"The System Ge-Se-Te...", undated

The Robert J. Cashman Papers fill 19 boxes and span the period 1929-1988. The papers are organized into six main categories: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, research and consulting files, and publications.

The biographical materials include curricula vitae, clippings (primarily about his research, although there are several articles setting Cashman's work in the development of the related fields), and programs of meetings at which he spoke.

The education files consist primarily of Cashman's notes on lectures and reading, and laboratory experiments.

The general correspondence concerns teaching, research, and other professional matters; there is little personal correspondence. Of interest is a small collection of letters related to Cashman's joint work with Walter S. Huxford on a "sunburnometer."

The teaching files include lecture notes, problems, grade and registration records, examination sheets, and some student subject guides.

The research and consulting files occupy nine boxes and form the largest category in the papers. The bulk of these materials consists of reports, correspondence, experimental data, and material relating to administrative matters. In addition to his research for the Navy, Army Air Force, and the National Defense Research Committee, Cashman worked as a consultant for Capehart-Farnsworth Corporation, General Electric Company, and the Research Corporation. Four substantial folders of correspondence and patent materials concern Cashman's legal advisors, Mann and Brown. The documents in these files deal with infringements, potential infringements, and other matters. Users interested in these aspects of Cashman's work should also consult specific patent records (Box 16, Folder 1-9) and pertinent periods in the general correspondence. Eleven of Cashman's laboratory notebooks (or sections thereof) are located in the two legal size boxes (Boxes 18 and 19).

The publications contain drafts and reprints of some of Cashman's articles and related correspondence.