Edwin B. Rollins papers 1860-1976.

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Edwin B. Rollins papers 1860-1976.

This collection contains notebooks created by Rollins to document the changes in the built environment of Tufts' Medford campus from 1854 to the mid-twentieth century. An extensive collection of glass plate and other negatives was separated from the collection and included in the University Image Database.

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Edwin B. Rollins attended Tufts College, graduating in 1901. Upon graduation, Rollins joined Tufts' engineering faculty as an instructor of physics and electrical engineering. He became assistant professor in 1910 and in 1928 was made full professor and chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tufts. He served as acting dean of the engineering school from 1927 to 1929. In 1948 he received the alumni association's Distinguished Service Award Over the years at Tufts, Rollins, in add...