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Papers Series A 1914-1964

 

Stanford University Course Materials, 1941-1954

box 1, folder 1

Math 10-24, 1951

box 1, folder 2

Physics 23, Electricity, 1949

box 1, folder 3

Physics 23, Winter 1949

box 1, folder 4

Physics 23, Winter 1949

box 1, folder 5

Physics 35, Electricity with calculus.

box 1, folder 6

Physics 37, Light and Sound, Winter 1941

box 1, folder 7

Physics 51, Plans and records.

box 1, folder 8

Physics 51, Autumn 1949

box 1, folder 9

Physics 51, Quizzes. Autumn 1950,

box 1, folder 10

Physics 51, Lecture Notes. Autumn 1950,

box 1, folder 11

Physics 51, Lecture Notes. Autumn 1950,

box 1, folder 12

Physics 51, Autumn, 1950, 1951, 1952

box 1, folder 13

Physics 51, Piston Inertia. Autumn 1951,

box 1, folder 14

Physics 51, Autumn 1951

box 1, folder 15

Physics 51, Autumn 1951

box 1, folder 16

Physics 51, Quizzes. Autumn 1951,

box 1, folder 17

Physics 51, Autumn 1952

box 1, folder 18

Physics 51, Autumn 1952

box 1, folder 19

Physics 51, Autumn 1952

box 1, folder 20

Physics 51, Extracurricular Information: Highbrow. Autumn 1952,

box 2, folder 1

Physics 51, Mimeo Notes. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 2

Physics 51, Mimeo Notes. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 3

Physics 51, Mimeo Notes. Autumn1953,

box 2, folder 4

Physics 51, Apparatus for Sound. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 5

Physics 51, Odd jobs, Lowbrow Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 6

Physics 51, Lecture notes. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 7

Physics 51, Lecture notes. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 8

Physics 51, Mimeo notes, problems, quizzes, and final exam. Autumn 1953,

box 2, folder 9

Physics 91, Lecture notes. Winter 1952,

box 2, folder 10

Physics 91, Mimeo notes, desk copies of problems. Winter 1952,

box 2, folder 11

Physics 91, Mimeo notes. Winter 1953,

box 2, folder 12

Physics 91, Mimeo notes. Winter 1953,

box 2, folder 13

Physics 91, Mimeo notes. Winter 1953,

box 2, folder 14

Physics 91, Lecture notes. Winter and Spring 1953,

box 3, folder 1

Physics 91, Lecture notes. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 2

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 1. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 3

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 2. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 4

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 3. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 5

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 4. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 6

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 5. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 7

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 6. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 8

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 9

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 8. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 10

Physics 91, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 9. Winter 1954,

box 3, folder 11

Physics 93, Lectures 1-13. Spring 1952,

box 3, folder 12

Physics 93, Lectures 14-28. Spring 1952,

box 3, folder 13

Physics 93, Mimeo notes and desk copies of problems. Spring 1952,

box 4, folder 1

Physics 93, Lecture notes. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 2

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 6. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 3

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapters 6-7. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 4

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapters 6-8. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 5

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 6

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7, Single Pages. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 7

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7, Pieces. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 8

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7, Before Change of Plan. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 9

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 7, After Change of Plan. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 10

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapter 8. Spring 1953,

box 4, folder 11

Physics 93, Mimeo notes to be used as book: Chapters 7-12. Spring 1954,

box 4, folder 12

Physics 93, Lecture notes. Spring 1954,

box 4, folder 13

Physics 94, and before. Spring 1952

box 4, folder 14

Physics 94, Reports. Spring 1952,

box 5, folder 1

Physics 123, Lecture notes. Winter 1946,

box 5, folder 2

Physics 123, Problems and final examination. Winter 1946,

box 5, folder 3

Physics 221, Lecture notes I. Autumn 1946,

box 5, folder 4

Physics 221, Lecture notes II Autumn 1946,

box 5, folder 5

Physics 221, Lecture notes I. Autumn 1947,

box 5, folder 6

Physics 221, Lecture notes II Autumn 1947,

box 5, folder 7

Physics 221, Lecture notes I. Autumn 1948,

box 5, folder 8

Physics 221, Lecture notes II Autumn 1948,

box 5, folder 9

Physics 221, Lecture notes I. Autumn 1949,

box 5, folder 10

Physics 221, Lecture notes II Autumn 1949,

box 6, folder 1

Physics 221, Lecture notes I. Autumn 1950,

box 6, folder 2

Physics 221, Lecture notes II Autumn 1950,

box 6, folder 3

Physics 221, 223, 225, Lecture notes, mimeo notes, desk copies of problems. Winter 1950-51,

