William M. Fairbank papers, 1961-1989

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Creators:
Fairbank, William M.
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, talks, papers, graphs and charts, articles, reports, research proposals, laboratory notebooks, and photographs largely related to his research projects, including free fall experiment, gravity gradiometer, lambda point experiment, gravitational radiation, HE³ nuclear gyro, magnetic susceptometer, and magnetocardiography.
Extent:
10.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item] William M. Fairbank Papers (SC0383). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, notes, talks, papers, graphs and charts, articles, reports, research proposals, laboratory notebooks, and photographs largely related to his research projects, including free fall experiment, gravity gradiometer, lambda point experiment, gravitational radiation, HE³ nuclear gyro, magnetic susceptometer, and magnetocardiography.

These papers, dating from 1961 to 1989, document Prof. Fairbank's research interests and academic affairs. Materials include correspondence, notes, talks, articles, graphs (some as transparencies used to illustrate talks), papers, reports, proposals, lab notebooks, and photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Professor emeritus of physics at Stanford University. Fairbank earned his Ph.D. from Yale in 1948; he taught at Amherst College and Duke University before joining the Stanford faculty in 1959. His research interests included superconductivity, gravity waves, individual quarks and monopoles.

Acquisition information:
Deposited by Mrs. William M. Fairbank, 1990.
Processing information:

The papers are only partially processed. The listing that follows indicates only the subjects covered in each box. Materials relating to his experiments and research are contained in boxes 1 through 12. Papers relating to his professional career are contained in boxes 12 and 13. Boxes 13 through 19 contain papers and talks with related correspondence. Laboratory notebooks are in boxes 20 and 21.

Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item] William M. Fairbank Papers (SC0383). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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