1956 sees Arnie finish his PhD dissertation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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In January 1955 Newlin's sister Sheryl arrived from Florida with her son Bucky to assist Newlin after the birth of Eddie's brother Allan. The photo show the MIT Solar House in the background.
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| Bucky Ferrell |
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| cousins Bucky and Eddie |
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| Bucky and Eddie |
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| Eddie on the left |
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| The woman in this photo vaguely resembles Arnie's mother Hazel Nevis, but I have no record of her visiting Arnie and his family in 1955, so I suspect she is a fellow church member or distant family from the area |
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Some more photos of Eddie, Arnie and Newlin at the MIT Solar House in 1954. Eddie is walking now, so it must be September or October. He gets his first haircut from dad Arnie.
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| Eddie before the haircut |
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| Eddie's first haircut, 1954 |
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| after the haircut |
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At the end of 1953 Arnold and Newlin move into the MIT solar house "Solar III". They were selected because of their medical and science backgrounds since they could reliably log various measurements. Newlin said that a South African professor was in charge of the solar energy project; he or his staff would frequently bring national and international visitors to tour the house and usually gave them a bit of warning, but one time after a party the previous evening, Newlin had not washed all the dishes and had left them piled in the kitchen with a screen drawn shut to hide the mess, but she was busted when the visitors wanted to see the solar mechanism in the attic, which was accessed through the dirty kitchen.
There was a fenced-in back yard maintained by the MIT grounds crew, so they had to do no yard work. The yard and the interior of the house appear in the photos in the next few posts.
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| Letter from Associate Dean of Students F. O. Fassett, Jr., offering Arnold Nevis the rental of the Solar House |
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| http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/solar3.html |
There was a small fire in December 1955 when Arnold and Newlin were out of town and the solar house had to be demolished. They had rather few possessions back then and most were not damaged, but according to Newlin, they were handsomely compensated by the insurance for the little that they lost.
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It appears that Arnie and Newlin now have a car (or have borrowed one) and they make some trips around New England. Newlin is working as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Arnold is a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| Newlin ready for work at Massachusetts General Hospital, circa 1952 |
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| Arnold at the Great Dome of MIT, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin at the Great Dome, MIT, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin Nevis, Connecticut State House, circa 1952 |
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| Arnold tying his shoe by the Connecticut State House, circa 1952 |
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| Newlin, probably in front of their MIT residence, circa 1952 |
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| Newlin posing on their apartment balcony, circa 1952 |
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| Newlin looking down from their second floor apartment balcony, circa 1952 |
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| a visit from Newlin's brother and sister-in-law Lytton and Opal, circa 1952 |
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| Newlin, Lytton and Opal on the balcony, circa 1952 |
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| Arnie and Newlin on their balcony, circa 1952 |
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| New England mill, 1953 |
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| Arnie at a New England mill, 1953 |
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| Arnie in wooden stocks on a village green, New England, summer 1953 |
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| Arnie, covered bridge, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin, New England mill, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin's pregnancy is showing, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin at the beach, Massachusetts, summer 1953 |
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| Newlin on a Caltech blanket at the beach, Massachusetts, 1953 |
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