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Unidentified Instructor, Carnegie Institute of Technology, c1950

Carnegie Mellon University's commitment to science and research stared with the first class in the School of Science and Technology at Carnegie Tech in 1905. The past century saw many of its most influential scientific products and ideas come from this University. First Carnegie Tech and then Carnegie Mellon University linked scientific research to industries worldwide. This industrial connection means that many of the ideas and products originating in the labs of Carnegie Tech/Carnegie Mellon have found wide influence and distribution.

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)

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.

Clarence Zener Papers
2 linear feet of papers, 1876-1991.
Includes lab books and Zener's work on the invention of the Zener Diode. Zener (1905-93) was Professor of Physics from 1968-93.