Guide to the William Webster Hansen Papers

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Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
2008
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Overview

Call Number: SC0004
Creator: Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Title: William Webster Hansen papers
Dates: 1925-1945
Physical Description: 7.5 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Olive Ross, 1955, and Robert Hofstadter, 1992.

Information about Access

Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.

Ownership & Copyright

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Cite As

[Identification of item], William Webster Hansen Papers (SC0004). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

William Webster Hansen was Professor of Physics and Director of the Microwave Laboratory at Stanford University, 1929-1949.

Scope and Content of Collection

Hansen's professional and research papers include correspondence, manuscripts, research notebooks, lecture notes, unpublished studies and notes on various experiments and scientific developments such as radar, the rhumbatron, the klystron, radiation and microwave mechanics. Also included are Hansen's account of the development of the klystron tube, reports of the first linear accelerator at Stanford, his M.I.T. lectures on microwave physics, patents, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Access Terms

Beckerley, James Gwavas.
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Kirkpatrick, Paul.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Morse, Philip M., (Philip McCord), 1903-1985.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Sperry Rand Corporation. Sperry Gyroscope Division.
Stanford University. Department of Physics. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Webster, David Locke, 1943-
Woodyard, John R.
Cavity resonators.
Klystrons.
Physics--History.
Radar.
Spectrum analysis.


Box 1, Folder 1

ENGINEERING and MECHANICS NOTES 1930

Scope and Content Note

lecture notes, problems & exams
Box 1, Folder 2

ANALYTICAL MECHANICS, W. W. HANSEN, PHYSICS DEPT.

Scope and Content Note

probably lecture notes
Box 1, Folder 3

PROBLEMS ON MATH, PHYSICS

Scope and Content Note

collection of problem sets
Box 1, Folder 4

"THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS AND LINE SPECTRA OF X-RAYS FROM THIN TARGETS" By D.L. WEBSTER (DAVID LOCKE) and W.W. HANSEN

Scope and Content Note

abstract with outline drafted Feb. 14, 1929, calculations, etc.
Box 1, Folder 5

"A 10cm SIGNAL GENERATOR" by W. W. HANSEN, EDWARD LEONARD GINZTON, & P. KINNEL

Scope and Content Note

article and handwritten draft, probably a lecture
Box 1, Folder 6

NOTES ON MATRIX THEORY -at M.I.T.

Box 1, Folder 7

NOTES ON DIRAC'S THEORY -at M.I.T.

Box 1, Folder 8

PROBLEMS IN WOOD'S ADVANCED CALCULUS

Box 1, Folder 9

NOTES ON FERMI STATISTICS; also material on Maxwell statistics.

Box 1, Folder 10

NOTES ON QUANTUM MECHANICS INCLUDING KRAMER'S ON SPINORS

Box 1, Folder 11

NOTES ON MORSE

Box 1, Folder 12

VARIOUS PHYSICS COURSES

Scope and Content Note

lecture notes (?) and exams
Box 2, Folder 13

NOTES ON SPECTROSCOPY

Box 2, Folder 14

NOTES ON RELATIVITY

Scope and Content Note

and problems from Physics 239, Spring, 1936
Box 2, Folder 15

NOTES ON QUANTUM MECHANICS by WILLIAM VERMILLION HOUSTON

Scope and Content Note

includes notes, probably lecture, for Physics 206, Wave Mechanics, handwritten apparently by Hansen, various other Hansen material
Box 2, Folder 16

QUANTUM MECHANICS. NOTES FROM ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, title indicates source
Box 2, Folder 17

NOTES ON BLACK BODY RADIATION FROM EPSTEIN

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes, title indicative of source
Box 2, Folder 18

IONIZATION THEORY NOTES FROM WEBSTER

Box 2, Folder 19

NOTES TAKEN AT MICHIGAN

Box 2, Folder 20

HEAVISIDED CALCULUS

Scope and Content Note

includes notes entitled: "Solution of Oscillating Currents by the Use of Generalized Angular Velocity", and "Coupled Circuit by the Method of Generalized Angular Velocities."
Box 2, Folder 21