box 6, folder 4

Physics 223, Lecture notes I. Winter 1950,

box 6, folder 5

Physics 223, Lecture notes II Winter 1950,

box 6, folder 6

Physics 223, Lecture notes I. Winter 1951,

box 6, folder 7

Physics 223, Lecture notes II Winter 1951,

box 6, folder 8

Physics 225, Lecture notes I. Spring 1947,

box 6, folder 9

Physics 225, Lecture notes II Spring 1947,

box 7, folder 1

Physics 225, Lecture notes I. Spring 1948,

box 7, folder 2

Physics 225, Lecture notes II Spring 1948,

box 7, folder 3

Physics 225, Lecture notes I. Spring 1949,

box 7, folder 4

Physics 225, Lecture notes II Spring 1949,

box 7, folder 5

Physics 225, Lecture notes I. Spring 1950,

box 7, folder 6

Physics 225, Lecture notes II. Spring 1950,

box 7, folder 7

Physics 225, Lecture notes I. Spring 1951,

box 7, folder 8

Physics 225, Lecture notes II. Spring 1951,

box 7, folder 9

Physics 247, Schiff's Course on Theory of Solids, Lecture notes. 1948,

 

Pre-Stanford Course Materials, 1914-1920

box 8, folder 1

Harvard: Physics 9, Notes on Papers.

box 8, folder 2

Harvard: Physics 10, Lecture notes.

box 8, folder 3

Harvard: Physics 10 and Math 11 Problems, Physics 13 notes.

box 8, folder 4

Harvard: Physics 13 notes.

box 8, folder 5

Harvard: Physics 12b, X-ray course, Lecture notes, 1916

box 8, folder 6

Harvard: Physics 12b, X-ray course, Lecture notes, 1916-17

box 8, folder 7

Harvard: Physics 12b, X-ray course, Lecture notes, 1917

box 8, folder 8

Harvard: Physics C, Notes, 1913-14

box 8, folder 9

Harvard: Physics C, Notes, 1916-17

box 8, folder 10

Harvard: Notes and Calculations for Research on Optical Activity, 1914

box 8, folder 11

Harvard: Experiments on the Distribution of Ionizing Power in the Tungsten X-ray Spectrum, 1915

box 8, folder 12

Harvard: Data on Critical Potentials of L Series (with Clark), 1916-17

box 8, folder 13

Harvard: Notes for Talk on Rules Versus Imagination in Elementary Physics and Mathematics In Philadelphia, Pa., 21-Apr-17

box 8, folder 14

Michigan: Lecture notes on X-rays, Vol. I. 1917,

box 8, folder 15

Michigan: Lecture notes on X-rays, Vol. II. 1917,

box 8, folder 16

Michigan: Lecture notes on X-rays, Vol. III. 1917,

box 8, folder 17

Michigan: Lecture notes on X-rays, Vol. IV. 1917,

box 8, folder 18

Michigan: X-ray spectra, Wave length and theories, 1917

box 8, folder 19

Michigan - M.I.T.: Critical Potentia Phenomena in Light, through 1919.

box 8, folder 20

M.I.T.: Theory of X-ray emission, calculations on energy distribution with preliminary data 1919

box 8, folder 21

M.I.T.: Data on X-rays and tests of high tension, 1919-20

 

Manuscript Materials and Research Data, 1961-1964

box 9, folder 1

Typewritten manuscript of book on electrical principles (title uncertain), Chapters 1-6.

box 9, folder 2

Typewritten manuscript of book on electrical principles (title uncertain), Chapters 13-18 [See also Course Material for Physics 91, Box 3.]

box 9, folder 3

Research Material: Quantum effects in chemical reactions.

box 9, folder 4

Draft of Tsunamis at Small Islands, manuscript with notes

box 9, folder 5

Tsunamis: Abstract of August 1961; and 1961b.

