Charles H. Benjamin papers, 1903-1912 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Charles H. Benjamin papers, 1903-1912

Primary Creator: Benjamin, Charles Henry (1856-)

Extent: 4.0 Folders

Subjects: Mechanical engineering--Study and teaching, Purdue University. School of Engineering

Forms of Material: Articles

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Four folders, containing articles written by Charles Benjamin, former Dean of the School of Engineering, Purdue University.

Biographical Note

Charles Henry Benjamin received his M. E. from the University of Maine in 1881. He then earned his PhD in engineering in 1908 from the Case School of Applied Science. Prof. Benjamin came to Purdue University in 1907 and became Dean of Engineering, and retired from the position in 1921. He passed away on August 2, 1937 in Washington, D.C. He was survived by his wife and daughter.

Subject/Index Terms

Mechanical engineering--Study and teaching
Purdue University. School of Engineering

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 31, Charles H. Benjamin papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

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[Folder 1: Charles H. Benjamin Papers, 1903-1912],
[Folder 2: Charles H. Benjamin Papers, 1913-1916],
[Folder 3: Charles H. Benjamin Papers, 1916-1920],
[Folder 4: Charles H. Benjamin Papers, 1926],
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Folder 3: Charles H. Benjamin Papers, 1916-1920

Nine articles by Charles H. Benjamin:

Essential Physical Equipment For Engineering Education, paper presented before the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, Washington, U.S.A., December 27, 1915 - January 8, 1916 [3 copies]

Incomes Of Engineering Graduates, 1916

Student Activities, published in School And Society, February 12, 1916.

Occupations And Remuneration Of Engineering Graduates [Reprinted from the Railway Age Gazette of June 1, 1917].

The Engineering Schools, published in The Purdue Alumnus, Volume V, no. 6, March 1918

A General Engineering Course, 1920 [2 copies]

Student Population On The Campus [Reprinted from the Bulletin Of The Society For The Promotion Of Engineering Education, Vol. XI, No. 2, 1920] [3 copies]

The Testing of Farm Tractors, from The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1920