Archival Collection 4 (1936-1977, bulk 1940-1973) spans 13 Cubic ft. in 31 boxes (29 letter document boxes, 1 legal document box, and 1 cubic box).
This collection was transferred from the Office of the President. Transfer date unknown. This collection is closed.
This collection contains administrative files of H. Russell Beatty, President of Wentworth Institute (1953-1972) and Wentworth College of Technology (1970-1972). Most files relate to correspondence, background materials, reports on campus expansion, department expansion, curriculum development, accreditation, and the American Society for Engineering Education. There is a small scrapbook collection with associated pictures and newspaper clippings.
The Office of the Principal was established in 1910 by the trustees of the Wentworth Institute. The principals were Arthur L. Williston (February 1910-30 June, 1923), Frederick E. Dobbs (25 February, 1924-1951), and Marshall N. Arlin (Acting 1952-1953). The Board of Directors voted in early 1953 to change the title of the Principal to the President. H. Russell Beatty became president on 1 July, 1953. For more information on President Kirkpatrick, contact the Archivist.
Per the Archives Charter (1988): “Any record, in any format, produced by an employee of the Institute while performing an official Institute function, is the property of the Wentworth Institute of Technology.” Upon copyright transfer, all items become the permanent property of Wentworth Institute of Technology University Archives and are to be used in preserving and presenting the history of Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Materials in boxes 24-29 are restricted for 75 years. Consult the Archivist for further information and access.
Processed By Ashley Bryan, 2021-2022; Elise Lia, 2022.; Mary Ellen Flaherty, 1985-2005.
Staples and other metal materials were removed. Any plastic, rubber band, or taped material was separated from paper (when able to be separated without damaging the materials) and discarded. Duplicate, non-unique copies of materials were withdrawn from the collection. Acidic or photographic materials were kept in their original order but were re-housed in mylar sleeves or leafing folders. Duplicate folders were re-labeled, re-organized, and re-foldered. Materials were kept in the original folder order: alphabetical by topic, and then chronological within specific folders. Folders were placed in new letter document boxes.
Folder Name, date (Month, year), AC 4, Box number, Folder number, Office of the President, (Beatty) Records, Wentworth Institute of Technology University Archives, Boston, MA. URL if applicable.
Last updated on: May 2023
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
1-1 |
Ad Hoc Committee for Naming Wentworth Buildings |
1965-1967 |
1-2 |
Admissions |
1968-1971 |
1-3 |
Air Force Contracts |
1953-1964 |
1-4 |
Air Force Contracts |
1966-1970 |
1-5 |
Air Force Contract, Final Report |
1958 |
1-6 |
Alumni Office |
1963 |
1-7 |
American Association of Junior Colleges |
1958-1963 |
1-8 |
American Council on Education |
1962-1967 |
1-9 |
American Council on Education, Students Survey |
1968-1970 |
1-10 |
American Technical Education Association |
1960-1961 |
1-11 |
Annex Renovations, Bids and Correspondence |
1958 |
1-12 |
Annex Renovations, Bids and Correspondence |
1959 |
1-13 |
Annex Renovations, Complete Specifications |
1958-1959 |
1-14 |
Annex Renovations, Requisitions for Materials |
1957-1959 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
2-1 |
Annual Department Reports to the President |
1970 |
2-2 |
ASEE-AEC Basic Summer Institute on Nuclear Energy |
1961 |
2-3 |
ASEE-AEC Basic Summer Institute on Nuclear Energy |
1965 |
2-4 |
ASEE, Evaluation Committee |
1958-1961 |
2-5 |
ASEE, Evaluation of Technical Institute Education, Steering Committee |
1961-1962 |
2-6 |
ASEE, National Survey of Technical Institute Education |
1957-1959 |
2-7 |
ASEE, Nuclear Committee, Evaluation Subcommittee for Orientation Institute |
