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Unidentified History Class, c1960 Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Archives

It could be argued that the entire Carnegie Mellon University Archives be included under this heading. It is historic value, after all, that moves archivists to save certain collections in the first place. Add to this the fact that first Carnegie Tech, and now Carnegie Mellon, has always been an institution ahead of its time, implementing programs and ideas years before its peers, and the archives take on another dimension of importance. Despite these arguments, the following list is limited to those collections dealing with history as it is and has been taught at CMU, and those collections pertaining to wider local or social history.

College of Humanities and Social Science (H&SS)
33 linear feet of papers, 1913-99.
The records pertain to the Dean's Office and the departments of Economics, English, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Science, and Statistics.

Commission on the Status and Needs of Women at Carnegie Mellon University
1.5 linear feet of papers, 1971-95.

Margaret Morrison Carnegie College
7 linear feet of papers, 1908-73.
This information pertains to the Dean's Office as well as to individual departments. This college closed in 1971.

World War I
9 linear feet of papers containing information on war courses and veteran's programs, 1918-26.

World War II
2 linear feet of papers containing information on war courses and veteran's programs, 1942-46.

James Bertram Collection
4 linear feet and various oversized materials, 1897-1943.
Bertram (1873-1935) was Andrew Carnegie's personal secretary and a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation.

Andrew Carnegie Collection
6 linear feet of papers, photographs and publications, 1851-1914.
The collection contains Carnegie's personal papers, many of which pertain to the founding of Carnegie Technical Schools.

Edwin Fenton Papers
17 linear feet of papers from History faculty member Fenton. The first 10 boxes pertain to his work on Project Social Studies. The remainder of this collection is unprocessed.

Joel Tarr Papers
4 linear feet of student papers on Pittsburgh history, as well as the personal papers of History faculty member Tarr.