GRADUATE EXAMINATIONS

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, apparently taken by Hansen ca. 1930
Box 2, Folder 22

ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, 1931

Scope and Content Note

various Physics exams for 1931 and some of Hansen's (probably lecture) notes
Box 2, Folder 23

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY NOTES

Scope and Content Note

notes on Physical Chem and some exam sheets for Chem 171 (1929) and Chem 173 (1930)
Box 2, Folder 24

BROWN'S HEAT LAB. MANUAL

Scope and Content Note

various notations by Hansen and problem or outline sheet for Physics 34, Heat Lab
Box 2, Folder 25

STUDIES FOR GRADUATE EXAMINATION

Scope and Content Note

notes by Hansen on calculus and physics
Box 3, Folder 26

NOTES ON MICROSCOPES FOR MEDICAL OPTICS

Box 3, Folder 27

COURSE IN ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS FROM WEBSTER

Scope and Content Note

some, perhaps all (?) material relates to Physics 215, Spring 1925/26
Box 3, Folder 28

COMPLEX VARIABIES

Scope and Content Note

handwritten and typed notes
Box 3, Folder 29

NOTES ON THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETIC THEORY

Scope and Content Note

probably Hansen's on Physics 211, 1931
Box 3, Folder 30

NOTES ON KINETIC THEORY FROM D.L. WEBSTER

Scope and Content Note

Hansen's on Physics 211
Box 3, Folder 31

VARIOUS PATENTS

Scope and Content Note

German and American, none by Hansen
Box 3, Folder 32

PATENTS

Scope and Content Note

American relating to electronics, copies probably used for reference
Box 3, Folder 33

BLIND LANDING ARRAY

Scope and Content Note

reference to some device on which Hansen was working in connection with Sperry Rand Corp.
Box 3, Folder 34

APPLEGATE'S PATENTS

Scope and Content Note

various patents by L.M. Applegate
Box 3, Folder 35

SOME IDEAS ABOUT BALL BEARINGS, Sept. 13, 1944

Physical Description: photostatic copy of handwritten material
Box 3, Folder 36

PATENTS BY W.W. HANSEN, VARIAN, SLOAN, SNOW etc.

Box 3, Folder 37

REAMER THEORY

Scope and Content Note

front sheet dated Mar. 18, 1937 is a statement of Hansen's reamer theory; includes various calculations, graphs, etc. all concerned with reamer theory
Box 3, Folder 38

DIRECTOR, AIR, CALC.

Scope and Content Note

various calculations, some involved with ballistics
Box 3, Folder 39

MISC. RADAR

Scope and Content Note

graphs, calculations, data sheets, etc.
Box 4, Folder 40

HALF-PLANE DIFFRACTION

Scope and Content Note

hand-written, entitled: "A New Treatment of the Half-Plane Diffraction Problem"
Box 4, Folder 41

SEISMOGRAPH PROBLEM

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material including calculations, graphs, etc. folder dated Sept., 1936
Box 4, Folder 42

SPACE CHARGE IN THE ATMOSPHERE - undated

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 43

APPROXIMATIONS TO BESSEL FUNCTIONS OF HIGH ORDER, 1936

Box 4, Folder 44

BRAGG'S LAW

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, undated material
Box 4, Folder 45

WORK ON HELIUM SPECTRUM

Scope and Content Note

at M.I.T., many graphs etc., handwritten material entitled: "Calculation of the Energy Levels of Helium"
Box 4, Folder 46

ATOMIC ENERGY (?)