1962 |
2-8 |
ASEE, Place of General Studies in the Technical Institute Program |
1955 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
3-1 |
ASEE, Report on Visit to Wentworth |
1964 |
3-2 |
ASEE, World Congress |
1965 |
3-3 |
Audit Report |
1962 |
3-4 |
Audit Report, National Defense Student Loan Fund |
1969 |
3-5 |
Balance Sheet |
June 30, 1966 |
3-6 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
1962-March 1966 |
3-7 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
April 1966-May 1966 |
3-8 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
June 1966-August 1966 |
3-9 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
September 1966-October 1966 |
3-10 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
November 1966-December 1966 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
4-1 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
January 1967-March 1967 |
4-2 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
April 1967-January 1968 |
4-3 |
Beatty Hall, Construction Correspondence |
1969-1971 |
4-4 |
Beatty Hall, Dedication |
1969-1971 |
4-5 |
Beatty Hall, Letters of Commendation for Coletti Brothers |
1963 |
4-6 |
Beatty Hall, Notes |
1965-1967 |
4-7 |
Beatty Hall, Specifications and Conditions for Furnishings |
1966 |
4-8 |
Babbitt, Arthur B. |
1959 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
5-1 |
Board of Directors, Minutes of Meetings |
1953-1954 |
5-2 |
Board of Directors, Minutes of Meetings |
1955 |
5-3 |
Board of Directors, Minutes of Meetings |
1956 |
5-4 |
Board of Directors, Minutes of Meetings |
1957 |
5-5 |
Board of Directors, Minutes of Meetings |
1958 |
5-6 |
Board of Trustees |
1967-1970 |
5-7 |
Boy Scouts Explorer Program |
1970 |
5-8 |
Buildings Inspector |
1954-1955 |
5-9 |
Buildings and Grounds |
1948-1955 |
5-10 |
Buildings and Grounds |
1957-1965 |
5-11 |
Buildings and Grounds |
1966-1969 |
5-12 |
Business Office |
1952-1954 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
6-1 |
Bursars |
1957-1961 |
6-2 |
Bursars |
1967 |
6-3 |
Bursars |
1968 |
6-4 |
Bursars |
1969-1971 |
6-5 |
Certification of Engineering Technicians |
1965 |
6-6 |
Civil and Highway Construction Program |
1957 |
6-7 |
Class Gift |
1956 |
6-8 |
College Entrance Examination Board |
1968-1970 |
6-9 |
College Housing Program |
1964-1967 |
6-10 |
Commencement |
1966-1971 |
6-11 |
Committee of the Permanent Charity Fund |
1959-1971 |
6-12 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
1969 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
7-1 |
Correspondence, Faculty and Staff |
1954-1956 |
7-2 |
Correspondence General |
1956-1963 |
7-3 |
Correspondence General |
1965-1969 |
7-4 |
Correspondence General |
1970-1971 |
7-5 |
Curriculum Center Fund |
1968 |
7-6 |
Curriculum Development Center |
1966-1967 |
7-7 |
Curriculum Development Center |
1968-1969 |
7-8 |
Curriculum Development Center Proposals and Announcements |
1965-1966 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
8-1 |
D Letters |
1961 |
8-2 |
D Letters |
1962 |
8-3 |
D Letters |
1963-1964 |
8-4 |
D Letters |
1971 |
8-5 |
D Letters |
1972 |
8-6 |
Day School |
1957-1961 |
8-7 |
Day School |
1965-1971 |
8-8 |
Deans |
1960-1971 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
9-1 |
Department Heads |
1965-1971 |
9-2 |
Development and Fund Raising Committee |
1961 |
9-3 |
Development Fund |
1967 |
9-4 |
Development Fund Campaign, Datasheets |
1964 |
9-5 |
Development Office |
1968-1971 |
9-6 |
Dinner for High School Mathematics and Science Teachers |
1970-1971 |
9-7 |
Dinner for High School Principals and Guidance Directors |
1970 |
9-8 |
Dormitories |
1968 |
9-9 |
Edwin Stefffian and Associates |
1959-1971 |
9-10 |
Engineering Manpower Commission |
1970-1971 |
9-11 |
Engineers’ Council for Professional Development |
1963 |
9-12 |
Engineers Joint Council, Mission to the U.S.S.R. |
1961 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
10-1 |
Evening Division Course Outlines, General Studies |
1967-1968 |
