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A. French Textile School Order Book
This collection consists of one order book containing pencilled notes made by Virginia Peed during her employment in Textile Engineering.

William Anderson Alexander Papers
William Anderson Alexander graduated from Georgia Tech in 1912, in Civil Engineering. After graduation, he became a mathematics instructor and assistant football coach for Tech under John Heisman. In 1920, he assumed the title of head football coach until his retirement in 1944, but continued his duties as Athletic Director until his death in 1950. Alexander is remembered for his numerous wins as head football coach and taking his team to four major football bowl games. These papers include correspondences, office files, administration files, and newspaper clippings documenting his activities at Tech.

Alfred D. Andrew Collection on John D. Neff
This collection contains papers on John D. Neff, "Monkey Mail," and selected publications of the Mathematical Association of America-Southeastern Section.

John D. Askew, Jr. Papers
This collection consists of various experiment reports completed by John D. Askew, Jr. for three courses in the Georgia School of Technology’s Electrical Engineering department, numbered EE 16, EE 17, and EE 18. The dates of the reports range from the fall of 1928 to the spring of 1930.

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (E. Jo Baker) Records
These records consist of the professional papers of E. Jo Baker, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The records document Baker's activities as Associate Vice President, including her involvement with the founding of the President's Scholarship program. The collection also documents her work relating to recruitment, committee work, promotion and tenure, affirmative action, and professional associations.

Harry L. Baker Photograph Collection
Harry Baker was a 1934 Georgia Tech graduate and the president of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1946 until his untimely death in 1973. The majority of this collection documents Baker's professional career while at Georgia Tech.

Frank Beckum Papers
Frank Beckum taught architectural history and drafting in the College of Architecture from 1955 until 1990, serving as Assistant Dean from 1982 until 1990. His papers include course materials from his architectural history classes, primarily lectures and exams.

Dr. Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs Memorial
This collection contains two copies of a memorial speech given on the death of Georgia Tech chemistry professor, Dr. Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs, in 1941.

Walter O. Boyd Papers
Fifty years after attending Georgia Tech, Walter Boyd wrote a manuscript about the various "firsts" that occurred during his years at Tech (1908-1913). This collection includes his manuscript document as well as correspondence concerning the document.

Alan Buchsbaum Papers
The bulk of this collection is made up of Buchsbaum's files on individual architectural and design projects, documenting the development of many of the projects that Buchsbaum and the Design Coalition worked on during his lifetime as well as those that were completed shortly after he died. General business files and a small amount of material related to Buchsbaum's memorial service are also included.

Harold Alan Bunger Correspondence
This collection contains a single letter from Harold Alan Bunger, professor and chief of Georgia Tech's Chemical Engineering Department, to J. B. Crenshaw, Georgia Tech's commencement program chair. The correspondence deals with problems with the 1940 commencement exercises.

George P. Burdell Telegram
This collection contains one Western Union telegram for fictitious Georgia Tech student George P. Burdell. The telegram deals with Burdell's Navy recruitment in 1946.

Harold Bush-Brown Photograph Collection
During his thirty-four years at Georgia Tech, Harold Bush-Brown was a professor, administrator, and architect. He designed numerous buildings on the Tech campus, such as the Brown and Smith Dormitories, the original Ceramics Building, Brittain Dining Hall, and the School of Architecture building. In addition to his duties at Georgia Tech, Bush-Brown was also a District Officer for the Historic American Buildings Survey (United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service) in the 1930s. This collection mainly consists of photographs, notes, and printed materials relating to the United States Department of the Interior/Historic American Building Survey (HABS). However, there are also several Georgia Tech-related items in the collection. .

Hugh Harris Caldwell Papers
This collection consists of a single folder of correspondence to and from T. R. Branch and Hugh Harris Caldwell, the registrars of Georgia Tech.

Louis A. Cavalli Mechanical Engineering Photograph Collection
This collection contains nine black and white photographs including an image of the wood shop and several early years of Mechanical Engineering graduates.

