Guide to the Rudolf Kompfner Papers SC0194
Note
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Subjects and Indexing Terms
General files Series I 1941-1978
Admiralty 1944-1950
Associated Universities Incorporated 1977-1978
Associated Universities Incorporated, financial statements 1977 Sep-Oct
Bell Telephone Laboratories 1946 Apr-1951 Dec
Benham, W. E., correspondence with 1941 Jul-1942 Dec
The Codrington Club, membership list 1977
English Electric Valve Co. 1950 Aug 25-Dec 15
English Electric Valve Co. 1951 Jan 2-1955 Aug 10
Fuchs, Wolfgang, correspondence with 1941 Feb-1942 Mar
Ginzton Laboratory, memo 1977 Nov 30
Helical line tube patent 1943-1946
Helical line tube patent, includes mss. 1947-1952
Liebmann, Gerard, correspondence with 1941 Feb-1942 Mar
Loaded space tube, include mss. 1949 Mar-Jun
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1951 May-Sep
National Academy of Engineering, Founders Award 1977
National Academy of Engineering, nomination form 1977
National Academy of Sciences, minutes of April 26, 1977 meeting 1977 Nov 21
Patent Application, "Device for the Conversion of an Image Formed by Lightrays into Electrical Impulses" 1936
Patent Application #14041, "Discharge Tubes Making Use of the Principle of Velocity Modulation" 1940 Sep-Nov
Patent Application #9360/41, "Generator of Electromagnetic Oscillations at Very High Frequencies" 1941 Jul-Oct
Patent Application, "A Graphical Analysis of the Planar Whole-Anode Magnetron" 1941
Personal correspondence, miscellaneous 1937-1945
Projects, miscellaneous progress reports, untitled mss. and notes 1945-1947, Undated
Research notes and mss. (by title), A-El. 1943-1951, undated
"Absorbtion of Radiation by a Gas," 3 pp. Undated
"Amplification of Plasmaoscillations by Means of D.C. Fields," 12 pp. 1951 Mar 13
"Design of a Collector for V.M. Detector," 24 typed pp. Undated
"Design of an Electron Gun for S-band Traveling Wave," 20 pp. Undated
"Electron Beams in Wave Guides and Transmission Lines," 48 pp. 1943 Aug
"Electron Multiplier as T.K. Cell," 4 typed pp. 1948 Jun 5
Research notes, mss. and correspondence: Electron microscopy 1939 Dec-1940 Feb
Research notes, mss. and correspondence: Image Converter 1939 Oct-Dec
Research notes and mss. (by title), Em-Z 1941-1950, undated
"Experiments with a Single Resonator Magnetron," 7 typed pp., 2 copies plus handwritten draft, 7 pp. 1942 Jul
"Kurti's Pumping Speed Meter," 2 pp. Undated
"Memorandum on Proposed System for Detecting Thermal Radiation Using Traveling Wave Tubes as R.F. Amplifiers," 3 pp. 1946 Aug
"A Method of Detecting an Audio-Frequency Signal in the Presence of Noise by Means of Capillary Waves," 1 p. Undated
"Methods of Using Valves at Very High Frequencies," 10 pp. 1941 Sep
"A New Radar System," 15 pp. 1949 Dec
"Noise Factor of Receiver," notes for Clarendon Lab talk, 4 pp. 1944 Jun
"Note on 'Cooling' of Electron Beams," 4 typed pp. 1950 Nov 21
"Search Receiver," 1 p. Undated
"Shot-Noise Compensation at Very High Frequencies," 9 typed pp. Undated
"Source of Noise at Cm-Wave Lengths," 7 pp. Undated
"A Suggestion for a Large-Size Vacuum Chamber," 9 pp. 1945 Sep
"Wave Detector Using the Kerr Effect," 3 typed pp. 1945 Jan
Satellites, misc. information re. Undated
Travel arrangements, misc. 1969 Jan-Mar
Traveling Wave Tubes, correspondence re. patent application and related litigation 1952 Jul-1953 Sep
Traveling Wave Tubes, Mss. and patent application 1948, undated
Three pocket journals 1941, undated
Notebooks and notes Series III 1937-1941
Notebook 1937 Sep-1940 Jan
