Guide to the Cyril Frank Elwell Papers,
1930-1961
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
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The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Cyril Frank Elwell Papers,
1930-1961
Collection number: M0049
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Patricia White
© 1997
Descriptive Summary
Title: Cyril Frank Elwell Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1961
Collection number: Special Collections M0049
Creator:
Elwell, Cyril Frank
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
None.
Provenance:
Gift of Mrs. Cyril Frank Elwell, 1963
Publication Rights:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Cyril Frank Elwell Paper, M0049, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical Note:
Cyril Frank Elwell, who earned his engineer's degree at Stanford University in 1908, was a pioneer engineer in radio-telegraph
research and long-distance communications. Along with other Stanford engineers, he was active in early electronics firms in
Palo Alto, California.
Scope and Contents Note:
These papers contain several versions of Elwell's autobiography, including one written under a pseudonym and correspondence
with possible ghost writers, especially R. B. Stone. Also included are engineering papers, clippings, biographical materials,
and correspondence.
CONTAINER LIST
Box no. 1, Folder 1
Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy and manuscript corrections.
Box no. 1, Folder 2
Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy but no corrections.
Box no. 1, Folder 3
Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy of marked pages 2-66.
Box no. 1, Folder 4
Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy and manuscript corrections. Version C.
Box no. 1, Folder 5
Autobiography. Typed copy of tape recorded reminiscences,
1957.
Box no. 1, Folder 6
Autobiography. Typed copy of tape recorded reminiscences, revised.
Box no. 1, Folder 7
Autobiography. Version P begining with page 2.
Box no. 1, Folder 8
Autobiography. Another version.
Box no. 1, Folder 9
Revised autobiography with the aid of R. B. Stone. Outline for possible publisher.
Box no. 1, Folder 10
Revised autobiography written under the name Frank Rossa.
Box no. 1, Folder 11
Autobiography. Notes for Stone.
Box no. 1, Folder 12
Autobiography. Miscellaneous notes.
Box no. 2, Folder 13
Autobiography. Notes for Stone.
Box no. 2, Folder 14
Autobiography. Notes for Stone.
Box no. 2, Folder 15
Autobiography. Van Etten, deForest and Hewlett Packard material.
Box no. 2, Folder 16
Autobiography. Miscellaneous notes.
Box no. 2, Folder 17
Letters, outgoing,
1941 Jan. 16 -1961 Feb. 28.
Box no. 2, Folder 18
Letters, incoming, A - Z.
Box no. 2, Folder 19
Letters not to Elwell but concerning his work.
Box no. 3, Folder 24
Speeches and articles by Elwell.
Box no. 3, Folder 25
Magazine articles pertaining to Elwell.
Box no. 3, Folder 26
Contracts and certificates.
Box no. 3, Folder 28
Engineering papers. Notebook of designs and circuits.
Box no. 3, Folder 29
Engineering papers. History of Radio, notes by Elwell.
Box no. 3, Folder 30
Engineering papers. Structural designs.
Box no. 4, Folder 31
Engineering papers. Antennas
Box no. 4, Folder 32
Engineering papers. Antennas
Box no. 4, Folder 33
Engineering papers. Transisters
Box no. 4, Folder 34
Engineering papers. Lapp radio material.
Box no. 4, Folder 35
Engineering papers. Radio towers.
Box no. 4, Folder 36
Engineering papers. Linear electron accelerator.
