Kennelly, Arthur E. (Arthur Edwin), 1861-1939

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists primarily of Massachusetts Institute of Technoloy professor of electrical engineering Arthur Kennelly's correspondence, 1916-1920, dealing with the need for standards in electrical engineering, the measurement of radio waves, and other topics. Copies of selected Kennelly correspondence, dating from 1904-1935, were compiled by Richard H. Frazier for a research project about Kennelly, and have been retained in the collection; originals are held by the American...

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...