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Records of the Department of Physics
The Johns Hopkins University
Introduction
The records of the Department of Physics date from 1887 to 1988, with
the bulk of the material dating from the chairmanship of Gerhard Dieke in
1949 through the chairmanship of George Owen in the late 1960s. The record
group is subdivided as follows:
Series 1: Gerhard Dieke, 1930-1967
Subseries 1: Alphabetical Correspondence, 1930-1967
Subseries 2: Chronological Correspondence, 1934-1963
Series 2: Faculty, 1907-1974
Subseries 1: J. Alvin Bearden, 1974
Subseries 2: Donald Kerr, 1952-1961
Subseries 3: Aihud Pevsner, 1953-1972
Subseries 4: Robert Williams Wood, 1907-1952
Series 3: Technical Reports, 1943-1969
Series 4: Drawings, n.d.
Series 5: Grants and Fellowships, 1936-1983
Series 6: Courses and Curricula, 1909-1974
Series 7: Departmental Records, 1941-1988
Series 8: University Records, 1914-1973
Series 9: Extra-University Records, 1946-1973
Series 10: Graduate Student Records, 1942-1969
Series 11: Rowland-Wood Symposium, 1973-1977
Series 12: Physical Seminary, 1891-1921
Subseries 1: Papers, 1891-1921
Subseries 2: Biographies, 1898-1903
Series 13: Correspondence of Prominent Physicists, 1887-1919 Included in this record group are original blueprints and drafts for
various prototypes of spectrographic equipment that were being developed in
the department. There are also files concerning research projects being
conducted in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research and the Institute
for Cooperative Research, as well as thirty-five bound volumes of minutes and
other proceedings of the Physical Seminary. These files give an interesting
insight into the war-related research that occurred at Hopkins during World
War II and into the 1950s. The remainder of the record group consists of
general departmental correspondence related to University activities,
curriculum matters and students of the department. Series four also contains
one oversize folder of spectrograms; this folder is filed along with oversize
materials from other record groups. One folder of particular interest,
constituting series 13, contains letters addressed to Hopkins people by well-
known physicists from the period 1887 to 1919. Accession Numbers: 78.30, 79.34, 86.18, 86.33, 87.46, 88.25, 88.39
Provenance: Most of the records of the Department of Physics were
transferred directly to the Archives by the Department. Four letters,
sixty-six photographs and five pages of notes by Robert W. Wood were
donated to the Archives by Dr. Harry Woolf, President, Institute for
Advanced Studies, Princeton (formerly Hopkins Provost and History of
Science Professor). Professor Emeritus Richard T. Cox gave one volume
of Joseph S. Ames's notes on physics. Professor William G. Fastie, of
the Department of Physics, donated four Robert W. Wood letters.
Size: 15 cubic feet (45 document cases), plus 35 bound volumes and 1 folder
of oversize photographs
Citation: The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of the Johns Hopkins University,
Record Group Number 04.030, Department of Physics, series number and
title, subseries number and title, file title and inclusive dates.
Restrictions: Administrative records in series 5 and 7 are restricted for
twenty-five years from the date of their creation. Education records
in series 7 and 10, as defined by the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act, are restricted, as are employment records in series 8.
For details, see Regulations Governing Access to Restricted Records, at
the front of each binder.
History
The study of Physics began with the founding of the University. At the
age of 28, Henry A. Rowland became the first faculty member when he was
appointed Assistant in Physics on December 6, 1875. Rowland had studied
engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, receiving the degree of
C.E. in 1870 and teaching at Rensselaer until 1875. Once at Hopkins, Rowland
equipped a superior laboratory, and assembled a strong core of faculty and
fellows for teaching and research.
Rowland's outstanding achievement was in the area of spectroscopy, which
remains a specialty in the Department of Physics. He perfected an engine for
ruling (inscribing) diffraction gratings, a series of fine parallel grooves
evenly spaced on a flat or curved surface at a tolerance much less than the
wavelength of light; when light is transmitted through or reflected off of
a grating, it is spread out in the order in which its component wavelengths
excite the sensations of color vision. Rowland also worked in the fields of
calorimetry and thermometry, determining the exact mechanical equivalent of
heat (a joule). His other fields of interest were magnetism and electricity.
A colleague, Edwin H. Hall, built upon Rowland's work in these areas,
discovering the existence of the electromotive force at right angles both to
the current flow and its magnetic field, which came to be known as the Hall
Effect. In 1880, Hopkins awarded Rowland an honorary Ph.D. for his work --
the only honorary doctor of philosophy ever awarded by Hopkins.
Henry Rowland suffered from diabetes, at that time an untreatable,
terminal disease, and he hoped to provide support for his family by
developing a telegraph company. During the last few years of his life these
activities and his academic duties occupied his time and attention, leaving
him little opportunity to pursue the research into theoretical physics which
had demonstrated his brilliance. He died in 1901.
One of Rowland's successors in the Department of Physics was Joseph
Sweetman Ames. Ames spent his entire academic career at Hopkins, receiving
his A.B. in 1886 and his Ph.D. in 1890. Appointed Professor in 1898, Ames
assumed the directorship of the Physical Laboratory upon Rowland's death.
While not renowned as a brilliant researcher, Ames was dedicated, organized,
and had a special flair for teaching. This fit perfectly with his assumption
of the leadership role in the department. Ames was an excellent expositor
on the work and principles of Rowland's spectrographic research.
During Ames's tenure as professor of physics, he became a member of the
Academic Council, later becoming its secretary in 1915. He was keenly
interested in various aspects of education and published numerous textbooks
in physics, mathematics and theoretical mechanics. In 1919-1920, he served
as president of the American Physical Society, of which he was an 1889
charter member. In 1924 he became Dean of the College Faculty and worked
on the organization of undergraduate studies, later becoming Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences after resigning his professorship in 1926. In
the spring of 1929 he was chosen to succeed Frank J. Goodnow as President
of the University, in which office he served until his retirement in 1935.
He died in 1943.
