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Series I: Columbia Engineering Alumni Association records, 1871-1977

Columbia Engineering Alumni Association records, 1871-1977

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Series I: Columbia Engineering Alumni Association records, 1871-1977

This series consists alumni lists and correspondence with the Executive Secretary. Also found within are the Association's governance documents: its constitution and by-laws, amendments and minutes. Alumni events materials in this series represent annual dinners and meetings.


Box 1 Folder 1 General, 1877-1936


Box 6 Folder 16 Address Book, 1870s


Box 1 Folder 2 Alumni Association--Civil Engineering Badge, 1879-1880, 1942

Box 1 Folder 3 Alumni Events, 1909-1962


Box 5 Folder 10 Alumni Federation, 1913-1917


Box 1 Folder 4 Alumni Lists, 1880-1893

Box 1 Folder 5 Alumni Lists, 1902-1903

Box 1 Folder 6 Alumni Lists, 1912-1929

Box 1 Folder 7 Alumni News--Draft Articles, 1946-1952


Box 5 Folder 11 Alumni Trustee, 1913-1917

Box 5 Folder 12 Board of Managers Meeting, 1913

Reorganization of the Association and change in name. "General Alumni Association" became the Alumni Federation.

Committee of Ten of the Alumni Association of the School of Mines

These records relate to the Committee of Ten of the Alumni Association of the School of Mines. Correspondence between committee members, faculty, and alumni, committee meetings minutes, research into the School's curriculum, subcommittee reports on departments of the School, and the committee's final report to the Alumni Association and the Trustees of Columbia College form the Committee of Ten's records.


Box 1 Folder 8 General, 1883-1884

Box 1 Folder 9-11 Correspondence, 1884-1885, 3 folders

Box 1 Folder 12 Course Information for Report, 1884

Box 1 Folder 13 Minutes, 1884

Box 1 Folder 14 Recommendations and Alumni Response, 1884

Box 1 Folder 15 Reports, 1884-1885

Box 1 Folder 16 Secretary's Letter Book, 1884

Box 1 Folder 17 Subcommittee Reports, 1884


Box 5 Folder 13 Constitutions, 1870s-1920s

Box 5 Folder 14 Constitutional Changes, 1916

Correspondence, 1893-1935

The correspondence dates from 1893 to 1935, with a gap from 1908 to 1918.

Frederick R. Hutton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Alumni Association Executive Secretary letterbooks

Bound volumes with carbon copies of the outgoing correspondence of Prof. Hutton. In addition to this faculty duties, Prof. Hutton served as the Executive Secretary of the Association of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University.


Box 8 Folder 3 Letterbook, 1893-1896

Office of the Secretary, Alumni Association of the School of Mines, Columbia College

Box 8 Folder 4 Letterbook, 1896-1897

Secretary's Office, Association of the Alumni of the School of Mines of Columbia College

Box 8 Folder 5 Letterbook, 1897-1898

Box 8 Folder 6 Letterbook, 1898-1899


Box 2 Folder 3 Letterbook, 1899-1900

Box 2 Folder 4 Letterbook, 1900-1902

Box 2 Folder 5 Letterbook, 1902-1903

Correspondence

Incoming addressed to Professor Frederick R. Hutton.


Box 17 Folder 1 A-B, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 2 C-D, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 3 E-F, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 4 G-H, 1897-1898

Box 17 Folder 5 I-L, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 6 M-N, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 7 O-R, 1896-1899

Box 17 Folder 8 S-T, 1897-1899

Box 17 Folder 9 U-Z, 1897-1899

Correspondence

Executive Secretary Prof. Ralph E. Mayer. There is communications from the Alumni Council; members paying their dues, nominating officers, and/or ordering the crossed hammer pins. It also includes correspondence not related to the Alumni Association, about job openings and placement opportunities.


Box 3 Folder 41 A-B, 1903-1904

Box 3 Folder 42 C-D, 1903-1904

Box 3 Folder 43 Constitutional Amendments, 1903

Alumni Association of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, incorporated in 1886 as the Association of the Alumni of the School of Mines of Columbia College; name changed in 1890. The object of this Association is to promote the professional welfare of its members and to strengthen the bonds of professional and social fellowship among the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University. Folder includes proposed changes.