Scope and Content Note

various typed and handwritten sheets
Box 4, Folder 47

PRELIMINARY WORK ON GREEN'S FUNCTIONS

Scope and Content Note

typed material entitled: "Abstract" (simple method of finding expansions for Green's Functions occurring in mathematical physics, several new Green's Functions illustrate method), and handwritten material
Box 4, Folder 48

REENTRANT SPHERE RESONANCE & ETC.

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 49

FEED-BACK AMPLIFIERS

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 50

LUMPED CONSTANT CALCULATIONS ON RHUMBATRONS

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs, etc.
Box 4, Folder 51

TUNING BY BUMPS

Scope and Content Note

work done Oct. 1938 by Hansen and D.L. Webster
Box 4, Folder 52

IMPEDANCE MATCHING ON RHUMBATRON

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 53

CALCULATIONS ON WAVE GUIDES, April 9, 1939

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 54

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM - undated

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 55

RADAR ANTENNA THEORY

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material entitled: "Design of Antennas to Give Prescribed Patterns, Sharp Beams, Focussing by a Cylindrical Lens"
Box 4, Folder 56

RADAR: SIGNAL-TO-NOISE

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 57

MODIFIED SCHMIDT TELESCOPE

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 4, Folder 58

MOTION OF WEIGHT WITH ATTACHED ROPE

Scope and Content Note

"Sleater's Intergal" is the title (this may be Integral)
Box 4, Folder 59

PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS ON CYLINDRICAL As and CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAMES GWAVA BECKERLY Summer, 1935

Physical Description: both handwritten and typed
Box 5, Folder 60

ANTENNA ARRAYS

Scope and Content Note

some personal correspondence with Dr. (? H.P.) Westman, 2 abstracts: "A New Principle in Directional Antenna Design" by W.W. Hansen and J.R. Woodyard, original handwritten and typed copy, various other papers and graphs
Box 5, Folder 61

PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS ON DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS AND MS

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material and a typed abstract entitled: "Radiation from an Antenna Over a Plane Earth of Arbitrary Characteristics" by W.W. Hansen and J.G. Beckerley
Box 5, Folder 62[R-2]

ANTENNA DESIGN

Scope and Content Note

photostatic copy, letter between Hansen and Dr. Carl R. Spangenberg of Stanford University dated 1943
Box 5, Folder 63

CALCULATIONS ON SPHERICAL-CYLINDRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND ON DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS

Physical Description: handwritten and typed
Box 5, Folder 64

ELECTROMETER REPRINTS

Scope and Content Note

correspondence between Hansen and W. Mansfield Clark of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine dated 1937, plus handwritten material
Box 5, Folder 65

CALCULATIONS FOR GRAPHS

Scope and Content Note

various graphs and data sheets
Box 5, Folder 66

ABERRATIONS IN ELECTRON LENSES

Scope and Content Note

handwritten and one graph
Box 5, Folder 67

CALCULATION OF MONOTRON SHAPES

Scope and Content Note

various graphs, data sheets, etc.
Box 5, Folder 68[R-8]

NO TITLE

Scope and Content Note

unidentified handwritten materials, appears to be in connection with airplane landing control, radar or similar
Box 5, Folder 69

EXPLORATORTY CALCULATIONS ON SPHERICAL EARTH PROBLEM

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material plus some graphs, some material on "Antenna Practice" etc., 1938
Box 5, Folder 70

VECTOR EXPANSION OF e-ikr 12/r 12

Scope and Content Note

mostly at M.I.T. start of rhumbatron, 1933 (includes reject of Hansen article submitted for publication to The Physical Review, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physics [all the same] entitled: "A New Type of Expansion", plus various handwritten material
Box 5, Folder 71

RHUMBATRON CALCULATIONS

Scope and Content Note

various typed and handwritten material
Box 5, Folder 72

MONOTRON MS

Scope and Content Note

typed abstract: "On A Simplified Short Wave Oscillator" by Hansen and Russell Harrison Varian & original handwritten
Box 6, Folder 73[M-3]

