Captions and notes for an exhibition of Corliss engines and Corliss memorabilia : used at an exhibition held at Brown University in 1933. 1933

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Captions and notes for an exhibition of Corliss engines and Corliss memorabilia : used at an exhibition held at Brown University in 1933. 1933

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Corliss, George H. (George Henry), 1817-1888

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Providence Inventor, engineer, businessman. From the description of Papers, 1835-1962. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122544254 ...

Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...