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William B. Cabot papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-99
Content Description

This collection contains a pocket account book for school and living expenses at East Hampton, New Haven, and Troy, kept by William Cabot, RPI Class of 1881. Also included is a free-hand drawing book from a winter session class held at Rensselaer.

Dates: 1874-1883

William Breithaupt collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1988-15
Content Description

Three photographs of railroad construction and specification blueprints for Sibley Bridge, also called the Sibley Rail Bridge, spanning the Missouri River. William Breithaupt (RPI Class of 1881) served as Assistant Engineer on the project.

Dates: Undated

William Gorham Rice correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-20
Content Description

Miscellaneous correspondence between William Gorham Rice, a state and federal government official from Albany, NY, and various others, including Louis Howe, then-Secretary to the President Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. House of Representatives members, members of the Democratic National Committee, as well as numerous other government officials.

Dates: 1889-1933

William H. Young memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 0-48
Content Description This small collection contains an autograph book with signatures collected by William H. Young, circa 1833 to 1892; one page of autographs from on board the U.S. steam frigate Niagara in 1857; and a memorial resolution from the RPI Board of Trustees following Young’s death in 1904.Also included is Young's personal copy of Henry B. Nason's Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which was published by Young in 1887. The book is...
Dates: 1833-1904

William I. Baucus papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 36
Abstract

The Baucus papers contain a photograph album and several postcards reflecting the travels and the engineering work in which Baucus was engaged.

Dates: Created: 1903-1919

William MacIlhenny Wilkinson papers

 Collection — Container: 2 Boxes
Identifier: MC 55
Abstract

This collection consists of student notebooks, drawings, diplomas and certificates documenting Wilkinson's student experiences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: Created: 1886-1910; Other: Majority of material found in 1906-1910

William Otis Hotchkiss papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC 1
Content Description Professional papers of William Otis Hotchkiss, President of RPI, from 1935-1943. The records depict RPI's concern and need to prepare for World War II through the numerous files dealing with the various Defense Programs at RPI. Three files labelled "Albany Medical College" discuss the c. 1938 proposed, but rejected, merger of RPI with Albany Medical College. This early anticipation of a possible collaboration in a biomedical program was later fulfilled in 1963. The records also include...
Dates: 1935-1954; Majority of material found within 1935-1943

William Pitt Mason papers

 Collection — Container: 4 Boxes
Identifier: MC 1
Abstract

The papers consist primarily of letterpress books of scientific and business correspondence; investigation results and records of water analysis; bibliographical notations. The majority of the manuscripts deal with Mason’s professional research interest in water analysis.

Dates: Created: 1877-1924; Other: Majority of material found in 1885-1915

William Schneider field book

 Item
Identifier: 2008-8
Content Description

This RPI field notebook, kept by William Schneider, Class of 1912, was used for a hydrographical survey on the Hudson River in New York, and for a topographical survey in Bennington, Vermont. Included in this notebook are survey readings, small drawn maps, tide gages, and flow readings of the Hudson River, motor ratings, and more.

Dates: 1910

Williamsburg (New East River Bridge) newspaper scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-35
Content Description

This collection contains three newspaper scrapbooks which document the building of the Williamsburg (New East River) Bridge, and the work of Leffert L. Buck (RPI Class of 1868). These scrapbooks include articles and clippings about the bridge from various New York City based newspapers. The contents may have been news clipping service books and not necessarily created by Buck.

Dates: 1898-1901

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