Box 3 Folder 44 E-F, 1903-1904

Box 3 Folder 45 G-H, 1903-1905

Box 3 Folder 46 I-K, 1903-1904

Box 3 Folder 47 L-M, 1903-1905

Box 3 Folder 48 N-O, 1903-1905

Box 3 Folder 49 P-R, 1903-1904

Box 3 Folder 50 S-T, 1903-1905

Box 3 Folder 51 V-Z, 1903-1905

Correspondence

Box 3 Folder 52 A-B, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 53 C-D, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 54 E-F, 1906-1907

Box 3 Folder 55 G-H, 1904-1908

Box 3 Folder 56 I-K, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 57 L-M, 1905-1908

Box 3 Folder 58 N-O, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 59 P-R, 1906-1907

Box 3 Folder 60 S-T, 1905-1912

Box 3 Folder 61 V-Z, 1905-1907

Correspondence

This second set of 1905-1907 correspondence seems to contain materials used to update the Alumni List. Most of the letters communicate address changes, death notices, dues payments, and Engineering Quartlery subscription inquiries.

Box 3 Folder 62 A-B, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 63 C-D, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 64 E-F, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 65 G-H, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 66 I-K, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 67 L-M, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 68 N-O, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 69 P-R, 1905-1907

Box 3 Folder 70 S-T, 1904-1907

Box 3 Folder 71 V-Z, 1905-1907

Correspondence

Executive Secretary Prof. Ralph E. Mayer. Includes Alumni Association of the School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry matters, but also personal requests for reference letters.

Box 3 Folder 72 E, 1918-1920

Box 3 Folder 73 F, 1918-1920


Box 4 Folder 1 G, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 2 H-I, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 3 J, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 4 K, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 5 La-Le, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 6 Li-Ly, 1918-1921


Box 9 Folder 1 Ludlow, Edwin, 1918-1921

Box 9 Folder 2--3 M, 1918-1921, 2 folders

Box 9 Folder 4 N, 1918-1921

Box 9 Folder 5 Norris, R.V., 1918-1920

Box 9 Folder 6 O, 1918-1921


Box 4 Folder 7 P, 1918-1920


Box 9 Folder 7 P, 1918-1921


Box 4 Folder 8 Q, 1918-1920

Box 4 Folder 9 R, 1917-1921

Box 4 Folder 10 Sa-Sc, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 11 Se-Sh, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 12 Si-Sp, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 13 St-Sy, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 14 Stone, George C., 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 15 T, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 16 U, 1918-1920

Box 4 Folder 17 V, 1918-1921

Box 4 Folder 18 W, 1918-1921

Correspondence

Executive Secretaries Prof. Ralph E. Mayer and Prof. Thomas H. Harrington. Includes student matters: admission, advancement, placement, etc.

Box 4 Folder 19 A, 1918-1925

Box 4 Folder 20 B, 1921-1926


Box 9 Folder 8 C, 1920-1926

Box 9 Folder 9 Chandler Issue, 1926

Charles F. Chandler tribute issue of the Engineering Quarterly


Box 10 Folder 1 D, 1918-1926

Box 10 Folder 2 Douglas, John Sheafe, 1918-1925


Box 4 Folder 21 E, 1921-1926

Box 4 Folder 22 F, 1921-1926

Box 4 Folder 23 G, 1921-1926

Box 4 Folder 24 H, 1918-1925

Box 4 Folder 25 M, 1921-1924


Box 11 Folder 4 O, 1922-1926

Box 11 Folder 5 Ore Dressing Laboratory Fund, 1921


Box 4 Folder 26 P, 1922-1926

Box 4 Folder 27 P, 1920-1925

Box 4 Folder 28 T, 1921-1925

Box 4 Folder 29 Tiffany & Co., 1918-1926


Box 11 Folder 6 U, 1923

Box 11 Folder 7 V, 1922-1925

Box 11 Folder 8 Wa-We, 1922-1926

Box 11 Folder 9 Wh-Wy, 1921-1926

Box 11 Folder 10 Y, 1926

Box 11 Folder 11 Z, 1922-1925

Correspondence

Executive Secretary Prof. Thomas H. Harrington


Box 10 Folder 3 A, 1926-1928

Box 10 Folder 4 Advice Committee, 1926

Box 10 Folder 5 Alumni Federation, 1921-1927


Box 11 Folder 1 B, 1926-1929

Box 11 Folder 2 Berrian, Louis C., 1925-1926

Box 11 Folder 3 C, 1926-1929


Box 4 Folder 30 D, 1926-1928

Box 4 Folder 31 E, 1926-1928


Box 11 Folder 12 F, 1926-1929


Box 5 Folder 22 Form Letters, 1911-1928


Box 4 Folder 32 Ga-Gi, 1926-1928


Box 12 Folder 1 Go-Gy, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 2 H, 1926-1929