BEGINNING ON MONOTRON

Scope and Content Note

various handwritten material, graphs, dated 1937
Box 6, Folder 74[C-6]

RHUMBATRON PAPER PRESENTED TO AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY June, 1939

Scope and Content Note

typed and handwritten material and various graphs
Box 6, Folder 75[K-2]

KLYSTRON EFFICIENCY

Scope and Content Note

graphs and handwritten material dated 1937
Box 6, Folder 76[C-12]

RHUMBATRON PAPER WITH HOLLINGSWORTH

Scope and Content Note

typed preliminary draft, some graphs and drawings
Box 6, Folder 77[C-14]

RHUMBATRON AS A RESONATOR, MS TO INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS

Scope and Content Note

correspondence with I.R.E. about publication of article entitled: includes drawings, calculations and short biographical note for publisher
Box 6, Folder 78[K-6]

"CURRENT-VOLTAGE-EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTIC CURVES FOR KLYSTRON OSCILLATORS"

Physical Description: handwritten abstract and 3 typed copies
Box 6, Folder 79[I-13]

HANSEN-VARIAN AMPLIFIER

Scope and Content Note

research notes for Spring, 1930, article from Radio News February, 1930 entitled: "The Amplifier Steps Out"; various graphs; a letter of correspondence with Sangamo Electric Co. about a certain type of condensor
Box 6, Folder 80[K-8]

RESONANCE FREQUENCY CLOSED LINE

Scope and Content Note

various handwritten material dated 1938, reply to Hansen's request for booklet on publishing form from American Institute of Physics
Box 6, Folder 81[K-7]

"VERY ROUGH CALCULATIONS ON SELF BUNCHERS"

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 6, Folder 82[E-1]

SMOOTHING CIRCUITS

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material and graphs
Box 6, Folder 83[P-14]

"DESIGN OF A SHAKER TRACK"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material and many graphs
Box 6, Folder 84[C-16]

QUARTER WAVE LINE

Scope and Content Note

"On the Resonant Frequency of Closed Concentric Lines", typewritten; "Numerical Example and Estimate of Errors", handwritten; several sheets of calculations
Box 6, Folder 85[K-3]

"CAUSES OF FREQUENCY VARIATION IN KLYSTRON OSCILLATORS"

Physical Description: typed MS
Box 7, Folder 86[C-15]

RADIATION THROUGH HOLES

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, entitled: "Calculations for Rand Press Filter and Antenna"; other material dated 1937 and 1938
Box 7, Folder 87[K-5]

CIRCULAR FLOATING ONE

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs and calculations
Box 7, Folder 88[K-4]

"ON THE ACCELERATION OF CHARGED PARTICLES BY OSCILLATING FIELDS BOUNDED BY GRIDS"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten abstract and typed copy, several graphs
Box 7, Folder 89[P-13]

"ON THE ABSOLUTE DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL UNITS"

Scope and Content Note

abstract of article supposedly published in American Journal of Physics in late 1930s; "Measurement of Current", handwritten abstract and copy; graphs, drawings and etc.
Box 7, Folder 90[I-10]

MICROMANIPULATOR PAPER WITH SOME DRAWINGS

Scope and Content Note

typed paper, purchase orders for parts, folder on Zeiss Micromanipulators, some handwritten material
Box 7, Folder 91[C-13]

"ON BAND PASS FILTERS USING RHUMBATRONS"

Physical Description: handwritten abstract with typed copy
Box 7, Folder 92

INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS RADAR PAPER FIGURES

Scope and Content Note

various drawings, graphs, etc. presumably as indicated by title
Box 7, Folder 93[R-10]

"CONCERNING NEW METHODS OF CALCULATION RADIATION RESISTANCE, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT GROUND"

Scope and Content Note

typed paper and note that it formed the basis of a talk to joint meeting of I.R.E. and American section of U.R.S.I. in Washington D.C. May, 1936; other material and letter to editor of proceedings of I.R.E., dated 1936
Box 7, Folder 94[R-11]

