University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
UW Resource No. 00333
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering
Records of the
University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering
1904-2006
24.71 cubic feet (29 boxes plus 1 vertical file)
English
Annual reports,
minutes, correspondence, search committee files, grant files, course files,
publications, centennial materials, and other records of the Department of
Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle
Rudolph Ernst Heine was appointed as the university's first Assistant
Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1901. The Electrical Engineering program
was originally housed in Science Hall (later renamed Parrington Hall in 1931),
which was completed in 1902. That same year, Stephen P. Rowell received the
first B.S. in Electrical Engineering, making the Department of Electrical
Engineering the second oldest degree program within the College of Engineering.
The Department separated from the Physics Department in 1905 and Dr. Carl
Magnusson was appointed its first Head.
In 1910 the Department moved to Old Engineering Hall (Machinery Hall),
which was built in 1908 as the Machinery Pavilion for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition. The first M.S.E.E. was awarded in 1913 and students were first
offered the choice between majoring in electric power or electronics in 1925.
The development of hydroelectrical power and the aluminum and aircraft
industries in Western Washington fostered enrollment growth and the
construction of a new building for the Department in 1948. The first Ph.D. was
awarded in 1958 to Dr. Akira Ishimaru, a Professor Emeritus in the
Department.
Organized into 11 accessions.
- Accession No. 71-005, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1905-1969
- Accession No. 71-008, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1904-1966
- Accession No. 82-020, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1952-1966
- Accession No. 91-194, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, circa 1955-1986
- Accession No. 94-056, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1986
- Accession No. 95-152, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1972-1973
- Accession No. 95-229, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1975-1987
- Accession No. 95-230, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1979-1989
- Accession No. 96-164, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1981-1991
- Accession No. 03-039, University of Washington Department of
Electrical Engineering Records, 1926-2003
- Accession No. 17-005, University of Washington, Department of
Electrical Engineering records, 1988-2006
Annual reports, minutes, correspondence, search committee files, grant
files, course files, publications, centennial materials, and other records of
the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening
of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Request at UW
Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)
Received from the Department of Electrical Engineering, April 21,
2003.
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Archives
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Students
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Faculty
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Accreditation
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Research grants
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering. Industrial Affiliates Program
University of Washington. Department of Electrical Engineering--Societies and clubs
Electrical engineering--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle
Engineering--Scholarships, fellowships, etc.--Washington (State)--Seattle
Annual reports
Business correspondence
Records (Documents)
Minutes (Records)
Technical reports
Notebooks
University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Colleges and Universities
Accession No. 71-005: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1905-1969
0.54 cubic foot (under review)
Scope and Content:
Annual Reports, 1940-1959; Doctorate, 1951-1954; Historical Data,
1905-1969; Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1935-1937.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from M. Elfreda Pond, March 19, 1971.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 71-008: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1904-1966
0.42 cubic foot (1 box)
Scope and Content:
Scholarships, 1950-1964; minutes, 1953-1966; other papers,
1904-1959.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from M. Elfreda Poud, April 1, 1971.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 82-020: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1952-1966
1.00 cubic foot (1 box)
Scope and Content:
Technical Reports, 1952-1966 (Incomplete).
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from University Imprints, February 1, 1982.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 91-194: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, circa
1955-1986
5.00 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, minutes, accreditation files, reports, awards;
circa 1955-1986.
View inventory/container list for this accession
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from Valerie Higgins, July 25, 1991.
Accession No. 94-056: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1986
0.42 cubic foot (1 box)
Scope and Content:
Applied Physics Laboratory Search Committee files; 1986.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from University Records Center, October 29, 1993.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 95-152: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1972-1973
0.03 cubic foot (1 folder)
Scope and Content:
Annual report, 1972-1973.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from Publications Area, January, 1990.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 95-229: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1975-1987
1.42 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Faculty meeting minutes, reports and subject files; circa
1975-1987.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Acquisition Info:
Received from Christine Charters, April 4, 1994.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 95-230: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1979-1989
7.00 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Grant files and other record series; circa 1979-1989.
