Milton Michael Waller Scrapbook
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Abstract
The collection consists of materials assembled by Milton Michael Waller that document his career as engineer at Vare Industries, Engelhard Industries, and the Nuclear Corporation of America. The collection consists of materials that describe his professional accomplishments as well as the general history of the field including photographs, patents, schematics, and membership cards of professional organizations.
Biographical Note
Milton Michael Waller was born in New York in 1909 and graduated from NYU's University College of Arts and Pure Science in 1928 with a degree in industrial engineering. Waller was the Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Nuclear Corporation of America, Inc., a company that conducted research on the commercial applications of atomic energy. He also worked for Engelhard Industries for 17 years as a leading designer, developer, and producer of devices employing rare and exotic metals. While at Engelhard Waller also headed their military service division.
Waller went on to establish Vare Industries, Inc., a company that designed underwater vehicles. The technology he developed was responsible for retrieving a hydrogen bomb off the coast of Spain in 1966. Waller was the originator of the concept of an underwater fall-out shelter and the creator of system design concepts for closed cycle power plants, including those with chemical fuel sources and radio isotope sources. Milton Waller died in 1974 at the age of 69.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by subject and by type of material.
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly spans the years 1955 to 1974 and chronicles the career and accomplishments of Milton Michael Waller. Among the items in the collection are clippings relating to engineering and Waller's work in that field; photographs and slides depicting Waller and some of the technologies he helped develop; publications and information regarding the companies he worked for; and awards and membership and business cards. Of note is a security clearance questionnaire for the Department of Defense.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Milton Michael Waller Scrapbook; MC 126; box number; folder number; University Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection, originally in a scrapbook format, was accessioned by the New York University Archives on September 24, 1993. The accession number associated with this collection is 93.027.
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Processing Information
Due to the poor and acidic nature of the scrapbook, each page was photocopied and, where possible, items removed from these pages. A large number of items were not originally attached. All items were subsequently grouped together in folders according to subject. In 2018, materials were rehoused in 12" x 16" inch folders and a 12" x 16" flat box. Original order and folder titles were maintained.