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Adams, Edwin Plimpton, 1878-1956.

Edwin Plimpton Adams Papers, 1900-1945: Finding Aid

Creator:: Adams, Edwin Plimpton, 1878-1956.
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, notebooks, and printed matter of Princeton physicist Edwin Plimpton Adams relating to Meteor Crater (formerly Coon Mountain) in Arizona and the Elliptic Function Formula.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0378

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Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

John James Audubon Collection, 1788-1969: Finding Aid

Creator:: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Abstract:: John James Audubon was a nineteenth century ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who published his illustrations of American birds and American quadrupeds. This collection includes several original manuscripts, transcripts of manuscripts, photostats, and other printed material related to Audubon.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0006

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Baker, William O.

William O. Baker Papers, circa 1923-2005: Preliminary Finding Aid

Creator:: Baker, William O.
Abstract:: William O. Baker served as research director and president of Bell telephone Laboratories and advised several United States presidents on scientific issues. The papers primarily document Baker's work in higher education and as a government advisor in the 1980s and 1990s.
Location:: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers.
Call Number:: MC218

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Bamford, William B. (William Brokaw), 1878-1945.

Selected Papers of William B. Bamford, 1900-1947: Finding Aid

Creator:: Bamford, William B. (William Brokaw), 1878-1945.
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of civil engineer William B. Bamford, a member of the Princeton University Class of 1900.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0597

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Bargmann, Valentine, 1908-1989.

Valentine Bargmann Papers, 1908-1988 (bulk 1937-1979): Finding Aid

Creator:: Bargmann, Valentine, 1908-1989.
Abstract:: The Valentine Bargmann Papers consists of personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, awards, medals, lectures notes, drafts and published writings, and documents pertaining to the Einstein Papers Project. Valentine Bargmann was an assistant to Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study and later became a Princeton University professor of mathematical physics.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0657

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Bleakney, Walker, 1901-1992.

Walker Bleakney Papers, 1920s-1961: Finding Aid

Creator:: Bleakney, Walker, 1901-1992.
Abstract:: Walker Bleakney was a renowned physicist who served as a Princeton professor of physics (1932-1969) and chairman of the physics department (1960-1967). This collection consists of Bleakney’s papers, including published and unpublished reports, drafts of articles, graphic data and photographs of experiments, and other material concerning Bleakney's defense-related research on shock waves at the Princeton Gas Dynamics Laboratory, as well as lecture notes and correspondence.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0604

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Cameron, Henry Clay, 1827-1906.

Cameron Family Papers, 1840-1947 (bulk 1850-1900): Finding Aid

Creator:: Cameron, Henry Clay, 1827-1906.
Abstract:: The Cameron Family Papers consists of correspondence, writings, bound journals and diaries, Princetoniana, Yale material, financial material and documents, photographs, sketchbooks and miscellaneous printed matter belonging to Henry Clay Cameron (roughly ranging from 1850-1906), his son Arnold Guyot Cameron (1845-1880), his wife Mina Chollet Cameron (1840-1900), and Arnold Guyot, Mina's uncle. These family papers reflect the professional lives of its members, such as Henry Clay Cameron's years as professor of Greek and clerk of the faculty, Arnold Guyot Cameron's years teaching at Yale and years as secretary of the Princeton Class of 1886, and Arnold Guyot's professorship at Princeton. Some material reflects both professional and personal lives, such as financial material, including account books of the College of New Jersey and personal taxes and bills.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0355

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Church, Alonzo, 1903-

Alonzo Church Papers, 1924-1995: Finding Aid

Creator:: Church, Alonzo, 1903-
Abstract:: The Alonzo Church Papers consists of the writings, correspondence, notebooks, notes, and subject files of Alonzo Church (1903-1995, Princeton Class of 1924), the renowned mathematical logician who taught at Princeton University from 1929-1967 and the University of California at Los Angeles from 1967 to 1990, and who was editor of the Journal of Symbolic Logic from 1936 to 1979.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0948

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Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.

Edwin Grant Conkin Papers, 1897-1952: Finding Aid

Creator:: Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.
Abstract:: An ardent evolutionist, Edwin Grant Conklin specialized in embryology and cytology and was Chairman of the biology department at Princeton from 1908-1933. His collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, documents, manuscripts and notes of articles, lectures, and speeches, many of which reflect his life-long interest in three organisms, crepidula, cynthia (styla), and amphioxus, as well as Darwinism, and heredity and environment.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0322

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Craig, Thomas, 1855-1900.

Thomas Craig Correspondence, 1882-1899: Finding Aid

Creator:: Craig, Thomas, 1855-1900.
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1040

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Dahlgren, Ulric, 1870-1946.

