Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website, 1912-2001, [bulk] 1920-1998

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Summary

Title:
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website
Dates:
1912-2001, [bulk] 1920-1998
Abstract:
The records include documentation of the original papers in which discoveries were first reported, biographical material, including some photographs, and descriptions vetted by Field Editors.
Extent:
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website (Collection 458). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of documentation of the original papers in which discoveries were first reported, biographical material, including some photographs, and descriptions vetted by Field Editors.

Biographical / historical:

The website, Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physicshttp://cwp.library.ucla.edu/ presents important and original contributions made in the field of physics before 1976 by 20th-century women scientists; 83 women are included on the website, spanning the first three quarters of the 20th century, at which time women were sparsely represented in the field.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Nina Byers, 2004.
Processing information:

Processed by Norma Williamson, August 2006.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Research office files (pre- and post-1950)
  2. Unposted materials (Field Editor copies)
  3. Research files (Field Editor files).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; Date of source: 2006; frontmatter gathered MARC Record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics : Records of the UCLA Website (Collection 458). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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