RADIATION THEORY

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs and drafts
Box 7, Folder 95[R-12]

RADIATION THEORY

Scope and Content Note

notes taken to Washington (typed and handwritten) for U.R.S.I. program in April and May, 1936
Box 7, Folder 96[R-13]

"DESIGN OF FLAT SHOOTING ANTENNA ARRAYS" BY HANSEN AND HOLLINGSWORTH, Spring 1938

Scope and Content Note

typed article and handwritten copy, much other material
Box 7, Folder 97[R-14]

FIELD AT GROUND: CHASING OUT ERRORS

Scope and Content Note

also typed abstract entitled: "Directional Characteristics of Any Antenna Over a Plane Earth", and 2 copies; handwritten material; article by Hollingsworth entitled: "Report on Radiation Theory and Summerfield Theory"; translation of a German article
Box 8, Folder 98[R-15]

NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS FOR FIRST I.R.E. PAPER

Scope and Content Note

with original copy of table three; handwritten and typed material, some of handwritten entitled: "Vertical Quarter Wave Antenna With Ground"; graphs, drawings and calculations
Box 8, Folder 99[R-16]

"RADIATION FROM ARBITRARY ANTENNA OVER AN EARTH OF FINITE CONDUCTIVITY"

Scope and Content Note

typed and handwritten copies of MS for first paper in Physics
Box 8, Folder 100[P-9]

"PROBABILITIES OF K-ELECTRON IONIZATION OF SILVER BY CATHODE RAYS"

Scope and Content Note

MS for paper with Stoddard on line and continuous radiation; also handwritten and typed material including a description of an experiment by Hansen and Stoddard
Box 8, Folder 101[P-10]

TERMAN'S PROBLEM ON REFLECTIONS FROM THE IONOSPHERE

Scope and Content Note

typed and handwritten material; letter from H. . Westman, secretary of the I.R.E. re: publication of an article on this work
Box 8, Folder 102[P-11]

KIRKPATRICK'S SHOTPUT CORRECTION

Scope and Content Note

handwritten material, calculations, etc.; typed reference attached and signed P K (possibly Paul Harmon Kirkpatrick)
Box 8, Folder 103[P-12]

"J" PHENOMENON

Scope and Content Note

handwritten data sheets, several sheets entitled: "Superposition of X-rays" by Gerald L. Pearson and W.W. Hansen
Box 8, Folder 104[K-1]

HADLEY REPORT -"Report on Klystron Amplifier Measurements" by Charles F. Hadley, June 30, 1943

Box 8, Folder 105[P-8]

"CALCULATIONS OF THE TOTAL RADIATION FROM ACCELERATED RAPIDLY MOVING ELECTRONS"

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 8, Folder 106-107[I-9]

MEASURE OF TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF AMPLIFIERS

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, partial title, c. 89 pp (?80); other handwritten material and graphs; originally one unidentified folder, divided into two because of volume
Box 8, Folder 108

COMPUTATIONS FOR WOODYARD

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs, data sheets, etc., undated
Box 8, Folder l09[P-8]

RADIATION THEORY

Scope and Content Note

mostly at M.I.T. and Michigan; handwritten, calculations, graphs, data sheets, etc.
Box 8, Folder 110[C-10]

"ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CERTAIN SHAPE OF RESONATOR"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten with copy; data sheets, graphs, etc., some dated 1939
Box 9, Folder 111[C-9]

FREQUENCY OF RESONANT CAVITIES

Scope and Content Note

handwritten entitled: "Magnetic Field with Cylindrical Symmetry"; data sheets, graphs, etc.; most dated June, 1941
Box 9, Folder 112[C-8]

DETAILED CALCULATIONS ON ENERGY LOSS ON REFLECTION - undated

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 9, Folder 113[C-7a,b,c,d]

