Preliminary Inventory of the John I. Yellott Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2007-04075

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses manuscripts, correspondence, published documents, photographs, notes, charts, and other materials documenting John I. Yellott's research into the potential applications of solar energy. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Dates

Creation: 1880-1997
Creation: Majority of material found within 1930-1997

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Design and the Arts Special Collections Reading Room at the Design and the Arts Library on the Tempe campus are available Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical Note

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John Ingle Yellott was born in Bel Air, Maryland to Dr. John I. and Mildred Walker (Nelson) Yellott on October 25, 1908. He was one of five children, including Kinlock Nelson, Mary Trail (Yellott) Denny McNitt, Fenton Grace (Yellott) Boogher, and Elaine (Yellott) Paine. He was twice married, first to Judith Mitchell Williams in 1934 and second to Barbara (Leslie) Jordan in 1951.

Yellott earned his Bachelor's (1931) and Master's (1933) degrees from John Hopkins University and began his career as an educator, teaching mechanical engineering at the University of Rochester, New York (1933-1934) and at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1934-1940). Yellott moved to the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1940, where he served as the Chairman of Mechanical Engineering (1940-1943) and as the Director of the Institute of Gas Technology (1943-1945).

Yellott moved to Arizona in 1951 and helped to found the Association for Applied Solar Energy in Phoenix in 1954. He went on to develop a graduate program in solar energy at Arizona State University and founded John Yellott Engineering Associated in 1958. Yellott died in Phoenix on December 27, 1986.