Guide to the Theodore Grover Collection of Autographs, Signatures, & Images of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty Members, Administrators, & Alumni, 1878-1918 MC.0093 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit February 14, 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections MIT Libraries Building 14N-118 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139-4307 617.253.5690 mithistory@mit.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biography... 4 Scope and Contents of the Collection...4 Administrative Information...4 Related Materials... 5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Bibliography...6 Collection Inventory... 7 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections Creator Grover, Theodore Title Theodore Grover collection of autographs, signatures, and images of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty members, administrators, and alumni Date [inclusive] 1878-1918 Extent 0.3 cubic feet (1 manuscript box) Location Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use. Language English Abstract The Theodore Grover collection includes autographs, signatures, and photographs of Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty members, administrators, and alumni accumulated during Grover's 40 years as a member of MIT's staff, from 1878 to 1918. Citation Theodore Grover Collection of Autographs and Photographs of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Persons, MC 93. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts. - Page 3 -
Biography Theodore Grover began his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as assistant janitor in 1878. In 1883 Grover became head janitor of the Walker Building and dedicated much of his time to the Rogers Laboratory, caring for the laboratory rooms and assisting with the transport of lecture apparatus. Grover was made superintendent of janitors and paymaster in 1902, superintendent of buildings in 1903, bank messenger in 1913, then went on to become chief assistant to MIT professor William Sedgwick. Grover was well respected by the MIT community and recognized for his special talents beyond his jobrelated duties, including his skill in lettering and map making. He was known to put lecture notices on classroom blackboards that included illustrative maps and beautiful lettering. Theodore Grover was also a trustee of the Revere Public Library and a member of the Revere Historical Society in Revere, Massachusetts. As a personal interest he collected autographs and signatures of well-known people. Since he was employed at the Institute for a number of years, he also obtained the autographs or signatures of many MIT-related people. Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection includes autographs and photographs of MIT faculty members, administrators, and alumni, which were collected by Theodore Grover, related to his association as a staff member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Autographs have been pasted onto sheets of papers, and are often accompanied by photographs or images of the signatory. The collection is arranged alphabetically by last name, except for sheets containing multiple autographs, which are filed by the name of the person of the first signature on the page. Persons are members of faculty or staff unless otherwise noted. Administrative Information Publication Information Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections - Page 4 -
Revision Description 2010 Access note The collection is open for research. Intellectual Property Rights Access to collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection. Related Materials Separated Materials note Newspaper clippings concerning the move of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus from Boston to Cambridge in 1916 comprise MIT collection AC 218. Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Photographs. Personal Name(s) Grover, Theodore Subject(s) - Page 5 -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology--History. Bibliography "Theodore Grover, an appreciation by Professor Cross." Technology Review, vol. 20, 1918, pp. 674-675. - Page 6 -
