Inventory of the John D. Askew, Jr. Papers, 1928-1930
MS362
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Askew, John D. (John David), Jr., ca. 1909-1977 |
| Title: | John D. Askew, Jr. papers |
| Dates: | 1928-1930 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Size: | 0.6 linear feet (one full-size document case, one half-size document case) |
| Identification: | MS362 |
| Note: | This collection was partially processed at an earlier date as MS70. |
Biography of John D. (John David) Askew, Jr.
John D. Askew, Jr. (ca. 1909-1977), a native of Atlanta, graduated from the Georgia School of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1930. While a student at Tech he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau, the M. L. Brittain Debating Society, the Band, the Naval Drum and Bugle Corps., and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE). After graduation he worked in engineering and marketing at Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph. A published author, Askew wrote Fundamental Theory of the Thermionic Vacuum Tube, which appeared in print in 1941. The second edition was published in 1943.
Askew was a life member of the Dogwood Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America in Atlanta. In 1961 he transferred his membership to the H. B. Fair Chapter in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, which possibly indicates a job transfer. Askew retired in October 1974 and died two and a half years later, on April 9, 1977.
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Description
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. The experiments are mainly concerned with the operation of generators and motors. Also included is a report titled "Mechanical Efficiency Test of a Coon Steam Engine."
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Restrictions
Restrictions: Access
None.
Restrictions: Use
Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Special Collections.
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Related Material
This collection also includes one artifact, a wooden relay sorting box, which has been transferred to artifacts.
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Subject Headings
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Please cite [Item Title, Folder Title,] John D. Askew, Jr. Papers, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Provenance
Donation, May 1990 (accession number: 1990.0505).
Processing Information
Christine de Catanzaro and Mallory Velten processed these papers in June 2009.
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Other Finding Aids
A print copy of this finding aid is available in the Georgia Tech Archives reading room.
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Folder List
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Mechanical Efficiency Test of a Coon Steam Engine (pages 1-7), October 18, 1928-January 8, 1929 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mechanical Efficiency Test of a Coon Steam Engine (pages 8-38), October 18-December 13, 1928 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Mechanical Efficiency Test of a Coon Steam Engine (pages 39-66), October 18, 1928-January 3, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Mechanical Efficiency Test of a Coon Steam Engine (pages 67-111), October 18, 1928-January 29, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Electrical Engineering 16: Reports on experiment 2, February 15-17, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 3 - "Magnetization Curves", March 5-11, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 4 - "Characteristics of a Shunt Generator", February 12-14, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 5 - "Characteristic Curves of a Series Generator", February 21-23, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 6 - "Characteristics of a Compound Generator", February 28-March 8, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 7 - "Characteristics of a Shunt Motor", April 25-May 11, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 8 - "Brake Test on Shunt and Compound Motors", March 12-14, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 9 - "Brake Test of Series Motor", March 19-21, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 11 - "Flux Distribution", March 26-28, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 13 - "Parallel Operation of Shunt Generators", October 27-December 2, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 14 - "Determination of Efficiency by the Stray Power", April 4-5, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 15, April 11, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 16 - "Separation of Losses", April 18-May 1, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Electrical Engineering 17: Preliminary and final reports on experiment 26 - "DC Starting Box Design", November 13, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 27, October 28, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 30 - "Study; AC Series Circuits", October 29-November 4, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 31 - "Electrical Resonance", September 23-30, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 32 - "AC Parallel Circuits", October 1-6, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 33, October 13-14, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 34, October 16, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 35 - "The Study of Alternator Windings", November 18-20, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 36 - "Parallel Operation of Alternators", January 6, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 37 - "Losses, Efficiency, and Regulation of an Alternator", December 4-9, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Electrical Engineering 18: Preliminary and final reports on experiment 46 - "Wound Rotor Induction Motor", March 5-17, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 44 - "Finn Weischel Motor", March 31, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Preliminary and final reports: experiment 42 - "Brake Test on Synchronous Motor", March 5-10, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 41 - "Scott Connection of Transformers", February 12-17, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 40 - "Predetermination of Transformer Regulation", February 19-24, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 39, 1930-02-10 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 38 - "Predetermination of Alternator Regulation", December 16, 1929 | ||||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 47 - "Circle Diagram of an Induction Motor", April 16-21, 1930 | |||||||||
| 2 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 51 - "Rotary Converter", April 7, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 72 - "Constant Current Transformer", March 24, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment 80 - "Circle Diagrams of Synchronous Motor", March 3, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Preliminary and final reports on experiment "S" - "Transmission Line", April 23-28, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Experiment report, March 15, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Experiment report, March 6, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Experiment report, February 28, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Experiment 6705 report, January 7, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Experiment report, April 19, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Experiment report, April 5, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Experiment report, May 17, 1929 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Experiment report, April 4, 1930 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Experiment report, April 25, 1929 | ||||||||||