Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Physics, Photographs

Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: PC0131

Creator: Stanford University. Department of Physics.

Title: Stanford University, Department of Physics, photographs

Dates: 1910-1973

Bulk Dates: 1950-1973

Physical Description: 8.5 Linear feet

Summary: Collection contains photographs of faculty, staff, and students, 1910-1973, with the bulk of the images from 1965-1973. Most of the photos appear to be identification images, some of which show signs of having been posted on display. There are also images of Prof. William Webster Hansen; the farewell party for Ed. A. Wright (mechanician) in 1942; Prof. Fernando Sanford with a group on the steps of a house ca. 1910; and undated portraits of 19th century German physicists: Max Planck, Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and two others.

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

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Stanford University, Department of Physics, Photographs (PC0131). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Description of the Collection

Collection contains photographs of faculty, staff, and students, 1910-1973, with the bulk of the images from 1965-1973. Most of the photos appear to be identification images, some of which show signs of having been posted on display. There are also images of Prof. William Webster Hansen; the farewell party for Ed. A. Wright (mechanician) in 1942; Prof. Fernando Sanford with a group on the steps of a house ca. 1910; and undated portraits of 19th century German physicists: Max Planck, Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and two others.

Access Terms

Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949

Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.

Kirchhoff, G. (Gustav), 1824-1887.

Planck, Max, 1858-1947.

Sanford, Fernando.

Stanford University. Department of Physics. Faculty.

Stanford University. Department of Physics.

Photoprints.

Photographs

Box 1, Folder 1

Rolled 35mm negatives

Box 1, Folder 2

Rolled 35mm negatives

Box 1, Folder 3

Rolled 35mm negatives

Box 1, Folder 4

Portrait negatives A 1971: J. Anderson; R. Avida

Box 1, Folder 5

Portrait negatives B 1971: K. Baker; U. Bar-Gadda; K. Bethel; D. Boyd; R. Boyd

Box 1, Folder 6

Portrait negatives C 1971: C. Campbell; C. Cho; A. Chiu

Box 1, Folder 7

Portrait negatives D 1971: D. Dahl; B. DeWitt; E. Diener; N. Dixon; G. Donaldson; B. Donnelly; Dubach

Box 1, Folder 8

Portrait negatives F-H 1971: S. Fiarman; Z. Guiragossian; D. Haskin; Haxton

Box 1, Folder 9

Portrait negatives I-K 1971: M. Ibarra; M. Iverson; B. Keister; G. King; G. Kumbartzki (?); M. Kronick

Box 1, Folder 10

Portrait negatives L-M 1971: La Pointe; J. Laluda (?); Ch. Lee; M. Lin; M. Masujima; D. Mavis; E. Motiska

Box 1, Folder 11

Portrait negatives O-P 1971: H. Orbach; R. Peccei; R. Pearson; M. Peterson

Box 1, Folder 12

Portrait negatives R 1971: R. Rand; R. Reitz; O. Roberts; R. Running

Box 1, Folder 13

Portrait negatives S 1971: R. Schilling; T. Sharpton; D. Slater; S. Spence

Box 1, Folder 14

Portrait negatives T-W 1971: M. Turner; R. Walton; R. Wedmeyer; S. West; T. Winkler

