Bernhard A. Behrend collection, 1830-1982, (bulk 1890-1932)

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Bernhard A. Behrend collection, 1830-1982, (bulk 1890-1932)

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The collection consists of book galleys, printed bulletins, blueprints, clippings, conference papers, correspondence, cost summaries, diagrams, notes, magazine articles, manuscript drafts, memorabilia, memos, patents, photographs, reports, test sheets, and winding specifications. The majority of the material in the collection Behrend used in his work as an electrical engineer and inventor. Materials relating to Behrend's interest as a scholar and hobbyist can also be found within the collection, e.g., economics, politics, and science. In addition, material related to Margaret Chase Behrend is filed within the collection. The collection contains numerous handwritten notes and diagrams concerning mechanical and electrical engineering, which were used by Behrend in his laboratory work for the various companies for which he was employed, especially Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. The cost summaries, test sheets, winding specifications, reports, patents, and printed bulletins describe equipment connected with electrical motors and generators, such as alternating current generators and variable speed motors. Also included are printed typed manuscript drafts, book galleys, and other material related to his book, The Induction Motor and Other Alternating Current Motors. In addition, a number of articles and scientific papers by Behrend and other individuals can be found within the collection. The collection contains articles and correspondence pertaining to C.E.L. (Charles Eugene Lancelot) Brown, Carl Richard Soderberg, Oliver Heaviside, Henrietta Anne Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley, Goldwin Smith, and Andrew Dickson White. Moreover, correspondence and invoices related to purchasing rare books of science and literature are filed in the collection, as well as material on William Makepeace Thackeray, whom Behrend highly regarded. There is some correspondence from Julia Mood Peterkin and Rollo Appleyard to Margaret Chase Behrend, and considerable correspondence between Mrs. Behrend and S.B. (Samuel Broadus) Earle, Dean of Engineering at Clemson College, regarding the donation of Behrend's personal papers, rare books, and personal laboratory to the school.

28.29 cubic ft.4.066 cubic ft. of photographs25 artifacts

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8358719

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Allis-Chalmers Corporation

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Decker and Seville's Reliance Works purchased by Edward P. Allis in February 1861; renamed Reliance Works of Edward P. Allis and Company. Renamed Allis-Chalmers Company after merger with Fraser and Chalmers Company of Chicago in 1901. In 1912, the Allis-Chalmers Company went into receivership. Reorganized in 1913 as Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. Renamed Allis-Chalmers Corporation in 1971. From the description of Records, 1847-1990. (Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee)....

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...

Appleyard, Rollo, 1867-1943

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Behrend, B. A. (Bernhard Arthur), 1875-

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Bernhard Arthur Behrend was born in 1875 in Villeneuve, Switzerland; 1894 graduated University of Berlin with a civil engineering degree. 1896-1898 Assistant engineer at Oerlikon Company, Switzerland; 1900-1904 Chief electrical engineer at Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati; 1904-1908 Chief electrical engineer at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company; 1908-1910 Head engineer of the engineering department's power division at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; 1910-1...

Huxley, Henrietta A., -1915

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Henrietta Huxley was the wife of English scientist Thomas H. Huxley. She was the daughter of a merchant, and emigrated to Australia in her teens by way of England and Germany; in Sydney, she met Thomas Huxley, then assistant surgeon aboard the Rattlesnake. Their marriage was a partnership, and she supported her husband's scientific efforts in many ways, chiefly as editor. She also wrote poetry. From the description of Henrietta Huxley letter to Dear sir, 1899 July 11. (Pennsylvania S...

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Huxley was an Britist botanist especially known for his work in comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. From the description of [Letter] 1857? May 31, Geological Survey of Great Britain [to] Sir / T. H. Huxley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251868 English scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ilkley, to W.A. Knight, 1886 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526779 Student, Royal School of Mines, London, Eng...

Brown, Charles E. L. (Charles Eugen Lancelot), 1863-1924

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Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company.

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Earle, Samuel Broadus, 1878-1978

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Westinghouse electric corporation

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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

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The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...

Peterkin, Julia Mood, 1880-1961

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American author. From the description of Papers of Julia Mood Peterkin [manuscript], 1927-1931. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870333 From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, S.C., and New York, to Stark Young, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872100 Julia Mood Peterkin was a South Carolina novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, which was later adapte...

Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925

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Physicist (mathematical physics and electrical engineering). Telegraph operator, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1870-1874; self-employed as physicist and electrical engineer from 1874. From the description of Selected papers [microform], 1874-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77818459 Nephew of Sir Charles Wheatstone (F. R. S. 1836). Employed in the Great Northern Telegraph Co. in Newcastle-on-Tyne but was afflicted with deafness and retired in 1874. Moved to Torquay where h...

Behrend, Margaret Chase, 1895-1982.

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Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910

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History professor and journalist. From the description of Wellington [manuscript], post 1871. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647922784 Goldwin Smith was a British-Canadian educator, historian and journalist. From the description of Goldwin Smith Papers [manuscript]. 1875-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564891 British-Canadian historian and journalist. From the description of Berlin and Afghanistan : autograph manuscript...

Söderberg, C. Richard (Carl Richard), 1895-1979

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