Finding Aid
Power Stations and their Equipment (report by Robinson)
The fonds consists of:
(a) Copy of Robinson's printed report, extracted from the March 1935 number of the Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
(b) Copies of the typed letter sent by Robinson in July 1934 to a number of well-known electrical companies in England and abroad asking for information on recent developments in specific items in Power Station equipment.
(c) Copies of Robinson's circular letter of thanks (April 1935), with names of 29 individuals and companies to whom these letters were sent. Also included are the 9 personal postscripts that Robinson added to some of these letters.
(d) Replies to Robinson's original letter. A total of 35 typed letters, notes and reports (typed and printed) addressed to I.V. Robinson, indicating the progress made in Power Station Equipment by manufacturers in various companies, as follows:
Allgemeine Elektricitats- Gesellschaft, Germany, E.A. Kraft, Sept. 18, 1934,signed letter and typed report
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., USA , J. Wilson, Sept. 6, 1934,signed letter, typed report and photographs
Babcock & Wilcox, England, J.O. Twinberrow, Nov. 26, 1934, signed letter, typed report
Edison Electric Illuminating,Co. of Boston, U.S.A., I.E. Moultrop, Oct. 10, 1934, signed letter, and signed typed report
British Thomson-HoustonCo. Ltd., England, H.A. Price-Hughes, Oct. 1, 1934, signed and typed report per T.H. Relton
Brown, Boveri & Co. Ltd., Switzerland, Sept. 29, 1934, signed letter, typed report
Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd., England, Sept. 10, 1934, letter signed, typed report
Detroit Edison Co., USA, Alex Dow, August 17, 1934 typed letter signed
Commonwealth Edison Co., USA, W.L. Abbott, August 31, 1934, typed letter signed and typed report
Staatsmijnen in Limburg, Netherlands, Sept. 6, 1934 signed letter/report (typed)
English Electric Co. Ltd., England, A.L. Jenkins, Sept. 13, 1934 typed letter signed and report
English Electric Co. Ltd., England, A.D. Sloan, Sept. 13, 1934, typed letter signed and report
Erste Brunner, Czechoslovakia (London office), Chas. E. Douglas, Oct. 26, 1934, typed letter signed and typed report
Ferguson, Pailin Ltd., England, Sept. 13, 1934, typed letter signed and typed report
Ferranti Ltd., England, Aug. 15, 1934, typed letter / report signed
Foster Wheeler Corp., USA, Frank Page, Aug. 31, 1934 , typed letter / report signed
General Electric Co., England H.J. Coates, Aug. 14, 1934 typed letter / report signed
General Electric Co., U.S.A. E.L.Robinson, Oct. 5, 1934 typed letter signed, typed report and reprint of article
Hackbridge Electric Construction Co. , England G.M.C. Peacock, Sept. 14, 1934 typed letter signed and typed report
Southern California Edison Co. Ltd., USA H.L. Doolittle, Sept. 24, 1934
Southern California Edison Co. Ltd., U.S.A.H.L. Doolittle, Sept. 22, 1934Typed letter signed
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg A.G. Germany, Sept. 4, 1934 . G.M. Gercke, Sept. 3, 1934 typed letter signed and reprint of article
E. Milton Sellex British agent of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg A.G. Sept. 3, 1934 typed letter signed
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd. , England, Nov. 16, 1934, typed letter and typed report
State Electric Commission of Victoria, Australia, Chas. T. Briggs, Sept. 26, 1934 typed letter signed and report
C.A. Parsons & Co. Ltd., England , Sept. 30, 1934, typed letter signed and report
A. Reyrolle & Co. Ltd., England, H.W. Clothier Sept. 18, 1934, typed letter signed and typed report
Ruths Arca Accumulators Ltd., England, E.G. Ritchie Sept. 3, 1934, typed letter signed and articles
Ruths Arca Accumulators Ltd., England, E.G. Ritchie, Sept. 11, 1934, typed letter signed and reprint
Schneider & cie, France, Sept. 28, 1934, typed letter signed
Siemens-Schuckert Ltd., England , Sept. 28, 1934, typed letter signed
Kungl. Vattenfallsstyrelsen, Denmark, Sept. 9, 1934, typed letter signed and booklet
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., USA, G.R. Wadleigh, Sept. 5, 1934, typed letter signed
Westinghouse Electric International Co., USA., (British Office) Oct. 10, 1934, typed letter signed and reports
Copies of 12 individual letters of thanks written by I.V. Robinson, often requesting additional information. Cased in Cr. 4to cloth covers (spine loose).
Letters written to:
Alex Dow (Detroit Edison Co.) Aug. 31, 1934
Chas. E. Douglas (Erste Brünner) Oct. 27, 1934
H.L. Doolittle (Southern California Edison Co.) Sept. 7, 1934
M. Gercke (Pasing bei Muenchen) Sept. 5, 1934
E. Milton Sellex (London) Sept. 5, 1934
G.T. Briggs (State Electricity Commission of Victoria) Oct. 29, 1934
C.A. Parsons & Co. (England) Sept. 1, 1934
Ruths Arca Accumulators Ltd. (England) Sept. 5, 1934
Schneider & Co. (France) Aug. 31, 1934
Siemens-Schuckert (England) Sept. 1, 1934
George R. Wadleigh (West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.) Aug. 28, 1934
G.A. Orrok (N.Y.) April 12, 1935
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