Melville S. Munro, papers 1908-1945.

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Melville S. Munro, papers 1908-1945.

This collection is comprised mainly of photographs taken by Munro. The vast majority of these were placed by Munro into albums organized thematically. There are also some albums of clippings and publications on topics of interest to Munro in his teaching, including weather formations and electricity.

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Munro, Melville S. (Melville Smith), 1881-1945

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Melville S. Munro (1881-1945), a faculty member for more than three decades, made his most notable contributions to Tufts through his camera's lens. Munro was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1881. He graduated from Tufts College with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1904. Following graduation, Munro was appointed as an assistant to the electrical engineering department. He became an instructor in the department in 1905 and was made a professor in 1913. During his thirty-seven y...