Papers of Dr S.A. Swann, lecturer in electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Nottingham, 1931-1967

The collection contains papers from Swann's period of employment in industry as well as from his later academic career. It has been divided into the following principal series:

• Papers accumulated by Swann during his employment at the Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited. They include a file of data forms concerning DC Motors or Dynamos together with printed diagrams, articles and research papers. 1931-1944 (SSW 1);
• Papers compiled by Swann during his employment at the University of Nottingham. They include research notes and papers; manuscript lecture notes; occasional correspondence; and printed articles and diagrams. Also present is a typescript article by Swann entitled: 'Features relative to the mechanical design and construction of commutators.' 1944-1967 (SSW 2).

S.A. Swann joined the staff of University College Nottingham (now the University of Nottingham) in 1944. He had previously been employed on electrical and mechanical design by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company of Loughborough. He had many years of experience in teaching students at evening classes and on full degree and diploma courses in his particular subjects. He continued his own research and subsequently, in 1956, was awarded the degree of M.Sc., followed by the degree of Ph.D. in 1959. He was particularly interested in problems of power transmission and the control of electric discharge lamps, and published numerous articles in these and allied fields. Dr Swann retired from the University of Nottingham's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1967.

The collection comprises a series of case files, arranged into two sections.

ACCESS: Pending full cataloguing, access is limited and is possible only for registered readers by advance notice and agreement.

LANGUAGE: English

• This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright on the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).

The collection was acquired by the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts in October 1987.