W. L. Hildburgh papers, 1892-1900.

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W. L. Hildburgh papers, 1892-1900.

This collection, representing Hildburgh's student days at Columbia University, contains student records, class memorabilia, notebooks of electrical engineering experiments, projects, and research for his bachelor's and master's theses.

3 boxes.

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Hildburgh, W. L. (Walter Leo), 1876-1955

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Hildburgh trained as an electrical engineer (Columbia University E.E., 1897; A.M., 1898; Ph.D., 1900) and apparently devoted much of his life to art collecting and art philanthropy. From the description of W. L. Hildburgh papers, 1892-1900. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102437 ...