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Mechanical Engineering Lab, c1914 Carnegie Technical Institute. Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives

Engineering has always been a strong area of study, first at Carnegie Tech and currently at Carnegie Mellon University. The University's early days as a trade school set a precedent for hands-on training and research with state of the art equipment. This method of study and instruction has been successfully applied by the University to programs of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Commercial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy, Engineering Design Research Center, Metallurgy & Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Science & Engineering, and Robotics. The University Archives has significant holdings pertaining to fellowships and many chemistry related industrial projects undertaken at the Mellon Institute, which merged with Carnegie Technical Institute in 1967 to create Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Research Institute (CMRI)
277 linear feet of papers, 1914-1973.
Papers from the Mellon Institute for Industrial Research document the research fellowships and administrative functions of the institute. (offsite storage)

Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT)
18 linear feet of papers, 1945-85.
This collection includes information from the Dean's Office and the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Commercial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy, Engineering Design Research Center, Metallurgy And Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear
Science & Engineering, and Robotics.

College of Engineering and Science (E&S)
10 linear feet of papers, 1907-75.
The papers include annual reports, Curriculum Committee minutes, and
information from the departments of Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Engineering, and Physics. The college evolved into the present-day Mellon College of Science.

Mellon College of Science
2 linear feet of papers, 1969-91.
This collection consists of annual reports and Chemistry reprints.

Emerson Pugh Papers
7 linear feet of papers, 1932-76.
Pugh was Professor of Physics from 1921-65 and also served as Associate Department Head from 1961-65. Some of Dr. Pugh's work on the Manhattan Project during World War II is documented in this collection.

James W. Dougherty Collection
3 linear feet of books, course materials and ephemera from this 1949 Engineering graduate, 1916-61.

Vince Eirene/Protest Materials
1/2 linear foot.
The collection contains materials relating to the protests over the creation and opening of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), 1984-1993.

Enterprise Program Papers
1 linear foot of publications, 1975-78.
This program to promoted an active exchange between Carnegie Mellon and commercial and industrial firms.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz Collection
1 linear foot of papers from the former President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.