Guide to the Leonard I. Schiff Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0220
Creator:
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-
Creator:
Schiff, Leonard I., 1915-1971.
Title: Leonard I. Schiff papers
Dates: 1948-1971
Physical Description:
26 Linear feet
Summary: Professional correspondence, reports and committee papers
relating to Professor Schiff's work at Stanford as well as with the National Academy of
Science and NASA. Of note are papers relating to his term as head of the Physics
Department at Stanford 1948-66 and as a faculty leader. Also includes mimeographed
version of his textbook on quantum mechanics, 1947.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Leonard Schiff, 1979.
Information about Access
none
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
Leonard I. Schiff Papers (SC0220). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of physics at Stanford University, 1947-1970; head of the Physics Department
1948-1966.
Description of the Collection
Professional correspondence, reports and committee papers relating to Professor Schiff's
work at Stanford as well as with the National Academy of Science and NASA. Of note are
papers relating to his term as head of the Physics Department at Stanford 1948-66 and as
a faculty leader. Also includes mimeographed version of his textbook on quantum
mechanics, 1947.
Access Terms
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Barschall, H. H. (Heinrich Hermann),
1915-
Bloch, Felix , 1905-
Drell, Sidney D.
Hofstadter, Robert.
Kaplan, Henry S., 1918-
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Schiff, Leonard I., 1915-1971.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of Physics.
United States. Air Force.
College teachers.
Nuclear physics --Research.
Physicists.
Physics.
Quantum theory.
Relativity (Physics)
Reports.
Collection Contents
Accession ARCH-1987-031
Records
Box 1, Folder 1
Experimental Towing Tank, E. T. T., Stevens Institute of
Technology
Box 1, Folder 2
Super conducting gyroscope (original mss), 1959, and Proposed
Experimental Test of General Relativity (proposal letter), 1960
Box 1, Folder 3
Relativity and gyroscope experiment
Box 1, Folder 4
Gyro experiment after 1971
Box 1, Folder 8
Technical papers, 1960s-1970
Box 2
Schiff, Notes on Quantum Mechanics (bound volume of mss notes),
1943-44
Box 2, Folder 2
Physics 340, Autumn 1970/71 (1)
Box 2, Folder 3
Physics 340, Autumn 1970/71 (2)
Box 2, Folder 4
Physics 340, Autumn 1970/71 (3)
Box 2, Folder 5
Quantum physics course evaluations
Box 2, Folder 6
Quantum physics class file, part 1
Box 2, Folder 7
Quantum physics class file, part 2
Box 3, Folder 1
Dept. of Physics, Annual Report, Oct 1, 1966
Box 3, Folder 2
Federation of American Scientists, 1947-58
Box 3, Folder 3
General Electric Microwave Lab, 1956-62
Box 3, Folder 4
Journal of Mathematical Physics, correspondence re, 1957-71
Box 3, Folder 5
Ladera (Peninsula Housing Association) Board, 1948-49
Box 3, Folder 6
Lectures, non-technical, 1958-69
Box 3, Folder 7
Members of the Corporation Visiting Committee, MIT, 1970-71
Box 3, Folder 8
Nobel Prize nomination forms, 1950-57
Box 3, Folder 10
L. I. Schiff, biographical and bibliographical
Box 3, Folder 12
Space Science Board and Committee (NAS) 1968
Box 3, Folder 13
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Bombay) 1962
Box 3, Folder 14
Varian Associates, miscellany, 1949-64
