Guide to the A. B. C. Walker Papers

Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC0658

Creator: Walker, A. B. C.

Title: A. B. C. Walker papers

Dates: 1983-1990

Physical Description: 18 Linear feet

Summary: Collection pertains to his research and teaching and includes grant files (proposals, budgets, correspondence, etc.); photographs of stellar phenomena (prints and negatives); drawings, graphs, charts and computer printouts; and files from the classes he taught at Stanford.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: speccollref@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

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Cite As

A. B. C. Walker Papers (SC0658). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Arthur B. C. Walker, an innovative astrophysicist and a mentor of women and minority students, was a professor of applied physics at Stanford University from January 1974 until his death in 2001. He earned his B.S. in physics at Case Institute of Technology in 1957 and his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1962. After completing his doctorate, he served 3 years in the U.S. Air Force at the Weapons Laboratory and then joined the Space Physics Laboratory of the Aerospace Corporation. At Stanford, Walker constructed, launched, and carried out observations of the Sun's Corona in successive rocket launched payload experiments.

Description of the Collection

Collection pertains to his research and teaching and includes grant files (proposals, budgets, correspondence, etc.); photographs of stellar phenomena (prints and negatives); drawings, graphs, charts and computer printouts; and files from the classes he taught at Stanford.

Access Terms

Stanford University. Dept. of Physics--Faculty.

Walker, A. B. C.

Astronomical instruments.

Sun--Corona.

X-ray astronomy.

Collection Contents

Papers Accession ARCH-2002-316

Note

CSSA – Center for Space Science and Astrophysics (SU)

ASO – Advance solar observatory

Research grant files: proposals, budgets, correspondence, etc.

Box 1, Folder 1

Polarimeter

Box 1, Folder 2

Water Window Imaging X-Ray Microscope for Cancer Research, 1990

Box 1, Folder 3

Proposal CSSA 1990-13 (Cosmic X-Ray Rocket Spectrograph)

Box 1, Folder 4

Scherrer proposal info

Box 1, Folder 5

Timothy proposal info

Box 1, Folder 6

HRSO 1988

Box 1, Folder 7

Miscellaneous letters - proposals

Box 1, Folder 8

NAS8-36481 MSFC (Dev. Of Normal Incidence X-Ray Optic for XUV Soft X-Ray Spec.)

Box 1, Folder 9

Old misc. proposal materials

Box 1, Folder 10

Wolter-Cassegrain/Wolter-Gregorian X-Ray Telescope Systems, May 1988

Box 1, Folder 11

[Unlabelled – mostly re contract fee]

Box 1, Folder 12

[Unlabelled – assorted proposals]

Box 1, Folder 13

X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect. CSSA 89-07 (July 1989)

Box 1, Folder 14

X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect. CSSA 89-07

Box 1, Folder 15

X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect. CSSA 88-04

Box 1, Folder 16

CSSA-04 (X-Ray Optics)

Box 1, Folder 17

[X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect. – title pages]

Box 1, Folder 18

[X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect. – appendix D?]

Box 1, Folder 19

88-04 (ESS-025) 3/1/89-2/90 (X-ray Optics for High Resolution Heliospect.)

Box 1, Folder 20

NSG5131 Imaging Solar Corona

Box 1, Folder 21

Spectroscopic Imaging of the Solar Corona (CSSA 88-18)

Box 1, Folder 22

UHRXS Space Station (Part I)

Box 1, Folder 23

UHRXS Space Station (Information; correspondence)

Box 1, Folder 24

UHRXS Space Station (Part II and annex)

Box 1, Folder 25

CSSA-88-16 Enhancement of Student Observatory

Box 1, Folder 26

Advanced Solar Observatory (CSSA 88-15)

Box 1, Folder 27

I Technical ASO (A Solar/Stellar Coronal Explorer)

Box 1, Folder 28

II Management ASO (A Solar/Stellar Coronal Explorer)

Box 1, Folder 29

ASO correspondence

Box 1, Folder 30

ASO letters 7/88

Box 1, Folder 31

ASO 5/6/88

Box 1, Folder 32

Advanced Solar Observatory

Box 1, Folder 33

ASO technical paper

Box 1, Folder 34

Latest original 9/27 [ASO items]