Physical/Technical Access:
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Received from Christine Charters, April 4, 1994.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 96-164: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1981-1991
2.42 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Biographical/Historical Note:
The University of Washington's Department of Electrical
Engineering Industrial Affiliates Program provides a high quality collaborative
program with local, regional and national industry that mutually benefits the
Department's academic program and industry's growth and development. The
program is designed to foster a closer relationship between the department and
industry using three primary vehicles; 1) industrial liaison, 2) joint research
projects, and 3) graduate and continuing education for practicing
engineers.
Scope and Content:
Primarily correspondence documenting the interaction between
corporate donors and the Industrial Affiliates Program of the Electrical
Engineering Department; 1981-1991.
Physical/Technical Access:
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Received from Diane Atkinson, June 21, 1996.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Accession No. 03-039: University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1926-2003
5.17 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, reports, histories, instruction manuals, product
catalogs, grant files, financial records, course files, lab notebooks,
drawings, clippings, publications, work requests, subject series;
1911-2003.
Includes a number of glass lantern slides, prints, and negatives
that document the history of the department, such as various exhibits at the
Puyallup Fair, Electrical Engineering clubs and classes, and work with the
Microsensor Lab.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Acquisition Info:
Received from the Department of Electrical Engineering, April 21,
2003.
Processing Info:
Minimally processed.
Historical
Features
1
03-039
Reports - EE History
1990
1
03-039
History of Electrical Engineering -
UW
1997
1
03-039
History of Chemical
Engineering
undated
1
03-039
Meter School
1985
1
03-039
[Engineering History] (5
folders)
1994
1
03-039
Department History
1969
1
03-039
Departmental Review Materials (CD-ROM)
2001
Grant
Files
1
03-039
[Grant and Contract Data]
1994
Project and Lab
Information
1
03-039
Homework and Project Data
1954-1959
1
03-039
Pacific Car and Foundry Data
Sheet
1954-1955
1
03-039
Delta Altar
undated
1
03-039
Magnet Design
undated
1
03-039
Artificial Transmission
Line
1916
1
03-039
Weston Engineering Notes
1947
1
03-039
Calibration Curves
undated
1
03-039
Sperring Wavemeter Curves
undated
1
03-039
Lab Equipment
1948-1957
1
03-039
Signal Generator
undated
1
03-039
External Tuning Cavity
undated
1
03-039
3CM Microwave System
1954
1
03-039
Induction Regulation
1923-1929
1
03-039
Circuit 300V
undated
Product Catalogs and
Manuals
Meters
1
03-039
Mercury Arc Rectifiers
1949
1
03-039
Wattmeter Bridge
undated
1
03-039
Stop Watches
undated
1
03-039
Ground Testing
1930-1941
1
03-039
Frequency Meter
1939-1944
1
03-039
Recording Meter
undated
Motors
1
03-039
Flynn Weischel Motor
1924-1927
1
03-039
Selsyn Motors
1945-1946
1
03-039
Motors
1935-1958
Resistors, Ignitron, Solenoid,
Cores...
1
03-039
Engraving Machine
1938-1954
1
03-039
Variac
1950-1955
1
03-039
Relays
1945
1
03-039
Cores Transformer
1952-1953
1
03-039
HA-1B Solenoid
1957
1
03-039
Ignitron
1946
1
03-039
Resistors
1929-1957
1
03-039
[Solenoid Report]
1941
1
03-039
Soleniods
1957
1
03-039
Lab Equipment Order w/ Blue Prints
1926-1948
2
03-039
Catalogues (9 boxes)
1911-1965
2
03-039
Manuals/Catalogues (3
boxes)
1927-1966
3
03-039
Maintenance Manuals
1928-1964
3
03-039
Manuals (3 boxes)
1923-1961
3
03-039
Electronic Lab Manual
undated
3
03-039
Huggins Lab Notebook Vol.
1
1955-1961
3
03-039
Huggins Lab Notebook Vol.