Hugh H. Chapman, Jr. Resume
The Hugh H. Chapman, Jr. resume and recommendations detail the education and career of Chapman, who apparently applied for a position with Georgia Tech.

G. Wayne Clough Speeches Collection
This collection includes speeches, lectures, and presentations given by G. Wayne Clough, during his tenure as the tenth President of the Georgia Institute of Technology (1994-2008). The collection exists only in its original digital form.

John Stinson Cook Papers
John Stinson Cook graduated from Georgia Tech in 1937 with a B.S. in General Science. This collection is comprised of materials he obtained during his graduation ceremonies and from his relative, John Carr Cook.

John Saylor Coon Building Specifications
John Saylor Coon was the first Mechanical Engineering professor at Georgia Tech. This collection consists of building specifications he wrote and a newspaper article.

John Saylor Coon Collection
This collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence to and from John Saylor Coon, as well as a ledger that Coon kept between about 1916 and 1919.

John Saylor Coon Photograph
This collection contains one reprint photograph of John Saylor Coon.

J. B. Crenshaw Papers
As head of the Department of Modern Languages, Dr. J. B. Crenshaw retained the faculty correspondence, departmental annual reports, and drafts of academic papers that are contained in this collection.

Dorothy M. Crosland Papers
Dorothy Murray Crosland served as librarian of Georgia Tech from 1927 until 1953, when she assumed the title of director of libraries, the position she held until her retirement in 1971. Her principal achievements during her long tenure were the construction of the Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower (previously Graduate Addition). She also played an instrumental role in the admission of women to Georgia Tech and in the development of a graduate program in information science. These papers include correspondence, memoranda, and subject files documenting her activities and influence at Georgia Tech.

Dorothy M. Crosland Photograph Collection
This collection consists of photographs of the interior of the Georgia Tech library.

John P. Culver, Jr. Papers
John Culver served as Georgia Tech's Director of Campus Affairs and Assistant Vice President for Institute Relations and Development. This collection contains materials documenting the Public Relations Department/Development Office at Georgia Tech during the years that John Culver worked there (1971-1986).

John P. Culver, Jr. Photograph Collection
This collection contains numerous photographs from Georgia Tech's Public Relations department. The majority of the photographs depict former United States President Jimmy Carter and Georgia Tech President Joseph Pettit.

Dean and Director of Libraries Records
The records include correspondence, annual reports, and statistical data containing information relating to library staff and faculty, Georgia Tech colleges and schools, library associations and vendors, and other administrative matters concerning the operation of the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center.

Bobby Dodd Collection
Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd became Tech's head football coach in 1945, after the retirement of William Alexander. Dodd's successful record at Tech was 165-64-8 with nine wins in thirteen football bowl games. After his retirement from coaching, Dodd continued as Georgia Tech's Athletic Director, a position he held from 1950 through 1976. These papers include articles about Dodd and Georgia Tech football, as well as a pencil and ink drawing of Dodd.

Bobby Dodd Visual Materials Collection
This collection contains photographs illustrating both professional and personal events in Bobby Dodd's life. Photographs include images of Dodd as a child and young man, images from his time at Georgia Tech, as well as images from after his retirement.

Geoffrey Gunter Eichholz Papers
Dr. Geoffrey Gunter Eichholz was Regents Professor of Nuclear Engineering. These papers include materials related to classes he taught, research projects, and Georgia Tech committee activities.

Ray F. Ellis papers
The eight series in this collection contain materials relating mainly to Ray Ellis' time as a coach for the Georgia Tech football team during the late 1940s and early 1950s, although there is a small amount of material on Ellis' later life. Included are Ellis' football play books from his career at Tech; a lecture by Ray Graves; correspondence and other material relating to Bobby Dodd; Tech football programs from the late 1940s and 1950; and newspaper and magazine clippings on Tech, Tech football, and football and other sports.

Ray F. Ellis Photograph Collection
This collection contains images related to Georgia Tech football coaches and teams.