Box 1, Folder 35

CSSA 9-88 [ASO]

Box 1, Folder 36

Support of the Fabrication, Test and Operation of the MAMA Detectors for the CDS, SUMER and UVCS Instruments on the SOHO Mission, 1988

Box 1, Folder 37

SC Explorer AO

Box 1, Folder 38

[Small Class Explorer]

Box 2, Folder 1

Part 1 technical – no pictures

Box 2, Folder 2

Part II management no appendices

Box 2, Folder 3

[unlabelled materials]

Box 2, Folder 4

Frontispiece slide

Box 2, Folder 5

90-15 Modification to the Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectraheliogram

Box 2, Folder 6

Handle Now [related to proposals]

Box 2, Folder 7

[Proposal 90-13 Cosmic x-ray Rocket Spectrograph]

Box 2, Folder 8

[Proposal 90-14 Initiation of a Conceptual Design Study for the Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectroheliograph in Response to a MSFC Request]

Box 2, Folder 9

ATM S-O56 Proposal (x-ray telescope)

Box 2, Folder 10

CSSA 88-09 Solar/Stellar Coronal Explorer

Box 2, Folder 11

SSEC (Explorer) CSSA 9-88

Box 2, Folder 12

SSCE

Box 2, Folder 13

Dick Monroe material, Ball Aerospace

Box 2, Folder 14

CSSA 87-18 : file copy/original (Spec. Imaging of the Solar Corona)

Box 2, Folder 15

CSSA 87-18 : extra copies

Box 2, Folder 16

Active Sun Telescope Array proposal 5/5/88

Box 2, Folder 17

Rocket budget and program plans 4/85

Box 2, Folder 18

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Extended Cosmic Sources

Box 2, Folder 19

X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Solar Corona

Box 2, Folder 20

NASA NSG 5131 Proposal, 9/6/1984

Box 2, Folder 21

Proposal CSSA 35A (Spec. Imaging of Galactic and Extra Galactic X-ray Sources) 3/1987

Box 2, Folder 22

Proposal 86-35 : original (Cosmic x-ray Rocket Spectrograph)

Box 2, Folder 23

CSSA 86-36 sent 6/18/1987 (Spec. Imaging of the Solar Corona)

Box 2, Folder 24

CSSA proposal 33-3151

Box 2, Folder 25

NASA NCA2-IR745-412 (Constr. of a 0.1K Bolometer for Astro. Meas.)

Box 2, Folder 26

HESP proposal May 1986 (CSSA 86-34)

Box 2, Folder 27

Proposal to the Max 90 Study Group for Soft x-ray/XUV spectroheliograph

Box 2, Folder 28

NASA Spec. Studies of the Solar Corona

Box 2, Folder 29

[Spectroscopic Imaging of the Solar Corona]

Box 2, Folder 30

NCAR letters

Box 2, Folder 31

[SOI Definition Phase Proposal]

Box 2, Folder 32

[Miscellaneous]

Box 2, Folder 33

MDI (Phil Scherrer)

Box 2, Folder 35

Proposal – Wilcox Observatory

Box 2, Folder 36

Optics and Camera Concepts for HESP 3/1985

Box 2, Folder 37

A Soft X-Ray Spectroheliograph for HESP Feb. 1985

Box 2

An Investigation to Study Solar Activity during the Maximum of Cycle 22, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Photoprints and/or negatives

27.092 PMTs

Box 4, Folder 1

44A° Test image

Box 4, Folder 2

8 sec 173A°

Box 4, Folder 3

[loose images]

Box 4, Folder 4

64 sec 173A°

Box 4, Folder 5

173A° 200 sec neg. print

Box 4, Folder 6

256A° Herschelian, 4 sec

Box 4, Folder 7

Direct Wolter image

Box 4, Folder 8

Wolter-Cassegrain PMTs

Box 4, Folder 9

Hardware PMTs

173A° Cassegrain Short Exposure

Box 4, Folder 10

MSFC Calibration Images

Box 4, Folder 11

[loose items]

