Harold Eugene Edgerton, 1903-1990.
Papers, 1889-1990.
Manuscript
Collection - MC 25
Introduction
and Biographical Note | Series
Descriptions | Scope
and Content Note | How
to Use the Collection | Related Collections
The
Edgerton Center at MIT
carries on the legacy of Harold Edgerton by providing hands-on experiences
in science and engineering for MIT students.
For published
information about Harold Edgerton, contact the MIT Press.
Historically
important instruments used or designed by Edgerton are in the collections of the
Smithsonian Institution and the MIT Museum.
Collections
of Edgerton's photographs are in the Aurora Museum, the George Eastman House, the
Fox Talbot Museum, the MIT Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the
Science Museum in London, and the Smithsonian Institution.
The business
records of EG&G, Inc., including material produced by Edgerton, are in the
possession of the firm.
Additional
information about Edgerton is located in MC 132, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Oral History
Collection, at the MIT Archives.
