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Physics--Study and teaching

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Robert J. Cashman (1906-1988) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/21/4
Abstract Robert J. Cashman earned Master of Arts (1930) and Ph.D. (1935) degrees in physics from Northwestern University. He joined the Northwestern faculty as assistant professor of physics, becoming professor in 1947. Cashman's research interests centered on photovoltaic, photoemissive and photoconductive cells. His papers fill 19 boxes and span the years 1929-1988. The papers are organized in six main categories: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, research and...
Dates: 1928 - 1988

Henry Crew (1859-1953) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/21/1
Abstract The Henry Crew Papers are arranged in two main categories: correspondence and diaries. Three folders of biographical materials precede the correspondence. Four folders of notebooks and one folder of publications and bibliographies follow the diaries. The papers richly document Crew's career and personal life from his graduate school days in the 1880's to his death at age 93 in 1953. Crew was an important figure in the development of experimental physics in the United States, as well as an...
Dates: 1833-1975

Russell A. Fisher (1904-2000) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/21/3
Abstract Fisher was a professor of physics at Northwestern University. His research interests included atomic structure and atomic spectroscopy (especially hyperfine structure and nuclear magnetic moments), physical optics, and nuclear structure and nuclear spectroscopy (“Low energy”).The Russell A. Fisher Papers fill seven boxes and span the period 1928-1988. The Papers are organized in six categories: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, research files, and...
Dates: 1928-1988

Arthur J. Freeman Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/21/7
Abstract Arthur J. Freeman (1930-2016) was chair of the Physics Department at Northwestern University, 1967-2014. He was a solid-state theorist interested in the electronic and magnetic properties of rare-earth and other transition metals. He was well known among solid-state experimentalists for his work on hyperfine interactions in transition metals. This colleciton of his papers fills 100 boxes and span the years from 1953-2012; it contains correspondence, published and unpublished research papers,...
Dates: 1953-2012

Paul E. Klopsteg (1889-1991) Papers

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Identifier: 22/4/11
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Researcher, scientist and writer Paul Klopsteg's (1889-1991) papers include biographical materials, education files, correspondence, archery files, governmental organizations files, professional organizations files, publications files, religion files, speech manuscript files, and material relating to World Wars I and II.

Dates: 1905 - 1991

Clarence J. Overbeck (1901-1997) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/21/6
Abstract Clarence J. Overbeck was successively instructor (1927), assistant professor (1931), associate professor (1939) and full professor (1946) of physics at Northwestern University. His papers fill one and one half boxes, spanning the years 1933 to 1997. The bulk of the records consist of biographical materials, speeches, and lectures from his many years as a physics professor. Much additional biographical material is supplied by two autobiographies. The published proceedings from conferences on...
Dates: 1933-1997