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Physics -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
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Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Irving Porter Church papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065187613]
Identifier: 37-5-837
Scope and content

Student notes from courses in mechanics, physics, geometry, botany, and Spanish at Cornell University. Also, "Advance Pages from the Revised Edition of Mechanics of Engineering," by Church,1908. A volume of manuscript notes on mechanics is cataloged separately (37-5-837 Bd. Ms. 1).

Dates: 1870-1913.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Irving Porter Church papers

James C. Keck notebooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-4001
Abstract

Physicist James C. Keck (June 11, 1924-August 9, 2010) served on the faculty of Cornell Univeristy (B.S. 1947, P.h.D. 1951), the California Institute of Technology, and MIT, and is recognized for his work on the Manhattan Project and for his research on combustion engines. This collection contains notebooks by Keck from courses he took at Cornell, dating 1946-1949.

Dates: 1946-1949.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James C. Keck notebooks

John DeWire papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-2886
Scope and content

Correspondence, manuals, minutes, and other papers concerning experimental physics, the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, the 10-Gev Synchrotron Laboratory, and the Department of Physics.

Dates: 1945-1982
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John DeWire papers

Kenneth G. Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-22-4086
Abstract

Professional papers of Kenneth G. Wilson.

Dates: 1960-2000.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Kenneth G. Wilson papers

Norman Baker student papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-22-3936
Abstract

Notebooks from his graduate student courses at Cornell, with a few from the University of Minnesota.

Dates: [ca. 1952-1959]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Norman Baker student papers

Paul Hartman papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 19 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065305884]
Identifier: 14-22-3294
Abstract

Includes correspondence, laboratory and course notebooks, talks, and publications, relating to Hartman's teaching career and the histories he wrote on the Materials Science Center and the Physics Dept. at Cornell University.

Dates: 1944-1995.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Paul Hartman papers

Philip Morrison lecture[[sound recording]]

 Collection — Tr 6687
Identifier: 14-22-2636
Scope and content

Taped lecture on recent developments in physics.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Philip Morrison lecture[[sound recording]]

Raymond Bowers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-1860
Scope and content Includes articles and publications by Bowers and others; correspondence; notebooks; drafts and reports; lantern slides of charts and equipment; records of inventions; files on research associates; research proposals, contracts; material on impact of federal financing on higher education; material on social responsibility of scientists; files on students; grade lists, lecture notes, problem sets, and student evaluations from physics courses taught by Bowers; research notes, charts, and data;...
Dates: [ca. 1950]-1979.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Raymond Bowers papers

Robert L. Sproull memoirs [[electronic resource]]

 Collection — electronic records
Identifier: 41-5-4250
Scope and content Collection of documents mainly created by Sproull regarding his life. Includes autobiography, oral history interview, curriculum vitae, speeches and publications. Topics include his education experiences at Deep Springs College, Telluride Association, and Cornell University. Work regarding experimental physics and nuclear studies at Princeton, Cornell and Rochester. Copies of talks and papers on various aspects of nuclear and atomic studies, global warming, and education. Copy of a speech...
Dates: 1965-2006.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert L. Sproull memoirs [[electronic resource]]

Robert Richardson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-4200
Scope and content

Includes correspondence, lab notebooks, publications and subject files pertaining to Richardson's career at Cornell.

Dates: 1965-2013.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert Richardson papers

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