High Voltage Engineering Corporation records
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The High Voltage Engineering Corporation collection consists of records, technical notes, and drawings of the company, left by Robert J. Van de Graaff, chief scientist and one of the company's founders, at the time of his death in 1967. The records describe both Van de Graaff's work as a scientist at High Voltage Engineering Corporation between 1947 and 1967, and the development and marketing of research tools during the same period.
Dates
- 1933 - 1969
Creator
- High Voltage Engineering Corporation (Burlington, Mass.) (Organization)
Access note
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
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Historical note
The High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC) was founded by Robert J. Van de Graaff, Denis M. Robinson, and John G. Trump for the production of particle accelerators. The company develops and manufactures particle accelerator systems, electric power regulators, surface analysis instruments, vehicle monitoring equipment, and modular power connectors. It started manufacturing operations in April 1947 and soon began supplying electrostatic generators used in cancer therapy, radiography, and studies of nuclear structure. By 1967 the corporation included four subsidiaries, Electronized Chemicals Corporation, Glass Grinding Corporation, HVE Europa The Netherlands, and Ion Physics Corporation.
Extent
6.2 Cubic Feet (in 6 record cartons and 1 folder, oversize drawings)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection documents the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, a company founded in 1947 by Robert J. Van de Graaff, Denis M. Robinson, and John G. Trump, all members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty. Manufacturing operations began with the development and manufacture of particle accelerators, and then electromagnetic and neutron generators. The records consist of technical notes and drawings left by Robert J. Van de Graaff, chief scientist and one of the company's founders.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged into the following series: 1. Administrative Records, 1947-1969; 2. Technical Reports and Proposals, 1933-1967; 3. Subject Files, 1951-1960.
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Source of Acquisition
The High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC) papers were given to Distinctive Collections (formerly the Institute Archives and Special Collections) in March 1980 by Denis M. Robinson.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Page Edwards in June 1982, and edited by Elizabeth Andrews and Ewa Basinska in August 2000.
- Electromagnetic devices Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Electromagnetism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High Voltage Engineering Corporation (Burlington, Mass.)
- Neutron sources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Particle accelerators. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Robinson, Denis Morrell
- Van de Graaff generator. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Creator
- High Voltage Engineering Corporation (Burlington, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, 1933-1969
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Page Edwards
- Date
- 1982
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- This finding aid has been encoded by the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, as part of a collaborative project supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Collaboration members in 1999 consisted of: American Institute of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Rice University, University of Alaska, University of Illinois, and University of Texas.
Repository Details
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