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Tukey, John Wilder, 1915-. Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11.

Title: Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11.

Tukey tells something about his background and about how he came to do graduate work at Princeton, where he earned his Ph.D. in topology. Tukey talks about his wartime work (at Fire Control Research in Princeton) and how as a result of that work statistics came to be his principal interest. He talks about fellow mathematicians, including Frederick Mosteller, Charles Winsor, Sam Wilks, and George Snedecor. Tukey also talks about the social atmosphere at the Graduate College and at Fine Hall, in the period when he was a graduate student.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 18 p.

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Halperin, Israel, 1911-. Oral history interview with Israel Halperin, 1984 May 25.

Title: Oral history interview with Israel Halperin, 1984 May 25.

After one year of graduate work at the University of Toronto, Halperin entered the Ph.D. program at Princeton in 1933. He talks about student life, Fine Hall (especially the common room), and about his preliminary examinations for his Ph.D. He tells of working under John von Neumann for his thesis. Tucker and Halperin discuss mathematicians at Princeton in the middle 1930s including Norman Levinson, Nathan Jacobson, Hermann Wyle, and especially von Neumann. Tucker tells of working briefly on the von Neumann computer project just after World War II. Tucker and Halperin talk about the beginnings of game theory.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 15 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297194 View

Bardeen, John, 1908-. Oral history interview with John Bardeen, 1984 May 29.

Title: Oral history interview with John Bardeen, 1984 May 29.

Bardeen recounts his early career: undergraduate education in electrical engineering, work in geophysics while employed by the Gulf Oil Company in Pittsburgh, the mathematics Ph.D. program at Princeton, and Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard. He talks about Eugene Wigner, John Van Vleck, and John Slater as pioneers of solid-state physics. Bardeen describes his years at Princeton and the close relationship between the mathematics and physics depts. in those years.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 13 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297188 View

Greenwood, R. E. Reminiscence of R. E. Greenwood, 1984 Sept. 5.

Title: Reminiscence of R. E. Greenwood, 1984 Sept. 5.

Greenwood's written addition to his oral history interview (PMC 16) describes graduate student life at Princeton in the late 1930s, his fellow graduate students, their activities (especially at the Graduate College), and the professors (Luther Eisenhart, Paul Erdos, Witold Hurecwicz, and others). Greenwood writes about the topology seminars at Princeton and about his oral examination (with Solomon Lefschetz) for his Ph.D. Finally, Greenwood describes the H. Petard spoof, a tongue-in-cheek article published in the American Mathematical Monthly in 1938.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 7 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289515 View

Duren, William Larkin, 1905-. Oral history interview with William Larkin Duren, Nathan Jacobson, and E.J. McShane, 1984 Apr. 10.

Title: Oral history interview with William Larkin Duren, Nathan Jacobson, and E.J. McShane, 1984 Apr. 10.

Jacobson talks about the mathematics community in Fine Hall and especially about the following members of or visitors to the University or the Institute: James Alexander, Solomon Lefschetz, Paul Alexandroff, Hermann Weyl, J.H.C. Whitehead, and Emmy Noether. McShane talks about conditions in Palmer Laboratory before the move to Fine Hall, about the large number of foreigners in Fine Hall, and about Noether, von Neumann, Einstein and others. Duren tells of his year (1936-1937) at the Institute. He explains the influence of Reinhold Baer, Martson Morse, and others had on him. Jacobson talks about how the mathematics graduate students learned as much from each other as from the faculty.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 16 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297191 View

Wylie, S. (Shaun), 1913-2009,. Oral history interview with S. Wylie, 1985 June 12.

Title: Oral history interview with S. Wylie, 1985 June 12.

Wylie describes his background (his father was an Oxford don) and his education (Winchester, Oxford, and Princeton). He tells of the graduate program in mathematics at Princeton, and he talks about many faculty members including Tracy Thomas, J. H. M. Wedderburn, Solomon Lefschetz, James Alexander, and especially Albert Tucker. Wylie tells of some of the occurences at the Graduate College and in the common room of Fine Hall.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 17 p.