Collection Inventory Theodore Grover, correspondence and ledger pages MIT Seal Albers, Homer (2 autographs): Business Law, 1900-1918, 1920 Allen, Calvin Frank (1 autograph): Civil Engineering, 1887-1916; Emeritus Professor, 1916-1948 Andrews, Clement Walker (2 autographs): Chemistry, 1883-1895; Librarian, 1889-1895 Appleton, William Cornell (1 autograph): Class of 1901, Architect Austin, Edward (1 autograph, 1 photograph): Merchant, MIT benefactor Bailey, Frederick L. (1 autograph): Mathematics, 1891-1935; Emeritus Professor, 1935-1954 Bardwell, Fred L. (2 autographs): Chemistry, 1884-1911 Bartlett, Dana P. (2 autographs): Mathematics, 1886-1929; Acting Secretary of the Institute, 1906-1908; Emeritus Professor, 1929-1936 Barton, George H. (1 autograph), Drawing, 1880-1881; Geology, 1883-1904 Bates, Arlo (1 autograph): Engineering, 1893-1916; Emeritus Professor, 1916-1918 Baxter, William (1 autograph): Chemical Engineering, Class of 1912 Bigelow, Robert P. (1 autograph): Biology, 1893-1933; Librarian, 1895-1925, Emeritus Professor, 1933-1955 Blachstein, Joseph (1 autograph): Modern Languages, 1892-1916 Box Folder 1 1 1 33 1 2 1 45 1 2 and 17 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 and 4 1 4 and 36 1 43 1 38 1 4 1 5 1 6 - Page 7 -
Boos, Herman J. (2 autographs): Athletics, 1893-1899 Brown, William Felton (1 autograph): Architecture, 1894-1933; Emeritus Professor, 1933-1950 Bugbee, Edward E. (1 autograph): Minerals and Metal, 1900-1903, 1907-1941; Emeritus Professor, 1941-1949 Burrison, Henry K. (1 autograph): Drawing, 1877-1923 Burton, Alfred E. (1 autograph): Civil Engineering, 1882-1922; Dean of Students, 1902-1922; Emeritus Professor, 1922-1935 Chandler, Francis W. (2 autographs, 1 photograph): Architecture, 1869-1871, 1888-1911; Emeritus Professor, 1911-1926 Cheong, Mong Cham (1 autograph): Class of 1883 Clifford, Harry E. (2 autographs, 1 photograph): Physics, 1886-1902; Electrical Engineering, 1902-1909, 1914-1919 Cobb, Collier (1 autograph): Geology Instructor, 1890-1892 Crafts, James Mason (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1870-1880, 1892-1897; Corporation member, 1890-1917; President, 1897-1900 Crosby, W. O. (1 autograph): Geology, 1875-1925 Cross, Charles R. (3 autographs, 1 photograph): Physics, 1870-1917; Emeritus Professor, 1917-1921 Currier, Charles F. A. (1 autograph): History, 1891-1919 Daly, Reginald A. (1 autograph): Geology, 1907-1915 Derby, A. L. F. (1 autograph): Secretary to President Pritchett Despradelle, Constant Désiré (1 autograph, several photographs and additional items): Architecture, 1893-1912 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 45 1 7 and 10 1 7 1 7 and 8 1 9 1 9a 1 36 1 9 and 10 1 11 1 12 1 12 1 13 - Page 8 -
Dewey, Davis R. (1 autograph): Economics, 1886-1933; Emeritus Professor, 1933-1942 Duncan, Louis (2 autographs): Electrical Engineering, 1902-1904 Easton, A. T. (2 autographs): Military Science, 1909-1910 Erhardt, Justus (1 autograph): Modern Languages, 1895-1917 Evans, Thomas (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1892-1894 Everett, Harold A. (1 autographed letter): Naval Engineering Faunce, Linus (2 autographs): Drawing, 1884-1903 Fay, Henry (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1895-1925; Emeritus Professor, 1925-1939 Fogg, D. C. (1 autograph): Management, 1863-1864 Frost, Howard V. (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1882-1889 Gardner, Harry W. (2 autographed letters, 1 autograph): Naval Architecture, 1895-1943; Lecturer, Architecture, 1943-1944; Emeritus Professor, 1943-1954 George, N. R. (2 autographs): Mathematics, 1891-1936; Emeritus Professor, 1936-1941 Gills, Augustus H. (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1884-1887, 1890-1934; Emeritus Professor, 1934-1936 Goodwin, H. M. (1 autograph): Physics, 1890-1940; Dean of Graduate Students, 1926-1932; Dean of Graduate School, 1932-1940; Emeritus Professor, 1940-1949 Hart, Francis R. (2 autographs): Treasurer, 1907-1909, 1913-1921; Corporation member, 1909-1938 Hawthorne, Harry L. (2 autographs): Military Science, 1892-1894 1 47 1 12 1 12 1 14 1 24 1 14 1 11 1 15 1 16 1 24 1 16 and 28 1 16 1 3 1 27 1 16 1 17 - Page 9 -