Upon Ames's departure as Chairman of the Department of Physics, Robert
Williams Wood filled the position. Wood was another of Rowland's fellow
researchers who spent more than fifty years with Hopkins as a Professor of
Experimental Physics and later Research Professor of Physics. Wood continued
to experiment with Rowland's work in diffraction gratings and spectroscopy
as well as concentrating on his own studies on the phenomenon of
fluorescence. He achieved notable results in the analysis of wavelengths and
the behavior of electrons. Wood was also instrumental in the continued
production of diffraction gratings for both commercial and private educational
use. In addition to his academic career, Wood was an amateur detective,
occasionally using his knowledge of science to help the police in solving
difficult and grisly crimes; he also enjoyed exposing scientific frauds and
hoaxes, although he was not above perpetrating pranks and practical jokes
himself.
Wood retired in 1938 and was succeeded as chairman by August Herman
Pfund. Pfund had come to Hopkins in 1903 as a graduate student and earned
his doctorate in 1906. He became a full professor in 1927, concentrating his
studies in the field of light rays and heat radiation. He was a pioneer in
the measurement of heat radiation from distant stars and invented a practical
instrument which could register the heat of a candle from eighteen miles
away. Extremely active in the Optical Society of America, Pfund served as
president and later received the society's highest honor, the Frederick Ives
Medal, in 1939, for his work with infrared rays. Pfund retired in 1947 and
died in 1949.
During the Second World War, many changes in personnel occurred in the
department. Faculty size dwindled as professors were summoned by the
government to assist in the war effort. Hopkins instituted its own war
research laboratories in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research, with
research focusing mainly on spectroscopy. A leader in this field, Gerhard
Dieke, came to Hopkins in 1930 from the University of Gronigen, Holland, as
an Assistant to Wood, who had been impressed by Dieke's article on the Raman
Effect in molecular spectroscopy in Nature. Dieke, who had earned his Ph.D.
from the University of California in 1926, became a full professor in 1939
and his research broadened to include such problems as developing a method
of calibration for photographic plates to use in the spectrochemical analysis
of steel. This process was the key to maintaining high quality in the steel
industry's war production. The development of the atomic bomb also claimed
the attention of Dieke and other Hopkins physicists, J. Alvin Bearden
(chairman of the department from 1947 to 1949), Franco Rasetti and Richard
Cox.
In 1942, the University opened what became known as the Applied Physics
Laboratory in Silver Spring, Maryland. The laboratory's initial assignment,
in conjunction with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, was
the development and production of a proximity fuze device; this fuze played
a major role in winning the war for the Allies. First headed by Dr. Merle
Tuve, the laboratory continued in operation after the war and remains one of
the foremost laboratories in national defense and missile guidance research.
Following the war the department went through a period of
reorganization. The Institute for Cooperative Research was founded in 1947
to coordinate the large number of continuing government research contracts.
In 1949, Dieke became chairman of the Department of Physics, leading
spectrography into the nuclear age. Research into problems of atomic and
molecular structure, x-rays and infrared rays led to many advancements in the
field.
Dieke headed the Department of Physics until his death in 1965. After
a few years of transition, the chairmanship passed to George Owen, a nuclear
physicist who had joined the Hopkins faculty in 1951. Owen earned his Ph.D.
in 1950 from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as
chairman of the Department from 1968 until 1972, when he became the Dean of
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1978, Owen was named Dean of the
Homewood Faculty, a position he held until his retirement in 1982; he died
in 1984. Owen's work in Physics included conducting research in beta-decay
and fast-neutron scattering, as well as overseeing a growing department with
a faculty of thirty.
During the 1970s, the Department concentrated its research on atomic
physics, spectrography, optical spectroscopy of free atoms, laser physics and
atomic processes in plasmas. Other areas of research include nuclear and
solid state physics and astrophysics, a field also begun by Henry Rowland in
the nineteenth century at Hopkins. Study in astrophysics has grown
substantially in the department with the opening of the Space Telescope
Science Institute at Hopkins, a project of the Association of Universities
in Research Astronomy (AURA), funded by NASA.
Aihud Pevsner, a specialist in high energy physics, served as chairman
from 1973 to 1979 and was succeeded by Brian Judd, a theoretical and atomic
physicist. In 1985, Lloyd Armstrong became chairman. In 1987, Armstrong was
appointed Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and James C. Walker
succeeded him as chairman of the department.
Series Description
Series 1, Gerhard Dieke, 1930-1967, consists of correspondence arranged
in two subseries. The first subseries consists of Dieke's correspondence
filed alphabetically according to subject, spanning the years 1930 to 1967.
Subseries 2 contains correspondence, 1934-1963, arranged chronologically. A
major portion of this series is correspondence with colleagues outside of the
University, mainly with other physicists in the field of spectroscopy. These
records also reflect Dieke's activities as a consultant to the government and
private industry. Series 2, Faculty, dates from 1907 to 1974 and consists of four
subseries: (1) J. Alvin Bearden, 1974; (2) Donald E. Kerr, 1952-1961; (3)
Aihud Pevsner, 1953-1972; and (4) Robert Williams Wood, 1907-1952. All
records are filed alphabetically by file title. These records relate to
subjects both within and outside the University. Of particular interest are
Pevsner's notes on student unrest at Hopkins during the early 1970s. Series 3, Technical Reports, dates from 1943 to 1969 and consists of
final reports and some notes on war research projects carried out at Hopkins.
Most of the projects were in the field of spectroscopy and were carried out
under the auspices of the Office of Naval Research, by Gerhard Dieke. Series 4, Drawings, consists of drawings for parts of various models
of spectrometers. There are also drawings for various test models of
instruments called tube scanners and photometers. Most of the drawings are
in the form of blueprints, circa 1963; few drawings are actually dated. This
series also contains one oversize folder of spectrograms. Series 5, Grants and Fellowships, dates from 1936 to 1983, with major
gaps, and consists of correspondence relating to fellowships in the
Department of Physics, and applications and reports to the National Science
Foundation for grants. The fellowships include training grants with NASA and
with the National Science Foundation. Series 6, Courses and Curricula, consists of the class notes and
examinations of various faculty members, and dates from 1909 to 1974 with
many gaps. The records provide an overview of the courses in general physics
taught yearly. Series 7, Departmental Records, dates from 1941 through 1988, with
gaps, and consists of records relating to departmental activities such as
professors' recommendations of students, student-faculty meetings and various
biographies of physics faculty members. All student records in this series
are restricted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act. Also included in series seven are three files of carbon copies
of general departmental correspondence, arranged chronologically, from 1964
to 1976. Series 8, University Records, dates from 1914 through 1973 and relates
to the activities of other departments or the Johns Hopkins University. This
includes construction plans for Rowland Hall, both in 1914 and again in 1961.