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Givens, James Wallace, 1910-. Oral history interview with James Wallace Givens, Leon Henkin, Angus Ellis Taylor, and Abraham Haskel Taub, 1984 May 18.

Title: Oral history interview with James Wallace Givens, Leon Henkin, Angus Ellis Taylor, and Abraham Haskel Taub, 1984 May 18.

Henkin relates some of his experiences (with Hermann Weyl, Solomon Lefschetz, and others) as a graduate student at Princeton. Taylor tells how he came to spend one year (1937-1938) at Princeton and talks about Salomon Bochner. Taub tells of his coming to Princeton for graduate work in 1931, just after Fine Hall was opened, and of his returning, to work with Oswald Veblen and then for defense-related work, in the early 1940s. Givens explains how he came to work with Veblen and talks at some length about him. Taub and Tucker add some of their recollections about Veblen. Givens gives several anecdotes about Albert Einstein and J. H. M. Wedderburn.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 45 p.

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Robertson, Malcolm. Reminiscence of Malcolm Robertson, 1984 Oct. 11.

Title: Reminiscence of Malcolm Robertson, 1984 Oct. 11.

Robertson describes his coming to Princeton in 1931, following two years of graduate work at the University of Toronto. He tells about student life in the Depression years and about the mathematics community centered in Fine Hall.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289519 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 11.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 11.

Tucker tells how Fine Hall came to be built and about the opening ceremony in October 1931. Tucker describes first the library in Fine Hall, which was run by Margaret Shields, then the arrangement of offices in the building. He explains how the practice of having afternoon tea started, and he tells some of the things that went on during tea and at other times in the common room. Tucker also describes the Professor's Lounge, the furnishings of the offices, and the two classrooms in Fine Hall. He tells of the other mathematics buildings that were, at least in part, modeled on Fine Hall.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 20 p.

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Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Oct. 9.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Oct. 9.

Tucker talks about the history of the Princeton mathematics department, beginning with Woodrow Wilson's institution of the preceptor system in 1905. Tucker describes the work of Henry Burchard Fine in building up the mathematics department. Tucker talks about the importance of fellowships, especially the National Research Council Fellowships. He tells about the beginning of the Institute for Advanced Study.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 11 p.

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Kemeny, John G. Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny, 1984 June 7.

Title: Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny, 1984 June 7.

Enters Princeton University as undergraduate, February 1943. Describes undergraduate mathematics courses; Fine Hall; fellow students, including Stan Ulam; contacts between the University's mathematics department and the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. Discusses John Von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing. Also prominently mentioned are: Alonzo Church, Albert Einstein, and Solomon Lefschetz.

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 11 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83622716 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 10.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 10.

Tucker begins by describing the American mathematics community as it was in about 1900, when Princeton awarded its first Ph.D. in mathematics. Tucker describes the building up of the Princeton mathematics dept., which was to a considerable extent the result of effort by Henry Burchard Fine. Tucker discusses, at least briefly, all those who were members of the mathematics faculty, including part-time instructors and research assistants, at the beginning of the 1930s. Tucker tells how various fellowships, such as the National Research Council Fellowships, the Proctor Fellowships, and the Commonwealth Fellowships, brought young mathematicians from many places to Princeton.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 15 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297202 View

Giese, John. Reminiscence of John Giese, 1984 Oct. 13.

Title: Reminiscence of John Giese, 1984 Oct. 13.

Giese relates how he came to Princeton as a graduate student and how, in a course on Riemannian geometry taught by Luther Eisenhart, he found a thesis topic. Giese talks about his part-time work when he was a graduate student--clerical work for the Annals of Mathematics and teaching--about life at the Graduate College, about fellow graduate students (especially D. Ransom Whitney), and about Paul Erdos.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 7 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277397 View

Princeton University. Dept. of Mathematics. Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records, 1985.

Title: Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records, 1985.

The collection consists of written transcripts of 42 interviews with surviving faculty and students of the mathematics community in Princeton in the 1930s. Also included among the interviews are 3 written contributions. Most of the discussion focuses on the institutional and social context of the development of an eminent mathematical research and graduate education center, and on the personalities and biographies of the individuals involved. Information about technical accomplishments within mathematics are only peripherally considered. Common topics include reasons for coming to Princeton, assessments of the educational and research programs, and the effects of the Depression and the European political situation on academic life.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear ft. (1 boxes)

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Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 11.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 11.