Box 4, Folder 12

Cass I 4 sec

Box 4, Folder 13

Cass I 8 sec

173A° Cassegrain 64 sec

Box 4, Folder 14

Cass I 64 sec 5x7 inch medium contrast

Box 4, Folder 15

Cass I 64 sec low to medium contrast, full 35 mm frame

Box 4, Folder 16

Cass I 64 sec low contrast

173A° Cassegrain 64 sec

Box 4, Folder 17

173A° Cass. 200 sec high contrast

Box 4, Folder 18

Cass I 200 sec Ilford 8x10 inch medium contrast

Box 4, Folder 19

Cass I 200 sec low to medium contrast, full 35 mm frame

Box 4, Folder 20

Cass I 200 sec low contrast

Box 4, Folder 21

Cass I 200 sec negative print

Box 4, Folder 22

173A° 200 sec full frame

173A° Cassegrain color 64 sec exposure

Box 4, Folder 23

64 sec color no label, low grain

173A° Cassegrain color 200 sec exposure

Box 4, Folder 24

200 sec color (4/88) with label (low grain)

Box 4, Folder 25

200 sec color 4x5 inch with label (low grain)

Box 4, Folder 26

200 sec color 4x5 inch no label (low grain)

Box 4, Folder 27

200 sec color, negative print with label

Box 4, Folder 28

200 sec color, negative print no label

Box 4, Folder 29

200 sec medium contrast 3x5 inch

173A° Cassegrain color MSFC digitized

Box 4, Folder 30

173A° Cass MSFC digitized image (yellow)

Box 4, Folder 31

Cass I MSFC digitized version (blue)

Box 4, Folder 32

173A° Cass MSFC digitized laplacion filter (orange)

173A° Cassegrain miscellaneous

Box 4, Folder 33

Cass I 200 sec color with label (grainy)

Box 4, Folder 34

Cass I 200 sec color no label (grainy)

173A° Cassegrain interneg slides, transparencies

Box 4, Folder 35

173A° solar diagrams

Box 4, Folder 36

173A° Cass 4x5 interneg, b/w

Box 4, Folder 37

173A° 4x5 interneg 4x5 color 64 sec with label

Box 4, Folder 38

173A° Cass. Interneg 4x5 color 200 sec with label

Box 4, Folder 39

173A° Cass 4x5 interneg, color, misc.

Box 4, Folder 40

Cass I 200 sec 35 mm slides

256A° Cassegrain

Box 4, Folder 41

256A° Cassegrain 64 sec exp.

Box 4, Folder 42

256A° Cass 64 sec small format

256A° Herschelian

Box 4, Folder 43

256A° Herschelian 8 sec exp frame #11

Box 4, Folder 44

256A° Herschelian bright print (exp is 4 or 8 seconds)

Box 4, Folder 45

256A° Herschelian color 8 sec with label

Box 4, Folder 46

256A° Herschelian color 8 sec no label

Box 4, Folder 47

256A° Herschelian 8 sec color 4x5 inch

Box 4, Folder 48

256A° Herschelian 8 sec color interneg 4x5 inch

Box 4, Folder 49

256A° Herschelian color overhead transparency

Box 4, Folder 50

256A° Herschelian slides

44A° Wolter-Cassegrain WC-B

Box 4, Folder 51

Camera #6 44A° Frame VI 16 sec

Box 4, Folder 52

Camera #6 44A° Frame VI 64 sec

175A° Wolter-Cassegrain WC-D

Box 4, Folder 53

Camera #8 WC-D Frame VIII 8 sec

Box 4, Folder 54

Camera #8 WC-D Frame VIII 9,16 sec

Wolter Prime Focus

Box 4, Folder 55

Camera #9 IX 20 200 sec

Drawings (misc.) for 27.092

Box 4, Folder 56

[loose drawings]

Box 4, Folder 57

WCFA drawings (copies)

Box 4, Folder 58

WCSA, TFC drawings (copies)

Box 4, Folder 59

Drawings (misc)

Box 4, Folder 60

Cassegrain drawings (copies)

Box 4, Folder 61

SMT drawings (copies)

