Intellectual autobiography and supplement, ca. 1969.

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Intellectual autobiography and supplement, ca. 1969.

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The manuscript and supplement cover Farnsworth's high school and university education, his research in electron emissions and other investigations at Brown University, his work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory during World War II, surface physics research, research difficulties after the war and the continuation of his research in surface physics and chemistry, and professional memberships.

18 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Farnsworth, Harrison Edward, 1896-1989.

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...