Herrick, Robert W. (1 autograph, 1 photograph, and additional items): English, 1890-1893 Hirokawa, T. (1 autograph): Japanese student, 1900 Hoadley, J. C. (1 autograph): Corporation member, 1862-1886 Hofman, H. O. (2 autographs): Minerals and Metallurgy, 1886-1887, 1889-1922; Emeritus Professor, 1922-1924 Holman, Silas W. (1 autographed letter, 1 autograph, 1 photograph): Physics, 1876-1897; Emeritus Professor, 1897-1900 Homer, Eleazer B. (2 autographed letters, 1 autograph): Architecture, 1887-1915 Hosmer, G. L. (1 autograph): Civil Engineering, 1897-1934 Hough, Theodore (1 autograph): Biology, 1893-1903 Hovgaard, William (1 autograph, 1 photograph): Naval Architecture, 1901-1933; Emeritus Professor, 1933-1950 Humphreys, Walter (1 autographed letter, 1 autograph): Registrar, 1902-1922; Mechanical Engineering, 1907-1919; Secretary, 1929-1960 Jacques, William W. (1 autograph): Electrical Engineering, 1883-1891 Kanaly, Frank M. (1 autograph, 1 photograph): Physical Training, 1909-1923 Kastner, Charles (2 autographs, 1 autographed letter): Lowell School of Practical Design, 1872-1901 Kenison, E. (1 autograph): Drawing, 1893-1933; Emeritus Professor, 1933-1942 Kilham, Walter H. (1 autograph): Architecture, 1889-1891, 1899-1901 King, Ellen A. (1 autograph): Honorary member of the Alumni Association, 1931-1949 1 18 1 18 1 18 1 18 and 40 1 19 and 47 1 19 1 20 1 8 1 21 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 23 and 24 1 23 1 23 1 25 - Page 10 -
Knight, Albert M. (1 autograph, 1 autographed letter): Bursar, 1891-1902 Lambirth, J. R. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1884-1932; Emeritus Professor, 1932-1937 Langley, E. F. (1 autograph): Modern Languages, 1910-1944; Emeritus Professor, 1944-1954 Lanza, Gaetano (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1871-1911; Emeritus Professor, 1911-1928 Lawrence, William H. (2 autographs): Architecture,1891-1938; Emeritus professor, 1938-1958 Laws, F. A. (1 autograph): Physics, 1889-1894; Electrical Engineering, 1894-1932 Levermore, Charles H. (1 autograph): History, 1881-1889 Litchfield, I. W. (2 autographed letters): Editor, Technology Review, 1908-1917 Locke, Charles E. (1 autograph): Mining and Metallurgy, 1901-1940; Emeritus Professor, 1941-1948 Lodge, Richard W. (1 autograph): Minerals and Metallurgy, 1879-1880, 1886-1887, 1889-1907 Lowell, A. Lawrence (1 autographed letter): History, 1893-1894 Lowell, Augustus (2 autographs): Corporation member, 1873-1900 Lowell, Guy (1 autograph): Class of 1894; Architect, 1899-1912 Mackenzie, John D. (1 autograph): Geology, 1912-1916 Maclaurin, Richard C. (1 autograph and additional items): President, 1909-1920 Mead, S. W. (1 autograph): Architecture, 1893-1914 1 5 and 25 1 25 1 25 1 10 1 27 1 27 1 24 1 29 1 29 1 8 1 29 1 29 1 29 1 30 1 30 1 30 - Page 11 -
Melcher, Arthur C. (1 autographed letter): Chemistry, 1903-1920 Merrick, Theodore B. (1 autograph): School of Mechanic Arts, 1884-1887; Mechanical Engineering, 1887-1915 Merrill, Allyn L. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1885-1934; Secretary of the Faculty, 1906-1934; Acting Registrar, 1922-1923; Emeritus Professor, 1934-1941 Miller, Edward F. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1886-1933; Admissions Committee, 1920-1923 Munroe, James P. (1 autograph, 1 photograph): Secretary of the Faculty, 1884-1889; Editor, Technology Review, 1900-1908 Newell, William S. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1899-1901; Naval Architecture, 1901-1902 Nichols, Ernest F. (3 autographs, 3 photographs): President, 1921-1922 Niles, William H. (2 autographs): Geology, 1871-1902; Emeritus Professor, 1902-1910 Noyes, Arthur A. (4 autographs, 3 photographs): Chemistry, 1887-1888, 1890-1920; Acting President, 1907-1909 Page, N. C. (1 autograph): Physics, 1902-1945; Emeritus Professor, 1945-1955 Passano, Leonard M. (2 autographs): Mathematics, 1892-1936; Emeritus Professor, 1936-1943 Peabody, C. H. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1883-1893; Naval Architecture, 1893-1920; Emeritus Professor, 1920-1934 Porter, Dwight (1 autographed letter, 1 autograph): Mathematics, 1883-1885; Civil Engineering, 1885-1921; Emeritus Professor, 1922-1935 Pritchett, Henry S. (1 autograph, 1 photograph): President, 1900-1907 1 31 1 31 1 32 1 32 1 32 1 28 1 34 1 35 1 35 and 36 1 37 1 37 1 38 1 49 1 41 - Page 12 -
