Guide to the Royal W. Sorensen Papers
Caltech Archives Staff and edited by Penelope Neder-Muro
California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections
1980, 2022
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California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections
Title: Royal W. Sorensen Papers
Creator:
Sorensen, Royal Wasson
Identifier/Call Number: SorensenRW
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1911-1965
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Researchers may contact the Caltech Archives to make
an appointment for access. This collection has not been digitized.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may not have been assigned to the California Institute of Technology Archives.
All requests for permission to publish from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the
Caltech Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the California Institute
of Technology Archives as the owner of the physical items and, unless explicitly stated
otherwise, is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers were donated by Marjorie Pardee, Donald Maxstadt, Fred Groat and his wife.
Biographical / Historical
Royal Wasson Sorensen, 1882-1965. Electrical Engineer; Professor of Electrical Engineering
at Caltech from 1910-1952.
Scope and Contents
The papers include professional correspondence (especially Southern California Edison
Company Committee on Public Information), unpublished talks, reprints, and biographical
material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Engineering
Manuscript Collection
box 1, folder 1
The Transportation Problem of Los Angeles
1911
box 1, folder 2
Early Papers, Reports. Water Jets. Eagle Rock Substation, no date.
Transformer Burn Outs at Kern Substation
1913
undated
box 1, folder 3
Big Creek Transmission Line and Westinghouse Generators
1914
box 1, folder 4
Big Creek - Mt. Whitney Connection, Vol. I
box 1, folder 5
Suspension Insulation Tests
1916
box 1, folder 6
American Museum of Electricity: Miscellaneous Correspondence
1957
1960
box 1, folder 7
Southern California Edison Company Committee on Public
Information
1958
box 1, folder 8
Joint Research Council History Memoranda
1963-1964
box 1, folder 9
Joint Research Council Activities, Vol. III
1956
box 1, folder 10
Joint Research Committee Meetings
1956 March-November
box 2, folder 1
Joint Research Council Meetings
1956 January
1957
January-June
box 2, folder 2
Joint Research Council Meetings
1957 July-December
box 2, folder 3
Joint Research Council Meetings
1958 January-April
box 2, folder 4
Joint Research Council Meetings
1958 May-1959 January
box 2, folder 5
Air Pollution Minimization Program Sorenson Summary
box 2, folder 6
Air Pollution Minimization Program Joint Research Council
1956 March-September
box 2, folder 7
Air Pollution Minimization Program Joint Research Council
1957 October-1958 January
box 2, folder 8
Committee on Effluent Improvement
box 2, folder 10
Committee on Public Information
box 2, folder 12
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1915
1920
1933
1941
1961
1965
box 3, folder 1
Report on Power Plant Air Pollution Control
1956
Talks, Addresses, and Reprints
box 3, folder 3
Talks, Addresses, Reprints
1936-1965
Scope and Contents
Maintaining Leadership (1936); The Relation of Developments in Science to the
Religious Life in the United States (1938); Surge-Voltage Breakdown Characteristics
for Electrical Gaps in Oil (1940); My Pasadena (1940); Should Engineers Join a Union?
(1940); Electrical Engineering Graduate Students at Caltech (1950); Professional
Engineering in California (1952); The Power Application Vacuum Switch (1958); Thoughts
on Air Pollution (1965)
box 3, folder 4
Talks, Addresses, Reprints
undated
Scope and Contents
Talk on Electrical Power (Boulder Dam); Invention -- A Wilderness Trail for Modern
Pioneers; Some Colorado River History; Maintaining Leadership; Boulder Dam Power; The
Status of the Professional Engineer; Miscellaneous Notes
box 3, folder 7
Various papers, photos, autobiography
Francis W. Maxstadt Supplement
box 3, folder 8
High Voltage Power Plants
box 3, folder 12
Vacuum Switch Patent Materials
