By Mary A. Sego
Title: James D. Hoffman papers, 1907-1922
Primary Creator: Hoffman, James D. (1868-1940)
Extent: 0.4 Cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Chronological
Subjects: Purdue University--Faculty
Forms of Material: Articles
Languages: English
James Hoffman graduated from Purdue University in 1890 with a BME, receiving the ME in 1893. He entered the graduate school at Cornell in 1894 and remained one year. Returning to Purdue, he taught practical mechanics and machine design until 1911, when he went to the University of Nebraska as head of the mechanical engineering department. In 1917 he returned to Purdue, serving as head of the Practical Mechanics Department.
James D. Hoffman, succeeded Michael Golden as head of Practical Mechanics. He was characterized by Dean A.A. Potter as "the salt of the earth." Hoffman was faced during much of his tenure with a shortage of funds for equipment and insufficient space for instruction to be carried on as it should be. One change he was able to make during his leadership was to decrease elementary exercises and prepare advanced courses that led in the direction of industrial engineering. He retired in 1938 and passed away August 14, 1940.
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 7 folders
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: MSF 179, James D. Hoffman papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Hoffman, James D. (1916). Bulletin Mechanical Engineering.
Hoffman, James D. (1916). Systematic Heating and Ventilating.
Hoffman, James D. (1916). Heating a Conservatory and Greenhouse.
Hoffman, James D. (1916). Safety First in Ventilating.
Hoffman, James D. (1916). Address Before Members of the Society of Sigma Xi and Members Elect
Hoffman, James D. (1917). District Heating in the Central West, Proceedings N.D.H.A..
Hoffman, James D. (1917). Rail Impact Testing Device. Illustrated World, vol. 28, September, 1917, 77.
Hoffman, James D. (1917). Scientizing Acquaintanceship. [talk before the Lincoln Rotary Club, March, 1917]
Hoffman, James D. (1918). Furnace Heating Systems That Work. The Nebraska Ruralist, January 1, 1918.
Hoffman, James D. (1918). A Problem in the Adjustments of Steam Heating Rates. Bulletin N.D.H.A., January, 1918.
Hoffman, James D. (1918). Better Furnace Heating [talk before the National Warm Air Heating and Ventilating Association, June 12, 1918]
Hoffman, James D. (1918). A Line of Extension Work for the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers [talk repeated in modified form before the National Association of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, July, 1918.
