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Cage 159
Greenfield, Eugene Willis
Eugene Willis Greenfield Papers
1923-1951
.75 feet of linear shelf space
2 boxes
Eugene Willis Greenfield's correspondence, minutes, memoranda, working papers, and research notes dating from 1923-1951, while he was a technical researcher for the Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Electrical Products Division.
Collection materials are in:
English
Eugene Willis Greenfield (1907- ) was a technical researcher for Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, 1935-1950, and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Electrical Products Division, 1950-1951. Locating to Washington State University, Greenfield became a professor of electrical engineering and later Dean of the College of Engineering, 1958-1972. He retired from WSU as professor emeritus.
During his career, Greenfield was an expert in electrical transmission and conducted research in electrical insulation. Additionally, he assisted the Northwest aluminum industry in becoming pioneer producers of aluminum transmission line and cables.
His publications include: "Taping of Paper Cable: theory and practice," "Sound, Ears, and Scales," "The Sensation of Sound," and "Stereo Sound Reproduction."
This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, working papers, and research notes primarily on electric wire insulation, belonging to Eugene Willis Greenfield and prepared while he was a technical researcher for Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, 1935-1950, and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Electrical Products Division, 1950-1951. The working papers and research notes include blueprints, handwritten notes and drawings, and photographs.
This collection is arranged in a single series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
Eugene Willis Greenfield Papers, 1923-1951M
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1975.
Hilding, Tina, "Research Gone Wild: Engineering power in the Pacific Northwest, part II," Washington State Magazine, volume 10, number 4 (Fall 2011).
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation. Electrical Products Division
Electric insulators and insulation -- Testing
Businesses and Corporations
Technology
Washington (State)
Electrical engineers -- Washington (State) -- Records and correspondence
1
1-4
1951
Correspondence
1
5
1951
Minutes and memoranda
1
6
1933-1934
Working paper: surface tension studies
1
7
circa 1935-1945
Working paper: corona formation "V" bend tests per request of T. J. Johnson
1
8
1938
Working paper: "General Data on Anaconda Oils and Paper"
1
9
1933
Working paper: oil measurement miscellaneous/viscosity and specific gravity of Sun XX (blueprints)
1
10
1938
Working paper: index of refraction measurements of oils
1
11
1940
Working paper: paper cable practices
1
12
1942-1944
Working paper: belted cable ionization tests
1
13
1944-1946
Working paper: magnetic beaming
1
14
1935-1936
Working paper: uniform field tape background tester - E.L.A.
1
15
1945
Working paper: Vinylite compounding problems - 60192
1
16
1939-1940
Working paper: wetting agents
2
17
1936-1944
Patent applications
2
18
1923, 1932, 1953
Miscellaneous data - N.E.L.A. work (blueprints)
2
19
1930-1951
Miscellaneous work