Manuel Cerrillo papers
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Scope and Contents
The collection documents the professional activities of Manuel Cerrillo Valdivia from approximately 1950 to 1974. Materials include reports, drawings and diagrams, music scores, correspondence, lectures, notes, and research files.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1974
Creator
- Cerrillo, Manuel (Person)
Access note
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Note
Manuel Cerrillo Valdivia, 1905-1987, received his PhD in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1947. His thesis was titled “Transient Phenomena in Wave Guides.” Before his time at MIT, he was a professor and director of the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME) in Mexico City from 1935-1937, and later the director of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) from 1939-1940. (1)
After receiving his doctorate, he worked on projects for the United States Army and Navy at MIT’s Radiation Laboratory and later the Research Laboratory of Electronics from 1947-1966. He retired from MIT in 1966 and returned to Mexico to become the director of the Instituto Nacional de la Comunicación (INAC). (2)
(1) “DIRECTORES DE LA ESIME , La Historia a Travé de Sus Directores, IPN 1868-2016.” Accessed August 31, 2020. http://mexicomaxico.org/IPN/CronoESIMEa.htm.
(2) Portal del Instituto Politecnico Nacional. “Instituto Politecnico Nacional.” Accessed August 31, 2020. https://www.ipn.mx/.
Extent
13 Cubic Feet (6 record cartons, 7 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
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Subject
- Cerrillo, Manuel (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Manuel Cerrillo
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020 August: Biographical note by Christopher Donnelly added.
- 2021 November 19: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
Repository Details
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