Also included are records of faculty promotion committees and of other
committees that were chaired by physics faculty members. All records dealing
with faculty promotion are restricted. Series 9, Extra-University Records, dates from 1946 through 1973 and
concerns faculty activities outside the university. Series 10, Graduate Student Records, dates from 1942 through 1969 and
contains a file for each graduate student who obtained a Master of Arts or
Doctor of Philosophy during that span. The files are arranged in
alphabetical order by the last name of the student. Most files contain
correspondence, research papers, theses, dissertations, newspaper clippings
(all of which have been photocopied), and applications for admission,
scholarships and fellowships; some files also contain photographs. In many
cases, contact was maintained with the student after the degree was
conferred. Within each file, documents are generally arranged in
chronological order, with two exceptions: forms which were resubmitted each
year (e.g., applications for fellowships or progress reports to scholarship
committees) were grouped together, and all materials pertaining to the
application for admission form (e.g., writing samples or letters of
recommendation) were kept with the application form. This entire series is
restricted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act. Series 11, Rowland-Wood Symposium, dates from 1973 through 1977 and
contains correspondence, minutes of meetings and schedules, concerning the
planning of the Rowland-Wood Symposium, held November 20-21, 1975, as part
of the Centennial Celebration. The person in charge of the symposium was
Aihud Pevsner, with some initial help from William Fastie. A few of the
notable participants were Luis Alvarez, Gerhard Herzberg, Edward M. Purcell,
I.I. Rabi, Charles Townes, and Edwin Land. Series 12, Physical Seminary, consists of thirty-five bound volumes
dating from 1891 to 1921. As early as 1883, the annual report records that
there were weekly meetings of advanced graduate students and instructors "for
the discussion of current physical journals." These meetings were given the
name "Physical Seminary" in the 1891 report, and in most of the subsequent
reports. The series is divided into two subseries; the first contains Papers
presented by the graduate students who attended the meetings of the seminary,
1891-1921. Present are volumes 1-24 and 26-29 (there are two volumes
numbered 10). The second subseries is composed of six volumes of Biographies
of prominent scientists, 1898-1903. These were also presented by the
graduate students at the meetings of the seminary. The papers in subseries
one were only bound in rough chronological order, thus, the container list
consists of an alphabetical listing of titles, along with volume references
for each paper. The biographies in subseries two were assembled in neither
alphabetical nor chronological order; as with subseries one, they appear in
the container list in alphabetical order along with a volume reference. Series 13, Correspondence with Prominent Physicists, dates from 1887 to
1919 and consists of one folder of letters, arranged in chronological order.
While most of the letters were addressed to Joseph Ames, others were directed
to Louis Bell, Henry Rowland and Karl Herzfeld. Correspondents include such
notable figures as Niels Bohr, William P. Thomson (Baron Kelvin), Max Planck
and Ernest Rutherford. Many of the letters contain routine correspondence
or acknowledgments, although some, such as those by J. J. Thomson, go into
considerable detail concerning scientific research. It seems likely that
these letters were removed at some point from their original files; thus,
this series may be rather artificial. Original letters signed by especially
prominent physicists have been removed to safekeeping, with photocopies
inserted in their place in the file.