10-2 |
Evening Division Course Outlines, Architectural Engineering Tech. |
1967-1969 |
10-3 |
Evening Division Course Outlines, Electronic Engineering Tech. |
1968 |
10-4 |
Evening Division Course Outlines, Mechanical Design Engineering Tech. |
1966-1969 |
10-5 |
Evening School |
1957-1958 |
10-6 |
Evening School |
1970-1971 |
10-7 |
Executive Department Heads Meetings Minutes |
1969-1971 |
10-8 |
F Letters |
1961 |
10-9 |
F Letters |
January 1962-May 1962 |
10-10 |
F Letters |
June 1962-December 1962 |
10-11 |
F Letters |
1963 |
10-12 |
F Letters |
1964 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
11-1 |
F Letters |
1970 |
11-2 |
F Letters |
1971 |
11-3 |
F Letters |
1972 |
11-4 |
F Letters, Department Heads |
1964-1965 |
11-5 |
F Letters, Miscellaneous |
1956, 1970-1972 |
11-6 |
F Letters, Withdrawals |
1971-1972 |
11-7 |
Faculty and Staff, Correspondence |
1960-1971 |
11-8 |
Faculty Meetings, Minutes |
1953-1956 |
11-9 |
Faculty Meetings, Minutes |
1959-1962 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
12-1 |
Faculty, Meeting, Minutes |
1963-1965, 1969-1970 |
12-2 |
Fenway Study, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
1966-1967 |
12-3 |
50th Anniversary |
1954 |
12-4 |
Ford Foundation |
1953-1954 |
12-5 |
Ford Foundation |
1963-1967 |
12-6 |
Fuller, Robert H. |
1955 |
12-7 |
Fund Raising |
1964-1965 |
12-8 |
Fund Raising, Appointments Made |
1963-1964 |
12-9 |
Fund Raising, Follow Up |
1964-1965 |
12-10 |
Fund Raising, Miscellaneous |
1963-1965 |
12-11 |
Hayden Scholarships |
1940-1953 |
12-12 |
Hayden Scholarships |
February 1954 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
13-1 |
Hayden Scholarships |
March 1954-December 1954 |
13-2 |
Garfink, Benjamin and Julia |
1961-1962, 1967-1971 |
13-3 |
General Dynamics Program |
1970-1971 |
13-4 |
Governor’s Select Committee |
1969-1970 |
13-5 |
Grade Distribution |
1965-1966 |
13-6 |
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce |
1953 |
13-7 |
Hegis Report |
1969-1970 |
13-8 |
Hegis Report |
1971 |
13-9 |
Higher Education Facilities Commission |
1963-1965 |
13-10 |
Honor Roll |
1953-1956, 1970-1971 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
14-1 |
IBM |
1965-1966 |
14-2 |
In-House Work/Study Ruling |
1968 |
14-3 |
Inauguration |
1954, 1970 |
14-4 |
Industrial Advisory Committee |
1969-1971 |
14-5 |
Income and Expenses |
July 1963-May 1966 |
14-6 |
Income and Expenses |
July 1966-April 1968 |
14-7 |
Income and Expenses |
July 1968-May 1970 |
14-8 |
Income and Expenses |
July 1970-May 1971 |
14-9 |
Instructor Schedules |
1963 |
14-10 |
James H. McGraw Award |
1960-1961 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
15-1 |
Kaplan, Leon |
1964-1971 |
15-2 |
Ketchum, Inc. |
1961-1965 |
15-3 |
Lawsuit, Dennis Card v. H. Russell Beatty |
1969 |
15-4 |
Lawsuit, Ward C. Hand v. Wentworth |
1966-1967 |
15-5 |
Massachusetts Board of Collegiate Authority |
1952-1954 |
15-6 |
Massachusetts Board of Collegiate Authority |
1956-1962 |
15-7 |
Massachusetts Department of Education |
1953-1957, 1965 |
15-8 |
Massachusetts Education Commission |
1960-1962 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
16-1 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
January 1963-July 1963 |
16-2 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
August 1963-December 1963 |
16-3 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
January 1964-February 1964 |
16-4 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
March 1964-July 1964 |
16-5 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
August 1964-September 1964 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
17-1 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
October 1964-December 1964 |
17-2 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions |
1965 |
17-3 |
Massachusetts Education Commissions, Draft of Report |
1964 |
17-4 |
Massachusetts, House and Senate |
1970-1971 |
17-5 |
Mayor’s Committee on the Urban University |
1970-1971 |
17-6 |
