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Lewis B. Stilwell Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Lewis Buckley Stillwell (1863-1941) was an American electrical engineer and Princeton trustee.
Consists of Stillwell's engineering reports, correspondence, photographs, blueprints, maps, and printed matter. The engineering reports include as subjects the design and building of power plants and the electrification of railroads, some with accompanying photographs and blueprints. Stillwell's professional correspondence relates to his work as an electrical engineer with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Corporation (1886-1897), the Niagara Falls Power Company (1897-1900), and the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company of New York (1900-1905), and, later, as consulting engineer with the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the Paupack Water Power Project, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the Lehigh Navigation Electric Company, the United Railroads and Electric Company of Baltimore, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Also included are personal papers, such as correspondence, account books, estate matters, and material on Princeton where Stillwell served as trustee (1920-1941).
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Gift of Richard Stillwell.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
No appraisal information is available.
Organization
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
- Westinghouse electric corporation
- United Railroads and Electric Company of Baltimore
- Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company of New York.
- Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
- Lehigh Navigation Electric Company
- Lehigh Valley Coal Company
- Niagara Falls Power Company
- Paupack Water Power Project
- Princeton University
Subject
- Electric power-plants -- United States -- Design and construction
- Railroads -- United States -- Electrification
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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Collection is open for research use.
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