Bergen Davis papers, 1898-1960.

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Bergen Davis papers, 1898-1960.

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Professional papers of Davis, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials. The correspondence consists chiefly of Davis' typescript carbons of his letters to Columbia colleagues, other physicists, and other individuals at various manufacturers of equipment. The topics covered deal with Columbia students, faculty, course and research work, and his life long interest in the study of x-rays. The majority of these files cover the years 1914 to 1921 and 1932 to 1936. The cataloged letters include one each from Michael I. Pupin, Isidor I. Rabi, and Robert Simpson Woodward, one lengthy letter from Davis, and ten letters from Nicholas M. Butler. Also included are letters from Mrs. Davis relating to the research of Lucy J. Hayner and Harold Webb for Webb's biography of Davis that appeared in the National Academy of Sciences' BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS (v. 34, 1960) along with extensive notes, bibliographies and manuscript and typescript versions of Webb's article. There are also manuscripts, typescripts, and notes by Davis relating to his research and writings, photographs of Davis and of his x-ray spectograph, and clippings and memorabilia of his life and work.

1 linear ft. ( 2 boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935

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Columbia College, A.B., 1883; Columbia University, Doctor of Science, 1904; Professor of Electro-mechanics, 1901-1927. From the description of Papers, 1800-1995. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122600557 ...

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Davis, Bergen, 1869-1958

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1903-1939 (Columbia University A.M., 1900; Ph.D., 1901; D.D. Sc., 1929) From the guide to the Bergen Davis Papers, 1898-1960., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1903-1939 (Columbia University A.M., 1900; Ph.D., 1901; D.D. Sc., 1929). From the description of Bergen Davis papers, 1898-1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). Wo...

Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Isidor Isaac Rabi : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725915 From the description of Reminiscences of Isidor Isaac Rabi : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725931 From the description of Reminiscences of Isidor Isaac Rabi : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record...

Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924

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Webb, H. B. (Harold B.)

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Hayner, Lucy J.

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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

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Epithet: President of Columbia University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000180 Butler was a philosopher, diplomat, and educator; president of Columbia University from 1901-1942. From the description of Nicholas Murray Butler letter, 1942 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777002021 President of Columbia University. From the description of Letters to F.W. Wile and...