Records of the Department of Physics
The Johns Hopkins University
Series 1
Gerhard Dieke
Subseries 1
Alphabetical Correspondence
Box Folder
1 1 A-C, Correspondence, 1930-1935
2 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)--Optical Grant,
1965-1966
3 Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Contract-NORD 8036,
1946-1952
4 Brookhaven National Laboratories, 1948-1955
5 C, Correspondence, 1947-1959
6 Calibrating by Dieke and Crosswhite, 1953
7 California, University of--Physics Department, 1948-1959
8 California, University of--Radiation Lab, 1950-1959
9 Case Institute of Technology, 1954-1957
10 Chicago, University of, 1947-1959
11 Columbia University, 1952-1957
12 Corning Glass Works, 1953-1959
13 Crank Letters, 1953-1959
14 D, Correspondence, 1951-1956
15 D-E, Correspondence, 1930-1935
16 Dissertations, 1947-1958
17 Eastman Kodak, 1949-1955
18 Emission Spectrography, 1950-1951
19 Enquiries, 1953-1959
20 F-G, Correspondence, 1930-1935
21 Fellows and Instructors, 1961
22 Florida State University, 1951-1959 2 1 France, 1952-1957
2 General Electric (GE)--Defense Project, 1956-1959
3 GE--Knous Atomic Power Laboratory, 1948-1954
4 GE--Miscellaneous, 1952-1957
5 General Motors, 1951-1952
6 General Motors--Fellowship, 1956-1959
7 Germany, 1950-1957
8 Gifts--B. A. F., Hughes, Lazars, 1963
9 Gifts--OMRO Power and Supply, 1961
10 Gifts--Perkin-Elmer, 1961-1962
11 Gratings, 1948-1949
12 Group Council Correspondence, 1958-1959
13 H, Correspondence, 1950-1959
14 H-I, Correspondence, 1930-1935
15 Hungary--Dr. Barocy, 1957
16 Institute for Cooperative Research, 1946-1953
17 J, Correspondence, 1956 Series 1, Subseries 1 Box Folder
2 18 J-K, Correspondence, 1930-1935
19 Japan, 1946-1962
20 Japanese Physicists, Notes on, 1950
21 Journal of Applied Physics, 1953-1960
22 Journal of the Optical Society, 1947-1959
23 L-M, Correspondence, 1930-1935
24 Locklin, Wilbert, 1956-1958
25 M, Correspondence, 1950-1959
26 Mail Chronological File, 1954
27 Mail Chronological File, 1959
28 Maps, 1954 3 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953-1957
2 Mathematics Department, 1949-1959
3 Methods of Plate Calibration, n.d.
4 Mollett Correspondence, 1955-1957
5 Moscow Symposium Correspondence, 1957-1958
6 Moscow Symposium Reports, 1957-1958
7 N-W, Correspondence, 1930-1935
8 National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-National Resource
Council, 1949-1955
9 NAS--Appraisals, 1951-1958
10 National Bureau of Standards, 1952-1959
11 National Research Council, Canada, 1953-1959
12 Netherlands, 1946-1958
13 Norelco Liquifier, 1959-1962
14 Notes for Reports, 1950
15 O, Correspondence, 1951-1957
16 Office of Ordnance Research, 1951-1959
17 Ohio State University, 1953-1958
18 Ohio University, 1958-1959 4 1 Operations Research Office (ORO), 1951-1955
2 Optical Society of America, 1951-1952
3 P, Correspondence, 1950-1958
4 Ph.D.s & M.A.s in Physics, 1935-1946
5 Physical Review, 1950-1957
6 Physical Sciences Group (PSG)--Agendas, 1956-1961
7 PSG--Minutes, 1957-1961
8 PSG--Study Committee, 1958
9 Physics Building Proposal, 1959-1962
10 Physics & Television, 1958
11 Prentice Hall, 1950-1953
12 President, Correspondence with, 1945-1959
13 Project Squid, 1949-1957
14 Publications of G. H. Dieke, n.d.
15 R, Correspondence, 1948-1958
16 Ramo-Wooldridge, 1959-1960 Series 1, Subseries 1 Box Folder
4 17 Rand Corporation, 1955
18 Rumford Committee--National Academy of Arts and
Sciences, 1937, 1956
19 S, Correspondence, 1951-1962
20 Sandia Base, 1961
21 Scholarships, Alumni, 1955-1961
22 Security Clearances, 1960-1965
23 Security Clearances--Department Members, 1961-1962
24 Spectrochimica Acta, 1947-1959
25 Spectroscopy, 1952-1958 5 1 Telecomputing Corporation, 1955-1959
2 Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), 1952-1959
3 UCC--Carbide & Carbon Chemicals, 1947-1950
4 UCC--Linde Co., 1952-1959
5 UCC--National Carbon Research Laboratory, 1956
6 V, Correspondence, 1951-1956
7 Visiting Committee of Physical Sciences, 1958-1964
8 Vita, Dieke, 1967
9 W, Correspondence, 1950-1956
10 War Status of Department, 1941-1943
11 Western Electric Company, 1958
12 Westinghouse, 1945-1959
13 White Sands Proving Grounds, n.d.
14 Wiley, John & Son, 1949-1956
15 Woodcock & Phelan--Patent I, 1957-1962
16 Woodcock & Phelan--Patent II, 1957-1962
17 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1958-1961 Series 1, Subseries 2
Chronological Correspondence 6 1 Correspondence, March 1934 - June 1943
2 Correspondence, May 1946 - January 1947
3 Correspondence, January-March, 1962
4 Correspondence, April-May, 1962
5 Correspondence, June-September, 1962
6 Correspondence, October-December, 1962
7 Correspondence, January-April, 1963
8 Correspondence, May-September, 1963
9 Correspondence, October-December, 1963
Series 2
Faculty
Subseries 1
J. Alvin Bearden Correspondence
Box Folder
1 1 Letters to J. Alvin Bearden, April, 1974 Series 2, Subseries 2
Donald Kerr Correspondence 1 2 AF 18(600)-363, Contracts, 1952-1961
3 Air Force Project Proposals, 1952-1960
4 CIA (RD)XG-1984-T.O.2, 1959-1960
5 Papers Presented, 1956-1961
6 Vita, Kerr, n.d. Series 2, Subseries 3
Aihud Pevsner Correspondence 1 7 Center of Excellence Committee, 1968-1970
8 Center of Excellence Proposal, 1969-1970
9 Center for Urban Affairs, 1972
10 Cosmic Ray Conference, 1964
11 Group Planning Committee, 1967-1968
12 National Accelerator Laboratory, (NAL) Physics Advisory
Committee, 1971
13 NAL--Users Group, 1970
14 National Bureau of Standards, 1964-1968
15 National Science Foundation (NSF)--Correspondence, 1953-1964
16 NSF--Postdoctoral Award, 1963
17 New University Conference, 1964-1969
18 Personal Items and Memoranda, 1967-1970
19 Physical Sciences Group, 1966-1967
20 Ramsey Report, 1963
21 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), 1969-1970
22 SLAC Conference, 1972
23 Summer Study Notes, 1969 2 1 Tenure, Annual Review, 1969
2 University Affairs, Student Unrest, 1968-1972 Series 2, Subseries 4
Robert Williams Wood Correspondence 2 3 Chronological Correspondence, December 1907 - July 1952
4 Bowman, Isaiah, August, 1945
5 California Institute of Technology, April, 1939 - December,
1944
6 DuPont, September 1937 - October 1937
7 Eastman Kodak Company, March 1948 - September 1948
8 Harvard College Observatory, August 1939 - October 1948 Series 2, Subseries 4 Box Folder
2 9 Hercules Powder Company, October 1942 - March 1944
10 Perkin Elmer Corporation, June 1945 - December 1948
11 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, December 1937 -
April 1945
12 W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company, October 1939 - August
1948
Series 3
Technical Reports
1 1 A.D.R. Spectrograph--Crosswhite & Steinhouse, 1949
2 A.D.R. Spectrograph--Installation, 1946
3 AT (30-1) 309 NY O695, 1953
4 AT (30-1) 1447, Tritium-Dieke, 1960
5 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O3972, Tritium-Dieke, 1954
6 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O3973, Uranium Salts-Tritium V-Dieke, 1954
7 AT(30-1) 1447 NY O3979, Uranium Salts-Tritium V-Dieke, 1955
8 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O7385, Ytterbium Chloride-Crosswhite-
Dieke, 1956
9 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O7386, Uranium Salts-Tritium VI-Dieke,
1956
10 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O7387, Uranium Salts-Tritium VII-Dieke,
1957
11 AT (30-1)1447 NY O7390, Air Spectrum 15-Dieke & Heath, 1957
12 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O7391, Spectra-Tritium VIII-Dieke, 1958