Tucker talks about geometry, which at Princeton was the most active area of mathematical research. He talks about Luther Eisenhart and Oswald Veblen, both of whom had become interested in Riemannian geometry following the publication of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1916. Tucker tells something about the beginnings of topology as a recognized branch of mathematics, discussing, in particular, the work of Solomon Lefschetz and James Alexander. Tucker mentions some of the people doing work in analysis (especially H. F. Bohnenblust) and in algebra (especially J. H. M. Wedderburn). The work of Alonzo Church and Kurt Gödel in logic is also discussed, as is the work of Sam Wilks in statistics.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 16 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277405 View

Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1909-. Oral history interview with Robert J. Walker, 1984 July 12.

Title: Oral history interview with Robert J. Walker, 1984 July 12.

Walker tells about coming from Carnegie-Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) to Princeton in 1930 to begin graduate work. He describes courses he took and the atmosphere of Fine Hall. Tucker and Walker talk for some time about fellow graduate students at the time, including John Vanderslice and Nathan Jacobson. Walker talks about his thesis research in algebraic geometry with Solomon Lefschetz, and about Harold Bohr, Paul Alexandroff, and P. A. M. Dirac.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 12 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277408 View

Albert William Tucker Papers 86-32; 2006-148., 1946-1983

Title: Albert William Tucker Papers 1946-1983

Interview with Princetonmathematician Albert W. Tucker from 1979 and 1982 with reprints and photocopiesof papers by and about Tucker and mathematics at PrincetonUniversity.

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Norman Earl Steenrod Papers 86-30., 1911, 1948-1970

Title: Norman Earl Steenrod Papers 1911, 1948-1970

Papers document thecareer of Norman Earl Steenrod (l910-1971) at Princeton University, and reflectSteenrod's research in algebraic topology. Included are a manuscript draft ofhis , written with S.Eilenberg, and notes for several lectures. The collection also documentsSteenrod's activities in connection with the American Mathematical Society,particularly with Mathematical Reviews, the Mathematical Association of AmericaCommittee for the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, and the SchoolMathematics Study Group monograph panel. Material includes correspondence,drafts, lecture notes, grant proposals, and reports. Foundations of Algebraic Topology

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Snapper, Ernst, 1913-2011,. Oral history interview with Ernst Snapper, 1984 June 7.

Title: Oral history interview with Ernst Snapper, 1984 June 7.

Snapper tells of his coming to Princeton in 1938 and talks about Solomon Lefschetz, J. H. M. Wedderburn, and other faculty members. Snapper tells an anecdote about Albert Einstein and one about Guido Fubini-Ghiron.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 5 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297198 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 12.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 12.

Tucker talks about admission to the graduate program in mathematics, then about what was expected of the graduate students, including language requirements and the preliminary examination for the doctorate (usually taken in the second year of graduate study). Tucker describes how a graduate student would select a thesis topic and mentions the unusual thesis written by Marvin Minsky. Tucker then discusses the course, seminars, and talks that took place in Fine Hall. He also talks about the teaching of undergraduates, including the writing, by each mathematics major, of a "junior paper" and a "senior thesis."

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 24 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309551 View

Hoffmann, Banesh, 1906-. Oral history interview with Banesh Hoffmann, 1984 Oct. 13.

Title: Oral history interview with Banesh Hoffmann, 1984 Oct. 13.

Hoffmann tells how he came to Princeton from Oxford in 1929 as a graduate student and research assistant to Oswald Veblen. Hoffmann and Tucker discuss Veblen as a teacher and as a researcher. Other people discussed are: Edward Condon, T. Y. Thomas, John von Neumann, H. P. Robertson, and M. H. A. Newman. Hoffman talks about his Ph.D. thesis. Tucker and Hoffmann discuss Fine Hall and compare the atmosphere of the mathematics department at Oxford with that at Princeton. Hoffmann tells of working three years at Rochester after completing his Ph.D. and then returning to Princeton to become Albert Einstein's research assistant.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 13 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309534 View

Bardeen, John. Oral history interview with John Bardeen, 1984 May 29.

