Papers, 1900-1990.

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Papers, 1900-1990.

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The John I. Yellot papers focus on Yellot's engineering career in gas turbine locomotive development and teaching from the 1930s-1950s, and his career in solar architecture design from the 1950s-1980s. Among this material are technical and promotional photographs sent to the U.S. Department of Commerce in the 1950s. Personal and biographical material is also contained in the collection including a scrapbook from his father, the Reverend Yellot, which contains many newspaper clippings featuring the debates about prohibition and religion between he and H.L. Mencken.

8 cubic ft. (17 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7654832

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Yellot, John I.

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John I. Yellot was best known for his work related to solar energy. He was a promoter and scientist who advocated solar buildings, and he developed glass and plastic coatings for solar panels. He taught engineering at the University of Rochester, the Stevens Institute of Technology, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was a consultant to the metallurgical laboratory of the Manhattan Project. From 1942-1945, he was director of the Institute of Gas Technology during which time he was invo...