Finding Aid for Glass Slides, 1900-35 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Glass Slides, 1900-35

ID: 11/1/11

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Engineering

Extent: 17.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: By sub-series and subject or numerically thereunder

Subjects: Aeronautics, Bridges, Buildings, Champaign County, Illinois, Colorado, Concrete Construction, Construction Equipment, Dams, Engines, Flood Control, Highway Construction, Irrigation, Locomotives, Steam, Machine Tools, Music -- China - Business and Industry, Music -- Japan - Science and Technology, Ohio River, Photographs, Photography, Railroad Bridges, Railroads, San Francisco, California, Sanitary Engineering, Steel Industry, Surveying, Tunnels, Turbines, Vermilion County, Illinois, World War I - Military Operations, World War I - Supply, Support and Transportation

Languages: English

3 1/4 x 4 glass slides, glass negatives and 3 x 5 index sheets with prints used by engineering faculty in lectures including photographs of highway construction, buildings, tunnels, engines, turbines, railroads, bridges, dams, locomotives, machine tools, alloys, thermodynamics, testing, railroads in China and Colorado, World War I, military aircraft, coal mining, ships, waterways, dredges, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, travel scenes in Europe and Japan, San Francisco earthquake, irrigation, the University of Illinois and maps and plans.

Organized when the University opened in 1868 and formed as a college in March, 1873, the College of Engineering operates an experiment station, twelve departments, and a graduate program.

The duties of the Dean of the College of Engineering have evolved from being chairman at faculty meetings to being chief administrator for and representative of the College within the University system.¹ In this capacity as chief administrator, the Dean has the power to create positions and offices under his direct control in order to meet his obligations to both faculty and students.²

The Measurement Program was created in 1948.³ It is a branch of the Engineering Experiment Station, which was founded in 1909 and placed under the control of the Dean of the College.⁴ It functions as a service group for the entire campus by calibrating and repairing optical and electrical laboratory equipment used for experimentation or instruction.⁵

Student Placement is an office providing information and assistance to graduating students seeking employment.⁶ This office developed as a result of the University's policy of leaving employment counseling to the deans of the colleges.⁷ Its budget and staff are incorporated into the general administrative allocations of the College.⁸

The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula are eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.⁹

1. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 114-116.

2. Statutes, September 1, 1957, p. 10.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, June 15, 1948, p. 1289.

4. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 116.

5. Interview with the Acting Director, February, 1980.

6. Interview with the Assistant Dean, February, 1980.

7. Annual Register, 1943-1944, p. 109.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, June 24, 1941, p. 317.

9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.

Aeronautics
Bridges
Buildings
Champaign County, Illinois
Colorado
Concrete Construction
Construction Equipment
Dams
Engines
Flood Control
Highway Construction
Irrigation
Locomotives, Steam
Machine Tools
Music -- China - Business and Industry
Music -- Japan - Science and Technology
Ohio River
Photographs
Photography
Railroad Bridges
Railroads
San Francisco, California
Sanitary Engineering
Steel Industry
Surveying
Tunnels
Turbines
Vermilion County, Illinois
World War I - Military Operations
World War I - Supply, Support and Transportation

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/17-24/73; 6/24/82; 12/4/85

Other Note: 78 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1101011.pdf

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