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Finding Aid for the Edward C. Barrett Collection on Early Caltech History 1891-1950
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Series 1.  Historical and Administrative Papers

Box 1, Folder 1

Writings and notes on the history of Caltech undated

Physical Description: 127 pages.
Box 1, Folder 2

Writings and notes on the history of Caltech: Notes on J. A. B. Scherer correspondence undated

Physical Description: 83 pages.

Note

Includes some shorthand notes.
Box 1, Folder 2.1

Throop University: Articles of incorporation 19 Sep 1891

Physical Description: Three copies.
Box 1, Folder 3

Throop Polytechnic Institute: Subscription papers 1894-1898, undated

Physical Description: 26 items.
Box 1, Folder 4

Throop Polytechnic Institute: Subscription papers 1908-1910, undated

Physical Description: 6 items.
Box 1, Folder 5

Throop Polytechnic Institute: Financial records 1908-1920

Physical Description: 28 items.
Box 1, Folder 6

Administrative documents, folder 1

Scope and Content Note

  • Resolutions of Executive Committee 1904
  • James A. B. Scherer to Wallace Buttrick 1909
  • Arthur H. Fleming to Board of Trustees, Throop Polytechnic Institute 1909
  • Edward C. Barrett to James A. B. Scherer 1914-1915
  • C. J. Willett to Edward C. Barrett 1915
  • Cornell University undated
  • Harvard University to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • Stanford University to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • Columbia University to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • University of California, Berkeley, to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • Arthur A. Noyes to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • Norman Bridge to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • George S. Patton to Edward C. Barrett 1916
  • Finance Committee 1917
  • Board of Trustees 1917, ca. 1920
  • T. W. Haymond to Edward C. Barrett 1917
  • Faculty Tea 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to Arthur H. Fleming 1919
Box 1, Folder 7

Administrative documents, folder 2

Scope and Content Note

  • Plan for the Development of Throop College into the California Institute of Science and Engineering 1920
  • James A. B. Scherer to Arthur H. Fleming 1920
  • Faculty Administrative Committee 1920-1921
  • Report of the Administrative Committee of the Faculty 1921
  • Report of Direction, Aims, Accomplishments, Needs and Financial Condition 1923
  • Report of the Committee on Student Health 1923
  • Report: Robert A. Millikan to Board of Trustees 1923
  • William Lacey to Frederic Hinrichs 1923
  • Executive Council 1924
  • V. Kalichevsky and B. Golikoff to James A. B. Scherer 1924
  • Report: Robert A. Millikan 1924
  • Pledge: Arthur H. Fleming and Henry M. Robinson 1925, 1927-1929
  • Board of Trustees minutes 1926
  • H. W. O'Melveny to Edward C. Barrett 1926
  • Henry M. Robinson to Edward C. Barrett 1926
  • Edward C. Barrett to Arthur H. Fleming 1926
  • Henry M. Robinson to George E. Farrand undated
  • Edward C. Barrett to Henry M. Robinson 1926
  • Synopses of Trust Agreements and Annuity Agreements 1927
  • Summaries of Agreements with Respect to Funds [1927?]
  • George E. Farrand to Edward C. Barrett 1927
  • Board of Trustees announcement 1927
  • General Education Board to Robert A. Millikan 1927
  • Robert A. Millikan to Allan C. Balch 1927
  • Edward C. Barrett to Executive Council 1928
  • William R. Smythe to Executive Council 1930
  • Athenaeum: Constitution and By-Laws undated
Box 1, Folder 8

Administrative documents, folder 3

Scope and Content Note

  • Robert R. Blacker to Institute 1929
  • Edward C. Barrett to Allan C. Balch 1929
  • Memorandum for Finance Committee 1930, 1934
  • Board of Trustees minutes 1930
  • Arthur H. Fleming to E. F. Duke 1931
  • Henry M. Robinson to Edward C. Barrett 1931
  • Crellin annuity 1931
  • H. W. O'Melveny to Edward C. Barrett 1931
  • Executive Council minutes 1931, 1934
  • E. F. Duke to Finance Committee 1931
  • Memorandum regarding Student Houses 1932
  • R. L. Daugherty to Board of Trustees 1932
  • Harvey S. Mudd to Robert A. Millikan 1932
  • George Ellery Hale and others to Allan C. Balch 1933
  • Edward C. Barrett to Trustees 1933
  • Edward C. Barrett to Robert A. Millikan 1933
  • William W. Clary to Edward C. Barrett 1934
  • Harry Chandler to Edward C. Barrett 1933-1934
  • Edward C. Barrett to Harry Chandler 1934
  • Henry M. Robinson to George Ellery Hale 1934
  • Frederic C. Walcott to Henry M. Robinson 1934
  • Charles J. Dunn to William B. Munro 1943
  • William B. Munro to Charles J. Dunn 1943
Box 1, Folder 9

Report of the Chairman of the Executive Council (Robert A. Millikan) 1922

Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 2, Folder 1

Norman Bridge Laboratory

Scope and Content Note

  • BSS to Mr. Mayers 1920
  • William C. Crowell to Board of Trustees 1920
  • Arthur H. Fleming to Walter Lloyd Smith 1920
  • George E. Hale to Arthur H. Fleming 1920
  • Announcement of the dedication of the building 1922
  • Expression of Appreciation to Norman Bridge 1922
  • Expression of Appreciation to Mrs. Norman Bridge 1925
  • Robert A. Millikan to Henry W. O'Melveny 1926
  • Edward C. Barrett to Arthur H. Fleming 1932
Box 2, Folder 2

