Preliminary Guide to the Albert Powell Papers

Preliminary Guide to the Albert Powell Papers, 1905-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Powell, Albert E.
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Albert Powell Papers
Dates: 1905-1980 (inclusive)
19051980

bulk 1945-1970 (bulk)
19451970
Quantity: 8 Linear feet of shelf space, (8 Boxes)
Collection Number: MS.2002.19 (collection)
Summary: Papers of agricultural engineer and Washington State University faculty member Albert Powell. The bulk of the material is an extensive collection of reference files on topics related to agricultural structures.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Albert E. Powell was a professor of agricultural engineering at Washington State University from 1960 to 1994. In 1974, he won the R.M. Wade Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences maintains a scholarship in his honor.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of papers of agricultural engineer and Washington State University faculty member Albert Powell. It includes a small amount of material related to a textbook about agricultural structures that Powell was writing (circa 1978) with a co-author, Richard Linhardt (filed in box 1), and a large sequence of reference files on topics in agricultural engineering, organized in a highly structured numerical classification. The topics of these files include: electrification, machinery, processing, and structures. These materials are published documents, primarily printed ephemera.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Preliminary Guide to the Albert Powell Papers, 1905-1980 (MS.2002.19)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

The bulk of the materials in this collection are reference files arranged in the highly structured numeric classification scheme used by Albert Powell.

Location of Collection

(MASC staff use) 2-5-5-1

Acquisition Information

Albert Powell, Jr. donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2002 (MS.2002.19).

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agricultural engineering.
Agricultural engineers -- Archives.

Personal Names

Powell, Albert E. -- Archives.

Corporate Names

Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives.

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