William Webster Hansen papers, 1928-1974.

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William Webster Hansen papers, 1928-1974.

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This collection consists primarily of W. W. Hansen's correspondence with professional colleagues, 1934-1949, including several folders on the formation of the Stanford Microwave Laboratory (later renamed the Hansen Laboratory of Physics). Major correspondents include Felix Bloch, Edward Bowles, Ed Condon, E. S. Erwin, Paul Kirkpatrick, Philip M. Morse, Sperry Gyroscope Co., David L. Webster, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and John R. Woodyard. Other materials include research notes, bibliographic and biographic information, Hansen's account of the development of the klystron, reports on the first linear accelerator at Stanford, unpublished manuscripts, reprints, patents, some pieces of apparatus, photographs, and two scrapbooks.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Biography Russsell and Sigurd Varian were co-inventors, with William W. Hansen, of the klystron and rhumbatron and co-founders of Varian Associates. Educated at Stanford University, physicist and inventor Russell Varian began his career with Philo Farnsworth on early television technology and with Humble Oil on instrumentation for oil exploration. In 1935, he returned to Stanford. Joined by his brother, Sigurd, a pilot with Pan American Airli...

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Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959

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Inventor of the Klystron and co-founder of Varian Associates. From the description of Notebook, 1898-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500204 Biography Russsell and Sigurd Varian were co-inventors, with William W. Hansen, of the klystron and rhumbatron and co-founders of Varian Associates. Educated at Stanford University, physicist and inventor Russell Varian began his career with Philo Farnsworth on early televisio...

Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949

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Physicist (microwave electronics). Professor of Physics and Director of the Microwave Laboratory at Stanford University, 1929-1949. From the description of Notes on lectures given at M.I.T., 1941-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79617786 William Webster Hansen was Professor of Physics and Director of the Microwave Laboratory at Stanford University, 1929-1949. From the description of William Webster Hansen papers, 1928-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7548...

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Bowles, Edward W.

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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

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Physicist. Major affiliations include: Princeton University, 1930-1937; Westinghouse Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-1945; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1945-1951; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1956-1963; and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO from 1963. From the description of Public relations file on Condon, mostly pertaining to the attack on his loyalty by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Bloch, Felix, 1905-....

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Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949

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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949), physician and educator, served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1929 to 1933. From the description of Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582818 American educator; United States secretary of the interior, 1929-1933; president, Stanford University, 1916-1943. From the description of Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, 1906-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867219 ...