Box 4, Folder 62

Obsolete drawings

Drawings HZ 43

Box 4, Folder 63

Drawings HZ 43

Multilayer Calculations for 27.092

Box 4, Folder 64

Theoretical Multilayer data, 6/24/1986

X-ray Telescope Specifics

Box 4, Folder 64

Efficiency of Telescope Optics 4-25 A°

Box 4, Folder 65

Solar spectrum at diff. temp. through solpol mirrors

Box 4, Folder 66

Solar spectrum through rocket mirrors

Box 4, Folder 67

[unlabeled]

Box 4, Folder 68

Shutter

Ross Filters

Box 4, Folder 69

Ross filter thickness tradeoff calculations

Ross Filters 1

Box 4, Folder 70

Solar lines for Ross filters

Box 4, Folder 71

Cr - Va

Box 4, Folder 72

Fe – Mn

Box 4, Folder 73

Co – Fe

Box 4, Folder 74

Ni – Co

Box 4, Folder 75

Cu – Ni; W. solar flux final results

Box 4, Folder 76

Zn – Cu

Box 4, Folder 77

Al – Mg

Box 4, Folder 78

Si – Al

Box 4, Folder 79

Misc. Ross filter transmission spectra

Box 4, Folder 80

Sample substrate spectra

Box 4, Folder 81

Cu – Ni Optimal series no solar flux

Ross Filters 2

Box 4, Folder 82

Cu – Ni Optimal series solar flux

Box 4, Folder 83

Cu – Ni +/- 5% w. solar flux

Box 4, Folder 84

Cu – Ni transmission spectra (early)

Box 5, Folder 1

Proposals 1989

Box 5, Folder 2

Proposal 88-09 Solar/Stellar Coronal Explorer

Box 5, Folder 3

Rocket proposal 1988

Box 5, Folder 4

SR & T proposals 1988

Box 5, Folder 5

Proposal 87-18 Spectroscopic Imaging of the Solar Corona

Box 5, Folder 6

UHRXS files [Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectroheliograph]

Box 5, Folder 7

Statements of work for UHRXS

Box 5, Folder 8

UHRXS renewal proposal and progress reports

Box 5, Folder 9

Part I: Technical proposal (11/88) [UHRXS]

Box 5, Folder 10

Part II: Management cost plan [UHRXS]

Box 5, Folder 11

Astro EUV/X-R Observatory on the Moon

Box 5, Folder 12

Abstracts 1343

Box 5, Folder 13

[Multi-spectral Solar Telescope Array – various article drafts]

Box 5, Folder 14

Astro 150 outline, Spring 1987

Box 5, Folder 15

[Astro 100 Lab Manual, 1986]

Box 5, Folder 16

Extras [class experiments, manuals etc.]

Box 5, Folder 17

AP015 final exam winter quarter 1986-87

Box 5, Folder 18

AP015 midterm 1986-87

Box 5, Folder 19

AP015 - miscellanesou

Box 5, Folder 20

AP015 problem sets winter quarter 1988-89

Box 5, Folder 21

Astro/AP 050/100/356 outlines

Box 5, Folder 22

Astro 050 course description

Box 5, Folder 23

Astro 356 course description

Box 5, Folder 24

Astro 050/100 course description 1989

Box 5, Folder 25

[AP015 problem sets]

Box 5, Folder 26

Astro 100 experiment summaries

Box 5, Folder 27

AP015 outline winter quarter 1987

Box 5, Folder 28

[AP/AST015 problem sets]

Box 5, Folder 29

AP015 winter quarter 1988-89

Box 5, Folder 30

AP015 midterm 2/88

Box 5, Folder 31

Astro/AP 356 class description grad students

Box 5, Folder 32

AP015 outline winter quarter 1987-88

Box 5, Folder 33

AP050 course description 1986

Box 5, Folder 34

Astronomy 050 course listings 1986 summer

Box 5, Folder 35

Astronomy 050 course description

Box 5, Folder 36

Astronomy 050 "intro"

Box 5, Folder 37

Astronomy 050 outline

Box 5, Folder 38

Astronomy 100 course description 1986

Box 5, Folder o1

Film: Black Brant, W/O #0622-M N067, June 29, 1983 (16mm color)

Box 5, Folder o2

Slides: 27.092 Nike Black Brant horiz. Check w/o S-0055

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