2
1958-1961
3
03-039
Huggins Laboratory Engineering
Notes
1963-1964
Financial
Records
3
03-039
Voucher, Check, and
Deposit
1937-38
3
03-039
Purchase Order
1945-47
Clippings and
Publications
3
03-039
EE News
1956-1967
3
03-039
"The Trend in
Engineering"
1955-1957
3
03-039
Program Review
2001-2003
3
03-039
Electrical Engineering Building Fires – The
Daily
1989
3
03-039
Research in EE
1989-93
3
03-039
Research in EE
1978-88
3
03-039
Research in EE - Input
1995
3
03-039
Research in EE - Covers
1995
3
03-039
Research in EE
1995-96
Work Requests
4
03-039
Incomplete Jobs
1956-1959
4
03-039
Completed Jobs
1956-1960
Project
Notebooks
4
03-039
Traveling Wave Tube Notebook
1951
4
03-039
Study of Modulation
1957
4
03-039
10,000 Mc Equipment Microwave
Laboratory
undated
4
03-039
Microwave Project
1950-1951
4
03-039
Traveling Wave Tube Project (2
notebooks)
1953
Reports
4
03-039
Report of Heater Test
1928-1930
4
03-039
Misc. Reports
1950-1959
4
03-039
EE/CSE Building Project - Progress
Report: Jan.-Mar.
1997
4
03-039
EE/CSE Building Project - Progress
Report: Apr.-Jun.
1997
4
03-039
EE/CSE Building Project - Progress
Report: July-Dec.
1997
4
03-039
Capital Projects Office - Operations
and Organization Assessment
1998
Correspondence
4
03-039
Correspondence to Prof. R. E.
Lindbloom
1951-1960
4
03-039
Structural Investigation of Meany
Hall
1957-1958
Course Files
4
03-039
Radio Technician Course
undated
Schematic
Drawings
4
03-039
Lab Drawings, Tracings,
Etc.
1911-1947
4
03-039
[Schematics]
1949-1954
Subject
Series
4
03-039
New Power House for UW
1955-1956
4
03-039
Westing House Electric
Corporation
1941-1947
4
03-039
Description of Parts for Motor
Control Cubicle
1947
4
03-039
Engineering Problems
undated
4
03-039
Calculators, Slide Rules,
Etc.
1958-1993
4
03-039
[Misc.] (6 boxes)
1924-1978
5
03-039
[Misc.] (6 boxes)
1924-1978
Photographs
Microsensor Lab
5
03-039
Les Atlas
undated
5
03-039
Sinclair Yee
undated
5
03-039
Professor John Sahr
undated
5
03-039
Leung Tsang
undated
5
03-039
Ed Stear, Randy Turpin, Peter Cheung - Microsensor
Lab
1985
5
03-039
Ed Stear and Randy Turpin - Microsensor
Lab
1985
5
03-039
Randy Turpin - Microsensor Lab
1985
5
03-039
Unidentified Photographs of EE Dept.
undated
5
03-039
Students on Test Equipment Donated by Hewlett
Packard
1995
5
03-039
Peter Cheung and Randy Turpin - Microsensor
Lab
1985
5
03-039
Visiting Chinese Researchers - Microsensor
Lab
1985
5
03-039
Ban Brown - Microsensor Lab
1985-1986
5
03-039
Jim Trevino - Microsensor Lab
1985-1986
5
03-039
Microsensor Lab
1986
5
03-039
Peter Cheung and Randy Turpin - Microsensor
Lab
5
03-039
Relief Sculpture of Hands and Baby on EE Building
Entrance
undated
5
03-039
General Prints on EE Design
undated
5
03-039
Jim Trevino and Dan Brown - Microsensor
Lab
1985
5
03-039
Engineers at Work Billboard
undated
5
03-039
Byrd VLF Substalion After One Antarctic
Winter
undated
Electric Engineer Clubs and
Classes
5
03-039
Unidentified Prints of EE Class
undated
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members
1938-1939
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members
1939
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members - A
1940
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members - B
1940
5
03-039
UW AIEE Club
1942
5
03-039
UW AIEE Club
1943
5
03-039
UW Chapter AIEE on Alder Damn
1947
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1937
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1937
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1937
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1938
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1938
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1938
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1939
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1939
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1939
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1940
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1940
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1940
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 C - Winter Quarter
1940
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1941
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1941
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1941
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Spring Quarter
1942
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Summer/Fall Semester
1943
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Semester
1943-1944
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Semester
1943-1944
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Quarter
1943
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Quarter
1943
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Summer/Fall Semester
1944
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Winter Semester
1944-1945
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - March/June Semester
1945
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - July/October Semester
1943-1945
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Summer Quarter
1946
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 - Winter Quarter
1947
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Spring Quarter
1949
Puyallup Fair
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - Plans and Layout for EE Dept.