box 9, folder 6

Tsunamis: With Hankel; secondaries: Tech. Memo #69

box 9, folder 7

Tsunamis: Cox, Doak C., May 3-Aug 20, 1961

box 9, folder 8

Tsunamis: Hawaii, Aug 24-Sep ember 20, 1961

box 9, folder 9

Tsunamis: On slopes without islands, 1961c.

box 9, folder 10

Tsunamis: On slopes around very small islands, 1961b & d.

box 9, folder 11

Tsunamis: Cox, letters etcetera on underwater slopes with no islands, Oct 1961-Jan 1962

box 9, folder 12

Tsunamis: Basic Formulas, 1962

box 9, folder 13

Tsunamis: The Group that Debugged the Program, 1962

box 9, folder 14

Tsunamis: Cox, with small islands on tops of slopes, 1962

box 9, folder 15

Tsunamis: On slopes without any islands, ctd., 1962a.

box 9, folder 16

Tsunamis: T. with q equals 1 etcetera, by Marchant computer.

box 9, folder 17

Tsunamis: Rough draft of part of report, Jun-63

box 9, folder 18

Tsunamis: Byrne Perry, Jun 1962-Feb 1964

box 9, folder 19

Tsunamis: Perry, Mss. of February 1964; Wong, et. al., 1964b.

box 9, folder 20

Tsunamis: Formulas/Programs/Data, Folder A.

box 9, folder 21

Tsunamis: Formulas/Programs/Data, Folder B.

box 9, folder 22

Tsunamis: Formulas/Programs/Data, Folder C.

box 9, folder 23

Tsunamis: Formulas/Programs/Data, Folder D.

box 9, folder 24

Tsunamis: Formulas/Programs/Data, Folder E.

box 9, folder 25

Tsunamis: Copies of Reports by Colleagues: Johnson, Norris, Cox, and Van Dorn.

box 9, folder 26

Proceedings of the Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961

box 10

Research Memorabilia

 

Copy of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume III, No. 3, Containing an article by D.L. Webster and Harry Clark, The Intensities of X-Rays of the L Series, pp. 181-185. Mar-17

 

Assorted photographic prints, plates, and glass negatives showing various apparati used in experimentation.

box 11

Models of the Hawaiian Islands given to Webster and his wife Olive by Dr. James A. Fleming 1961

 

Papers Series B 1917-1943

 

Correspondence, 1917-1921

box 1, folder 1

DLW's army assignments; University of Michigan; personal correspondence. September - December 1917:

box 1, folder 2

correspondence received while in the service: official Army memoranda and travel orders; personal correspondence from family and friends. January - May 1918:

box 1, folder 3

same as above. June - September 1918:

box 1, folder 4

October correspondence chiefly concerned with DLW's promotion to captain; November concerned with death of his brother Harrison, killed in action in France. October - December 1918:

box 1, folder 5

January correspondence concerned with DLW's discharge from active duty; February 1921 relates to job offer (not taken) with the Engineering Division of the U.S. Air Services. January 1919; February 1921:

 

Personal Subject Files, 1918-1936

box 1, folder 6

War Diary, 1918

box 1, folder 7

Documents on flying status, flight logs and correspondence concerning DLW's aviation training. March - November 1918:

box 1, folder 8

Legal Documents, Military registration cards; I.D. card; insurance policy; leases. 1918 - 1919:

box 1, folder 9

Discharge papers, December 1918 - 1936

Scope and Contents note

(Actual discharge occurred January 15, 1919; subsequent correspondence is related to veteren's benefits)
 

Army Research Subject Files, 1917-1924

box 1, folder 10

Magnet bomb, reports - Experiments on magnet bomb Experiments on magnet bomb #2 blueprints and graphs. 1917 Sep ember 4, 1917; Sep 14, 1917;

box 1, folder 11

Bomb trajectory after Duff, Sieg and Webster - Langley Field, 1918: blueprints.

box 1, folder 12

Drift sights, reports, graphs, and correspondence concerning experiments. February 1918 - January 1919:

box 1, folder 13

Instruments for tests of DH 4: inventories of, and correspondence related to, instruments and supplies procured for DLW's scientific tests in the army.

box 1, folder 14

Photographs: Bomb trajectory photos; Drift sights; airplane pictures.

box 1, folder 15

Glass negative from photo by Nietz

box 1, folder 16

Blueprint of chain-of-command of Science and Research Division of the Army.

