Call Number:

C0584

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 49 boxes
• 22.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lewis B. Stilwell Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1886-1939 (inclusive)

Creator:

Stillwell, Lewis Buckley, 1863-1941

Form:

Account books, Blueprints, Correspondence., Maps., Photographs., and Reports.

Abstract:

The collection consists of American electrical engineer and Princeton trustee Lewis B. Stillwell's engineering reports, correspondence, photographs, blueprints, maps, and printed matter. His professional correspondence relates to his work as an electrical engineer with several energy companies, while his personal papers contain material related to his service as a Princeton trustee.

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.