Title: Oral history interview with John Bardeen, 1984 May 29.

Bardeen recounts his early career; undergraduate education in electrical engineering; work in geophysics while employed by the Gulf Oil Company in Pittsburgh; math Ph.D. program at Princeton University; junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. Discusses Eugene Wigner, John Van Vleck, and John Slater as pioneers of solid state physics. Describes his years at Princeton; close relationship between the mathematics and physics departments.

ArchivalResource: 1 session; transcript, 13 pp.

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Steenrod, Norman Earl, 1910-1971. Steenrod, Norman Earl, Papers, 1911, 1948-1970.

Title: Steenrod, Norman Earl, Papers, 1911, 1948-1970.

Papers document the career of Norman Earl Steenrod.

ArchivalResource: 20 in.

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Montgomery, Deane, 1909-. Oral history interview with Deane Montgomery, 1985 Mar. 13.

Title: Oral history interview with Deane Montgomery, 1985 Mar. 13.

Montgomery, after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, spent a year at Harvard and then a year (1934-35) at Princeton. During World War II he returned to Princeton; he taught Army students and worked for a year with John von Neumann. In 1948 Montgomery became a permanent member, in 1951 a professor, of the Institute for Advanced Study. Montgomery describes the atmosphere at Princeton, and Tucker and Montgomery talk at length about Oswald Veblen, who played a large role in the building up of the mathematics department at the university and the main role in the establishing of the School of Mathematics at the Institute. Montgomery discusses the beginnings of the Institute.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 16 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283812 View

Daly, Joseph Francis,. Oral history interview with Joseph Francis Daly and Churchill Eisenhart, 1984 July 10.

Title: Oral history interview with Joseph Francis Daly and Churchill Eisenhart, 1984 July 10.

Daly describes the Princeton mathematics community in the fall of 1935, when he arrived in Princeton. Daly and Eisenhart discuss what research in statistics was going on at various universities at that time, and they talk at length about Sam Wilks. Other people they talk about are: Harold Hotelling, Luther Eisenhart, H. L. Rietz, John Tukey, and Achison Duncan. Daly and Eisenhart tell something about the connection between economics and mathematical statistics in the 1930s.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 16 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289513 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 13.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 13.

Tucker begins by talking about the professors, including assistant and associate professors, at Princeton in 1930. He tells most about James Alexander, Alonzo Church, Luther Eisenhart, Solomon Lefschetz, and H. P. Robertson. Other faculty members Tucker talks about at some length are Einar Hille, Morris Knebelman, T. Y. Thomas, and Oswald Veblen.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 23 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283817 View

Eisenhart, Katherine S. Biographical sketches of some members of the mathematics and physics faculty of Princeton University : typescript, 1950.

Title: Biographical sketches of some members of the mathematics and physics faculty of Princeton University : typescript, 1950.

Signed typescript containing biographical sketches of certain faculty of Princeton University, c. 1950.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound ms. (39 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49369929 View

Hooke, Robert, 1918-. Reminiscence of Robert Hooke, 1984 Dec. 30.

Title: Reminiscence of Robert Hooke, 1984 Dec. 30.

Hooke describes some classes he took as a graduate student at Princeton, especially the ones given by Salomon Bochner and J. H. M. Wedderburn. Hooke tells of satisfying the requirements for his Ph.D.--preliminary examinations and thesis (under Claude Chevalley)--and about getting a job after earning his Ph.D.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 5 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309535 View

Levine, Jack B. Oral history interview with Jack B. Levine, 1984 Oct. 11.

Title: Oral history interview with Jack B. Levine, 1984 Oct. 11.

Levine tells of coming to Princeton as a graduate student in 1930. He talks about the faculty, including J. H. M. Wedderburn, Einar Hille, Luther Eisenhart, Solomon Lefschetz, and especially T. Y. Thomas, under whom Levine did his Ph.D. thesis. Levine then discusses others, including H. F. Bohnenblust, Malcolm Robertson, and E. J. McShane. Levine describes Fine Hall and especially the various activities that went on in the common room.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 15 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277402 View

Aspray, William. Princeton mathematics community in the 1930s / an oral history project, 1975-1985.