Box 1, Folder 15

Portrait negatives, unidentified

Box 1, Folder 16

Portraits (contact sheets, with a few name identifications), 1965-1966

Box 1, Folder 17

Portraits (proofs), 1966/67

Box 1, Folder 18

Portraits (contact sheets, with a few name identifications), 1967-1968

Box 2, Folder 1

Portraits (contact sheets), undated

Box 2, Folder 2

Physics picnic, B/W snapshots, 1957

Box 2, Folder 3

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: A-B

Box 2, Folder 4

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: C-D

Box 2, Folder 5

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: E - F

Box 2, Folder 6

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: G-H

Box 2, Folder 7

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: I-K

Box 2, Folder 8

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: L-M

Box 2, Folder 9

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: N-O

Box 2, Folder 10

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: P

Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: Q-R

Box 2, Folder 12

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: S

Box 2, Folder 13

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: T-V

Box 2, Folder 14

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: W-Z

Box 2, Folder 15

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: unidentified women

Box 3, Folder 1

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: unidentified men

Box 3, Folder 2

Photographs of faculty, staff, students: unidentified men

Box 3, Folder 3

Portrait negatives undated A-B: Alton, Bell, Bernstein, Blandenbecker

Box 3, Folder 4

Portrait negatives undated C-F: Cotts, Dahlberg, Downs, Drummond, Duffy, de Flarys, Franken, Fried

Box 3, Folder 5

Portrait negatives undated H-K: Harless, Helm, Hobart, Hofstadter, Jaynes, Kirkpatrick, Kliger, Kraushoar (?)

Box 3, Folder 6

Portrait negatives undated L-P: Lamb, Maiman, Meyerhoff, Pake, Poirier

Box 3, Folder 7

Portrait negatives undated S: Schiff, Smith, Stogryn, Strickland, Sundfors

Box 3, Folder 8

Portrait negatives undated T-Y: Taylor, Wieder, Wilcox, Yearian, Yenvie (?), Yodh

Box 3, Folder 9

Passport negatives 1972 or 1973: Ammons, Beron, Bloom, Boughn, Brill, Ceperley, Colson, Cubeddo

Box 3, Folder 10

Passport negatives 1972 or 1973: Day, Donnelly, Duryee, H. Fairbank, W. Fairbank, Fetter, Fields, Fisher, Flexer,

Box 3, Folder 11

Passport negatives 1972 or 1973: Gerber, Gilchriese, Hall, Hallak, Hansch, Hawkines, Heile, Hitlin

Box 3, Folder 12

Passport negatives 1972 or 1973: Kampas, Kennelly, Koch, Kuhlmann, LaRue, Lazarus, Le Coultre, Li

Box 3, Folder 13

Passport negatives 1972 or 1973: Meyerhof, Rand, Saylor, Triplett, Turneaure, Wikswo, Yuen

Box 3, Folder 14

Notebook of 35mm negatives, undated, unidentified (includes some Stanford sports photos, dogs, people, museum displays, travel images; at least one negative matches a print that was labeled “from William Hansen personnel file”)

Box 3, Folder 15

Photographs identified as “from William Hansen personnel file”

Box 3, Folder 16

Photographs from Physics events or groups 1942 and undated: includes images of Prof. Kirkpatrick, the farewell party for Ed. A. Wright mechanician in 1942, and Prof. Fernando Sanford with a group on the steps of a house ca. 1910

Box 3, Folder 17

Portraits, older: J. G. Brown, Bruce Bush, Albert Pruden Carman, G. R. Harrison

Box 3, Folder 18

Portraits, older: D. W. Murphy, F. J. Rogers, Fernando Sanford, Herman De Clercq Stearns

Box 3, Folder 19

Portraits, older: M. E. Taylor, D. L. Webster

Box 3, Folder 20

Portraits of 19th century German physicists: Max Planck, Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and 2 others

Box 3, Folder 21

Physics building, photograph of architectural sketch

Box 3, Folder 22

Photographs from a fishing trip [no identification of people], ca. 1910

Box 3, Folder 23

Photograph from a group meeting [labeled on back: “1906. The American Society for the Advancement of Polygamy, Stanford University Chapter” and in pencil: “also known as the Lorentz Symposium, University of Wisconsin, about 1921” CAUTION: item was unframed but the photo is still adhered to the glass on lower left corner.]

Box 3, Folder 24

List of people in “Physics Dept. Group 1914” [appears not to match any image in this collection]

Box 4, Folder

One photograph, oversize, of Ron Wilensky, George Ryder, and Don Roc (?), labeled: “Neutrinos University Champions Pocket Billiards 1966-67”

Glass Slides

Box 1-4

3.5 x 4 inch glass lantern slides circa 1950s