Company, 1913-1914

Box 6 Folder 5 News Clippings, 1913-1914

Box 6 Folder 6 Poems and Songs, 1914

Box 6 Folder 7 Publications, 1914

Box 6 Folder 8 Speeches, 1914

75th Anniversary of the School of Mines

Box 6 Folder 9 General, 1935-1939

Box 6 Folder 10 Convocation, 1939 November


Box 7 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1938 November-1939 November

Box 7 Folder 2 Dinner--General, 1939

Box 7 Folder 3 to 4 Dinner--Correspondence, 1939, (2 Folders)

Box 7 Folder 5 Egleston Awards, 1939

Box 7 Folder 6 News Articles and Publications, 1936-1939

Box 7 Folder 7 Old Home Week, 1939

Box 7 Folder 8 Old School of Mines Plaque, 1939-1940

Box 7 Folder 9 Open House, 1939

Box 7 Folder 10 100th Anniversary Celebrations, 1964-1965

Series IV: Building and Grounds, 1881-1961

Fundraising materials and design publications; invitations to and programs for announcement and preview dinners; press releases; news articles and clippings; maps; copies of photographs and artist's building conceptions; reports; and newsletters all concerning the new Engineering Center comprise the bulk of the series. Original photographs, which include President Dwight D. Eisenhower, then-president of Columbia University, and Dean James Kip Finch, are located in the Subject Photo files. Also included in this series are 49th Street building analysis correspondence; announcements and fundraising correspondence related to the move to Morningside Heights; and two photograph-and-blueprint books of proposed new laboratories building for the School of Engineering at 134th Street and Riverside Drive.

Engineering Center

Box 7 Folder 11 General, 1949-1952, 1959, 1961, 1949-1952, 1959, 1961

Box 7 Folder 12 Announcement Dinner, 1951


Box 8 Folder 1 "Engineering Education and the Business Dollar," circa, 1951

Box 8 Folder 2 Fundraising Materials, 1950-1951

Box 8 Folder 3 Department Design Booklets, circa, 1950

Box 8 Folder 4 "The Heat and Mass Flow Analyzer," circa, 1950s

Box 8 Folder 5 "The New Engineering Center,", 1950

Box 8 Folder 6 Preview Dinner, 1951

Box 8 Folder 7 "Report of the Council for the School of Engineering,", 1956

Box 8 Folder 8 49th Street Building--Analysis, 1881

Box 8 Folder 9 Move to Morningside, 1891-1896

Box 8 Folder 10 "Proposed New Laboratories," circa, 1940s-1950s

Series V: Events, 1874-1962

This series contains materials related to events held by and/or at the School of Mines. The items include invitations, a guest list, programs, schedules, press releases, correspondence, news articles, dance cards, a registration application, and records of proceedings of lectures, dinners, reception, conferences, a symposium, and graduation exercises.

Box 8 Folder 11 General, 1906-1949

Box 8 Folder 12 Conference on Industrial Personnel, 1951

Box 8 Folder 13 Dunning (John R.) Luncheon, 1951

Box 8 Folder 14 Lecture Announcements, 1885-1888

Box 8 Folder 15 "Proceedings of the Junior Science Symposium,", 1962

Box 8 Folder 16 Students' Annual Reception, 1874-1881

Series VI: History, 1863-1952

Materials related to the history of the School of Mines populate this series. Three distinct subject areas within this series are the planning of the School, the summer surveying school (commonly called Camp Columbia), and a complete history of the School, the last of which forms the bulk of this series. Items related to the planning of the School include a copy of the trustee meeting minutes in which the creation of the School is discussed, the resolutions of the trustees on the founding of the School, a blank subscription form for the School, and copies of Thomas J. Egleston's original 1863 plan for the School reprinted in booklet form in 1914. "A History of the Summer School of Surveying of Columbia University" by James Kip Finch is a bound draft with handwritten annotations. Included in the back of this book is a letter from Finch to the then-University Librarian regarding Finch's donation of this material to the Columbiana collection. The vast majority of this series is devoted to the creation of a complete history of the School of Mines. Correspondence and draft chapters of a 75-year history completed and exchanged by Professor Thomas T. Read and Roger Howson as well as both a complete manuscript and partial manuscript (chapters six through nine), both with handwritten corrections and annotations, of Read's "Columbia School of Mines-Engineering 1864-1939: Seventyfive [sic] Years of Progress in Engineering Education" are included along with James Kip Finch's correspondence, handwritten notes, research, and drafts of his "A History of the School of Engineering at Columbia University 1864-1939."

Box 8 Folder 17 Founding of the School, 1863-1865, 1914, 1863-1865, 1914

History of the School of Mines


Box 9 Folder 1 to 3 Drafts and Correspondence, 1935-1952, (3 Folders)

Box 9 Folder 4 Manuscript by Read, Thomas T.--Complete, 1939

Box 9 Folder 5 Manuscript by Read, Thomas T.--Partial, 1939

Box 9 Folder 6 "Summer School of Surveying" by Finch, James K., 1917, 1938, 1917, 1938

Series VII: Press, 1865-1985

This series consists of newspaper and other print press clippings about the School of Mines, its events, students, alumni, and faculty as well as press releases issued by the School or Columbia University related to the School and engineering.

News Articles and Clippings

Box 9 Folder 7 Clippings, 1865-1878


Box 10 Folder 1 to 2 Articles, 1900-1929, (2 Folders)

Box 10 Folder 3 Clippings Book, 1936-1945

Box 10 Folder 4 to 5 Clippings, 1931-1985, (2 Folders)

Press Releases

Box 10 Folder 6 1944-1948


Box 11 Folder 1 to 4 1950-1969, (4 Folders)

Series VIII: School of Mines Quarterly, 1895-1918

This series contains bank and treasurer books and other financial papers for The School of Mines Quarterly. The bulk of this series consists of correspondence related to the Quarterly, mostly dealing with subscriptions, advertising, and article reprints. Half of the correspondence is organized chronologically, with the remainder in original alphabetical order. A copy of the journal, Volume XXXVI, No. 4 from July 1915, is also included in this series.

Box 11 Folder 5 Bank and Treasurer Books, 1879-1918

Correspondence

Box 11 Folder 6 to 7 1895-1905, (2 Folders)


Box 29 Folder 3 1900-1902

Prof. Austin P. Evans


Box 27 Folder 4 to 5 1906-1908, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 1 to 7 1906-1911, (7 Folders)


Box 13 Folder 1 to 5 1914-1917, (5 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 6 A-F, 1911-1916


Box 14 Folder 1 G-M, 1910-1916

Box 14 Folder 2 N-U, 1909-1916

Box 14 Folder 3 W, 1911-1916

Box 14 Folder 4 Finance, 1910-1917


Box 28 Folder 10 Record of the School of Mines Quarterly, 1881-1906

(Includes foundation information, meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, and regulations.)


Box 14 Folder 5 The School of Mines Quarterly Volume XXXVI, No. 4, 1915 July

Box 14 Folder 6 Subscriptions, 1915 June-December