Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ruark, Arthur Edward, 1899-1979
- Abstract:
- This collection contains writings, technical reports, reprints, lectures, correspondence, notes, and printed matter relating to physics.
- Extent:
- 56 manuscript boxes (22.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Arthur Edward Ruark papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Writings, technical reports, reprints, lectures, correspondence, hand-written notes, and printed matter relating to physics. Publications include The Physical Review, American Journal of Physics, Physics Today, the German language Zeitschrift Für Physik, and the French language Le Journal de Physique et le Radium. Also includes published reports from the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
- Biographical / historical:
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American physicist; assistant and senior associate director of research, Atomic Energy Commission, 1961-1969.
Date Event 1899 Born in Washington, D.C.1921 Received A.B. cum laude from Johns Hopkins University1923 Received A.M. from Johns Hopkins University1927-1929 Worked as a physicist for Gulf Oil Co., Mellon Institute1926-1927 Served as assistant professor of physics at Yale University1924 Received Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University1922-1926 Served as a member of the Atomic Structure Section of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.circa 1945-1956 Started the graduate program of physics at the University of Alabama1934 Served as the head of the physics department at the University of North Carolina1930-1934 Served as professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh1930 Served as chief of physics division for the Gulf Research Laboratory1979 Died in Washington, D.C.1930 Wrote Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta with Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Harold Clayton Urey1959 Wrote "Material for the McKinney Report - Progress Towards Fusion-Power" - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Physics
Nuclear energy -- United States - Names:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Arthur Edward Ruark papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563