Selected Papers of Ulric Dahlgren, 1906-1936: Finding Aid

Creator:: Dahlgren, Ulric, 1870-1946.
Abstract:: Consists of writings, correspondence, and subject files of Ulric Dahlgren (Princeton Class of 1894), a professor in Princeton's Department of Biology.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0414

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Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1916-1997.

Robert H. Dicke Papers, 1939-1996 (bulk 1953-1990): Finding Aid

Creator:: Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1916-1997.
Abstract:: Robert H. Dicke, born in 1916, was a Princeton physicist, educator, and author. The collection includes Dicke’s professional correspondence, files from his work with the Office of Naval Research, NASA, and the National Science Board, and the National Science Foundation, and assorted other documents.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0886

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Dugan, Raymond S. (Raymond Smith), 1878-1940.

Raymond S. Dugan Papers, 1921-1940: Inventory

Creator:: Dugan, Raymond S. (Raymond Smith), 1878-1940.
Abstract:: Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) was an American astronomer and educator. His collection consists of articles, correspondence, lecture notes, material for his astronomy classes at Princeton. The collection also contains reports by Dugan to members of Commission 27 (Commission des Etoiles Variables) of the International Astronomical Union.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0551

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Dwork, Bernard M.

Bernard M. Dwork Papers, 1950-1992: Finding Aid

Creator:: Dwork, Bernard M.
Abstract:: Consists of a chronological series of 101 mathematical notebooks (1958-1997) of Princeton mathematician Bernard M. Dwork.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0983

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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.

Thomas A. Edison Collection, 1880-1925: Finding Aid

Creator:: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, both original and photocopies, of Thomas A. Edison, the most influential American inventor of the twentieth century.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1048

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Albert Einstein Collection, 1913-1975 (bulk 1930-1955): Finding Aid

Creator:: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Abstract:: Consists of a wide range of miscellaneous material by or about the Nobel Prize-winner and world famous physicist Albert Einstein, including correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, ephemera, and printed material.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1022

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Hanna Fantova Collection of Albert Einstein, 1945-1958: Finding Aid

Creator:: Fantova, Hanna.
Abstract:: Consists of Hanna Fantova's collection of Albert Einstein material, as well as some of her own personal papers.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0703

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Albert Einstein Duplicate Archive, 1859-1979 (bulk 1912-1955): Finding Aid

Creator:: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Abstract:: Consists of a photocopied duplicate archive of the original Albert Einstein Archive at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, divided into scientific and non-scientific sections, including published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, lectures, notebooks, notes, travel diaries (1925-1933), family papers, and correspondence.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0701

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Engstrom, Elmer W. (Elmer William), 1901-1984.

Elmer W. Engstrom Papers, 1902-1970: Finding Aid

Creator:: Engstrom, Elmer W. (Elmer William), 1901-1984.
Abstract:: Consists of Xeroxes and photographs of Elmer W. Engstrom's diplomas, certificates, and honors (1902-1970), as well as copies of addresses delivered and papers written (1933-1970) for both scholarly and popular periodicals during his career as an electrical engineer.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0366

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Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.

James Ferguson Letters to James Beresford, 1771-1774: Finding Aid

Creator:: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Abstract:: Included in this collection is a series of six letters written by the Scottish astronomer and instrument maker, James Ferguson, to mathematics teacher, James Beresford. Included in the letters are Fergusons' detailed drawings and explantions of various atronomical and mechanical models of clocks.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1331

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Furman, N. Howell (Nathaniel Howell), 1892-1965.

N. Howell Furman Papers, 1903-1961: Inventory

Creator:: Furman, N. Howell (Nathaniel Howell), 1892-1965.
Abstract:: N. Howell Furman (Princeton Class of 1913) was a professor of analytical chemistry at Princeton. His collection consists of scholarly papers, correspondence, miscellaneous material relating to the teaching of chemistry at Princeton.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0426

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Gillispie, Charles Coulston, 1918- .

Charles Coulston Gillispie Collection, 1779-1990 (bulk 1782-1826): Finding Aid

Creator:: Gillispie, Charles Coulston, 1918- .
Abstract:: Consists of the working papers used by Charles Coulston Gillispie while researching his book The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783-1784 (1983).
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0696

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Gödel, Kurt, 1906-1978.

Kurt Gödel Papers, 1905-1980 (bulk 1930-1970): Finding Aid

Creator:: Gödel, Kurt, 1906-1978.
Abstract:: The papers comprise documents relating to all periods of the life of Kurt Gödel, foremost mathematical logician of the twentieth century, including scientific correspondence, notebooks, drafts, unpublished manuscripts, academic, legal, and financial records, and all manner of loose notes and memoranda.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0282

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Gosnell, Harpur Allen, 1890-1959.

