Graphical version

Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

HEYWOOD, Professor Harold (1905-1971)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0098 B/HEYWOOD

Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

Title: HEYWOOD, Professor Harold (1905-1971)

Date(s): 1925-1973

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 7 boxes

Name of creator(s): Heywood | Harold | 1905-1971 | engineer and physicist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born Manchester, 1905; educated at the Alleyn's School, Dulwich, 1910-1919; engineering apprentice with Robey & Son, Lincoln, 1920-1925; Whitworth scholarship for undergraduate studies, City and Guilds College, Imperial College, London, 1925-1928; Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Regent Street Polytechnic, 1931-1936; Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, 1936; promoted to Reader, 1940; adviser to the governments of Egypt and Malta on solar energy; Principal of Woolwich Polytechnic, 1957-1967; on retirement continued his research at Loughborough University of Technology, as Professor; principal research interests were particle characterisation and solar energy; died, 1971.

Publications: Report on the utilization of solar energy ([Valletta], 1957)

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Professor Harold Heywood, 1925-1973, comprising biographical papers; notebooks and papers, 1925-1957, covering Heywood's undergraduate career at Imperial College, work concerning dusts and sedimentation, sieving, particle size and pulverisation, including records of work undertaken during World War Two and after for the Ministry of Supply concerning the problems caused by dust during military operations in desert warfare, travel diaries; working papers on particles and pulverisation, 1929-1971; working papers on solar energy, 1946-1970, begun at Imperial College but mainly carried on at Woolwich and Loughborough, including notes and observations, travel diaries, correspondence and other papers relating to conferences and consultancies relating to solar energy; lectures and papers, 1924-1971; correspondence, 1933-1958; reports and publications, 1937-1948.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

By section as follows: Biographical, Notebooks, Working papers on particles and pulverisation, Working papers and correspondence on solar energy, Lectures and papers, Correspondence, Reports and publications. Index of correspondents.

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A catalogue is available in the reading room of the College Archives (CSAC catalogue no 46/10/76).

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

The papers were received by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, University of Bath, from Dr Frances Heywood, widow, in 1976.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, University of Bath, to the College Archives in 1976.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Records of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (KEM), held at Imperial College.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Based on the guide compiled by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: October 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Desert warfare | Warfare | Military engineering
Solar energy | Renewable energy sources | Energy resources
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Engineering
Physics
Research work

Personal names
Heywood | Harold | 1905-1971 | engineer and physicist

Corporate names
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine x Imperial College of Science and Technology x Imperial College x University of London | Imperial College
Loughborough University of Technology
Ministry of Supply
Woolwich Polytechnic

Places