13 AT (30-1) 1447 NY O8096, Spectra 16-Dieke & Heath, 1958
14 AT (30-1)1447 NY O8098, Spectra-Tritium IX-Dieke, 1959
15 AT (49-1) 309 NY O531, Tritium-Dieke, 1950
16 AT (49-1) 309 NY O692, Hydrogen-Dieke & Cunningham, 1950
17 AT (49-1) 309 NY O693, Tritium III-Dieke, 1951
18 AT (49-1) 309 NY O693, Appendices B,C,D, 1952
19 AT (49-1) 309 NY O694, Tritium IV-Dieke, 1952
20 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)--Annual Report, 1949
21 AEC--Progress Reports, 1948-1949
22 Bose-Einstein Gas...Gravitational Field--Gersch, 1957
23 Electronic Spectrography Reports-Crosswhite & Steinhouse,
1949-1950
24 Industrial Spectrography-Dieke, n.d.
25 Institute for Cooperative Research--Reports, 1949
26 Miscellaneous Progress Reports & Notes-Dieke, n.d.
27 N6onr243, TO-II-Diffraction Grating Ant.-Strong, 1948
28 N6onr243, TO-IV-Electrical Discharges, 1948
29 N6onr243, TO-IV, Report 3-Argon Glow Discharge-Donahue &
Dieke, 1949
30 N6onr243, TO-IV, Report 4-Ultrasonic Glow Discharge-
Parkinson, 1950
2 1 N6onr243, TO-IV-Report 5-Deuterium Glow Discharge-Donahue &
Dieke, 1951
2 N6onr243, TO-IV-Report 6-Microspec-Deuterium-Donahue & Dieke,
1951
3 N6onr243, TO-IV-Report 7-Helium Glow Discharge-Parkinson,
1951
4 N6onr243, TO-V-On Hydrogen-Dieke & Rainwater, 1950
5 NASA--NsG193-63, Report 13-Far Ultraviolet Radiation-Miller,
1967
6 Nonr243, TO-V, Report 1-Oscillatory Glow Discharge-Donahue &
Dieke, n.d. Series 3 Box Folder
2 7 Nonr248(57)PG.27.2113-Contractual Matters, 1960-1964
8 Nonr248, TO-VIII-Distribution List, n.d.
9 Nonr248, TO-VIII, Report 8-Electrodeless Discharge-Siegle &
Dieke, 1952
10 Nonr248, TO-VIII, Report 10-Magnetron Generator-Kerr &
Descattes, 1952
11 Nonr248--Requisitions, 1962-1963
12 Nonr4010--Requisitions, 1964-1969
13 Nonr4010(10)& 248(57)--Status Reports, 1962-1968
14 Nonr4010--ONR Hot Plasma Proposal, 1960-1968
15 Nonr4010(10)--Contracts, 1963-1968
16 Nonr4010(10)--Final Report, 1969
17 Portable...Grating Echelle Spect.-Dieke, 1957-1958
18 Short...Spark Discharges-Dieke, Crosswhite & Steinhouse, 1952
19 Twilight-Sextant and Sky Polarization (Pfund), May 1948 3 1 War Production Board (WPB) Project-Dieke, 1943-1945
2 WPB-28 Progress Report VI--Multiplier Phototubes, 1944-1945
3 WPB-28 NRC 525-Dieke, 1944-1945
4 WPB-28 Report, Final-Dieke, n.d.
Series 4
Drawings
1 1 Half-Meter Spectrometer
2 Half-Meter Baffle--Photometer
3 Half-Meter Battery Tube
4 Half-Meter Detector Head
5 Half-Meter Grating Sub-Assembly
6 Half-Meter Head Assembly--Photometer
7 Half-Meter Main Housing Assembly
8 Half-Meter Nose Cone--Inside
9 Half-Meter Power Supply
10 Half-Meter Slit Assembly 2 1 Half-Meter Sun Shade
2 Judd Diagrams
3 One Meter Preliminary Optical Layout
4 One Meter Preliminary Optical Layout--Additional
5 Drafting Equipment
6 Drawing by Crabber, 1965
7 Mars Photometer
8 Miscellaneous Drawings
9 Slit Control
10 Telescope
11 Test Fitting Venus Photometer
13 Test Flanges--Double Monochrometer
13 Test Startrack Circuit Series 4 Box Folder
2 14 Tube Scanner TS-100
15 Tube Scanner TS-100
16 Unidentified Drawings
17 UGBS
18 UGBS--2 Meter Spectrograph
19 UGBS--Detector Head Assembly
20 UGBS--Grating Sub-Assembly
21 UGBS--Slit Sub-Assembly
22 UGBS--Telescope Sub-Assembly
23 Yolk Mount
Oversize Spectrograms, n.d.
