American Institute of Electrical Engineers

Abstract The collection documents the career of Dugald C. Jackson, a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1907 to 1935. Correspondence, reports, and other materials document Jackson's years as head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, his innovations in the department and the undergraduate curriculum, the establishment of a cooperative education program (course 6-A), and his work on MIT committees. His work as a consulting engineer and inventor is...

Scope and Contents The collection comprise records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The collection also includes records of the MIT Electrical Engineering Society, 1905-1920, a predecessor student group. Those include a constitution, minutes, membership lists, and clippings. About half of the collection concerns the years 1905-1930, with the other half devoted to records from 1930 to 1963. Coverage of the years 1930 to 1963 is...