Julius G. Berger Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Berger, Julius G., 1888- (electrical engineer)
label: Names
content: General Electric Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: Stevens Institute of Technology
topic: label: Topic
content: Electrical engineers
label: Topic
content: Electrical science and technology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The immediate source of acquisition for the materials transferred in 1983 is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Berger, Julius G., 1888- (electrical engineer)
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content: Julius G. Berger Collection
accruals: label: Accruals
content: .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.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: 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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1952
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), November 20, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0075
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Newsletters
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1986. Addenda processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.