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These are papers of Betty Hoskins, first female tenure-track professor at WPI. Major topics include the WPI Plan, the Life Sciences and Synthethic Biology, Technical Learning initiatives, and the introduction of women students and faculty.

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A. Fredrick Griffin, who graduated from WPI in 1914, was a civil engineer who was in charge of over-all planning of the United States portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway project, as well as other projects for the U.S. Corps of Engineers.

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These are papers and photographs of three generations of the Higgins family: Millton P. Higgins, first superintendent of WPI's Washburn Shops and one of the founders of Norton Company; his son Aldus, President of Norton Company and owner of WPI's Higgins House; and Aldus's son Milton P. Higgins II, also President of Norton Company and a life member of WPI's Board of Trustees.

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These are papers of Professor Christopher H. Sotak, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at WPI, who was a pioneer in the medical use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, especially in treatment of stroke and cancer.

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These are papers of Dr. Edward N. Clarke, co-founder of National Semiconductor Corporation and Director of Research, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of the Center for Solar Energy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Correspondence, administrative papers, media and ephemera relating to the steel mill construction firm, Morgan Construction Company.

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The Small Collections consist of one folder or one-two boxes of collections gathered from Subject, Faculty and Alumni files and donations. They typically contain ephemera, correspondence, journals, class notes, certificates, articles and small objects.

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The Guida Collection is a large collection of motion-picture media that was donated to the Gordon Library by Fred Guida on December 16, 2019. It contains roughly 400 works from as far back as 1901, with around 200 VHS tapes and cassettes, 80 LP records, 5 books, 45 film reels, 15 CDs, and 110 DVDs. These pieces focus on Charles Dickens and his writings, and about half of the material are related to his famous novella, "A Christmas Carol."

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Records generated in the course of the administration and leadership of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, by the Office of the President, spanning multiple administrations.

Scope and Contents This collection spans the years 1959 to the present. Most of the materials in this collection are described at the box level, with general description of box contents. Series I: Individual Provosts' Records Series I contains records specific to individual provosts. Where broad subjects span several provosts' administrations or address certain broad areas (including surveys, the WPI Plan, Massachusetts Academy), most of these records are in succeeding record groups....

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These are the records of the President's Planning Group, authorized by President Harry B. Storke in 1968 to "study the role of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the engineering and scientific community and to propose to the President and to the Faculty detailed plans for implementation of this role in the future..."

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The Physical Education & Althletic Department Sports collection contains materials pertaining to WPI athletics ranging from 1880 to 2007. The collection includes press releases, photos, sports programs, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, Athletic Council pamphlets, scorebooks, WPI Hall of Fame ceremonial memorabilia, and many other miscellaneous items related to WPI athletics. Nearly every WPI sport is represented within the collection, both varsity and club.

Scope and Contents Records in this collection have been arranged by building according to construction/acquisition date. The exceptions are the Fraternity Houses, which are grouped together after all the other individual buildings, and The Wedge, whose plan was identified late in the process and is thus out of sequence. It follows the Fraternity Houses. Broader record groups such as WPI Grounds and WPI Campus Plans will be found at the end of the collection, after individual buildings. Records...

Scope and Contents Box 1 contains records of the founding and organization of the school, from 1865-1868. These records include John Boynton's gift to begin the school, Stephen Salisbury's gift of land, and Ichabod Washburn's gift to build the machine shop, as well as gifts by other donors. They also include the school's by-laws and records of trustees meetings, and records of the Building Committee and architects' drawings for Boynton Hall.Box 2 contains records of the early years of the school,...

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The WPI Class Collection is an collection of material accumulated from alumni and university offices. Chronologically arranged class files consist primarily of commencement, class governance, correspondence, class activities, newsclippings, ephemera and reunion material.

Scope and Contents This collection of records documents the period of development, implementation and evaluation of the WPI Plan from 1969 to 1986. The collection primarily consists of published reports, proposals, white papers and grant applications. The original four reports of the Planning Committee document the conception and development of the plan. Various proposals and guidelines from the implementation phase are collected here. Extensive and subsequent evaluation reports, most funded by NEH grants,...

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The records of the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies are subdivided into subcollections for each Dean.

UA32.01 William R. Grogan Papers UA32.02 Frank C. Lutz Papers UA32.03 John A. Orr Papers

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Official publications of Worcester Polytechnic Institute schools, departments, and student organizations.

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This collection contains records from 1924-1984. Included in the collection are written histories of the club; membership, officer and committee lists; meeting minutes; newsletters; photographs and news clippings. There are also financial records. There is a photo album of events which the Foreign Students Affairs Committee organized and hosted.

Scope and Contents These materials document much of the history of the Washburn Shops, from its beginnings until the Shops closed in 1955. There are records of the Shop Committee from 1894-1914. There are financial reports from 1873-1937. Also included are Shop Catalogs, reports from shop superintendents and teachers, an early grade book, a scrapbook of ads, and photographs of products and work in the shops, as well as drawings of shop products. There are catalogs and brochures and two notebooks, at least one...

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This collections comprises four series: 1. Radio Club QSOs (Conversation Cards) arranged in three groups by date, country or state. 2. Contest log sheets 3. Adminstrative Files including meeting minutes, budgets inventories and membership lists arranged chronologically. 4. Log Books arranged chronologically.

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This collection of records spans the years 1955-1984 and includes membership records, meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and ephemera. There are additional records from the WPI Professional Group, a sub-committee of the WPI Business Women's Club, which later operated as an independent group on campus. Other materials of interest include a 11/2/1970 memo announcing WPI's acceptance of the club's request for women to wear pant-suits in the office.