Series 5
Grants and Fellowships
1 1 Fellowship Correspondence on Students, 1961-1973
2 Fellowship Correspondence Additional, 1963-1965
3 General Motors Fellowship Applications, 1936
4 NGR 21-001-001 P.27.5016 NASA Fastie, September 1972 - March
1980
5 NGR 21-001-001-S20 Fastie, December 1975 - March 1980
6 NGR 21-001-001-S20 Fastie, March 1980 - March 1983
7 NGR 21-001-001 PG.27.5008 NASA Fastie, January 1961 - April
1970
8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)--
Research Training Grants, 1963-1968
9 NASA--Training Grants, 1962
10 National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Fellowship, 1965
11 NDEA Fellowship, 1965-1971
12 National Defense Fellowship, 1959-1961
13 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants, 1959-1972
14 NSF Proposal for Support, 1964 2 1 P.27.005 B. R. Judd, April 1980 - June 1980
2 P.27.2153 Human Biology, August 1978 - May 1983
3 P.27.4045-4046, November 1973 - September 1976
4 P.27.4047 DMR 75-13354 NSF J. C. Walker, June 1975 - March
1978
5 P.27.4049-4055 Thomas Fulton PHY 75-01052-A01, December 1975
- May 1976
6 P.27.4050-4051 NSF Judd & Armstrong, November 1976
7 P.27.4052-4053 NSF Pevsner, March 1976 - August 1977
8 P.27.4054 DMR-75-13354 NSF Walker, December 1975 - December
1976
9 P.27.4056 PHY 75-01052-A01 G. Feldman, October 1976 - August
1977
10 P.27.4058 PHY 73-05195-A03 Judd & Armstrong, November 1976 -
January
1978
11 P.27.4059-4060 NSF Pevsner, November 1976 - September 1977
12 P.27.4059-4060 PHY 77-05017 Pevsner, November 1977 -
November 1978
13 P.27.4061 NSF Walker, June 1977 - June 1978
14 P.27.4062 DMR 09598 C. L. Chien, August 1977 - January 1979 Series 5 Box Folder
2 15 P.27.4063 NSF Fulton, November 1977 - June 1979
16 P.27.4065(on campus)-4066(off campus) NSF Pevsner, April
1975 - February 1979
17 P.27.4067 NSF Walker, January 1979
18 P.27.4069-4076 NSF Fulton & Feldman, November 1978 - May
1981
19 P.27.4070-4071 NSF Judd, September 1978
20 P.27.4072 NSF Pevsner, November 1979
21 P.27.4074 NASA Walker, July 1979 - May 1980 3 1 P.27.4075 NSF Chien, February, 1980
2 P.27.4077 NSF Judd, June 1979 - January 1980
3 P.27.4083 Henry-NSF Texas Symposium, November 1980 -
February 1981
4 P.27.4084 Armstrong & Judd, January 1981 - July 1981
5 P.27.4085 NSF Pevsner, April 1981 - April 1982
6 P.27.4087 G. Domokos, January 1981 - June 1981
7 P.27.4088 Walker & Chien, November 1981
8 P.27.4089 NSF Chien, June 1981 - June 1983
9 P.27.4097 NSF Fulton, June 1982
10 P.88.5001 (ARPA) DA-ARO-D-31-124-G7 Kerr, August 1967 -
January 1970
11 P.27.5004 NASA Seminars, October 1966 - April 1970
12 P.27.5009 (2124) NASA NSG 361, February 1966 - August 1968
13 P.27.5013 NASA NGR 21-001-084 Crosswhite & Judd, April 1969
14 P.27.5017 NASA NFR 21-001-084 Crosswhite & Judd, November
1970 - February 1972
15 P.27.5022 NGR 21-001-120, May 1973 - December, 1974
16 P.27.5023 U.S. Department of Commerce / National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration Crosswhite, November 1973 -
December 1975
17 P.27.5025 NSG-9004 Henry, August 1974 - September 1976
18 P.27.5026 NGR 21-001-001, September, 1973
19 P.27.5028 Fastie, December 1974 - October, 1975
20 P.27.5031 NSG 5067 NASA Grant Moos, May 1976 - June 1977
21 P.27.5035 NSG 5119 Henry, May 1976 - July 1977
22 P.27.5037 NASA Moos, June 1978
23 P.27.5039 NASA Feldman, May 1980
24 Research in High Energy Physics, December 1976
25 Research in High Energy Physics (cont'd), December 1976 4 1 Research in High Energy Physics, November 1977
2 Research in High Energy Physics, May 1977
3 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1963-1969
Series 6
Courses and Curriculum
1 1 Ames--Notes on Physics, n.d.
2 Astronomy--Requirements for Concentration, 1909 Series 6 Box Folder
1 3 Elementary Physics, 1967
4 Examinations, 1923
5 Examinations, 1946-1948
6 Examinations, 1948-1950 2 1 Examinations, Evening College, 1946-1950
2 Examinations, Physics I, 1951-1953
3 Examinations, Physics I-II, 1948-1949
4 Examinations, Physics I-II, 1950-1951
5 Examinations, Physics I-C, 1946-1948
6 Examinations, Preliminary Written, 1967-1971
7 Examinations, Science I-II, 1948-1949
8 Feldman and Zdanis--Memoranda, 1972-1973
9 Fulton and Moos--General Physics Course, 1973-1974
10 General Physics Coursework, 1974
11 Henry, R. C.--Introduction to Astronomy, 1973-1974
12 Jones-Walker Course--Pevsner's Notes, 1972-1973 3 1 General Physics Lectures and Demonstrations, 1950-1952
2 General Physics Lectures, 1953-1954
3 General Physics Lectures, 1954-1955
4 General Physics Lectures, 1955-1956
5 General Physics Lectures, 1956-1957
6 General Physics Lectures, 1957-1958
7 General Physics Lectures, 1958-1959
8 General Physics Lectures, 1960-1961
9 General Physics Lectures, 1961-1962
10 General Physics Lectures, 1962-1963
11 Pevsner, Aihud--Solution Sets, 1973-1974
12 Physics Courses--Listings, 1962-1972
13 Registrar's Office--Memoranda, 1948-1960
14 Registrar's Office--Memoranda, 1968-1971
15 Tests Given by Richard Henry, 1972-1973
16 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1953-1958 4 1 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1954-1957