Memoranda, General, Club and Class Officers |
1962-1963 |
17-7 |
Memoranda, General, Class Schedule |
1961-1962 |
17-8 |
Memoranda, General, Evening School |
1962 |
17-9 |
Memoranda, General, Faculty Counselors |
1961-1963 |
17-10 |
Memoranda, General |
1962-1963 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
18-1 |
Memoranda, General, Letters Hobby Clubs |
1961 |
18-2 |
Memoranda, General |
1961-1963 |
18-3 |
Memos to the Faculty |
1970-1972 |
18-4 |
National Defense Student Loan Fund |
1965-1971 |
18-5 |
National Education Association, Study of Students |
1969 |
18-6 |
National Science Foundation, Case Survey |
1969-1970 |
18-7 |
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals |
1964-1966 |
18-8 |
National Science Foundation, Grant Proposals |
1967-1969 |
18-9 |
National Science Foundation, Survey |
1962 |
18-10 |
National Science Foundation, Survey of Scientific Activities of Higher Education |
1971-1974 |
18-11 |
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools |
1960-1963 |
18-12 |
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools |
1965-1970 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
19-1 |
New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges |
1956 |
19-2 |
New England Board of Higher Education |
1963-1964 |
19-3 |
New England Junior College Council |
1968 |
19-4 |
New England Junior College Council |
1971 |
19-5 |
Northeastern University |
1964-1966 |
19-6 |
Nuclear Science Building |
1961-1967 |
19-7 |
Nuclear Science Program |
1959-1961 |
19-8 |
Nuclear Science Program |
1962 |
19-9 |
Oaths of Allegiance |
1953-1957 |
19-10 |
Outline of Information of the Proposed Wentworth College of Technology, Incorporated…in Support of a Petition to Organize a Corporation |
1970 |
19-11 |
Pakistan Program |
1952-1953 |
19-12 |
Pension Plan |
1953-1954 |
19-13 |
Pheeney, Charles T. |
1964-1973 |
19-14 |
Placement |
1957 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
20-1 |
President’s Council |
1970-1971 |
20-2 |
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Technical Institute |
1956 |
20-3 |
Programs, Inauguration of H. Russell Beatty |
1953-1954, 1970 |
20-4 |
Prospective Corporation Members |
1964-1966 |
20-5 |
Prospective Corporation Members |
1966 |
20-6 |
Prospective Corporation Members |
1967 |
20-7 |
Provost |
1970-1971 |
20-8 |
Publications and Speeches of the Principals and Presidents |
1955-1962, 1977 |
20-9 |
Registration in the Day School |
1971 |
20-10 |
Revision of 1963-64 Curriculum |
1962 |
20-11 |
Scholarships |
1962-1963 |
20-12 |
Speeches |
1954-1956 |
20-13 |
Stevens College |
1968-1971 |
20-14 |
Student Activities |
1966 |
20-15 |
Student Clubs |
1955-1956 |
20-16 |
Student Council |
1971 |
20-17 |
Student Council Constitution |
1957 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
21-1 |
Nuclear Science Building |
1961 |
21-2 |
Student Council Minutes of Meetings |
1966-1967 |
21-3 |
Student Handbook |
1970 |
21-4 |
Surplus |
1953-1955 |
21-5 |
Surveys |
1955-1956 |
21-6 |
Symposium on Technical Institute |
1956 |
21-7 |
Tansey Gym |
1967-1968 |
21-8 |
Tansey Gym |
1969-1971 |
21-9 |
Tansey Gym, Boring Log |
1968 |
21-10 |
Tansey Gym, Change Orders |
1970-1971 |
21-11 |
Tansey Gym, Concrete Tests |
1968-1970 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
22-1 |
Tau Alpha Pi |
1953-1954 |
22-2 |
Teaching Loads |
1970-1971 |
22-3 |
Technical Institute Foundation |
1953-1954 |
22-4 |
Technical Institute Foundation |
1955 |
22-5 |
Technical Institute Foundation |
1956-1958 |
22-6 |
Technical Institute Foundation |
1961 |
22-7 |
Technical Institute Fund |
1954 |
22-8 |
Television Address, “An American’s Avenue to the Communist Challenge” |
1960 |
22-9 |
Tenure |
1969 |
22-10 |
Transcript Policy |
1965 |
22-11 |
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
1958-1959 |
22-12 |
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare |
1959-1971 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
23-1 |