Naval Papers of Harpur Allen Gosnell, 1928-1947: Finding Aid

Creator:: Gosnell, Harpur Allen, 1890-1959.
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of American naval officer Harpur Allen Gosnell (Princeton Class of 1912), including his articles on naval history and naval subjects.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0693

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Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884.

Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928: Finding Aid

Creator:: Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884.
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1095

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Hamilton, Donald Ross, 1914-1972.

Donald Ross Hamilton Papers, 1946-1970: Finding Aid

Creator:: Hamilton, Donald Ross, 1914-1972.
Abstract:: Conists of selected papers of Princeton physicist Donald Ross Hamilton.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0370

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.

Joseph Henry Collection, 1834-1878: Finding Aid

Creator:: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), the American physicist, inventor, and first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0086

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Hess, Harry Hammond, 1906-1969.

H. H. Hess Papers, 1932-1969: Finding Aid

Creator:: Hess, Harry Hammond, 1906-1969.
Abstract:: The H. H. Hess Papers consists of professional papers, correspondence, and related materials of the American geologist and educator Harry Hammond Hess (1906-1969).
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0444

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Hulett, G. A. (George Augustus), 1867-1955.

George A. Hulett Papers, 1909-1962: Inventory

Creator:: Hulett, G. A. (George Augustus), 1867-1955.
Abstract:: George A. Hulett (Princeton Class of 1892) was a professor of chemistry at Princeton (1909-1935) and authority on "standard cells." The collection consists of his works, correspondence, documents, photographs, and printed matter.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0460

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Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.

A. Jacobi Papers, 1794-1936 (bulk 1880-1919): Finding Aid

Creator:: Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.
Abstract:: The A. Jacobi Papers consists of offprints of writings and lectures, correspondence, memorials, and other miscellanea of the German physician, pediatrician, author, and first professor of children's diseases in the United States Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919).
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0724

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Kauzmann, Walter, 1916-

Walter Kauzmann Papers, 1940-1993: Finding Aid

Creator:: Kauzmann, Walter, 1916-
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Walter Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0978

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Kendall, Edward C. (Edward Calvin), 1886-1972.

Edward Kendall Papers, 1935-1970: Inventory

Creator:: Kendall, Edward C. (Edward Calvin), 1886-1972.
Abstract:: Visiting Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Princeton and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Edward Kendall conducted biochemical research and is best known for his work on the hormones of the cortex of the adrenal glands. His collection includes typescripts of scientific articles, laboratory notebooks and notes, correspondence regarding patients, and a great deal of printed material.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0669

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Ladenburg, Rudolf, 1882-1952.

Selected Manuscripts of Rudolf Ladenburg, 1889-1953 (bulk 1935-1952): Finding Aid

Creator:: Ladenburg, Rudolf, 1882-1952.
Abstract:: Rudolf Ladenburg was a German-born scientist who became a nuclear physicist at Princeton University until his retirement in 1950. The collection contains some of Ladenburg’s manuscripts, lecture and course notes, and notes on nuclear physics.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0264

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Libbey, William, 1855-1927.

William Libbey Correspondence, 1876-1925: Finding Aid

Creator:: Libbey, William, 1855-1927.
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of William Libby, a Princeton graduate (Class of 1877) and professor in geology. Correspondents include people associated with Princeton, Libby's work in the field of geology, and personal friends.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0872

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Macloskie, George, 1834-1920.

George Macloskie Papers, 1875-1906: Inventory

Creator:: Macloskie, George, 1834-1920.
Abstract:: George Macloskie was a Princeton professor of biology (1875-1906) and an ordained Presbyterian minister and lawyer. His collection consists of notebooks related to his class lecures and papers, scrapbooks, printed material, and a commonplace book (1906).
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0498

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Magie, William Francis, 1858-1943.

William Francis Magie Papers, 1875-1945 (bulk 1875-1920): Finding Aid

Creator:: Magie, William Francis, 1858-1943.
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous academic records and manuscripts of William Francis Magie, distinguished Princeton physics professor and dean.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1122

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Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897.

Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921: Finding Aid

Creator:: Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897.
Abstract:: The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0076

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McClure, Charles F. W. (Charles Freeman Williams), 1865-1955.

Charles F. W. McClure Papers, 1852-1944 (bulk 1891-1929): Finding Aid

Creator:: McClure, Charles F. W. (Charles Freeman Williams), 1865-1955.
Abstract:: Charles F. W. McClure (Princeton Class of 1888) was a professor in the Princeton biology department. His papers contain approximately 1200 letters sent to McClure by some 440 biologists and anatomists of the academic community in the United States and throughout the world.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0488

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Miller, Joseph, 1797-1860.

