Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Julius Berger Collection

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0075
Creators:
Berger, Julius G., 1888- (electrical engineer)
Dates:
1909-1952
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Cubic foot
5 boxes
Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
This collection traces the training and employment of an early electrical engineer. It includes 4 manuals filled with Berger's lab training at Stevens and G.E., a lecture notebook, two business correspondence scrapbooks, an industrial power data reference book, and a group of G.E. technical newsletters.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Berger served as a General Electric Company electrical engineer, a William Gordon Corporation contractor, and eventually began his own electrical design firm. He was educated in 1910 at the Stevens Institute, and enrolled in the General Electric continuing education program at Lynn, Mass.
Administration
Author
Robert Harding
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), November 20, 1983.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1986. Addenda processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The immediate source of acquisition for the materials transferred in 1983 is unknown.
Accruals
.50 cubic feet of archival materials was transferred and added to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022. The addenda was donated by Estate of Julius E. Berger, through William E. Olsen, trust officer, Fidelity Union Trust Company, 1975.
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Julius G. Berger Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Notebooks -- 1900-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts -- 1900-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newsletters -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electrical engineers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electrical science and technology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
General Electric Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stevens Institute of Technology Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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