Records of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1823-1974; 1985-1989 2008.

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Records of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1823-1974; 1985-1989 2008.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26683265

The collection is mainly files relating to the history of the department; a number of reports on and studies of the department, done at various times between 1938 and 1963; and several files relating to the National Science Foundation Science Development Program, 1964-1974. Also included is a DVD of a 2008 departmental symposium titled "Physics and Astronomy at UNC-CH: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?"

About 500 items (3.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

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The Department of Physics was officially established in 1907, although courses in natural philosophy, as the subject was called through most of the nineteenth century, had been given as part of the mathematics curriculum since about 1820. In 1973, the name of the Department of Physics changed to Department of Physics and Astronomy. From the description of Records of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1823-1974; 1985-1989 2008. WorldCat record id: 26683265 ...

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