| LC control no. | n 79022880 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | California Institute of Technology |
| Variant(s) | Caltech Cal Tech California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |
| See also | Predecessor: Throop College of Technology http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60683 |
| Other standard no. | Q161562 0000000107068890 156631200 6331816 024740fa-7b95-4aee-8ad2-f560384bdede |
| Biography/History note | The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California. It was originally founded 1891 as Throop University, and its name changed to Throop Polytechnic Institute (around 1892), and then Throop College of Technology (1913), before acquiring its current name in 1920. |
| Beginning date | 1920 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Pasadena (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Education, Higher Technology--Study and teaching (Higher) |
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| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Calif., San Diego, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography for Bradner, H. Papers, 1938-1981 (California Institue of Technology) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; founded 1891 as Throop University; in 1892? name changed to Throop Polytechnic Institute; in 1913 to Throop College of Technology; in 1920 to California Institute of Technology) |
| Associated language | eng |
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