Scope and Contents
The papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, and notebooks, documenting George VanTrump Burgess' years at Yale University and his professional career as an engineer.
Dates
- 1923-1961
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Council on Engineering.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, and notebooks, documenting George VanTrump Burgess' years at Yale University and his professional career as an engineer.
Biographical / Historical
George VanTrump Burgess was born in 1903 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1925 with a degree in engineering from the Yale University Sheffield Scientific School. He died on May 3, 1979.
- Burgess, George VanTrump
- Civil engineering
- Yale University -- Student life
- Title
- Guide to the George VanTrump Burgess Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Christine Weideman
- Date
- August 1997
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511