Smith, Henry L. - Mechanical Engineering (2000.024), 1890

This collection is an artificial collection of a selection of diplomas received by graduates of Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech diplomas were issued in English, not Latin. The earliest diplomas contain handwritten signatures.

Included in this collection is the diploma of Henry L. Smith (Mechanical Engineering, 1890), one of the first two graduates, as well as the diplomas of several other early graduates, including Augustus Duke Black (ME, 1893), Charles Edwin Fairbanks (ME, 1892), Joseph Dent Goldsmith (ME, 1891), and E. A. Greene (ME, 1894). The diplomas of two women graduates in Commercial Science (May Ruth Turner, 1926, and Vera Catherine Martin, 1934) are also found here. The collection also includes a copy of Jimmy Carter's Doctor of Engineering diploma (1972). The Goldsmith diploma also includes a newspaper clipping from the Atlanta Constitution of May 28, 1931, containing news of the upcoming reunion of the first Tech classes and a photograph taken ca. 1890 of the classes of 1890 and 1891.