Notebook 1941 Nov-1943 Jun
Notebook 1942 Aug-1943 Jun
Notebook 1943 Apr-1944 Apr
Notebook 1943 Jun-Dec
Notebook 1944 Feb-Aug
Misc. notes 1973-1974
Misc. notes 1975-1977
Pocket notebooks Undated
Notebook Undated
Music notebook Undated
Reprint of Shockley's "Invention of the Transistor ... " Undated
1952-1956 1952-1956
#23834 1952 Jan 21-Nov 14
#24545 1952 Nov 18-1953 Jun 27
#25075 1953 Jun 30-1954 Jan 24
#25584 1954 Jan 27-Dec 5
#264785 1954 Dec 8-1956 Mar 4
1956-1961 1956-1961
#27735 1956 Mar 5-1957 Apr 28
#29092 1957 Apr 29-Dec 16
#29826 1957 Dec 30-1959 Jan 17
#30196 1959 Jan 25-1960 Mar 22
#32458 1960 Mar 25-Dec 5
#33326 1960 Dec 18-1961 May 15
1961-1966 1961-1966
#32868 1961 May 17-1962 Apr 1
#36755 1962 Apr 17-1963 May 23
#38454 1963 May 26-1964 Mar 18
#40359 1964 Apr 21-Nov 9
#41167 1964 Nov 13-1965 Jun 10
#42086 1965 Jun 10-1966 Feb 2
#43243 1966 Feb 2-May 29
1966-1973 1966-1973
#43889 1966 May 31-Nov 4
#44401 1966 Nov 4-1967 Jul 13
#45779 1967 Jul 14-1968 Jul 23
#47582 1968 Jul 25-1969 Jul 2
#48941 1969 Jul 3-1970 Sep 9
#50921 1970 Oct 4-1971 Oct 7
#52151 1971 Oct 20-1973 May 9
#54233 1973 May 10-Jun 7
Articles, reports and speeches Series V 1937-1980
Articles and reports by Kompfner 1963-1976
The Invention of theTraveling Wave Tube, University of California, Berkeley 1963
Beitrage zur Erforschung and Nutzbarmachung von Weltraumphanomenen 1966
Electron Devices in Science and Technology 1967
Optics at Bell Laboratories 1972
Responses to 'Optics at Bell Laboratories' 1973
Recent Advances in Acoustical Microscopy 1974
High-Resolution Heterodyne Coincidence Detection of Optical Pulse Streams 1976
The Invention of Traveling Wave Tubes 1976
Mechanical Optrical Fibre Switch 1976
Classified reports 1942-1946
Experiment related to the Detection of Moving Targets by Doppler Effect 1945 Jul-Aug
Notes on the Transmission-Line Noise-Diode 1946 Feb
Report on an Investigation of the Distribution of Axial Fields Inside a Helix Excited by Oscillations at Wavelengths comparable with the Diameter of the Helix 1944 Aug
Report on a Tube Based on the Traveling Wave Principle 1944 Jul
Transit-Line Correction Factor for Cylindrical Noise Diodes 1945 Sep
Velocity Modulating Grids, excerpts and correspondence 1942 Apr
Articles citing Kompfner 1937-1973
Hauser, Susan G. New Communications Technology 1973
Pierce, J.F. The Beginnings of Satellite Communication 1968
Susskind, Charles, Conference on Electron Device Research: a Pattern to be Copied? 1967
Wright, H. Myles, Small Houses 1937
Autographed articles 1962-1975
Dix. C.H. The Present Generation of Traveling Wave Tubes 1962
Friis, Harold T. 30 Years with Microwaves 1968
Gabor, D. Laser Speckle and its Elimination 1970
Keller, Hans Prague Day 1975
Marsen, Richard Particle Dynamics on a Causal Basis 1964
Pfann, William G., The Semiconductor Revolution , in William G. Pfann -- Solid State Science and Technology Award Medalist , Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 121, #1 1974 Jan
Science and Engineering, Annual Review for the Industrial Affiliates of Stanford University, 14 pp. 1964 Sep
Newsclippings 1960-1980
News reports about Kompfner's research 1960-1980
Rotary Club of Ashbury, New Jersey, Rotary Award 1962
Rotary Club of Middletown, New Jersey, Certificate of Merit 1963
Honorary Degree (institution not named) 1969
Associated Universities Certificate in honor of Kompfner 1978
"Transoceanic Communication by Means of Satellite" Undated
Research drawings, misc. Undated
Accession, 1984-090 ARCH-1984-090
"I never was a great pisser"
Other positions, etc.
