Contains the records of the School of Engineering pertaining to courses of instruction, employees, research, students, and general management. Materials in subject files are roughly organized by topics. Engineering Alumni files are largely unordered. Faculty and staff biographical files are ordered alphabetically by last name. Some boxes are restricted.
From http://www.ee.duke.edu/graduate/abouteng.html
The School of Engineering traces its history back to 1851 when the catalogue for Normal College, the forerunner of Trinity College and Duke University, advertised a Classical course which included surveying in the sophomore year as well as architecture and engineering for seniors. Similar offerings characterized instruction in the subject of engineering throughout the 73 year period of the institution's operation as Trinity College. When Trinity College because Duke University in 1924, Engineering instruction underwent a period of vigorous development.
The School of Engineering at Duke is currently primarily housed in its own two buildings: Hudson Hall (fondly known as Old Red) and the modern Teer Building. It also shares space with other science facilities in the Levine Science Research Center which is separate from the Engineering Buildings. The School of Engineering is composed of the four departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. There are also shared research facilities and joint research activities with numerous other departments including Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics and Medicine.
The School of Engineering houses the prestigious National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, which is an international leader in the application of Engineering to Medicine, and the Vesic Engineering Library in the Teer Building.
Received 1976. School of Engineering, Subject files of Associate Dean Edward K. Kraybill. Accession number: 76-32 (Boxes 1-6)
Received 1976. School of Engineering, Subject files of Dean Charles R. Vail. Accession number: 76-32 (Boxes 7-15)
Received 1978 and 1983. School of Engineering, Office of the Dean, alphabetical subject files. Accession numbers: A83-62, A78-143 (Boxes 16-28)
Received 1989. School of Engineering, Office of the Dean, faculty and staff biographical files. Accession numbers: A89-006 (Box 29)
Received 1993 and 1996. School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Accession numbers: A93-24, A93-98, 96-107. Also received 1982. Engineering Student Government. Accession numbers: A82-41 (Box 30)
Received 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1999. School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering. Accession numbers: A84-14, A85-93, A88-038, A91-62, A99-36 (Box 31)
Received 1977, 1979, 1994. School of Engineering, Engineering Alumni Association. Accession numbers: A77-27, A79-21, A94-115, A94-132 (Boxes 32-33)
Received 1983. School of Engineering, Office of the Dean, alphabetical subject files. Accession numbers: A83-62 (Boxes 34-36)
Received 2015. Pratt School of Engineering, 75th anniversary video files. Accession number UA2015.0004
Processed by Emily Glenn
Completed January 15, 2003
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, May 27, 2003
Accession UA2015.0004 processed and finding aid updated by Tracy M. Jackson and Matthew Farrell, February 2015.
Collection level notes and restriction information updated by Tarcy M. Jackson, July 2019.
