040 $e DACS

099 $a 2015.11, $b1997.2403, $c1997.2299

110 2 $a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers $b Schenectady
Section.
245 1 0 $a IEEE Schenectady Section Collection
246 2 3 $a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Schenectady Section
Collection
300 $a 2 $f cu. ft.
351 $a Arranged into four series. $b Chronological arrangement.
506 0 $a Access to this collection is unrestricted.
520 2 $a The first series in this artificial collection contains several different
manuals for putting together radio transmitters that had been produced
and designed by General Electric from the 1930s to the late 1940s. The
second series in the collection contains documentation on the IEEE
Schenectady Section’s administration, including correspondence,
meeting minutes, membership rolls and dues, and publications
primarily during the period from 1956 through 1960.
The third series in the collection contains information on the Steinmetz
Memorial Lecture Series, including annual programs, promotional fliers
and correspondence confirming the attendance of several of the
lecturers. The collection cover a period of time from 1941 through
2012, with the bulk of the material between 1980 and 2005.
The fourth and final series within the collection is an assortment of
newsletters from the IEEE Schenectady Section and the Schenectady
General Electric Engineers and Scientists’ Association. The names of the
newsletters themselves changed over time, and they are organized
chronologically for each of the respective two organizations. The IEEE
collection covers a period from 1963-1993, while the SGEESA’s
collection covers a period from 1963-1986, with both collections being
incomplete and missing some issues.
520 3 $a This collection contains documents on the Schenectady Section of the
IEEE, including newsletters, meeting minutes and the Steinmetz
Memorial Lecture series.
524 $a Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, IEEE Schenectady
Section Collection, 1898-2012. Museum of Innovation and Science
Archive (hereafter referred to as the IEEE Schenectady Section
Collection).
540 $a The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws
of copyright. Whenever possible, the Museum of Innovation and Science
Archive will provide information about copyright owners and other
restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the
researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this
collection should be discussed with the Head of the Museum of
Innovation and Science Archive.
541 1 $a Harold Webster, a former IEEE member and MiSci volunteer; $c
Donation; $d 1993.
541 1 $a IEEE Schenectady Section; $c Donation; $d 2015.
545 1 $a The history of the Schenectady Section of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dates back to 1898 with the founding
of the General Electric Engineering Society. The Schenectady Section of
the American Institute for Electrical Engineers (AIEE) itself was founded
January 26, 1903 and merged with the older General Electric
Engineering Society on December 15th of that year. This combined
organization served as a professional organization for local electrical
engineers, mostly with connections to the local General Electric plant.
Following the merger of the American Institute for Electrical Engineers
with the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1963, the organization changed
its name to the current Schenectady Section of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers. To this day the organization serves to
provide education and connections to those working in fields related to
electrical engineering.
From 1925 onward, the Schenectady Section of the IEEE also sponsored
the Steinmetz Memorial Lectures Series, named in honor of Charles
Proteus Steinmetz, the inaugural chairman of the Schenectady Section of
the AIEE. which began as an annual lecture by leading figures in the
worlds of science and electrical engineering. Such figures as the Nobel
Prize winner Robert A. Millikan and Igor Sikorsky, a pioneer in the field
of helicopter design have given the Steinmetz Memorial Lecture over the
years. The Lecture series still runs every few years, organized in
conjunction with Union College.
546 $a English.
555 0 $a Finding aid $b available at Museum of Science and Innovation.
561 1 $3 IEEE items were donated to the Museum of Innovation and Science in
1993 by $a Harold Webster, a former IEEE member and MiSci volunteer.
$3 Items in the Steinmetz Memorial Lecture Series were donated in
2015 by the $3 Schenectady Section of the IEEE.
583 $a Processed $c2018 by $k Miles Lawlor.
610 0 0 $a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
610 0 0 $a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. $b Schenectady
Section
610 0 0 Union College
650 0 0 $a Electrical Engineering
651 0 $a Schenectady (N.Y.)
653 2 3 Steinmetz Memorial Lecture Series
655 0 Letters
655 0 Minutes (Records)
852 $a Museum of Science and Innovation$c 15 Nott Terrace Heights,
Schenectady, NY 12308