Finding Aid to the Records of the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, 1933-1969Sponsor:This finding aid has been encoded by the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics as part of a collaborative project supported by a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Collaboration members in 1999 consisted of: American Institute of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Rice University, University of Alaska, University of Illinois, and University of Texas. Publisher:American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Encoding Information:Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD v.1.0 by Clay Redding on March 28, 2000 from an existing finding aid using NoteTab Pro and C++ scripts created by James P. Tranowski (provided by Elizabeth Dow, Special Collections, University of Vermont). Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Reviewed by Elizabeth Andrews and Ewa Basinska, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on August 18, 2000 . Finding aid written in English. Description of the CollectionLocation of collection:Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections. Title and dates of collection:Records of the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, 1933 - 1969 Papers/Records created by:High Voltage Engineering Corporation. Size of collection:6 records cartons and 1 folder, oversize drawings Short description of collection:The collection documents the High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC). Manufacturing operations began in 1947 with the development and manufacture of particle accelerators. The records consist of technical notes and drawings left by Robert J. Van de Graff, chief scientist and one of the company's founders, at the time of his death in 1967. Languages Represented:English Selected Search TermsThese papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms. History of the High Voltage Engineering CorporationThe High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC) was founded by Robert J. Van de Graaff, Denis M. Robinson, and John G. Trump for the production of particle accelerators. The company develops and manufactures particle accelerator systems, electric power regulators, surface analysis instruments, vehicle monitoring equipment, and modular power connectors. It started manufacturing operations in April 1947 and soon began supplying electrostatic generators used in cancer therapy, radiography, and in studies of nuclear structure. By 1967 the corporation included four subsidiaries, Electronized Chemicals Corporation, Glass Grinding Corporation, HVE Europa The Netherlands, and Ion Physics Corporation. Scope and Contents of CollectionThe High Voltage Engineering Corporation collection consists for the most part of records, technical notes, and drawings of the company, left by Robert J. Van de Graaff, chief scientist and one of the companyf founders, at the time of his death in 1967. The records describe both Van de Graaff's work as a scientist at High Voltage Engineering Corporation between 1947 and 1967, and the development and marketing of research tools during the same period. The records are arranged into three series. Series I. Administrative, 1947-1969: consists of routine administrative records of company meetings, annual reports, memoranda, and financial records. Correspondence contains information about filing for patents, including the Van de Graaff generator. Series II. Technical: includes proposals and reports about various projects including the Tandem accelerator (projects 1961, 1962, n.d.), Owl (Projects 1959), and particle accelerators (1960s). Technical notes contain Van de Graaff's notes and calculations, and rough drafts about specific projects, some of which are not clearly identified. The projects are organized by date. Records of patents, and reprints are filed chronologically. Series III. Subject File: describes the range of projects worked on at High Voltage Engineering Corporation. Most of the project files contain Van de Graaff's working notes and drawings, as well as detailed meeting notes. The Research and Development Policy Committee notes give a sense of the kind of work done in preparation for discussion of major projects. The business side of High Voltage Engineering Corporation is discussed as well in Van de Graaff's notes. Concerns for patenting and marketing, as well as development, document Van de Graaff's activities as an administrator and businessman as well as a scientist. Of particular interest is a series of memoranda to Denis Robinson from Van de Graaff (Tandem Research Lab #2) on the role of the research laboratory at High Voltage Engineering Corporation, and notes recorded by John L. Danforth of his conversations with Van de Graaff in the mid-1960s. Organization of CollectionOrganized into the following series: I. Administrative, 1947-1969; II. Technical, 1933-1967; III. Subject File, 1951-1960. Access to CollectionThere are no restrictions on access to this collection. Restrictions on Use of CollectionRequests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Institute Archivist. Provenance and Acquisition InformationThe High Voltage Engineering Corporation (HVEC) papers were given to the Institute Archives in March 1980 by Denis M. Robinson. Accession number: 77-29 Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Page Edwards in June 1982, and edited by Elizabeth Andrews and Ewa Basinska in August 2000. Container List
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