 

Reprints, Stanford University Dept. of Physics Records, and Miscellaneous Files, 1914-1970

box 2, folder 1

Correspondence - Army Reserve Service, Oct 1921-Mar 1924

box 2, folder 2

Bibliography of reprints: list compiled covers articles from May 1970, 1914-1970

box 2, folder 3

REPRINTS

 

The effect of pressure on the absorption of light by bromine and chlorine and its theoretical significance Sep-14

 

The theory of electromagnetic mass of the Parson magneton and other non spherical systems June 1917

 

The scattering of alpha rays as evidence on the Parson magnetron hypothesis Feb-18

 

The physics of flight May 1920

 

Quantum emission phenomena - radiation May 1920

 

The present conception of atomic structure July 1921

 

A general survey of the present status of the atomic structure problem July 1921

 

Note on the masses of stars Jan-22

 

Surface currents in deep tidal waters Aug-39

 

Perceptual disorientation during landing of airplane Dec-40

 

Forces on ferromagnets through which electrons are moving Dec-46

 

Masses of carriers in conductors June 1951

box 2, folder 4

Recommendations for promotion, candidates: E.R. Drew, F.J. Rogers 1922 - 1923,

box 2, folder 5

Physics Department Budgets 1924/25

box 2, folder 6

Physics Department Budgets 1925/26

box 2, folder 7

Physics Department Budgets 1926/27

box 2, folder 8

Physics Department Budgets 1927/28

box 2, folder 9

Physics Department Budgets 1928/29

box 2, folder 10

Physics Department Budgets 1929/30

box 2, folder 11

Physics Department Budgets 1930/31

box 2, folder 12

Physics Department Budgets 1931/32

box 2, folder 13

Physics Department Budgets 1932/33

box 2, folder 14

Physics Department Budgets 1933/34

box 2, folder 15

Physics Department Budgets 1934/35

box 2, folder 16

Physics Department Budgets 1935/36

box 2, folder 17

Physics Department Budgets 1936/37

box 2, folder 18

Physics Department Budgets 1937/38

box 2, folder 19

Physics Department Budgets 1938/39

box 2, folder 20

Physics Department Budgets 1939/40

box 2, folder 21

Physics Department Budgets 1940/41

box 2, folder 22

Physics Department Budgets 1941/42

box 2, folder 23

Physics Department Budgets 1942/43

 

Papers Series C circa 1928-1960

box 1, folder 1

Bessel Etal.

box 1, folder 2

Feroelectric Materials I

box 1, folder 3

Feroelectric Materials and Dr. A de Bretteville

box 1, folder 4

Gyromagnetic and Electron Inertia Effects

box 1, folder 5

Lecture Apparatus: Electricity And Sound

box 1, folder 6

Relativity: Miscellaneous Notes and Papers

box 1, folder 7

Relativity and Parallel Wires in 1949

box 1, folder 8

Book: Ideas not used but perhaps useful in revision

box 1, folder 9

For Ch.17 and 18: Odd Jobs and Background data

box 1, folder 10

For 16: Background Data Etc.

box 1, folder 11

For 15: Background Data, Ideas, Etc.

box 1, folder 12

Radiation Resistances

box 1, folder 13

For Ch.14: Ideas and Data, Aside from those in other books and notes

box 1, folder 14

For Ch. 13: Background Data, Notes on Maxwell, Etc.

box 1, folder 15

For Ch. 12: Background Data, Reprints, Etc. Hering's Trouser - Guard Expt.

box 1, folder 16

Electrets

box 1, folder 17

Magnetostatics, Ring

box 1, folder 18

Physics of the Magnetosphere

box 1, folder 19

Relativity: pp. 221-3 Etc.

box 1, folder 20

For Ch. 5: Background Data, Calculations, Etc.

box 2, folder 1

For Ch. 4: Background Data, Etc.

box 2, folder 2

For Ch. 1: Background Data, Etc.

