Papers of Wendell Hinkle Furry, ca. 1927-1985 (inclusive).

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Papers of Wendell Hinkle Furry, ca. 1927-1985 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence research notes, teaching materials (including lecture notes), manuscripts of publications and speeches, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, minutes, notebooks, letters of recommendation computer printouts, and other papers relating to the teaching and research career of Wendell Hinkle Furry, a physicist who worked in the areas of quantum mechanics, kinetic theory, molecular energies, positron theory, and microwave propagation. Includes materials from his graduate studies at the University of Illinois (1928-1932), his post-graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley (1932-1934), his wartime research at MIT's Radiation Laboratory (1943-1945), and his teaching and research activities at Harvard (1934-1977). Contains correspondence with students, scientific colleagues, academic officers, editors, professional societies, and foundations. Also includes papers relating to the McCarthy Era, particularly congressional investigations of Furry's past political connections with the Communist Party. Related publications and reference material available in repository. For information on component parts of collection, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

12.2 cubic feet in 36 containers of manuscript.

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

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Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-

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Wendell Hinkle Furry (1907-1984) was Professor of Physics at Harvard University. From the description of Papers of Wendell Hinkle Furry, ca. 1927-1985 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76977231 Furry, Wendell Hinkle, 1907-1984. Physicist. Prof., Harvard University, 1934-1943; Research Associate at Radiation Lab. at MIT, 1943-1945 and professor at MIT, 1945-1962; Prof., Harvard University from 1962. From the description of Oral history intervi...