Bureau of Highway Traffic records, 1926-1979.

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Bureau of Highway Traffic records, 1926-1979.

The collection documents the work of the Bureau of Highway Traffic and contains bulletins and biennial reports, budget records, student rosters, grades and student academic files, field trips, scholarships and fellowships, Institute of Traffic Engineers student chapter, graduate rosters, class photographs, research, committees, and alumni activities.

14 cubic ft.

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Penn State historian Michael Bezilla writes that "Engineering education was important in the context of land grant education from [Penn State's] ... earliest years." A class in engineering was part of the first curriculum of the Farmers' High School in 1859. From 1890 to 1910, it enrolled at least one half of Penn State's undergraduates. The percentage remained over one-fourth until the 1930s. The School of Engineering was established in 1895, with classes in civil, electrical, mechanical, and m...