Puffer, William L (2 autographs): Physics, 1884-1931; Electrical Engineering, 1893-1906 Rambeau, Adolph (2 autographs): Modern Languages, 1899-1904 Richards, Ellen H. (Several autographs and additional items): First woman graduate, SB 1873; Chemistry, 1878-1911 Richards, Robert H. (Several autographs, photographs, and additional items): Class of 1868; Chemistry, 1868-1871; Mining and Metallurgy, 1871-1914; Emeritus Professor, 1914-1945 Riley, J. C. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1898-1942; Emeritus Professor, 1942 Ripley, W. Z. (1 autograph): Economics, 1893-1902 Robbins, A. G. (1 autograph): Civil Engineering, 1886-1932; Emeritus Professor, 1932-1947 Rogers, William Barton (1 autograph, 3 photographs): Founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President, 1862-1870, 1879-1881 Rotch, Arthur Lawrence (1 autograph, 2 photographs): Architecture, 1883-1884 Runkle, John D. (1 autograph): President, 1870-1878 Schwamb, Peter (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1883-1911; Emeritus Professor, 1911-1928 Sedgwick, William T. (1 autograph, 2 autographed letters, additional item): Biology, 1883-1921 Shedd, Robert S. (2 autographs, 1 autographed letter): Architecture, 1892-1895 Skinner, J. J. (1 autograph): Mathematics, 1885-1904 1 32 and 41 1 42 1 42 1 42 1 43 1 43 1 43 1 44 1 44 1 44 1 45 1 46 and 47 1 48 1 43 - Page 13 -
Smith, Harrison W. (1 autograph): Physics, 1898-1901; Electrical Engineering, 1901-1919 Smith, J. W. (1 autograph): Mechanical Engineering, 1897-1902 Smith, W. Lincoln (1 autographed letter): Physics, 1890-1894; Electrical Engineering, 1894-1904 Spear, E. B. (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1906-1920 Spofford, C. M. (1 autograph): Civil Engineering, 1896-1905, 1909-1940; Emeritus Professor, 1940-1963 Stanwood, J. H. (2 autographs): Civil Engineering, 1888-1896 Swain, G. F. (2 autographs): Civil Engineering, 1881-1909, 1914-1919 Sumner, J. O. (1 autograph): Architecture, 1894-1933; Emeritus Professor, 1933-1938 Talbot, Henry P. (2 autographs, 1 photograph): Chemistry, 1885-1888, 1890-1922; Admissions Committee, 1920-1922; Dean of Students, 1921-1927 Tyler, Harry W. (1 autograph): Mathematics, 1884-1930; Secretary of the Faculty, 1889-1890, 1891-1906; Emeritus Professor, 1930-1938 Vogel, Frank (2 autographs): Modern Languages, 1888-1931; Emeritus Professor, 1931-1932 Walker, Francis Amasa (4 autographs, 3 photographs, and additional items): President, 1881-1897 Walker, William H. (1 autograph): Chemistry, 1894-1900, 1902-1911; Chemical Engineering, 1911-1921, 1923-1934 Warren, C. H. (1 autograph): Geology, 1902-1922 Webster, A. G. (1 autograph): Physicist, Lowell Institute Lecturer, 1893 1 28 1 48 1 49 1 49 1 49 1 49 1 10 and 49 1 27 1 40 and 51 1 38 1 32 and 51 1 51 1 48 1 52 1 52 - Page 14 -
Wendell, George V. (1 autograph, 2 autographed letters, 1 photograph): Physics, 1892-1907 Wheeler, Fred (1 autographed note, 1 photograph): Military Science, 1904-1909 White, Franklin W. (2 autographs): Biology, 1890-1892 Whitehouse, Albert (1 autograph): Physical Training, 1891-1893 Wigglesworth, George (1 autograph): Treasurer, 1891-1907; Corporation member, 1891-1930 Willard, Charles F. (1 autographed letter): Naval Architecture, 1902-1907 Williams, Francis H. (2 autographs): Class of 1873 Woodbridge, S. H. (1 autograph, 1 autographed note): Physics, 1883-1914; Emeritus Professor, 1914-1926 Woodbury, Charles H. (1 autographed letter): Art student, 1886 1 39 and 52 1 53 1 53 1 53 1 53 1 54 1 52 and 54 1 3 and 50 1 50 - Page 15 -