Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Physics, Correspondence
SC0158
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Title: Stanford University, Department of Physics, correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: SC0158
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1937-1949
Summary: Correspondence and
news clippings regarding the Klystron Tube Research Project, 1937-1945; correspondence
between department chairman Paul Kirkpatrick and Stanford President Donald B. Tresidder
regarding budget and faculty matters, 1943-1947; and statements of William W. Hansen and
Robert L. Wathen, 1944, regarding the physics department and research on microwave devices,
with a statement by David L. Webster on Hansen's memo, 1949. The Webster and Wathen
statements may have been prepared in relation to a patent case.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
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Cite As
Stanford University, Department of Physics, Correspondence (SC0158). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Associated Materials
Related materials: William W. Hansen Papers, David L. Webster Papers, Donald B. Tresidder
Papers in the Stanford University Archives.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence and news clippings regarding the Klystron Tube Research Project, 1937-1945;
correspondence between department chairman Paul Kirkpatrick and Stanford President Donald B.
Tresidder regarding budget and faculty matters, 1943-1947; and statements of William W.
Hansen and Robert L. Wathen, 1944, regarding the physics department and research on
microwave devices, with a statement by David L. Webster on Hansen's memo, 1949. The Webster
and Wathen statements may have been prepared in relation to a patent case.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Klystrons.
Records Series 1
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Untitled
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 2023-085
Language of Material: English.
Separated Materials
Two files pertaining to work by Rosenna Yau were transferred to Parents' Club records
(SC0261).
Box 2, folder 1
Western Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
2012 January
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 2
Doug Osheroff and Sandy Chang Award
1998-1999
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Women in Physics
1990-1995
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4
Black Physics Students conferences and lectures
1989-2001
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 5
Commencements
1999-2022
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics at Stanford
2004 December
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 7
Dr. Steven Chu portfolio
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 8
"Frontiers in Physics" Industrial Affiliates Program of the Department of
Physics at Stanford
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 9
American Way magazine featuring Sally Ride
1983 March
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 10
Memorials
Language of Material: English.
