Finding Aid for the Lawrence Ellsworth Dodd Papers, 1919-1975
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Lawrence Ellsworth Dodd Papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1975
Collection number: 1345
Creator:
Dodd, Lawrence Ellsworth, b. 1886.
Extent:
61 cartons (61 linear ft.)
Abstract: Collection consists of personal papers of Dr. Lawrence E. Dodd, professor of physics at UCLA, including correspondence, research
notes and materials, photographs, and printed material.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to
the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Dept. of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lawrence Ellsworth Dodd Papers (Collection Number 1345). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Dodd was born on July 16, 1886 in Cascade, IA; BS, Cornell College, 1910; MS (1914) and Ph.D (1918), Univ. of Iowa; worked
for three years at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.; joined the physics dept. of the Southern Branch of
the Univ. of CA, and remained at UCLA, retiring as professor in 1954; president of the Southern CA section and member of the
national executive council, American Assn. of Physics Teachers; research interests included measurements on the properties
of matter and geometrical optics; publications include
Laboratory experiments in fluids and heat (c1947); he died on Sept. 14, 1975 in Port Angeles, WA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of personal papers of Dr. Lawrence E. Dodd, professor of physics at UCLA, including correspondence, research
notes and materials, photographs, and printed material.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Dodd, Lawrence Ellsworth,--b. 1886--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles.--Dept. of Physics--Faculty--Archival resources.
Physicists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Container List
Box 1
Includes diaries, personal correspondence and poems
Box 3
Mostly professional correspondence
Box 5
Includes retirement correspondence, notes, books, offprints (by Dodd)
Box 6
Printed items: includes some by Dodd and some re. UCLA
Box 7
Professional correspondence and pps.
Box 9
Includes exam pps., personal correspondence
Box 11
Mostly "manuscript materials, unpublished"
Box 12
Address cards; personal correspondence and pps. (health care, IRS, etc.), notes
Box 13
Mostly correspondence and pps.
Box 14
Mostly correspondence; notes
Box 15
Mostly correspondence, memorabilia, pps.
Box 17
Printed material, card index
Box 19
Includes correspondence, books
Box 34
Mostly appeals and clippings
Box 35
Some correspondence, mostly clippings, junk mail
Box 47
Printed materials, mostly "appeals."