Cherry L. Emerson Papers
Cherry L. Emerson, the son of Georgia Tech's first dean, Dr. William Henry Emerson, graduated from Georgia Tech in 1909 and embarked upon a successful engineering career which included over twenty-five years with Robert and Company. In 1945, he returned to Georgia Tech as Dean of the School of Engineering. In 1948, he was named vice-president; under his direction, the institution's physical plant nearly doubled in size. He left Georgia Tech in 1955 and died in 1959. His papers include correspondence, financial records, printed material, and reports, documenting the Southern Technical Institute, Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Engineering Experiment Station.

James Walter Estes Papers
James Walter Estes was a graduate of Georgia Tech in 1904. This collection consists of correspondence and a travel itinerary for a group of Georgians on an industrial tour of northern cities.

James Walter Estes Photograph Collection
J. Walter Estes, a member of the class of 1904, collected these photographs of his classmates.

F. S. Holliday Correspondence
This collection contains a single letter from F. S. Holliday to the Georgia Tech faculty. Holliday, an electrical engineering student, requested a change in his class schedule.

Harold A. Faisst Papers
Harold A. “Dutch” Faisst was an outstanding Georgia Tech athlete, who played on the 1929 Rose Bowl football team. A member of the Class of 1930, he worked for the Aluminum Company of America after graduation. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 1929 Rose Bowl memorabilia, souvenirs, and photographs. Some loose correspondence and photographs are also included.

Floyd Field Papers
This collection contains correspondence and a report from Floyd Field, former Georgia Tech Dean of Students and Chair of the Mathematics Department.

William E. Fincher Papers
William E. Fincher was a Georgia Tech football player and alumnus. His papers include three Southern Football Officials Association Rule Books.

Bud Foote Papers
The Bud Foote Papers consist of general office files, correspondence, newsletters, and audio-visual materials relating to Foote's extensive research in science fiction during his career as a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A large number of Foote's published and unpublished papers and other writings on science fiction are also included in this collection.

Bud Foote Photographs
The Bud Foote photographs appear to have been taken during lectures, book signings or conferences relating to science fiction. The photographs frequently include Bud Foote and his colleagues with authors and scholars of science fiction.

Joseph Ford Papers
Dr. Joseph Ford was one of the pioneers in the field of chaotic dynamics in the 1960's and spent most of his 34 year career at the Georgia Tech School of Physics furthering this discipline. He dedicated his time between research, in which he was supported largely by the National Science Foundation, and education, either through conferences or in the classroom. This collection includes correspondence, prints of academic papers, course materials and visuals documenting his works and influence in both the Georgia Tech campus and the scientific global community.

Y. Frank Freeman Papers
Y. Frank (Young Frank) Freeman (1890-1969) graduated from Georgia Tech in 1910 and quickly became involved in the film industry, eventually becoming an executive at Paramount Pictures. He also was active in numerous organizations and institutions in the fields of banking, higher education, and athletics. His papers include correspondence, financial records, legal records, and certificates, primarily documenting his career with Paramount (1933-1967) as well as his activities in the hotel and banking industries.

Y. Frank Freeman Photograph Collection
The Y. Frank Freeman Photograph Collection contains photographs documenting Freeman’s life, particularly as it related to his career as an executive with Paramount Pictures. The collection is full of photographs of entertainers, movie stars, movie executives, and world political figures. There is also a series of personal images, including images related to his childhood, Georgia Tech, and baseball.

R. L. Gamble Transcripts
This collection contains two transcripts of Raymond Luther Gamble, a Georgia Tech student in 1925.

Chester Gavin Photograph Collection
Chester Gavin was a member of the class of 1940. These photographs depict individuals and groups from a much earlier time period.

Georgia Tech Diplomas Collection
This collection is made up of a selection of diplomas received by graduates of Georgia Tech.