2 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1957-1959
3 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1959-1960
4 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1960-1962
5 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, 1962-1964
6 Uniform Quizzes, General Physics, Fall 1964
Series 7
Departmental Records
1 1 Bearden, Joyce Alvin, Bibliography, November 1965 Series 7 Box Folder
1 2 Physics Department Brochure, 1988
3 Columbia Project, 1945-1946
4 Course Related Correspondence, 1967-1972
5 Dean, Correspondence with, 1965-1973
6 Departmental Correspondence (Chronological), 1964-1974
7 Departmental Correspondence (Chronological), 1968-1973
8 Departmental Correspondence (Chronological), 1970-1976 2 1 Draft Letters and Information, 1968-1970
2 Faculty, Articles on, 1972-1984
3 Faculty Biographies, 1970
4 Faculty, List of, 1876-1985
5 Faculty Positions, 1963-1968
6 Fadda, Ennio, 1960-1965
7 General Physics--General, c. 1948-1958
8 Graduate Board Correspondence, 1963-1972
9 Graduate Board Procedures, 1973-1974
10 Graduate Student Christmas Play, 1969
11 History of Physics Department, n.d.
12 Information for Junior Instructors, 1964-1965
13 Medical School Recommendations, 1958-1961
14 Meissner, Haus, 1953-1959
15 Newsletters, 1941-1942, 1973, 1981, 1986 3 1 Owen, George--Fundamentals of Math Science, 1958-1959
2 Pfund and Hubbard Collections, Cox's Files on, 1942
3 Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1951-1970
4 President's Report Follow-up, 1972-1973
5 President's Report, Notes, 1971-1973
6 Research Projects--General, 1952
7 Research Projects--Hanna, 1950-1952
8 Research Projects--Madansky and Rasetti, 1949-1952
9 Research Projects--Swartz, 1948-1954
10 Rasetti Recommendations, 1951-1968
11 Sigma Xi, 1950-1971
12 Strong, J., 1967
13 Student-Faculty Meeting #1, 1969
14 Student-Faculty Meeting #2, 1970
15 Student-Faculty Meeting #3, 1971
16 Student-Faculty Meeting #4, 1973
17 Story of a Basic Science
18 Undergraduate Recommendations, 1970-1973
19 Wood, R. W., Correspondence, 1941-1953
20 Workshop--High Energy Particle Theory, 1974
Series 8
University Records
Box Folder
1 1 Academic Council Materials, 1961-1968
2 Admissions Survey, 1968-1973
3 Advisory Board for Cooperative Research, 1947-1949
4 Applied Physics Laboratory Correspondence, 1955-1968
5 Astrophysics Correspondence, 1966-1967
6 Evening College, 1961-1971
7 Institute for Cooperative Research Correspondence, 1948-1955
8 Library, 1950-1958
9 Mechanics & Materials Science, Department of, 1972-1973
10 Office Space Allocation, 1963-1967
11 Opening--New Wing of Physics Lab, 1964
12 Operations Research Office, n.d.
13 Physical Sciences Group, 1958-1960
14 Promotion--Doering, 1967
15 Promotion--Jacobson, 1968-1969
16 Promotion--Joseph, Wei, Kargon, 1966-1967
17 Promotion--Pritchard, Robinson, 1958-1959
18 Promotion--Thiele, 1970-1971
19 Promotion--Wagner, 1964-1965
20 Rowland Hall Construction, 1914-1915
21 Rowland Hall Reconstruction, 1961-1963 2 1 Rowland Hall Reconstruction, 1961-1963
Series 9
Extra-University Records
1 1 American Institute of Physics (AIP)--Fleischmann, 1959-1960
2 AIP--Jaquinot, 1962
3 AIP--Lefler, 1962
4 AIP--Ramaswamy, 1965
5 AIP--Taylor, 1961
6 AIP--General Correspondence, 1965-1968
7 AIP--General Correspondence, 1969-1973
8 APS Meeting, 1965-1966 [American Physics Society?]
9 Bracking--Division of War Research, 1946
10 Little, Arthur, Inc., 1951-1962
Series 10
Graduate Student Records
1 1 Abashian, Alexander, Ph.D. 1957
2 Abhyankar, Yvonne, M.A. 1963
3 Abston, Aaron A., M.A. 1948 Series 10 Box Folder
1 4 Ackerman, John Adam, M.A. 1962
5 Ames, Oakes, Ph.D. 1957
6 Andrew, Kenneth L., M.A. 1942
7 Aviles, Joseph Blas, Ph.D. 1958
8 Bancroft, Frank Carter, M.A. 1961
9 Barasch, Guy Errol, Ph.D. 1965
10 Bardes, Richard, Ph.D. 1960
11 Baroff, James Harley, Ph.D. 1964
12 Battey, James Francis, Ph.D. 1952
13 Bearden, Alan Joyce, Ph.D. 1959
14 Becher, Jacob, Ph.D. 1965
15 Beckel, Charles Leroy, Ph. D. 1954
16 Bedard, Fernand Denis, Ph.D. 1956
17 Benesch, William M., Ph.D. 1952
18 Berlijn, Jean Jacques Henri, Ph.D. 1965
19 Bethel, Albert L., M.A. 1951
20 Billings, Bruce, Ph.D. 1943 2 1 Bolgiano, Louis Paul, Ph.D., 1953
2 Bomse, Frederick Martin, Ph.D. 1965
3 Booth, Edward Cahoon, Ph.D. 1955
4 Boye, Robert James, Ph.D. 1963
5 Brodsky, Allen, M.A., 1960
6 Brody, Edward Marx, Ph.D. 1969
7 Brown, George Conrad, M.A. 1967
8 Brucker, Edward Byerly, Ph.D. 1959
9 Bryant, Barry Wayne, Ph.D. 1961
10 Bryne, Francis Thomas, Ph.D. 1953
11 Burns, Charles Alan, Ph.D. 1961
12 Burr, Alexander Fuller, Ph.D. 1966
13 Callahan, William Reed, Ph.D. 1962
14 Carbone, Gerald Ernest, M.A. 1957
15 Carlson, Edward Hill Ph.D. 1959
16 Carter, William Jewell Ph.D. 1966 3 1 Chagnon, Paul Robert, Ph.D. 1955
2 Cloud, William Henry, Ph.D. 1952
3 Coates, Robert J., Ph.D. 1957
4 Cohen, Elisha, Ph.D. 1967
5 Cohen, Leslie, Ph.D. 1952
6 Cole, James Arthur, Ph.D. 1966
7 Cook, Samuel Pinckney, Ph.D. 1959
8 Cooper, Helene Ila, M.A. 1971
9 Corson, Edward Anatole Michael, Ph.D. 1945
10 Cowan, Mary Joyce, M.A. 1963
11 Cowan, Robert Duane, Ph.D. 1946
12 Crosswhite, Henry Milton, Ph.D. 1946 Series 10 Box Folder
3 13 Csonka, Paul Ladislas, Ph.D,1963
14 Cunningham, Samuel Preston, Ph.D. 1956
15 Cupery, Kenneth Nicholas, M.A. 1964 4 1 Davis, William Chester, Ph.D. 1954
2 Decelles, Paul Craig, Ph.D. 1960
3 Denegri, Daniel Ivan, Ph.D. 1969
4 Derr, John Sebastian, M.A. 1950
5 Derr, Vernon Ellsworth, Ph.D. 1959
6 Deslattes, Richard Day, Ph.D. 1959
7 DeShazer, Larry Grant, Ph.D. 1963
8 Diesendruck, Leo, Ph.D. 1950
9 Dimock, Dirick Lloyd
10 Donahue, Thomas Michael, Ph.D. 1948
11 Dorfman, Jay Robert, Ph.D. 1961
12 Dorman, Ed Smith, Ph.D. 1965
13 Drummeter, Louis F., Ph.D 1949
14 Dupont, Andre Armand, Ph.D. 1966
15 Durding, Walter William, Ph.D. 1946
16 Eck, John Stark, Ph.D. 1967
17 Edson, James B., Ph.D. 1949
18 Edwards, Charles, M.A. 1948
19 Edwards, Steven, Ph.D. 1960 5 1 Eisner, Elmer, Ph.D. 1944
2 Eisner, Ira Leonard Ph.D. 1948
3 Elder, James Tait, Ph.D. 1952
4 Erickson, Kent Eric, Ph.D. 1961
5 Evans, Lawrence Eugene, Ph.D. 1957
6 Fagg, Lawrence William, Ph.D. 1953
7 Feldman, Charles, M.A. 1949
8 Finlay, Roger William, Ph.D. 1963
9 Fivel, Daniel Isaac, Ph.D. 1959
10 Ford, Joseph, Ph.D. 1956
11 Fowler, John Major, Ph.D. 1954
12 Frost, Robert Thompson, Ph.D. 1953
13 Gammon, Robert Winston, Ph.D. 1967
14 Gandrud, William Bently, Ph.D. 1968
15 Gelinas, Robert Walter, Ph.D. 1952
16 Gersch, Harold Arthur, Ph.D. 1953
17 Gillespie, Daniel Thomas, Ph.D. 1968
18 Glaser, Herman, Ph.D. 1950
19 Glass, Calvin Miller, Ph.D. 1951
20 Gleason, Thomas James, Ph.D. 1968 6 1 Gloersen, Per, Ph.D. 1956
2 Goldberg, David Arthur, Ph.D. 1967 Series 10 Box Folder
6 3 Goodell, John Boyden, M.A. 1961
4 Goodman, Gerald Joseph, Ph.D. 1969
5 Goodwin, Paul Newcomb, M.A. 1956
6 Green, Ben Arthur, Ph.D. 1956
7 Greenberg, Jerome Mayo, Ph.D. 1949
8 Greenler, Robert George, Ph.D. 1957
9 Grove, Richard Edward, M.A. 1950
10 Haines, Arthur Fitch, Ph.D, 1957
11 Haines, Larry Kent, M.A. 1962
12 Hall, Byron Carlyle, M.A. 1966
13 Hall, Louis Allen, Ph.D. 1956
14 Hamel, William Stanley, M.A. 1968
15 Hanna, Stanley Sweet, Ph.D. 1947
16 Harrop, Ian Hugh, Ph.D. 1964 7 1 Haynes, John Blake, M.A. 1969
2 Heath, Donald Frederick, Ph.D. 1959
3 Heid, Roland L. Ph.D. 1950
4 Heiman, Neil Duane, Ph.D. 1969
5 Henins, Albert, Ph.D. 1969
6 Henins, Ivar, Ph.D. 1961
7 Henry, Robert, Ph.D. 1947
8 Heroux, Leon Joseph, Ph.D. 1955
9 Hershkowitz, Noah, Ph.D. 1966
10 Hertzbach, Stanley Shipley, Ph.D. 1965
11 Hill, John Joseph, M.A. 1948
12 Hirsch, Merle Norman, Ph.D. 1958
13 Hirshfield, Martin A., Ph.D. 1950
14 Hooper, Charles Frederick, Ph.D. 1963
15 Hovis, Warren Allen, Ph.D. 1961 8 1 Huang, Jacob Wen-Kuang, Ph.D. 1968
2 Huffman, Fred Norman, Ph.D. 1964
3 Irwin, David Joseph Garnet, Ph.D. 1969
4 Isler, Ralph Charles, Ph.D. 1963
5 Ishiwata, Susumu, M.A. 1956
6 Izatt, Jerald Ray Ph.D. 1960
7 Jacobs, Stephen Frank, Ph.D. 1956
8 Jannuzzi, Nicolao, M.A. 1960
9 Jennings, Burridge, M.A. 1947
10 Johnson, Fred Tulloch, Ph.D. 1952
11 Jones, Christopher Curtiss, M.A. 1961
12 Karl, Russel Lowell, M.A.1957
13 Keaton, Posey Washington, Ph.D. 1963 9 1 Kiel, Alvin Elliot, Ph.D. 1962 (1)
2 Kiel, Alvin Elliot, Ph.D. 1962 (2) Series 10 Box Folder
9 3 Kielkopf, John Francis, Ph.D. 1969
4 Kiess, Norman Halvor, Ph.D. 1963
5 Kim, Boris Fincannon, Ph.D. 1967
6 Kimball, Dean Fiske, M.A. 1957
7 King, Marcia Jones, Ph.D. 1969
8 Klink, William Hermann, Ph.D. 1964
9 Knudson, Alvin Richard, Ph.D. 1960
10 Koch, Ronald Joseph, Ph.D. 1969
11 Koehler, Wilbert Frederick, Ph.D. 1949
12 Kostkowski, Henry John, Ph.D. 1954
13 Kovats, Thomas Alan, Ph.D. 1968 10 1 Kraemer, Robert Walter, Ph.D. 1962
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