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Aeronautical Engineering
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Pharmacy Drugs and Mechanical
Eng. Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Forestry
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Drama, School of Nursing,
Physical Education, and Potter's Wheel Departments Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Mines
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Civil Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1936
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Forestry
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Mines
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Military Science
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Home Economics and Library
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Pharmacy Gardens Museum
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Forestry Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Home Economics
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. ROTC Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Pharmacy and Museum
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Assoc. of Women Students and
Minerals Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1939
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1940
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Civil Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1940
Miscellaneous Photographs
5
03-039
[Photographs - Professors]
undated
5
03-039
Engineering Open House
1996
5
03-039
NYA (National Youth Administration) Projects EE
Dept.
1935-1936
5
03-039
Department Photos
undated
5
03-039
Duplicate Photographs
undated
Negatives
Electric Engineer Clubs and
Classes
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members
1938-1939
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members
1939
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members - A
1940
5
03-039
UW AIEE Members - B
1940
5
03-039
UW Chapter AIEE Members
1942
5
03-039
UW Chapter AIEE Members
1943
5
03-039
EE Design
undated
5
03-039
Proposed Electrical Engineering Building
undated
5
03-039
Chart of Years Bond is Held
undated
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 A - Winter Semester
1943-1944
5
03-039
UW EE Class 161 B - Winter Semester
1943-1944
5
03-039
Unidentified EE Class
undated
Microsensor Lab
5
03-039
WTC Microsensor Furnace with Jim Trevino
undated
Puyallup Fair
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Electrical Engineering Dept.
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Military Science
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Home Economics and Library
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Forestry
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. College of Mines
Exhibit
1937
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Assoc. of Women Students and
Minerals Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE Dept. Exhibit -
Crowd
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE Dept. Light Beam
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE Dept. Exhibit -
Television
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Forestry Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Home Economics
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Pharmacy and Museum
Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. ROTC Exhibit
1938
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE Dept. Exhibit - Machine
Display
1939
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE Dept. Exhibit -
Crowd
1940
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. EE. Dept. Exhibit -
Display
1940
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Civil Engineering
Exhibit
1940
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. ROTC Exhibit
undated
5
03-039
Puyallup Fair - UW. Exhibit Negative
undated
NYA Built Equipment
5
03-039
Harold T. Smith Thesis
undated
5
03-039
Glass Lantern
Slides
undated
Posters
6
03-039
New EE/CSE Building
undated
6
03-039
New EE/CSE Building
undated
Accession No. 17-005: University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering records, 1988-2006
1.32 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Faculty meeting notes, minutes, agendas, voting ballots, and
resolutions; merit review evaluations; appointments of new faculty and
personnel; curriculum review and requests for new courses; undergraduate and
graduate admissions; departmental correspondence; Executive Committee notes and
agendas; Electrical Engineering Building construction files; and printouts and
CDs of files for banners used in the Electrical Engineering Centennial exhibit
in April 2006, the official Centennial History of the Electrical Engineering
Department, and photographs of students and faculty during the department's
first 100 years.
Restrictions on Access:
Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for
screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special
Collections for more information.
Restrictions on Use:
Public Records (Use is unrestricted after access has been
granted).
Acquisition Info:
Angel Bailey and Richard Christie, 2006-07-10