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C. L. Cory papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 17, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSF 75

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one folder that contains an article written by C. L. Cory.

Dates

  • Creation: 1917

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Access Information

This collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Collection material is in the public domain.

Biographical Information

Clarence Linus Cory (1872-1937) was born in Lafayette on September 4, 1872. He graduated from Purdue University in 1889 with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering (BME). He earned his Master's of Engineering (ME) from Cornell University in 1891 and then returned to Purdue University where he earned his E.D. in 1914.

Cory was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa (1891 - 1892). He then accepted a position as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in 1892, and became the Dean of the College of Mechanics in 1901. Purdue University awarded Cory with an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree, the third it had bestowed.

Dr. Cory died on August 2, 1937.

Sources:

"Items of Personal Interest." Railway and Locomotive Engineering: A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power, Rolling Stock, and Appliances. Vol XXXIII (1920): 219.

Finding Aid for the Cory Family Papers. Online Archive of California. /oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4h4nb942/entire_text/>

Construction of Certain Public Works for Flood Control in Arizona and New Mexico. Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, Part 1. (March 17, 1936): 2.

Extent

0.025 Cubic Feet (One folder)

Processing Information

Material has been housed in acid-free folder and box.

Title
C. L. Cory papers
Status
In Progress
Author
Amanda Rumba and Archives Staff
Date
2020-04-13
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Second edition. Collection description first completed 2011-05-07 by Archives Staff.

Revision Statements

  • 2020-04-13: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to align with data entry standards.

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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