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS

Scope and Content Note

typed; abstract with drawings: "On Band Pass Filters Using Rhumbatrons"; abstract, December, 1937: "On Radiative Rhumbatrons"; MS with graph: "Dielectric Rhumbatrons"; MS, 25 pp.,: "A Type of Electrical Resonator"
Box 9, Folder 114

LIST OF PUBLISHED PAPERS -prepared by F. Black for National Academy of Science

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 9, Folder ll5

CALCULATIONS & MS FOR "PHYSICS" RHUMBATRON

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 9, Folder 116

KINEMATIC DESIGN DRAWINGS

Scope and Content Note

various drawings, some with notations by Hansen
Box 9, Folder 117

ELECTROSTATIC FOCUSING AT RELATIVISTIC SPEEDS

Physical Description: typed, one copy in English, one in French
Box 9, Folder 118

"DIELECTRIC LOSSES OF VARIOUS CONCENTRIC CABLES AT 3000 Mc" by William W. Hansen and Charles H. Pope

Scope and Content Note

2 copies, typed or mimeographed, paper bears imprint of Sperry Gyroscope Co.
Box 9, Folder 119

TUBE OPERATING POINTS - March 12, 1945

Scope and Content Note

interoffice memo by Hansen at Sperry Gyroscope Co., apparently a report with 2 graphs
Box 9, Folder 120

MICROWAVE INTENSITY NOMOGRAPHS, May 21, 1945

Scope and Content Note

inter-office memo (mimeographed copy) with graph-data sheets
Box 9, Folder 121

REPORT ON KLYSTRON AMPLIFIER MEASUREMENTS. by Charles F. Hadley, December 29, 1943

Scope and Content Note

mimeographed, 23 pp with several data sheets; submitted to Sperry Gyroscope Co.
Box 9, Folder 122

END-FIRE WAVE GUIDE RADIATORS December 3, 1941

Scope and Content Note

inter-office memo from M.H. Johnson to R.L. Wathen and W.H. Ratliff (?); typed
Box 9, Folder 123

RECTIFICATION TEST, January 16, 1942

Scope and Content Note

Sperry Gyroscope Co. inter-office memo from M.H. Johnson and C.H. Pope to Hansen; typed.
Box 9, Folder 124

SPHERICAL-CYLINDRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Scope and Content Note

1 handwritten and 2 typed copies of abstract: "Transformations Useful in Certain Antenna Calculations"; correspondence relating to its publication in Journal of Applied Physics including galley proof and notification of intent to publish in April, 1937 issue.
Box 9, Folder 125

VALUES OF P FUNCTIONS

Physical Description: handwritten data sheets
Box 9, Folder 126

TABLE OF ei(x)

Scope and Content Note

mimeographed, notation, interpolated by Hansen from Glaisher's Tables; material relating to Physics 25, Spring, 1930 and1931 entitled: "Comparison of Electrons and Light"
Box 9, Folder 127

"ON THE RESONANT FREQUENCY OF CLOSED CONCENTRIC LINES"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten with 2 typed copies; correspondence relating to publication in Journal of Applied Physics, Aug. 5, 1938; graphs and one handwritten sheet of calculations (apparently corrections in the article).
 

MATERIAL RELATING TO HANSEN'S STUDIES AT STANFORD AS A STUDENT

Box 9, Folder 128

NOTES ON WAVE MECHANICS AND ETC.

