Windwatts, Inc. Records, 1970-1977


Summary Information
Title: Windwatts, Inc. Records
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1977

Creator:
  • Windwatts, Inc.
Call Number: Mss 596; PH Mss 596

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 45 photographs, and 3 transparencies

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers and printed material of Windwatts, Inc., a group of Madison-area residents who attempted unsuccessfully to form a wind-generated energy company employing the Savonius Rotor System during the years 1974-1975. Included are minutes, organizational documents, financial records, vitas, drawings, plans, photographs, articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and scholarly papers.

Note:

Photographs in this collection have been assigned call number PH Mss 596.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00596
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Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Betty Jallings. Accession Number: M81-35


Contents List
Mss 596
Box   1
Folder   1
Organizational material, 1971-1975
Box   1
Folder   2
Curriculum vitae of members
Box   1
Folder   3
Minutes of business and stockholders' meetings, September 19, 1974-November 16, 1975
Box   1
Folder   4
Financial records, 1974-1976
Box   1
Folder   5
Monthly planner, July 1974-June 1975
Box   1
Folder   6
Handwritten memos and notes, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   7
Drawings and plans for wind energy equipment
Box   1
Folder   8
Publications and material relating to the Federal Energy Research and Development Agency, 1975
Box   1
Folder   9
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1972-1975
Box   1
Folder   10
Alternative energy newsletters and sourcebooks, 1974-1976
Box   1
Folder   11
Publications of the American Association of Small Research Companies, June 1975-December 1977
Box   2
Folder   1-3
Technical data and scholarly papers, 1970-1975
Box   2
Folder   4-5
Catalogs and operating manuals, 1973-1975
Box   3
Folder   1
Catalogs and operating manuals, 1973-1975 (continued)
Box   3
Folder   2
Information on programs, workshops, and courses relating to wind power, 1974-1975
Box   3
Folder   3
Legislative efforts, 1973
Box   3
Folder   4
Bibliographies and publication lists, 1973-1976
Box   4
Folder   1
Eccli, Sari (editor) Alternate Sources of Energy: Practical Technology and Philosophy for a Decentralized Society, Book 1, 1974
PH Mss 596
PH Box   20
Photographs and slides of Windwatts' members mixing adhesives and erecting full-scale, 16 inch cardboard and 7 inch styrofoam rotors, circa 1975