William H. Glenn Papers
As a Georgia Tech alumnus, William H. Glenn stayed in contact with the school through community and business ties. His papers, composed exclusively of correspondence, illustrate his involvement with Georgia Tech, including his service as president of the National Georgia Tech Alumni Association.

A. Harris Goldwasser Papers
A. Harris Goldwasser graduated from Georgia Tech in 1928 with a degree in Civil Engineering. These papers mainly consist of materials relating to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association's giving campaign, Roll Call, and Class of 1928 reunion information.

A. Harris Goldwasser Photograph Collection
A. Harris Goldwasser graduated from Georgia Tech in 1928 with a degree in Civil Engineering. This collection contains photographs of the Class of 1928 during homecoming.

Helen E. Grenga Papers
As the first female engineering professor at Georgia Tech, Dr. Helen Grenga's role on campus was not only as a teacher, but as a mentor and a leader. This collection contains correspondence, class materials, project reports, publications and speeches.

Helen E. Grenga Papers on Women in Engineering
This collection consists of Helen E. Grenga's papers relating to the Georgia Tech chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, as well as her materials on women in engineering in general.

Helen E. Grenga Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs and slides from Dr. Helen Grenga, former professor in Georgia Tech's Material Science and Engineering department.

George C. Griffin Collection on D. M. (David M.) Smith
Correspondence concerning the retirement of D. M. (David M.) Smith, Professor of Mathematics at Georgia Tech from 1913 to 1954. Smith succeeded Floyd Field as head of the Department of Mathematics in 1936 and served in that capacity until 1951. The contents of this collection were removed from a scrapbook containing tributes to Smith compiled by George C. Griffin.

George C. Griffin Papers
This collection contains George Griffin's personal and business records, correspondence, files on Georgia Tech sports, scrapbooks, and certificates and awards dating mainly from the period following George Griffin's retirement in 1964. The papers reflect Griffin's continued deep involvement during his retirement in a variety of Tech-related activities, including Georgia Tech sports, his fraternity (Pi Kappa Phi), the Alumni Association, and the Class of 1922. Series 5, Writings, contains materials for his book, Griffin: You Are a Great Disappointment to Me. A military datebook (Series 2, Subseries 3), a class schedule (Series 3), and his football and track letter certificates (Series 7) date from his student and wartime days. Many of the business records (Series 3) and some of the track and cross country files (Series 4, Subseries 1) come from the period before Griffin's retirement.

Lyman Hall Correspondence
This collection consists of the outgoing correspondence of Lyman Hall, President of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1896-1905, from the first eight years of his presidency.

Laura Hammond Papers
Laura Hammond was an early librarian at Georgia Tech. These papers consist of a variety of her correspondence during her tenure, as well as addresses and speeches she gave at professional meetings.

Julian Harris Photograph Collection
The photographs in this collection document the studio of sculptor Julian H. Harris and the 1987 exhibit at the Georgia Tech library commemorating his work.

President Edwin Harrison Photograph Collection
The photographs in this collection depict the Edison Foundation Conference on Cooperative Education, attended by President Harrison, and aerial views of the Southern Technical Institute and Naval Air Station.

President Edwin Harrison (1916-2001) Papers
Serving as Georgia Tech's sixth president from 1957-1969, Edwin Harrison saw the school through integration, unprecedented campus expansion, nuclear energy research, and the school's 75th anniversary. Materials relating to these subjects and many others include correspondence, architectural plans, institutional and departmental reports, meeting minutes and newspaper clippings.

C. Louis Hohenstein Papers
C. Louis Hohenstein earned his bachelors (1952) and masters (1956) degrees in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. This collection contains the page proofs, illustrations, amd copy edited manuscript of his book,

Isaac S. Hopkins Papers
Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins served as Georgia Tech's first president from its founding in 1888 until his resignation in 1896. Hopkins gave the alumni address at Emory College in 1883 advocating industrial education at Emory.

Joseph H. Howey Papers
Joseph Herman Howey (1901-) served as chair of the School of Physics. In 1976, the Physics Building was named in his honor. His papers include a manuscript notebook, entitled "Vector Analysis" and inscribed "J. H. Howey, Yale University, 1927."

