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William N. Barnard papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 16-5-432

Scope and content

Routine correspondence with various companies concerning the supply of parts to use in teaching, and correspondence with and about individual students concerning their standing, coursework, and employment opportunities. Also, correspondence with publisher John Wiley & Sons concerning the book by Barnard and co-author Clarence F. Hirshfeld, Elements of Heat-Power Engineering.

Dates

1904-1916.

Creator

Barnard, William N. (William Nichols), 1875-1947. (Person)
John Wiley & Sons (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

William N. Barnard obtained his degree in mechanical engineering at Cornell University in 1897 and then joined the faculty there. In the early 1900s he taught machine design in Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts at Cornell.