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Stevens Institute of Technology, 74th Annual Catalog, Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1944.
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Stevens Institute of Technology, 74th (seventy-fourth) Annual Catalog, Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1944. 8vo softcover, pp. 112. This copy belonged to a junior at the college, Walter E[dward]. Braun, Class of '45, whose ink stamped name is on front cover.
Imaged are front endleaf map, contents, pages 13-14 which relate the World War Two programs including the War Industries Training School, Stevens Accelerated-Service Plan and the Navy College Training Program which was a Naval Reserves (517) engineering unit, V-12 unit of 513. Also image are the only photos in the publication (and not in the table of contents).
Aerial photo facing pg. 26: Castle Point: A View over College Buildings and Athletic Fields Toward New York. Photo by Joseph F. Russotti, N.Y.
Aerial photo facing pg. [27]: Castle Point: A View of the Upper Campus, Dormitories and Faculty Residences. Same photographer. (View is northwest.)
Two photos facing page 42: members of the Naval Reserve V-12 unit at with unit flag and marching near Stevens Castle. U.S. Navy Official Photo.
Two photos facing page 43: top photo - Naval reserve men in electrical engineering laboratory near switchboard; bottom photo - Navy men in cafeteria line. U.S. Navy Official Photo.
Also noteworthy is a section titled "Edison Tower" on page 17 in the chapter "Grounds and Buildings" which states: "In 1942 the Edison Tower in Menlo Park, New Jersey...was placed in the keeping of the college by its donor, William Slocum Barstow, who at the same time established a trust fund to be used for the perpetual maintenance of the memorial."
2007.078.0001
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1944 - 1944
Date(s) Created: 1944 Date(s): 1944-1944
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Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2007-11-19