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Annual Program and Expenditures Report |
1968-1971 |
23-2 |
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, College Work-Study Program |
1964-1969 |
23-3 |
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Federal Student Financial Aid Program |
1969 |
23-4 |
U.S. Government, General Correspondence |
1961-1963 |
23-5 |
U.S. Veterans Administration |
1952-1955 |
23-6 |
Vermont Technical College |
1962 |
23-7 |
Volpe Construction Co. |
1968-1971 |
23-8 |
Volpe, John A., Dinner |
1961 |
23-9 |
Wentworth Annex, Dedication |
1959 |
23-10 |
Wentworth College of Technology, Bulletin |
1970 |
23-11 |
Wentworth College of Technology, Meeting of Incorporators |
1969-1971 |
23-12 |
Wentworth Logo |
1970 |
23-13 |
WNAC Radio-Yankee School of the Air |
1960 |
23-14 |
YMCA, Huntington Avenue Branch |
1962 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
24-1 |
Aptitude Score and Achievement Survey |
1968 |
24-2 |
Aptitude Test Scores |
1953, 1960-1963 |
24-3 |
Aptitude Test Scores |
1954-1959 |
24-4 |
Budget |
1953-1956 |
24-5 |
Budget |
April 1957 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
25-1 |
Budget |
May 1957-August 1957 |
25-2 |
Budget |
September 1957-December 1957 |
25-3 |
Budget |
January 1958-April 1958 |
25-4 |
Budget |
May 1958-December 1958 |
25-5 |
Budget |
1959-1962 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
26-1 |
Budget |
1963 |
26-2 |
Budget |
1964 |
26-3 |
Budget |
January 1965-November 1965 |
26-4 |
Budget |
December 1965 |
26-5 |
Budget |
1966 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
27-1 |
Budget |
1967-1968 |
27-2 |
Budget |
May 1969-November 1969 |
27-3 |
Budget |
December 1969 |
27-4 |
Budget |
January 1970-November 1970 |
27-5 |
Budget |
December 1970 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
28-1 |
Budget |
1971 |
28-2 |
Budget, Pre. Budget |
1968 |
28-3 |
Budget, Supplies Equip. |
1968 |
28-4 |
Budget, Category A, B, C |
1968 |
28-5 |
Budget, Load Fall 69-70 |
1968 |
28-6 |
Budget, Spring 69-70 |
1968 |
28-7 |
Budget, Aeronautical |
1968 |
28-8 |
Budget, Machine Processes |
1968 |
28-9 |
Budget, Casting |
1968 |
28-10 |
Budget, Pattern |
1968 |
28-11 |
Budget, Welding |
1968 |
28-12 |
Faculty Appointments |
1953-1954 |
28-13 |
Faculty Appointments |
1956-1957 |
28-14 |
Faculty Appointments |
1959 |
28-15 |
Faculty Appointments |
1961-1962 |
28-16 |
Faculty Appointments |
1970 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
29-1 |
Insurance Claims |
1936, 1953-1957 |
29-2 |
Insurance Claims |
1957-1962 |
29-3 |
Insurance Claims |
1963-1970 |
29-4 |
Student SAT and Wentworth Grades |
1963 |
29-5 |
Student Status Meetings on Discipline |
1967-1971 |
29-6 |
University of Illinois - Transfer Credit |
1966 |
29-7 |
F Letters |
1960-1967 |
29-8 |
PF Letters |
1960-1967 |
29-9 |
PD Letters |
1963-1971 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
30-1 |
Final Report Under Contract No. AF19(604)1716 |
1957 |
30-2 |
Beatty Hall, Dedication, Greetings from Other Institutions |
1967 |
30-3 |
Alumni Fund Record Book #2 |
1960-1966 |
30-4 |
Inauguration, Greetings from Other Institutions |
1954-1970 |
30-5 |
Wentworth Institute, Student Council Minutes |
1953-1954, 1959-1960 |
30-6 |
Wentworth Institute, Student Council Minutes |
1960-1966 |
30-7 |
Wentworth Institute, Student Council Minutes |
1965 |
30-8 |
Scrapbooks, Samples |
1979-1980 |
30-9 |
Scrapbooks, Beatty was Endicott Junior College Trustee |
1971 |
Folder # |
Contents |
Date |
---|---|---|
31-1 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1970-1981 |
31-2 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1956-1958 |
31-3 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1966-1975 |
31-4 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1959 |
31-5 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1956-1961 |
31-6 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1953-1956 |
31-7 |
Beatty Scrapbook |
1961-1965 |
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