Scope and Content Note

handwritten and undated (although could be 1930 or '31), cover diverse subjects such as and including Heisenberg matrix elements.
Box 9, Folder 129

NOTES ON PHYSICS 183, Winter 1931-'32

Scope and Content Note

most are carbons, author unknown, handwritten; some typed, author unknown; handwritten, problem sets, etc.
Box 9, Folder 130

SUMMARY OF PHYSICS 123

Physical Description: typed, notation on front cover: not to be removed from the LIBRARY
Box 9, Folder 131

NOTES ON PHYSICS 123

Scope and Content Note

appears to be a duplication of folder 129 except problem sets and leading page indicating they belong to Hansen
Box 10, Folder 132

PROBLEMS FOR PHYSICS 125, Spring, 1934-35

Scope and Content Note

also some handwritten material designated as problems [note: these are not solutions]; possibly material Hansen may have used an a teaching assistant; unidentified and undated.
Box 10, Folder 133

"BOUNDARY WAVE PROBLEMS"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, unidentified and undated, appears to be Hansen's handwriting
 

MISCELLANEOUS

Box 10, Folder 134

Work done by L.H. Franklin (student) for Hansen, includes various loose sheets and diagrams

Box 10, Folder 135

Various graphs, data sheets, etc., apparently done by Beckerley in 1940

Box 10, Folder 136

Various unrelated handwritten calculations, data sheets, etc., undated and unclassified

Box 10, Folder 137

Graphs, most done in 1941

Box 10, Folder 138

Handwritten calculations etc., 1940-47

Box 10, Folder 139

Various handwritten and typed sheets, one entitled: "Velocity of Light"

Box 10, Folder 140

Calculations, graphs., etc.

Box 10, Folder 141

Report for Hansen's Physics 250 by T.E. Veltfort (student), completed Dec. 13, 1946

Box 10, Folder 142

Various typed reports apparently by Hansen; includes "10 cm Signal Generator" & "A New Type of Variable Stroke Pump", etc.

Box 10, Folder 143

FORD "A" MOTOR

Scope and Content Note

various references to one of Hansen's cars and other things of automotive nature, dated early 1930s.
Box 10, Folder 144

SPHERE DRAWINGS

Scope and Content Note

various drawings, calculations, etc.
Box 10, Folder 145

W.W. HANSEN MISCELLANEOUS UNSORTED MATERIAL

Scope and Content Note

includes personal correspondence and other unsorted material
Box 11, Folder 146[K-11]

"AN INFORMAL REPORT ON KLYSTRON RESEARCH SINCE LAST SPRING"

Scope and Content Note

letter from Hansen to D.L. Webster, 16 typed pages and several photographs
Box 11, Folder 147[K-9A]

KLYSTRONICS LECTURE NOTES 1940

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs, etc.
Box 11, Folder 148[K-9A]

"KLYSTRON KLASS" 1940

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, dated for fall, 1940, property of Hansen
Box 11, Folder 149[K-9B]

KLYSTRONICS, M.I.T., 1941

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, graphs, etc.
Box 11, Folder 150

RHUMBATRONICS, M.I.T. 1941

Physical Description: handwritten, 6 pages
Box 11, Folder 151

DISPERSION OF GLASS

Scope and Content Note

mimeographed experiment sheet for Physics 152, Autumn, 1935-36; with 5 copies
Box 11, Folder 152

OLD EXPERIMENTS

Scope and Content Note

for Physics 152 and 154, most for year 1935-36, some for 1941-42, all mimeographed or copied; and "Experiment IV. Wave-Length Measurement with the Michelson Interferometer" for Physics 152
Box 11, Folder 153

PHYSICS 152, EXPERIMENTS l, 3, 4, 7, 8, AND 9 1946.

Physical Description: copies, some with notations
Box 11, Folder 154

PHYSICS 152, 153, and 154 EXPERIMENT SHEETS, 1947-48

Physical Description: all mimeographed, many with handwritten notations.
Box 11, Folder 155

MODERN PHYSICS LAB, AUTUMN, 1936-37

Scope and Content Note

copies of all experiments; rough draft of article "An Apparatus for the Determination of the Gravitation Constant", Jan., 1936; personal correspondence with RCA Co. re: cathode ray tubes, 1937; data sheets etc.; reprint of article by Hansen and Lundstrom from Proceedings of the I.R.E. Vol. 33, No. 8, August, 1945, entitled: "Experimental Determination of Impedance Functions by the Use . . . "; much handwritten material; copy of patent by Harry Nyquist (Patent Office No. 1,915,440; issued in 1933)
Box 11, Folder 156

"AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ANTENNA"

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, appears to be Hansen's, possibly experiment notes, 21 pages
Box 11, Folder 157[E-3]

W.W. HANSEN, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPT., M.I.T. 0N SPERRYGYRO, GARDEN CITY

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes, calculations, etc.
Box 11, Folder 158[E-6]

W.W. HANSEN, RADIATION LAB, U.C.