Title: Princeton mathematics community in the 1930s / an oral history project, 1975-1985.

These interviews concern primarily the mathematics community at Princeton in the 1930s. Most of the discussion focuses on the institutional and social context of the development of an eminent mathematical research and graduate education center.

ArchivalResource: 3 Reminiscences.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283801 View

Whitney, Hassler,. Oral history interview with Hassler Whitney, 1984 Apr. 10.

Title: Oral history interview with Hassler Whitney, 1984 Apr. 10.

Whitney talks about his year in Princeton, 1931-1932, as a National Research Council Fellow. In particular he talks about James W. Alexander and Solomon Lefschetz and about the social atmosphere in Fine Hall. Tucker contributes some of his recollections about Alexander and the dedication ceremony at Fine Hall, and he compares the mathematical community at Princeton with that at Harvard and Chicago. Whitney tells how an incident with Charles Morrey led him (Whitney) to write an important paper.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 6 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277412 View

Singleton, Robert, 1913-. Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 1984 June 6.

Title: Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 1984 June 6.

Singleton tells about the courses he took, as a graduate student, from Luther Eisenhart, Albert Einstein, Alonzo Church, and J. H. M. Wedderburn. Singleton also mentions his friendship with Israel Halperin and his serving as teaching assistant in a course taught by Albert Tucker.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 6 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289522 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995. Tucker, Albert William, papers, 1946-1983.

Title: Tucker, Albert William, papers, 1946-1983.

Reprints and photocopies of papers by and about Albert W. Tucker, and about mathematics at Princeton University.

ArchivalResource: 5 in. 2 audio reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19484876 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Oct. 8.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Oct. 8.

Tucker tells what he regards to be the most important contribution o f the Princeton mathematics community: the training of graduate students (to be productive researchers and to acquire what Tucker calls "mathematical statesmanship"), the production of mathematical publications (such as Annals of Mathematics and Annals of Mathematical Studies), post-doctoral training (some 50 National Research Fellows in the 1920s and 1930s chose to work at Princeton), and the research of faculty members (especially in geometry, topology, and logic).

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 10 p.

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Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records, 1985

Title: Department of Mathematics Oral History Project records 1985

The 1930s saw the development of a unique mathematical community at Princeton University which was unlike any other in America before that time and perhaps afterwards, and which had important consequences for American mathematics. The collection consists of written transcripts of 42 interviews with surviving faculty and students of the mathematics community in Princeton in the 1930s.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear feet; 1 box

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Tukey, John W. (John Wilder), 1915-2000,. Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11.

Title: Oral history interview with John Wilder Tukey, 1984 Apr. 11.

Tukey tells something about his background and about how he came to do graduate work at Princeton, where he earned his Ph. D. in topology. Tukey talks about his wartime work (at Fire Control Research in Princeton) and how as a result of that work statistics came to be his principal interest. He talks about fellow mathematicians, including Frederick Mosteller, Charles Winsor, Sam Wilks, and George Snedecor. Tukey also talks about the social atmosphere at the Graduate College and at Fine Hall, in the period when he was a graduate student.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 18 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309558 View

Flood, Merrill,. Oral history interview with Merrill Flood, 1984 May 14.

Title: Oral history interview with Merrill Flood, 1984 May 14.

Flood describes his coming to Princeton in 1931 after earning a master's degree in number theory at the University of Nebraska. Flood talks about faculty members: he was assistant to Luther Eisenhart, he took courses from James Alexander and H. P. Robertson, he worked under J. H. M. Wedderburn for his Ph.D. Flood tells of graduate student life, including poker playing, and how he came to switch to applied mathematics after completing his Ph.D.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 23 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309528 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1977 Mar.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1977 Mar.