box 2, folder 3

Relativity: Notes Used in Courses

box 2, folder 4

Book: Dwgs. & Photos - Made for EB but likely to be useful in book also

box 2, folder 5

Ventura School Astronomy Course, 1960

box 2, folder 6

Prints, Magnetic Field, For D.L. Webster

box 2, folder 7

Meteorite Craters, 1959-1960

box 2, folder 8

Meteorite Craters, Barringer Et Al., 1931-

box 2, folder 9

Meteor Crater, 1930-

box 2, folder 10

Meteor Crater, 1929

box 2, folder 11

Meteor Crater, Earlier 1928 &

box 2, folder 12

X-Rays

box 2, folder 13

Flight Theory

box 2, folder 14

Meteor Crater, 1929

 

Papers Series D 1918-1966

box 1, folder 1

The Physics of Flight, article and notes 1920,

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence and assorted papers, 1920-21

Scope and Contents note

(includes R.L. Wilbur, E.A. Wilson, and H.N. Russell)
box 1, folder 3

Correspondence re GE position, 1920

box 1, folder 4

Correspondence with Pres. Wilbur and papers, 1926-30

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence with Pres. Wilbur and class roll books, 1931-32

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence with Pres. Wilbur and abstract for Salt Lake City meeting, 1932-34

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence with Pres. Wilbur and notes re Honor Code Panel, 1934-38

box 1, folder 8

Assorted correspondence and research contract, 1938-39

box 1, folder 9

Assorted correspondence, notes, articles, and other items, 1939-42

box 1, folder 10

Xray reprints, 1927-39

box 1, folder 11

Surface Currents in Deep Tidal Waters, and a later related paper 1939,

box 1, folder 12

Dynamic Policy, Stanford and World War II, 1941

box 1, folder 13

Notes, correspondence, and papers re Klystron job, 1938-42

box 1, folder 14

Patent for production of high speed electrons, 1943

box 2, folder 1

Velocity Modulation Currents, 1942-43

box 2, folder 2

Correspondence, notes, and articles re MAD, 1942

box 2, folder 3

Other War jobs after MAD

box 2, folder 4

NDRC, Sec D3, Stanford research, 1942

box 2, folder 5

High Flying: proposed job with Army 1942,

box 2, folder 6

Army pilot training, 1942

box 2, folder 7

Civil pilot training, 1942

box 2, folder 8

Correspondence and notes re Klystron

box 2, folder 9

Correspondence re sabatical to NDRC

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence with Navy, Dec 1941-Feb 1942

box 2, folder 11

Non-personal correspondence, July 1942-45

box 2, folder 12

Army, record of consultant jobs 1946-55,

box 2, folder 13

Bessel functions, etc.

box 3, folder 1

Klystrons, post-war

box 3, folder 2

Correspondence, notes, and diagrams re Klystron

box 3, folder 3

Bloch file, 1956, 1965

box 3, folder 4

Correspondence with Varian Associates

box 3, folder 5

Densitometer records on horizons

box 3, folder 6

Optical horizon data

box 3, folder 7

Correspondence re optical horizons job

box 3, folder 8

Optical horizon project: data, reports, etc, 1950-51

box 3, folder 9

Cox and tsunamis, 1963-64

box 3, folder 10

Tsunamis/Brophy, 1963

box 3, folder 11

Tsunamis/Adams, 1965

box 3, folder 12

Tsunamis/Perry, 1965

box 3, folder 13

Tsunamis/Perry, 1966

box 3, folder 14

Tsunamis/Williams

box 3, folder 15

Williams, John A. Model Studies of Long Wave Amplification by Circular Islands and Submarine Seamounts

box 3, folder 16

Tsunamis papers received from BP, August 1966

box 4, folder 1

Electrical Principles: typescript, Chs. 1-7, 1957

box 4, folder 2

Electrical Principles: typescript, Chs. 8-12, 1957

box 5, folder 1

Electrical Theory: notes and articles

box 5, folder 2

Directions for speed test

box 5, folder 3

Misc. aeronautical reports

box 5, folder 4

French report on the DH-4

box 5, folder 5

HNR, On the Navigation of Airplanes, 1999

box 5, folder 6

Photography of bomb trajectories, Duff & Sieg

box 5, folder 7

Tests of some instruments at Langley Field

box 5, folder 8

Course on airplane instruments, Sep-18

 

Additional Papers Accession ARCH-2017-233

Box 1

"Reminiscences of a Rolling Stone," by DLW 1975-1976