Fleming Trust 1920, 1922-1923, 1935, undated

Physical Description: 18 items.
Box 2, Folder 3

Faculty

Scope and Content Note

  • Robert A. Millikan to J. P. Buwalda 1925
  • Chester Stock to Robert A. Millikan 1925
  • Robert A. Millikan to Chester Stock 1925
  • Arthur A. Noyes to Edward C. Barrett 1928
  • Clinton Judy to Edward C. Barrett 1929
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan to Arthur A. Noyes 1930
  • Royal Sorensen to Executive Council 1931
  • Charles Palache to Ian Campbell 1934
Box 2, Folder 4

Student Affairs

Scope and Content Note

  • Harvard University 1928
  • Occidental College 1928
  • Pomona College 1928
  • Princeton University 1928
  • University of Redlands 1928
  • University of Southern California 1928
  • Yale University 1928
  • Tuition increase 1930
  • Minutes of a Meeting of the House Presidents 1931
  • Report of the Committee on Campus Life and Interests 1934
  • Regulations in Regard to Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships 1934-1935
Box 2, Folder 5

Miscellaneous 1915, 1918, 1949, undated

Physical Description: 8 items.
 

Series 2.  Correspondence

Box 2, Folder 6

George Ellery Hale

Scope and Content Note

  • Edward C. Barrett to Hale 1920-1921
  • Agence de Librairie et de Publications to Hale [1920?]
  • Hale to Edward C. Barrett 1920-1921
  • Robert A. Millikan to Hale 1920
  • Hale to Arthur H. Fleming 1920-1921
  • A. O. Leuschner to Hale 1920
  • Monroe E. Deutsch to Hale 1920
  • Hale to Arthur A. Noyes 1921
  • Arthur H. Fleming to Hale 1921
  • Arthur A. Noyes to Hale 1921
  • Hale and Arthur A. Noyes to Edward C. Barrett 1921
Box 2, Folder 7

Arthur A. Noyes

Scope and Content Note

  • Noyes to Edward C. Barrett 1929-1932, undated
  • Edward C. Barrett to Noyes 1929, 1931-1932
  • Linus Pauling to Edward C. Barrett 1929
  • Noyes to Mrs. Edward C. Barrett 1930
  • Noyes to Mrs. Herman E. Dolk 1932
Box 2, Folder 8

James A. B. Scherer, folder 1

Scope and Content Note

  • Edward C. Barrett to Scherer 1911, 1917
  • Arthur H. Fleming to Scherer 1911
  • Henry M. Robinson to Scherer 1911, 1913
  • Henry M. Robinson to Throop Polytechnic Institute 1912
  • Scherer to Henry M. Robinson 1912-1913
  • Nellie C. [Mrs. Robert R.] Blacker to Scherer 1917
  • Scherer to Edward C. Barrett 1917
  • Norman Bridge to Edward C. Barrett 1917
  • Scherer to Seward C. Simons 1917
Box 2, Folder 9

James A. B. Scherer, folder 2

Scope and Content Note

  • Edward C. Barrett to Scherer 1918
  • Walter H. Adams to Scherer 1918
  • Scherer to Edward C. Barrett 1918
  • Scherer to Arthur H. Fleming 1918
  • Clinton K. Judy to Scherer 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to Chief of Air Service 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to Arthur H. Fleming 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to Adjutant General, War Department 1918
  • P. L. Campbell to Scherer 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to P. L. Campbell 1918
  • George Ellery Hale to Scherer 1918
  • Students to Executive Committee of the Faculty 1918
  • Scherer to George Ellery Hale 1918
  • Robert A. W. Bultmann to H. C. Van Buskirk 1918
  • Joseph Maier and Frank Bridgeford to Frederick Beckman 1918
  • Munson J. Dowd to Frederick Beckman 1918
  • R. E. Hambrook to Frederick Beckman 1918
  • Munson J. Dowd to Professor Thomas 1918
  • R. I. Rees and others to Scherer 1918
  • Edward C. Barrett to War Department Committee on Education and Special Training 1918
  • Scherer [?] to Frederick Beckman 1918
  • Executive Committee Meeting minutes 1918 Oct 28
  • Inga Howard to Edward C. Barrett 1918
Box 2, Folder 10

James A. B. Scherer, folder 3

Scope and Content Note

  • Inga Howard to Edward C. Barrett 1919
  • Edward C. Barrett to Scherer 1919
  • Inga Howard to Scherer undated
  • Edward C. Barrett to James B. Pond 1919
  • Earnest C. Watson to Scherer 1919
  • Edward C. Barrett to Dr. Eyting 1919
  • Glen Levin Swiggett to Scherer 1919
Box 2, Folder 11

Miscellaneous correspondence

Scope and Content Note

  • Edward C. Barrett to Henry M. Robinson 1920
  • M. H. Sherman to Harry Chandler 1920
  • Harry Chandler to Arthur H. Fleming 1920
  • Henry M. Robinson to Arthur H. Fleming 1921
  • H. H. G. Nash to Edward C. Barrett 1939
 

Series 3.  Miscellaneous Papers

Box 2, Folder 12

Engineering and Science 1950 Jan

Box 2, Folder 13

Budget reports 1919-1924

Box 2, Folder 14

Endowment funds 1918-1948

Box 2, Folder 15

Papers of historical value various