Tucker tells of becoming interested in the history of topology, partly as a result of contact with Eric Temple Bell. Tucker describes his wartime work; he was associate director for the Fire Control Research Project, and he was in charge of the mathematics portion of the Army Specialized Training Program at Princeton. He tells how he came to work in the fields of linear programming and game theory. He tells of his work editing the Annals of mathematical Studies, and how he became editor of the Princeton Mathematical Series. Tucker describes his research activities (nonlinear programming as well as game theory and linear programming) in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 15 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297205 View

Kemeny, John G.,. Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny, 1984 June 7.

Title: Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny, 1984 June 7.

Kemeny entered Princeton as an undergraduate in February 1943. He describes undergraduate mathematics courses, and he talks about Fine Hall, fellow students(including Stan Ulam), and about contacts between the University's mathematics dept. and the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study. Kemeny talks about John von Neumann and, at some length, about Kurt Gödel, and Tucker talks about Alan Turing. Kemeny tells how he became interested in computing.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 11 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277400 View

Foster, Alfred Leon, 1904-. Oral history interview with Alfred Leon Foster, Ilse Foster, D. H. Lehmer, Emma Trotskaia Lehmer, and Frances Morrey, 1984 May 18.

Title: Oral history interview with Alfred Leon Foster, Ilse Foster, D. H. Lehmer, Emma Trotskaia Lehmer, and Frances Morrey, 1984 May 18.

Alfred Foster talks about how he came to do his graduate work at Princeton, where he worked under Oswald Veblen and Alonzo Church, and about getting a job (at Berkeley, through the mediation of Jules Hildebrandt) after the completion of his Ph.D. The Lehmers talk about the social life in Princeton in the 1930s, about economic conditions, and about the Veblens (who did much to promote social contact among the mathematicians and their families). Tucker, the Fosters, and Morrey contribute their recollections concerning these matters. Tucker describes Einstein's arrival in Princeton and talks about the period (1931-1932) when he (Tucker) was in charge of providing for afternoon tea at Fine Hall.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 15 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277399 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1986 May 8.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1986 May 8.

Tucker describes mathematics in Princeton in the late 1930s and during the years of World War II. Topics include: personnel and personnel changes at the Princeton University Mathematics Department and the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics; Solomon Lefschetz as the leader of the mathematical research program at the university; the later careers of James Alexander and Oswald Veblen; active mathematical research areas at Princeton; the move of the Institute for Advanced Study to Flud Hall in 1939; the impact of the physical separation of the Institute and university mathematics programs; teaching of mathematics to military personnel during the war;

ArchivalResource: Computer data (1 file : 66K)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63306961 View

Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994,. Oral history interview with Stephen Cole Kleene and J. Barkley Rosser, 1984 Apr. 26.

Title: Oral history interview with Stephen Cole Kleene and J. Barkley Rosser, 1984 Apr. 26.

Both Kleene and Rosser explain how they came to do graduate work at Princeton and how they came to be interested in logic. Both describe taking courses from Alonzo Church and Kurt Gödel. Kleene and Rosser discuss some of the other logicians doing work at that time, including W.V.O. Quine and Haskell Curry, and describe their Ph. D. work under Church. Kleene and Rosser talk about their own contributions and those of Church, E.L. Post, and Alan Turing to the clarification of the notion of computability. They talk, too, about the founding of the Journal of Symbolic Logic.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 22 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283809 View

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995,. Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1975 Sept.

Title: Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1975 Sept.

Tucker talks about growing up as the son of a Methodist minister in Ontario, Canada, and about his education (4 different high schools, the University of Toronto, and Princeton University). He talks at some length about his years as a graduate student at Princeton and describes many of the faculty members, including Luther Eisenhart, Solomon Lefschetz, J. W. Alexander, and Oswald Veblen. Tucker tells of the beginnings of the Institute for Advanced Study.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 21 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63297204 View

Greenwood, R. E. Oral history interview with R. E. Greenwood, 1984 July 12.

Title: Oral history interview with R. E. Greenwood, 1984 July 12.

Greenwood came to Princeton in 1936 to study mathematical physics, but soon switched to mathematics. He tells about life at the Graduate School, about courses, and about the two schools of topology (Princeton's algebraic and combinatorial topology and Texas's point-set topology). Greenwood describes Salomon Bochner, with whom he did his thesis, and talks about Alan Turing, Maurice Pryce, and others.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : 9 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289514 View