Archives:Books and Archival Publications

The publications below may be of special interest to users of the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Many have been released to the ETHW and are available in full text.

Books

For more information on the IEEE History Center Book publishing process, see IEEE History Center Book publishing

• A Brief History of the U.S. Federal Government and Innovation Part I (IEEE History Center staff)
• A Brief History of the U.S. Federal Government and Innovation Part II (Sheldon Hochheiser)
• A Brief History of the U.S. Federal Government and Innovation Part III (IEEE History Center staff)
• Blalock, Thomas, Transformers at Pittsfield, part 1, part 2, part 3
• Bliss, Louis D., Bliss Electrical School Alumni Address.
• Cuthbert, Thomas R. Jr., Broadband Direct-Coupled and Matching RF Networks (Greenwood, AR: TRCPEP, 1999).
• Cuthbert, Thomas R., Jr., Circuit Design using Personal Computers (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983)
• Cuthbert, Thomas R., Jr., Optimization using Personal Computers (New York: John Wily & Sons, 1987)
• Dwon, Larry, History of Eta Kappa Nu, 1976
• Freitag, Harlow, Electrical Engineering: The Second Century Begins (New York: IEEE Press, 1986)
• Friedel, Robert D., Lines and Waves: Faraday, Maxwell and 150 Years of Electromagnetism (New York: Center for the History of Electrical Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1981).
• Graham, Marshall, The Coulter Principle: For the Good of Humankind (A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, 2020)
• Haferkorn, H.E., Handy List of Technical Literature Part IIa - Electricity and Magnetism, 1890
• IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, Facets: New Perspectivies on the History of Semiconductors, ed. Andrew Goldstein & William Aspray (New Brunswick: IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, 1997)
• IEEE History Center, Sources in Electrical History, vol. 1: Archives and Manuscript Collections in U.S. Repositories.
• IEEE History Center, Sources in Electrical History 2: Oral History Collections in U.S. Repositories.
• IEEE History Center, Sources in Electrical History 3: An International Guide to Corporate Records and Archives of Companies in the Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Industries.
• IEEE History Center, History of IEEE Since 1984.
• IEEE Press, A Century of Honors: The First One Hundred Years of Award Winners, Honorary Members, Past Presidents, and Fellows of the Institute (New York: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1984)
• IEEE Press, Technological Competitiveness: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Industries (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1993)
• IEEE Press, Engineers as Executives: An International Perspective (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1995)
• IEEE-Rutgers Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, Tracking the History of Radar, eds. Oskar Blumtritt, Hartmut Petzold and William Aspray (Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1994)
• Marriott, Robert, "Radio Ancestors", September 18th, 1937
• McMahon, A. Michal, The Making of a Profession: A Century of Electrical Engineering in America (New York: IEEE Press, 1984)
• Morton, David L., A History of Electronic Entertainment (New York: IEEE Press, 1999).
• Morton, David, Power: A Survey History of Electric Power Technology Since 1945 (New York: IEEE Press, 2000)
• Nebeker, Frederik, Sparks of Genius: Portraits of Electrical Engineering Excellence (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1994)
• Nebeker, Frederik, Signal Processing: The Emergence of a Discipline, 1948-1998 (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1998)
• Noll, A. Michael, Memories - A Personal History of Bell Telephone Laboratories, 2015
• Pratt, Haraden, "Autobiographical Notes", April 30th, 1967
• Pratt, Haraden, "Sixty Years of Wireless and Radio Reminiscenses", 196[x]
• Rajaraman, V. History of Computing in India, 1955-2010, (IEEE Computer Society History Committee, 2012)
• Ryder, John D. and Fink, Donald G., Engineers & Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress (New York: IEEE Press, 1983).
• Swedburg, Gregory, Profiles in Engineering Leadership: Eta Kappa Nu's First Century Eminent Members (New Brunswick, NJ: IEEE History Center & Eta Kappa Nu Association, 2004)
• Walden, David and Van Vleck, Thomas (eds.), The Compatible Time-Sharing System (1961-1973): Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Overview, (IEEE Computer Society History Committee, 2011)
• Walden, David and Nickerson, Raymond (eds.), BBN computing history: A Culture of Innovation, (Waterside Publishing, East Sandwich, Massachusetts, 2011)

Journal Articles

• For a list of history articles in IEEE Xplore, see History Articles in IEEE Publications
• For a list of articles written by IEEE History Center Staff, see IEEE History Center Articles

General History of Technology articles

• Doherty, E.L., Mitchell, H.C., Simulation of Oil Reserves on a Digital Computer
• Mair, Alex, "Fred Heath and the Invention that Changed the World," University of Alberta Engineer, November 2003.
• Murdock, Bruce, Handbook of Electronic Design and Analysis Procedures Using Programmable Calculators (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979)
• WT Glover & Co., Electric Wires & Cables, Salford, Manchester, August 1897. Catalogue and Price list.

IEEE Institutional History articles

• IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine Historical Articles
• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine Historical Articles
• IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Historical Articles‎‎
• IEEE Power Engineering Review Historical Articles
• IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Historical Articles
• IEEE Canadian Region, Electricity, the Magic Medium, ed. W. Harry Prevey (Thornhill, ON: IEEE, Canadian Region, 1985).
• IEEE Press, "Evolution of the IEEE Logo," in IEEE Student Journal, March 1963, p. 48.