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Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937.
Elihu Thomson papers, 1853-1955.
Series I (circa 60,000 items) is currently being processed (1996).
Series II (size unknown) is currently being processed (1996).
Series III (3.5 linear feet) contains legal documents, reports, specifications on inventions and patents, blueprints, programs for scientific meetings and events, and materials relating to Thomson's industrial research and personal interests.
Series IV (1.5 linear feet) contains autograph and typescript drafts, notes, comments, and page proofs on the subjects of electrical systems, welding, astronomy, and optics, among others.
Series V (1 linear feet) contains school papers, autobiographical essays, poetry, short papers on ideas and inventions, and any works that were not identified as published.
Series VI (1 linear feet) contains manuscript and typescript drafts of speeches, lectures, papers, and addresses given by Thomson at meetings of various professional scientific organizations and societies.
Series VII (2 linear feet) contains the manuscript and typescript drafts and transcripts of works by Thomson's colleagues and others, including papers, reports, journal articles, speeches, and radio addresses. A large portion of the series is biographical, produced by Thomson's friends and colleagues after his death and originally stored in two boxes labeled "Biographical Material." The complete, original manuscript of David O. Woodbury's "Elihu Thomson, Beloved Scientist" (1944) is preserved in this series as well. There are several manuscript and typescript translations of historical works in the field of optics. Produced for Thomson's friend and fellow amateur telescope maker, George Wattson Hewitt, by Florence C. and Emil P. Albrecht, these translations date ca. 1901 and focus on the works of S. Czapski, J.J. Littow, and L. Schuppmann.
Series VIII (2 linear feet) contains Thomson's high school notebooks from classes taken as a student, some industrial research notebooks, genealogy notebooks, and trip journals.
Series IX (1 linear feet) contains pencil sketches of inventions and mechanical apparatus on individual sheets of assorted shapes, sizes, and types of papers. Several files of sketches by E.W. Rice, Jr., fellow inventor and business associate of Thomson, exist in a general chronological arrangement.
Series X (2 linear feet) contains Thomson's manuscript comments and notes on his patents. Thomson describes and evaluates each invention, often detailing the slight variations and improvements in newer versions.
Series XI (1.5 linear feet) contains black and white photographs in various sizes of Thomson, family members, professional associates, events, places, and Thomson's inventions and mechanical apparatus.
Series XII (0.5 linear feet) contains certificates that recognize Thomson's membership or election to many professional scientific organizations. Also in this series are three patent certificates issued to Thomson by the U.S. Patent Office.
Series XIII (0.5 linear feet) contains individual clippings arranged alphabetically by subject and scrapbooks of collected clippings. The clippings include obituaries (of Thomson and colleagues), wedding announcements for Thomson's second marriage, and biographical information on Thomson and his career. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and a small amount of memorabilia and photographs.
Series XIV (0.5 linear feet) contains a variety of miscellaneous items collected by Thomson, his wife, and the original organizers of this collection at the APS. Several items in this series date from Thomson's youth, including his birth certificate (1853) and his Philadelphia Central High School commencement program (1870).
Series XV (circa 1937-1943) is comprised of two subseries. Subseries A contains correspondence generated during the APS Library's attempt to collect Thomson letters from his colleagues after his death. Subseries B holds inventories of manuscripts that were produced as the papers were donated.
Elihu Thomson was an electrical engineer, inventor, business man, and entrepreneur who figured prominently in the development of early electric light and power systems in the United States. Thomson formed the Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1882, which merged in 1892 with the Edison Electric Company to form the General Electric Company.
Albrecht, Emil P.
Albrecht, Florence C.
Ayrton, W. E. (William Edward), 1847-1908.
Barker, George F, (George Frederick), 1835-1910.
Barringer, Daniel Moreau, 1860-
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974.
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
Coffin, Charles A.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975-
Crompton, Robert E.
Cutter, George Washington, 1801-1865.
Czapski, Siegfried, 1861-1907.
De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961.
Dercum, Francis X., 1856-1931.
Dunn, Gano, 1870-1953.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Fleming, J. A. (John Adam), 1877-1956.
Greene, William Houston, 1853-1918.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Hewitt, George Wattson.
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-
Jeans, James Hopwood, Sir, 1877-1946.
Jeffcott, H. H.
Johnson, Alba Boardman, 1858-1935.
Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932.
Kennelly, Arthur E. (Arthur Edwin), 1861-1939.
Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957.
Littow, J. J.
Lovejoy, Jesse Robert, 1863-1945.
Mallinckrodt, Edward, 1845-1925.
Martin, Thomas Commerford, 1856-1924.
Meadowcroft, William Henry, 1853-1937.
Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924.
Miller, Dayton Clarence, 1866-1941.
Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841.
Morgan, Charles, Sir.
Pickering, W. H. (William Hayward), 1910-2004
Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942.
Pritchett, Henry Smith, 1857-1939.
Riche, George W.
Schuppmann, L.
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
Snyder, Monroe Benjamin, 1848-1932.
Spooner, Henry Joshua, 1839-1918.
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus, 1865-1923.
Stockley, George.
Stratton, Samuel Wesley, 1861-1931.
Stuart, George, 1843-1943.
Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937.
Thomson, Silvanus P.
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939.
Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958.
Woodbury, David Oakes, 1896-
American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Edison Electric Company.
General Electric Company.
International Electrical Congress.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Thomson-Houston Electric Company.
Electric currents, Alternating.
Electrical engineering.
Electric meters.
Electric motors, Repulsion-induction.
Electric power systems.
Electric transformers.
Electric welding.
Electricity.
Optics.
Steam-engines.
Telescopes.
X-rays.
Agreements. ftamc
Drafts (documents). ftamc
Lectures lcgft
Photographic prints. ftamc
Poems. ftamc
Sketches. ftamc
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) ftamc
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