The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence,
interviews, and reminiscences, with faculty, alumni, and students of the
College of Engineering. The papers relate the personalities, projects, and
growth of the College during its first century of existence. The majority of
these materials were collected by McCormick between 1984 and 1986, and were
used in his book
Rah for the Engineers! research material
Collection Number:
AZ 521
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
James P. McCormick was born in 1911 and attended Northwestern University
(PhD 1937). He was an English professor at Wayne State Univertsity, and, later,
an administrator for Detroit Edison Company. He retired to Tucson in 1974 and
accepted a position as adjunct professor of engineering at the University of
Arizona.
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, interviews, and
reminiscences, with faculty, alumni, and students of the College of
Engineering. The papers relate the personalities, projects, and growth of the
College during its first century of existence. The majority of these materials
were collected by McCormick between 1984 and 1986, and were used in his book
Rah For The Engineers! research material
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Contains mostly personal reminiscences and interviews by McCormick
of students, deans and faculty of the college from the 1920s to the 1980s. The
narratives describe personal companionships, professional associations,
relationships with the professors, financial and intellectual challenges to the
students, and their evaluations of higher education.
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Correspondence and interviews with students.
, 1920s-1970s
Mostly black and white photographs of activities, faculty,
facilities, and students at the College. Of interest are several views, ca.
1920s, of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, an annual outings sponsored by
students.
Includes graphs, charts, speeches, memos, handwritten interviews,
drafts of text, clippings, correspondence, and departmental reports, including
"Academics in the College of Engineering," used in the preparation of the book
Rah for the Engineers!