Berkeley 1963
Miscellaneous papers
Additional Material Accession ARCH-1985-074 1957-1981
Research files 1957-1976, undated
Allocation of research funds/1 Undated
Allocation of research funds/2 Undated
Allocation of research funds/3 Undated
Allocation of research funds/4 Undated
Acoustic microscope - general Undated
Acoustic (harmonic) microscope Undated
Bell Lab Memoranda 1957-1959
Bell Lab Memoranda 1960-1963
Bell Lab Memoranda 1964-1967
Bell Lab Memoranda 1968-1969
Bell Lab Memoranda 1970-1972
Bell Lab Memoranda Undated
NAS (National Academy of Sciences) matters 1974
NAS - engineering section/1 Undated
NAS - engineering section/2 Undated
NAS - engineering section/3 Undated
NSF ENG74-18437 Undated
NSF ENG74-18437 - financial records 1975-1976
Optical fibers research/1 Undated
Optical fibers research/2 Undated
Optical fibers research/3 Undated
Opto-thermo-acoustic microscope Undated
Picosecond radar proposal/1 Undated
Picosecond radar proposal/2 Undated
Picosecond radar Undated
Range gate based on heterodyne detection Undated
Research notes Undated
Scanning acoustic microscope 1974-1976
Schwarzschild II geometry - notes and figures Undated
Science policy/1 Undated
Science policy/2 Undated
Towards a domestic communication satellite system 1969
Research notebooks 1966-1973
Engineering lab, Oxford - notebook Undated
Lab notebook - photocopy 1966-1967
Lab notebook - photocopy 1967-1970
Lab notebook - photocopy 1970-1973
Professional papers 1952-1977, undated
Articles and talks/1 Undated
Articles and talks/2 Undated
Articles and notes 1977
Power Travelling-Wave Tubes by J.F. Gittins: book review 1965
Reguests for reprints Undated
Reprints Undated
Reprints Undated
Reprints and articles Undated
Stanford university memoranda and financial records 1977
Stanford university memoranda and financial records 1977-1978
European trip 1955
European trip 1955
Correspondence circa 1952-1955
Correspondence circa 1954-1955
Correspondence 1966-1975
Correspondence 1977
Epsztein interference case Undated
Epsztein interference case Undated
Patents (applications and correspondence) Undated
Patents (applications and correspondence) Undated
Patents (applications and correspondence) Undated
Patents (applications and correspondence) Undated
Patents (applications and correspondence) Undated
Patents Undated
Patents Undated
Miscellaneous 1941-1981, undated
Oxford University Undated
Toft, Louis, Definitions and Formulae for Students 1941
R. Kompfner Memorial Lectures 1978-1981
NOVUS 4510, operations guide Undated
Publications (by others, collected by Kompfner): Ashkin to Cutler Undated
Publications (by others, collected by Kompfner): Fox to Goell Undated
Publications (by others, collected by Kompfner): Hargrove to Kogelnik Undated
Publications (by others, collected by Kompfner): Patel to Tynes Undated
Slides from lectures 1977
Audio tapes Undated
Additional Material Accession ARCH-1986-125 1973-1977, undated
Indexes of publications, awards, patents, biographies Undated
Indexes of publications, awards, patents, biographies Undated
Grant materials/patents lists Undated
IEEE banquet 1973
"Music" - personal reminiscences Undated
Photographs Undated
Notebook 1974
Notebook 1975
Notebook 1975
Notebook 1976
Notebook 1977
Notebook 1977