Box 4 Folder 33 I, 1926-1928

Box 4 Folder 34 J, 1925-1928

Box 4 Folder 35 K, 1926-1928


Box 5 Folder 1 La-Le, 1926-1928

Box 5 Folder 2 Li-Ly, 1926-1928

Box 5 Folder 3 Mc-Ma, 1926-1928

Box 5 Folder 4 Me-Mi, 1926-1928


Box 12 Folder 3 Mo-My, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 4 N, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 5 Nominations, 1914-1928

Box 12 Folder 6 O, 1926-1927

Box 12 Folder 7 P, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 8 President Milton L. Cornell, 1926-1929

Box 12 Folder 9 Q, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 10 R, 1926-1928

Box 12 Folder 11 Sa-Sm, 1926-1929


Box 5 Folder 5 Sp-Sw, 1926-1928

Box 5 Folder 6 T, 1926-1929


Box 13 Folder 1 Tiffany & Co., 1925-1929

Box 13 Folder 2 Treasurer Louis D. Huntoon, 1925-1929

Box 13 Folder 3 Treasurer George F. Miles, 1926-1929

Box 13 Folder 4 U, 1926-1928

Box 13 Folder 5 V, 1926-1928

Box 13 Folder 6 W, 1926-1928

Box 13 Folder 7 Y, 1926

Box 13 Folder 8 Z, 1926-1928

Correspondence

Executive Secretary Prof. Thomas H. Harrington

Box 13 Folder 9 A, 1929-1935

Box 13 Folder 10 Accounting, 1931-1933

Box 13 Folder 11 Alumni Federation, 1929-1935

Box 13 Folder 12 Alumni Updates, 1931


Box 14 Folder 1 B, 1929-1935

Box 14 Folder 2 Berrian, Louis C., 1928-1933

Box 14 Folder 3 C, 1928-1935

Box 14 Folder 4 C, 1929-1934

Box 14 Folder 5 Cornell, Milton L., 1929-1934

Box 14 Folder 6 D, 1929-1934

Box 14 Folder 7 E, 1929-1934

Box 14 Folder 8 F, 1928-1935

Box 14 Folder 9 Form Letters, 1930-1935

Box 14 Folder 10 G, 1929-1935

Box 14 Folder 11 H, 1929-1935


Box 15 Folder 1 H, 1929-1934

Box 15 Folder 2 J, 1929-1934

Box 15 Folder 3 K, 1929-1935

Box 15 Folder 4 L, 1929-1935

Box 15 Folder 5 M, 1929-1935

Box 15 Folder 6 N-P, 1929-1935

Box 15 Folder 7 P, 1929-1935

E.A. Prentis


Box 5 Folder 7 R, 1929-1935

Box 5 Folder 8 S, 1929-1935


Box 15 Folder 8 T-V, 1930-1933


Box 5 Folder 9 W-Z, 1929-1935


Box 1 Folder 18 Dean's Day, 1961-1964


Box 5 Folder 15 Discontinuance of the Quarterly, 1912

School of Mines Quarterly


Box 1 Folder 19 Engineering Fund, 1960-1964

Financial Record

1927 Questionnaire form that asks respondents (engineering alumni) for their salary per year since graduation, character of work, and field of work. The forms identify the alumni only by class year, but often names can be found entered in the back of the form.


Box 5 Folder 16-17 Financial Record - Classes 1869-1905, 1927, 2 folders

Box 5 Folder 18 Financial Record - Classes 1906-1911, 1927

Box 5 Folder 19 Financial Record - Classes 1912-1915, 1927

Box 5 Folder 20 Financial Record - Classes 1916-1926, 1927

Box 5 Folder 21 Financial Record - Classes 1877-1921 "Not Included", 1927


Box 1 Folder 20 Governance, 1886, 1949

Ledger Books


Box 2 Folder 6 Alumni Association scrapbook, 1893-1935

(Announcements, notices, tickets, ballots, circulars, forms, letters, etc. from the alumni assocation of the School of Mines, later Schools of Science, and eventually Columbia Engineering Schools.)

Box 2 Folder 2 Experience Blanks, 1890-1891

(In these "blank" forms, School of Mines alumni from the Classes of 1868 to 1890 are asked to enter their name, class year, degree, current professional and residential addresses. The rest of the forms asks alumni to complete the following prompt: "Professional experience has been as follows." The forms seem to have been sent out in 1890 but there are notes dated 1891.)

Box 2 Folder 1 Mines alumni register, 1875-1880

(This register lists School of Mines graduates with their degree and class year and records entries listing their current address and occupation. The entries were written between 1875 to 1880. The alumni included in volume graduated between 1867 and 1880.)