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes, calculations, 37 pages
Box 11, Folder 159

"NUCLEAR DISPERSION"

Scope and Content Note

notebook and 2 loose sheets, handwritten notes, calculations, graphs, etc., title page dated Aug. 29, 1945
Box 11, Folder 160[I-11]

LAB BOOK, NO TITLE

Physical Description: handwritten, first 18 pages missing
Box 12, Folder 161[E-2A,B,C]

TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF WIDEBAND AMPLIFIERS

Physical Description: in three spiral notebooks
Box 12, Folder 162[K-9B]

KLYSTRONICS, M.I.T., 1941

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 12, Folder 163[P-15]

W.W. HANSEN, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPT., M.I.T. or SPERRY GYRO, GARDEN CITY, [Book 1]; W.W. HANSEN, RADIATION LAB, M.I.T. or SPERRY GYRO [Books 2-6]

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 12, Folder 164[E4A,B]

A.A. COMPUTER, VOLS. II and III

Scope and Content Note

handwritten, entitled: "Generalities Relative to Electronic Computers", also loose drawings and calculations
Box 13, Folder 165[C-17]

NO TITLE -handwritten, some sheets dated 1936

Box 13, Folder 166[P-15]

W.W. HANSEN, RADIATION LAB, M.I.T. or SPERRY GYRO, GARDEN CITY [Book 8]

Physical Description: handwritten
Box 13, Folder 167[K-10A,B,C]

NO TITLE -three handwritten notebooks dated 1939

Box 13, Folder 168[E-7]

NO TITLE -handwritten notebook, undated

Box 13, Folder 169[?K-10E]

NO TITLE -notebook dated 1939

Box 13, Folder 170[M-5]

W.W. HANSEN, PHYSICS DEPT.

Scope and Content Note

notebooks, graphs, data sheets (?) dated 1939
Box 13, Folder 171[I-12]

NO TITLE -handwritten notebook

Box 13, Folder 172[K-10D]

W.W. HANSEN, PHYSICS DEPT. -handwritten notebook

Box 14

Microwave Lecture Notes 1944

Microwave Lecture Notes, 1944

Physical Description: 3 vols.
 

NOTEBOOK FOR PHYSICS 105/106 (1945-1948)

Box 15, Folder 1

Preliminary notes

Box 15, Folder 2

Physics 106: experiment 3, Rydberg constant

Box 15, Folder 3

Physics 105: experiment 13, Boltzmann's constant

Box 15, Folder 4

Modern physics, fall 1946-47

Box 15, Folder 5

Physics 105: oil drop experiment

Box 15, Folder 6

Physics 106: e/m experiment

Box 15, Folder 7

Physics 105/106: experiment 4 - gravitation constant

Box 15, Folder 8

Physics 106: thermionic emission

Box 15, Folder 9

Physics 106: velocity of light

Box 15, Folder 10

Physics 106: cloud chamber

Box 15, Folder 11

Miscellaneous notes and final exam

Box 15, Folder 12

Modern Physics, outlines 1946 -

Box 15, Folder 13

syllabus, lab groups, and experiment/lecture notes Spring 1948:

 

NOTEBOOK (1940)

Box 15, Folder 14

Modern Physics

Box 1

Accession ARCH-2009-059 Scans of the 3 volumes located in Box 14 (Microwave lecture notes)

Physical Description: 8 optical disc(s) (DVD)