This collection is comprised of materials from Ralph Parkman's career in the Engineering Department at San José State University. It contains historical narratives by Professor Parkman (including notes from two presentations he gave in the 1960s) about the development of engineering programs and curricula, most notably the establishment of the Materials Engineering department at SJSU and the inception of the undergraduate engineering course, Cybernation and Man, that eventually grew into the interdisciplinary Cybernetic Systems masters program. The collection also contains teaching materials and a textbook authored by Dr. Parkman, The Cybernetic Society, as well as related newspaper clippings.