M. W. Jackson Correspondence
This collection contains a single letter from M.W. Jackson to Georgia Tech's Extension Division. Jackson requested a change in the Civil Engineering curriculum.

Charles A. Jones Notebook
Charles A. Jones, a professor of textile engineering at Georgia Tech, maintained this 1904 laboratory notebook containing fabric swatches and their analyses.

Charles A. Jones Papers
Charles A. Jones was a longtime professor in the textile engineering department at Georgia Tech. These papers, consisting almost entirely of correspondence, document his efforts to place Georgia Tech graduates in mill jobs throughout the Southeast.

Carl E. Kindsvater Papers
Carl E. Kindsvater was a Civil Engineering professor at Georgia Tech. These papers consist of reprints of award-winning papers that he published during his tenure.

Ella Cliff Kiser Scrapbook
Ella Cliff Kiser, a young woman who lived on Spring Street and attended Georgia Tech's baseball and football games, kept a scrapbook documenting those teams from 1910 through 1912.

Arthur T. Kittle Papers
Dr. Arthur T. Kittle worked in the Georgia Tech Library from 1961-1983, and served on many campus-wide committees during this time period. His papers include memoranda, meeting minutes, articles, and cataloging manuals.

Edwin P. Kohler Slide Collection
The Edwin P. Kohler Slide Collection contains color slides of 1964 Georgia Tech Homecoming activities and the Tech campus in the mid-1960s.

Frank A. Kopf football game charts
The materials in this collection consist of football game charts created by sports writer Frank A. Kopf for The Atlanta Journal. Each chart is for a separate Georgia Tech game, and details every play made during that game. The charts range in date from 1927 to 1934.

Dr. Melvin Kranzberg Papers
As a faculty member of the Department of Social Sciences during his tenure at Georgia Tech, Dr. Melvin Kranzberg was instrumental and influential in establishing the Department of History, Technology and Society after his retirement. This collection includes professional papers, transcripts of speeches, media articles and correspondence that span his educational and academic career.

Dr. Melvin Kranzberg Photograph Collection
Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, leader in the field of history of technology, served as professor in Georgia Tech's history department. These photographs document his personal and professional life.

Ed Lafitte Photograph Collection
Ed Lafitte was a member of the Georgia Tech baseball team in 1906-1907. This collection consists of one photograph of Lafitte in his Georgia Tech baseball uniform.

Charles E. Littlejohn Papers
A participant in the Navy V-12 program, Charles E. Littlejohn graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1944 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. His papers primarily include correspondence documenting his time at Georgia Tech.

James Herty Lucas Papers
The James Herty Lucas papers include newspaper clippings relating to Georgia Tech, a Tech dance invitation, a pamphlet on the engineer William States Lee, and three undated typewritten histories of civil, structural, and highway engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Joseph Boyd McCrary Papers
Joseph Boyd McCrary graduated from Georgia Tech in 1891, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. These papers document his business, the J. B. McCrary Company.

R. W. (Richard W.) Meyer Photographs
This collection contains headshots of Richard Meyer as well as a few images related to his professional activities, 1982-1996.

R. W. (Richard W.) Meyer Papers
This collection is made up of eleven series, which document Richard Meyer's professional activities during his thirty-eight years as a library administrator in academic libraries. Series 7, the largest series, contains files on research completed for Meyer's publications and presentations. Also included are materials on consulting, advisory boards, accreditation reviews, and conferences and workshops, as well as some documentation of his graduate work in Library Science and Economics, and a small amount of material on each of his professional positions.

William F. Montgomery Photograph Collection
William F. Montgomery, Class of 1904, collected these photographs which document his classmates and friends at Georgia Tech, particularly the School of Chemical Engineering.

