UNM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Records
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-026
Scope and Contents
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Papers is centered around the Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico primarily during the 1980s. The collection is grouped into four areas: meetings and minutes, reports, university related (newspapers, articles, memos), photographs and scapbooks. Each grouping is arranged in alphabetical order. There are a number of meetings including from faculty and various committees, annual reports, photographs of students and faculty, as well as two scrapbooks of photographs and newspaper clippings about the Engineerig Department.
Dates
- 1954 - 1989
- Majority of material found within 1980 - 1989
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The University of New Mexico's School of Engineering was founded in 1906, and with the current name of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1979. The deapartment includes research labs for such things as robotics, hearing aid research and artificial intelligence. The Centennial Science and Engineering library is also located in part of the 2-story underground portion of the building. In 1995, several ECE professors received teaching awards, a testament to the emphasis on teaching in the department. The department continues to command nationwide recognition and respect--a direct result of over ninety years of history on the University of New Mexico campus.
Extent
3.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The University of New Mexico's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was founded in 1906. Throughout the years, the department has grown and inculdes research labs for such things as robotics, hearing aid research and artificial intelligence, as well as the Centennial Science and Engineering library. The bulk of the collection includes meetings and reports from the 1980s, and many photogrphs from the 1960s.
Separated Materials
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- Administrative reports
- Annual reports
- Black-and-white photographs
- College students -- New Mexico
- College students -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
- Meetings and Minutes
- Newspaper clippings
- Proposals
- Reports
- Research
- The University of New Mexico -- Computer Engineering
- Universities and colleges--Faculty--Research.
- University of New Mexico - Electrical Engineering
- University of New Mexico - Faculty
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amber Lane
- Date
- October 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu