Content Description The collection comprises records from the Journal of Applied Physics, spanning the years 1952 to 1955. During this period, Professor Earle C. Gregg served as an Assistant Editor from 1950 to 1954, while the founding editor, Elme Hutchisson, held the position from 1937 to 1953. In July 1954, Professor Hutchisson announced that the editorship of the journal had transitioned to Professor Robert Sproull, Associate Professor of Physics at Cornell University at that time. Professor Sproull served...

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Correspondence, primarily of Edward L. Nichols, Ernest Merritt, and Frederick Bedell, with contributors, subscribers, and advertisers. Receipt and order books, and photographs. Also, printing block from the first issue of the Physical Review, mounted on a plaque, from the office of Cornell President Emeritus Dale R. Corson. Also, printing blocks from issues of the Physical Review from 1911, 1932.