J. Wayne Moore Papers
These papers include correspondence, printed material, and newsclippings, primarily documenting the 1951 reunion of the Class of 1901. Also included are certificates certifying J. Wayne Moore, Jr. to practice engineering in Florida and Georgia, and land surveying in Georgia.

J. Wayne Moore Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs of the Class of 1901, the Insubordinate Seniors, from their senior year and subsequent reunions.

Frank H. Neely Papers
Frank H. Neely, business and civic leader in Atlanta, graduated from Georgia Tech in 1904. His ties to Tech remained strong throughout his life, and his philanthropy is visible throughout campus. These papers include scrapbooks, correspondence, and printed materials primarily documenting his receipt of the Gantt Medal (1952) and Taylor Key (1958), and the Neely medal collection which was housed in the Rae and Frank Neely Room in the Library and Information Center.

Robert D. Neill Photograph Collection
Robert Deaver Neill graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a degree in either Industrial Management or Electrical Engineering. While a student at Georgia Tech, he was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and Navy R.O.T.C. This collection contains silver gelatin prints, which were taken and developed by Robert Neill or photographer John T. Moore of Seneca, South Carolina.

Frances Newman Papers
Frances Newman served as Georgia Tech's librarian from 1924 to 1926. Her papers are mostly comprised of correspondence and newspaper clippings dealing with her untimely death.

Clyde Orr, Jr. Correspondence
This collection contains two copies of a letter from Clyde Orr, Jr. to Dr. Vernon Crawford, dealing with the relationship between the "Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students" and the "Statutes of the Georgia Institute of Technology."

H. Wayne Patterson Photograph Collection
This collection contains two scrapbooks with over 900 photographs from 1902-1913. A large portion of the scrapbooks deals with Patterson's family, his social life, and his days at Georgia Tech (Class of 1912). Also within this collection are copy prints, which were used in the book,

William Gilmer Perry Papers
William Gilmer Perry was a faculty member of the English Department at Georgia Tech for 47 years. These papers relate to his status as an adjunct professor and later, as the department head.

Joseph Pierce Photographs
The photographs within this collection consist of campus buildings while Pierce was a student at Georgia Tech.

Ray A. Young Papers
Dr. Ray A. Young, Professor Emeritus of Physics, earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Georgia Tech (1950 and 1951) and his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1959. In addition to teaching in the School of Physics, Dr. Young headed several branches of Georgia Tech’s Engineering Experiment Station (EES). His papers include correspondence relating to his activities as editor of the Journal of Applied Crystallography and his career at Georgia Tech. The Georgia Tech materials reveal his research and administrative contributions to the School of Physics and EES.

Luther M. Reeves, Jr. Drawings
The drawings in this collection are related to Reeves' professional projects as an electrical engineer from the 1960s to the early 1980s. The drawings are, for the most part, electrical plans for private residences, schools, college buildings, and other public buildings in the state of Georgia.

Luther M. Reeves, Jr. papers
The manuscript materials in this collection are mainly related to Reeves' professional projects as an electrical engineer from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Also significant are an annotated manual of electrical engineering laboratory experiments from coursework at Georgia Tech and several annotated course manuals from continuing education classes Reeves completed, apparently during the 1930s.

Luther M. Reeves, Jr. Photographs
The photographs in this collection are possibly related to Reeves' professional projects as an electrical engineer from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.

Isaac Henry Reid Photograph Collection
This collection contains 20 photographs of friends and classmates during Reid's school years at Georgia Tech. McPherson Company, a studio photographer in Atlanta, took the majority of the photographs.

Emory Rumble Papers
Emory Rumble, a member of the class of 1926, collected the programs in this collection as both an undergraduate and an alumnus.

Ernest Scheller, Jr., Papers
Ernest Scheller, Jr., was an alumnus of Georgia Tech, receiving a degree in Industrial Management in1952. Additionally, he was an active member of campus fraternities and many campus service and cultural organizations.

Secretary of the Faculty notebook
This collection contains a single volume of outgoing correspondence, grades, class standings, examination schedules and other notes, kept by the Secretary of the Faculty, Thomas Pettus Branch, from 1898 to 1905.

