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English Department, Carnegie Technical Institute, c1950. Image courtesy of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives

Staff and Faculty Collections are an important part of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives. These collections contain lifetimes of research, analysis, and class work covering a wide range of topics in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Beyond value to researchers within these various fields of study, the Staff and Faculty collections are an integral part of the institutional memory of Carnegie Mellon.

William Ball Papers
21 linear feet of papers, audio tapes, ephemera, photographs, and other materials, 1954-88.
Ball (1931-91) was a former Carnegie Mellon Drama student and faculty member who was involved with the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT).

Arnold Bank Collection
41 linear feet of papers, calligraphic prints, slides, photographs, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to late Design faculty member Bank.

Walter Van Dyke Bingham Collection
61 linear feet of papers, 1900-52.
Includes early examples of aptitude tests. Bingham (1880-1952) was the founder and director of CIT's Division of Applied Psychology. Approximately two thirds of the collection is on microfilm.

Walter J. Blenko Papers
6 linear feet of papers and correspondence from Blenko's work as a member of the Board of Trustees. The papers cover the years 1951-1978.

Lawrence Carra Papers
4 linear feet of papers and photographs, 1931-1997.
Carra was a former Carnegie Mellon Drama faculty member for 31 years. He was involved in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and co-author of the definitive text on directing, Fundamentals of Play Directing, which is now in its fifth edition. The collection consists of materials from many of the plays he directed in Texas , Boston, New Jersey, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.

Richard M. Cyert Papers
80 linear feet of papers, publications, and photographs, 1962-1999.
Documents Cyert's work as Dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA) from 1962-72, and includes items from his Carnegie Mellon presidency (1972-90).

Edwin Fenton Papers
17 linear feet of papers from History faculty member Fenton dating from 1955-1994. Most of the collection consists of published articles, textbooks, and audio-visual kits from Fenton and the Carnegie Mellon Social Studies Curriculum Center staff. Fenton's work on Project Social Studies is well represented.

Lee Goldman Collection
2 linear feet of papers (oversized), 1949-1959, including designs, photographs, and blueprints from Goldman's tenure at Corning Glass Works. Goldman (1922-) was a Design faculty member and was also Head of the Design department.

Lee Gregg
1 linear foot.
The collection relates to Gregg's work in the psychology department.

Arie Nicolaas (Nico) Habermann Collection
24 linear feet of papers pertaining to the former Dean of the School of Computer Science's research in the areas of programming languages, software engineering, and programming environments.

Angel G. Jordan, St. Edmund's Academy Collection
5 boxes. 2 processed boxes, 1986-1991.
The two processed boxes are materials relating to Jordan's work on the board and various committees at St. Edmund's Academy in Pittsburgh.

Elizabeth "Bes" Kimberly Collection
3 linear feet of papers, books, photographs, and scrapbooks in the area of costume and design, 1926-73. Kimberly was an Associate Professor of Drama.

Robert L. Lepper Collection
8 linear feet of papers and photographic materials, 1920-89.
Lepper (1906-1991) was a Professor at the College of Fine Arts from 1930 to 1975. He was instrumental in establishing the first degree-granting School of Industrial Design at Carnegie Tech in 1934. It was the first of its kind in the country. He pursued the idea of passenger comfort in public transportation in the late 1960s with his Transit Vehicle Design project which stressed an angled seating arrangement. He taught Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, and Mel Bochner. As an artist, Robert Lepper was very much influenced by the impact of the machine on society which is seen in his art work.

Allen Newell Collection
131 linear feet of papers and electronic files, pertaining to Newell's early work at the Rand Corporation, his work on the development of Carnegie Mellon's campus computing environment, and his work on the SOAR project, (1945-1997). Newell (1927-92) served as the Whitaker Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon from 1961, and is considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence.

Emerson Pugh Papers
4.5 linear feet of papers, 1946-1979.
Pugh was Professor of Physics from 1921-65 and also served as Associate Department Head from 1961-65. The collection consists of research and published articles, particularly on the topic of Shaped Charges. Some of Dr. Pugh's work on the Manhattan Project during World War II is documented in this collection. Note: All reports have been declassified.

Herbert A. Simon Collection
Approximately 85 linear feet containing papers, audio and video tapes, and memorabilia, 1942-90's. Simon (1916-2001) was Professor of Administration and Psychology at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration from 1949-55, and he served as the R.K. Mellon Professor of Computer Science and Psychology from 1955 until his death. In 1978, Simon won the Nobel Prize for Economics.

Erwin Steinberg Papers
20 linear feet, 1946-1982, containing drafts of English Then and Now and other manuscripts c. 1970. Including course materials, research, Project English, and publications

Earle Swank Papers
7.5 linear feet of papers, 1908-1984.
Earle Swank worked at Carnegie Mellon University for 40 years, starting as an English professor and retiring after serving 20 years as Dean of Student Affairs. As Dean of Student Affairs, he saw the University through the socially turbulent 60s and 70s. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, Disciplinary Committee files,publications, and reports. NOTE: Files dealing with individual student records are restricted. Access will be considered on a case by case basis by the University Archivist and cannot be guaranteed.

Joel Tarr Papers
4 linear feet of student papers on Pittsburgh history, 1969-1997, as well as the personal papers of History faculty member Tarr.

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.