Joseph Miller Collection, 1783-1929 (bulk 1820-1860): Finding Aid

Creator:: Miller, Joseph, 1797-1860.
Abstract:: Consists mainly of professional and personal correspondence, some documents, and printed matter of Joseph Miller, a nineteenth-century English civil engineer primarily concerned with the construction of steam engines and other machinery for naval vessels.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0557

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Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.

Sir Richard Owen Collection, 1824-1866: Finding Aid

Creator:: Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscript material of Sir Richard Owen, the nineteenth-century English biologist and paleontologist who coined the term "dinosaur."
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1152

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Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-1987.

G. Edward Pendray Papers, 1829-1981 (bulk 1923-1971): Finding Aid

Creator:: Pendray, G. Edward (George Edward), 1901-1987.
Abstract:: G. Edward Pendray was an early proponent of rocket power and space flight and co-founder Pendray and Company, a prominent public relations firm. The G. Edward Pendray Papers consist of correspondence, notes, memoranda, drafts, reports, photographs, and printed material related to Pendray's career in public relations and his life-long interest and involvement in aeronautics and astronautics.
Location:: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers.
Call Number:: MC105

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Pierce, Newton Lacy, 1905-1950.

Newton Lacy Pierce Papers, 1937-1950: Finding Aid

Creator:: Pierce, Newton Lacy, 1905-1950.
Abstract:: Consists of articles, correspondence, and related materials on astronomy of Newton Lacy Pierce, a professor of astronomy at Princeton University.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0554

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Princeton University. Dept. of Chemistry.

Department of Chemistry, U. S. Manhattan Project Records, 1943-1952: Preliminary Finding Aid

Creator:: Princeton University. Dept. of Chemistry.
Abstract:: The Department of Chemistry at Princeton University dates back to the early days of the College of New Jersey, and today it is one of the University's largest undergraduate concentrations. The collection relates to chemistry research performed at Princeton University's Chemistry Department in support of the U.S. Manhattan project from 1943-1952.
Location:: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.
Call Number:: AC358

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Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980.

J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind, 1937: Finding Aid

Creator:: Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980.
Abstract:: The J. B. Rhine Collection on the New Frontiers of the Mind consists of galley proofs of the book by the American educator, psychologist, and author J. B. (Joseph Banks) Rhine (1895-1980).
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0011

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Rockwood, Charles Greene, 1843-1913.

Charles Greene Rockwood Collection on Earthquakes, 1872-1907: Finding Aid

Creator:: Rockwood, Charles Greene, 1843-1913.
Abstract:: Charles Greene Rockwood was a professor of mathematics from 1877 to 1905 at Princeton Unviersity, and had many interests in seismology and general scientific study. Consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, and printed matter compiled by Charles Greene Rockwood, relating to earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, and unusual astronomical occurrences.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0802

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Ruland, Harold Laurence, 1906-1961.

Harold Ruland Papers on Sebastian Munster, 1934-1961 (bulk 1950-1960): Inventory

Creator:: Ruland, Harold Laurence, 1906-1961.
Abstract:: Consists of research material of American educator and historian Harold Ruland relating to his study of Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) and the history of cosmography and early cartography.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0512

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Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957.

Henry Norris Russell Papers, 1894-1980(bulk 1894-1956): Finding Aid

Creator:: Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957.
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of American astronomer Henry Norris Russell (Princeton Class of 1897), including notes kept by Russell as a student at Princeton (1894-1898), lecture notes when a professor at Princeton, and working notes on scientific and military problems.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0045

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Schwarzschild, Martin.

Martin Schwarzschild Papers, 1939-1994: Finding Aid

Creator:: Schwarzschild, Martin.
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and scientific papers of Martin Schwarzchild, a German-American astronomer and Princeton professor who pioneered the use of balloon-mounted instruments to study stellar structure and evolution.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0373

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Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947.

William Berryman Scott Papers, 1874-1946 (bulk 1910-1940): Finding Aid

Creator:: Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947.
Abstract:: Consists of papers of William Berryman Scott (Princeton Class of 1877), an eminent vertebrate paleontologist and professor of geology at Princeton University.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C0265

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Smith, Lincoln Gilmore, 1912-

Lincoln Gilmore Smith Collection, 1950-1966: Finding Aid

Creator:: Smith, Lincoln Gilmore, 1912-
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous material of Lincoln Gilmore Smith, a physicist and professor of physics at Princeton University, relating to his construction and use of mass spectrometers.
Location:: Manuscripts Division.
Call Number:: C1205

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