James P. Smith Papers
Dr. James P. Smith was a faculty member of the Georgia Tech English Department. The bulk of the materials constituting this collection are of the scholarly research he conducted on Frances Newman, an author and a librarian at the Georgia Tech Carnegie Library in the 1920s. His goal was to write a biography on Newman and compile a collection of her criticisms, but Dr. Smith passed away suddenly in 1980 before he could accomplish this.

H. L. Strickland Papers
H. L. Strickland graduated from Georgia Tech in 1902. This collection contains Strickland's report card from 27 June 1900.

Lowell S. Terrell Notebooks
Lowell S. Terrell graduated from Georgia Tech in 1915 with a B. S. in Electrical Engineering. The thirty-two lab notebooks that comprise this collection are from two of his classes.

R. J. Thiesen Papers
R. J. “Jack” Thiesen served as Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association from 1922 to 1951. He also served as secretary of the Georgia Tech Foundation, retiring from that position in 1955. He died on October 5, 1963. These papers, consisting primarily of correspondence dating from the 1930s, document the significant function placement played on the activities of the Alumni Association during the Great Depression. The correspondence paints a vivid picture of the effects of employment problems encountered by tech graduates. There is also correspondence with alumnus L. W. “Chip” Robert, as well as a small amount of Thiesen’s personal correspondence.

Michael E. Thomas Papers
In 1988, under the leadership of then-President John Patrick Crecine, a restructuring plan was undertaken to prepare for the future of Georgia Tech as it continued to develop as a dominant technical institution. Michael E. Thomas, then acting executive vice president, was deeply involved in the academic restructuring. These papers, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and proposals, document the reorganization of Georgia Tech.

Thomas P. Thompson Papers
Thomas P. Thompson, an 1896 graduate of Georgia Tech, earned his master's degree from Cornell University in 1898. He spent most of his professional life in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served as city manager from 1933 until 1938 and was named "First Citizen" in 1950. His papers include copies of "The Georgia Tech" and student labs and reports from Cornell University.

Sandra W. Thornton Papers
Sandra W. Thornton joined the faculty of Georgia Tech in 1962 as an instructor in political science, retiring as assistant professor in the School of Public Policy in 1997. These papers document her activities in formulating Georgia Tech policy in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

George F. Walker Papers
George F. Walker was a professor in the Modern Languages Department at Georgia Tech. His papers primarily consist of materials he collected on the French novelist Marcel Proust.

Robert B. Wallace, Jr. Papers
Robert B. Wallace graduated from Georgia Tech in 1949 and served as the Director of Information Services and Publications. He authored three books, including a history on Georgia Tech entitled

Frank O. Walsh, Jr. Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs depicting the Georgia Tech campus and dormitory life during the early twentieth century. The description of the photographs provided is identical to that written on the images.

Homer S. Weber Papers
Dr. Homer S. Weber was a student and a faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering Department. These papers document his entire scholastic career at Georgia Tech.

Homer S. Weber Photograph Collection
Dr. Homer S. Weber was a student and faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering department at Georgia Tech. This collection contains 1 gelatin silver print of the 1953 Georgia Tech Faculty.

Paul Weber Papers
During his long career at Georgia Tech, Dr. Paul Weber served as a faculty member in chemical engineering, dean of faculties, and vice president for planning. From 1956 to 1957, he was acting president. These papers include annual reports, correspondence, research articles, and campus publications documenting Weber’s service to the Georgia Tech community and engineering profession.

Paul Weber Photograph Collection
The photographs in this collection document Paul Weber's life as a faculty member at Georgia Tech and abroad.

Harvey West Correspondence
This collection contains a single letter from Harvey West, President of the "T" Club, to the Georgia Tech faculty regarding student dances.

William Anderson Alexander
The photographs in this collection document the life of William Alexander during his college days at Georgia Tech (1906-1912) through the late 1940s.