Lists of the Alumni


Box 6 Folder 17 List of the Alumni Columbia College School of Mines, 1894

Box 6 Folder 18 List of the Alumni Columbia College School of Mines, 1895

Box 6 Folder 19 List of the Alumni Columbia College School of Mines, 1896

Box 6 Folder 20 List of the Alumni of Columbia University School of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry and Architecture, 1897

Box 6 Folder 21 List of the Alumni of Columbia University School of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry and Architecture, 1898

Box 6 Folder 22 List of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1899


Box 7 Folder 1 List of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1900

Box 7 Folder 2 List of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1901

Box 7 Folder 3 List of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1903

Box 7 Folder 4 List of the Alumni of the Schools of Science of Columbia University, 1903


Box 5 Folder 23 Membership Drive, 1926


Box 8 Folder 1 Membership Dues, 1881-1886

Members, class years, home addresses, dues paid.


Box 5 Folder 24 Membership Dues, 1919-1928

Box 5 Folder 25 Membership Dues, 1925-1930


Box 7 Folder 5 Membership Roll by Class, 1880s

Includes alumni from the Classes of 1867 to 1884


Box 8 Folder 2 Membership Roll by Class, 1898

"Old Specials", Classes of 1867 to 1892. Membership dates from 1872 to 1898. Old School of Mines Association was founded on February 9, 1871. On January 13, 1875, the Alumni Association of the School of Mines joined together.

Minutes


Box 7 Folder 6 Constitution and Meeting Minutes, 1871-1890

School of Mines Alumni Association

Box 7 Folder 7 Annual Meeting Minutes, 1890 December-1905 April

Box 7 Folder 8 Annual Meeting Minutes, 1906 April-1943 April

Board of Managers of the Columbia Engineering Schools Alumni Association

Box 7 Folder 9 1909-1926


Box 6 Folder 5 1932-1934

Box 6 Folder 6 1935-1937

Box 6 Folder 7 1938-1944

Box 6 Folder 8 1947 May-1949 May

Box 6 Folder 9 1949 October-1951 May

Box 6 Folder 10 1951 October-1953 May

Box 6 Folder 11 1953 December-1958 December

Box 6 Folder 12 1963 March-1964 May

Box 6 Folder 13 1964 August-1967 March

Box 6 Folder 14 1967 May-1968 May

Box 6 Folder 15 1968 August-1970 November


Box 16 Folder 1 1970 August-1973 May

Box 16 Folder 2 1973 September-1975 June

Box 16 Folder 3 1975 September-1976 October

Box 16 Folder 4 1976 December-1977 December

Box 16 Folder 5 1960-1974

Professional Records Forms, 1901-1902

Alumni Association of the Schools of Science - Professional Records forms

In January 1901, the Alumni Association sent members a copy of their professional record to date and asked for corrections and changes for future issues of the Alumni List. These files include the returned forms with handwritten corrections and additions. Files also include some correspondence sent to Executive Secretary Prof. F.R. Hutton.


Box 3 Folder 1 A, 1901

Box 3 Folder 2 B, 1901

Box 3 Folder 3 C, 1901

Box 3 Folder 4 D, 1901

Box 3 Folder 5 E, 1901

Box 3 Folder 6 F, 1901

Box 3 Folder 7 G, 1901

Box 3 Folder 8 H, 1901

Box 3 Folder 9 I-J, 1901

Box 3 Folder 10 K, 1901

Box 3 Folder 11 L, 1901

Box 3 Folder 12 M, 1901

Box 3 Folder 13 N-O, 1901

Box 3 Folder 14 P-Q, 1901

Box 3 Folder 15 R, 1901

Box 3 Folder 16 S, 1901

Box 3 Folder 17 T, 1901

Box 3 Folder 18 U-V, 1901

Box 3 Folder 19 W-Z, 1901

Alumni Association of the Schools of Science - Professional Records forms

Following up to the January 1901 , this second set of letters was sent to member who had not returned their first form and new members who have not been included in the Alumni List yet.

Box 3 Folder 20 A, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 21 B, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 22 C, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 23 D, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 24 E, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 25 F, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 26 G, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 27 H, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 28 J, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 29 K, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 30 L, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 31 M, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 32 N, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 33 O, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 34 P, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 35 R, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 36 S, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 37 T, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 38 V, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 39 W, 1901-1902

Box 3 Folder 40 Y, 1901-1902


Box 5 Folder 26 Proposed Four-Year Course, 1922-1936

Course revisions and statistics; Walter H. Aldridge


Box 6 Folder 1 Reports, 1913-1917

Box 6 Folder 2 Treasurer's Reports, 1907-1912

Box 6 Folder 3 Treasurer's Reports, 1913-1928

Box 6 Folder 4 Statistics, 1920s

Student enrollment and alumni membership figures