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Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: David Locke Webster papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0197
Physical Description:
28.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1911-1973
Summary: Correspondence
(1939-70) regarding Webster's interests (e.g. Klystron Tube, compton effect), research
notebooks (1916-1970) and correspondence relating to the Physics Department during the
1940's. Also includes glass plates for printing graphs, photographs, and maps.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Transferred by the Department of Physics, 1978.
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
David Locke Webster Papers (SC0197). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
David Locke Webster, professor of physics (1920-1954; emeritus, 1954-1977) and chairman of
the Physics Department at Stanford (1920-1942), was born in Boston November 6, 1888. He
recieved his B.A. (1910) and Ph.D. (1913) from Harvard University.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence (1939-70) regarding Webster's interests (e.g. Klystron Tube, compton
effect), research notebooks (1916-1970) and correspondence relating to the Physics
Department during the 1940's. Also includes glass plates for printing graphs, photographs,
and maps.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Compton effect.
Physics -- History.
Klystrons.