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Call Number: SC0551
Creator:
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Title: Walter Ernst Meyerhof papers
Dates: 1948-1994
Physical Description:
25.5 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of Walter E. Meyerhof document his administrative, teaching, and research activities in the Department of Physics
at Stanford; included are departmental records, correspondence, course materials, research files, grant files, committee minutes
and records, reports, and reprints. Some of the class files are those of Prof. John D. Walecka.
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
Gift of Walter E. Meyerhof, 1998.
This collection is open for research.
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.
Walter Ernst Meyerhof Papers (SC0551). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Walter E. Meyerhof earned his M.A. in physics in 1944 and Ph.D. in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the
University of Illinois, Urbana before joining the Stanford faculty in 1949. He retired from active teaching in 1992.
The papers of Walter E. Meyerhof document his administrative, teaching, and research activities in the Department of Physics
at Stanford; included are departmental records, correspondence, course materials, research files, grant files, committee minutes
and records, reports, and reprints. Some of the class files are those of Prof. John D. Walecka.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Stanford University. Department of Physics.
Walecka, John Dirk, 1932-
Nuclear physics.