Records of the College of Engineering: Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics
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Abstract
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established at New York University in 1925 as part of the College of Engineering. This collection contains bound lecture transcripts/papers presented by professors Chi-teh Wang, George Gerard, Harry H. Hilton, and Robert S. Freeman during the Fall 1948 semester seminar on the "Introduction to Applied Plasticity". The collection also contains a circa 1944 memorandum to Hayden Weller from F.K. Teichmann regarding the history of the use of a wind tunnel located at the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University's College of Engineering.
Historical Note
In 1925, Daniel Guggenheim gifted $500,000 to New York University to establish a School of Aeronautics in connection with the College of Engineering, named the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics.
Sources: Science magazine, June 19, 1925.
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The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound lecture transcripts/papers presented by professors Chi-teh Wang, George Gerard, Harry H. Hilton, and Robert S. Freeman during the Fall 1948 semester seminar on the "Introduction to Applied Plasticity", within the College of Engineering's Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University. Also included in this collection is a circa 1944 memorandum to Hayden Weller from F.K. Teichmann regarding the history of the use of a wind tunnel located at the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University's College of Engineering.
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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; Records of the College of Engineering: Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics; RG 24.4; box number; folder number or item identifier; New York University Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material transferred from the New York University Archives Collection of Publications and Ephemera (MC 334) during processing in 2022; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.
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Processing Information
Material was placed in a new acid-free folder and box. In 2024 an accretion of one folder was added to the collection.