Records, 1873-1964

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Records, 1873-1964

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Records consist of documentation relating to the instruction of Physics at Oberlin College. Records are attributable either to the department as a whole, or to specific faculty members. Included is a ledger of experiments ca. 1900, minutes of the Physical Science Club, , 1909-22, as well as correspondence, research notes, grade books and other faculty records. Of particular interest are the records of Elisha Gray (1835-1901) which include material relating to the controversy over the invention of the telephone. Records of other faculty members include Charles H. Churchill (1824-1904), Lloyd William Taylor (1893-1948) and Carl Ellis Howe (1924-1964).

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Howe, Carl E. 1898-1968

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Oberlin College. Dept. of Physics.

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The Oberlin College Physics Department traces its origins to the early mathematics and natural philosophy offerings in the curriculum of the 1830s. From 1890 to 1910 instruction was given through the combined department of Physics and Astronomy, an adjunct branch of mathematics. In 1901 a separate chair in Physics was created. The training of military personnel on campus through the Navy V-12 program fueled a growth which saw the department grow from a two-member department to a ten-member depar...

Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901

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Elisha Gray (b. August 2, 1835, Barnesville, OH–d. January 21, 1901, Newtonville, MA) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. He is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois. There is a dispute over the inventor of the telephone: Gray or Alexander Graham Bell. Gray was a prolific inventor and also considered to be the father of the modern music synthesizer. In his lifetime, he was granted over...

Churchill, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1824-1904

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Taylor, Lloyd William, 1893-1948

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Lloyd William Taylor (1893-1948), noted physicist, married WCTU crusader Esther Elenora Bliss (1890-1980) in 1917. He earned his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1922. In 1924 Taylor was appointed chairman of the Oberlin College Physics Department. He authored several books including "Physics: The Pioneer Science" (1941); "College Manual of Optics" (1924); and co-authored "General Physics for the Laboratory" (1926) with Carl Ellis Howe. His writings include articles about inventor Elisha...