Overview
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0004
Creator:
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Title: William Webster Hansen papers
Dates: 1925-1945
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear feet
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Olive Ross, 1955, and Robert Hofstadter, 1992.
Information about Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Cite As
[Identification of item], William Webster Hansen Papers (SC0004). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
William Webster Hansen was Professor of Physics and Director of the Microwave Laboratory at Stanford University, 1929-1949.
Scope and Content of Collection
Hansen's professional and research papers include correspondence, manuscripts, research notebooks, lecture notes, unpublished
studies and notes on various experiments and scientific developments such as radar, the rhumbatron, the klystron, radiation
and microwave mechanics. Also included are Hansen's account of the development of the klystron tube, reports of the first
linear accelerator at Stanford, his M.I.T. lectures on microwave physics, patents, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Access Terms
Beckerley, James Gwavas.
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Kirkpatrick, Paul.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Morse, Philip M., (Philip McCord), 1903-1985.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Sperry Rand Corporation. Sperry Gyroscope Division.
Stanford University. Department of Physics. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Webster, David Locke, 1943-
Woodyard, John R.
Cavity resonators.
Klystrons.
Physics--History.
Radar.
Spectrum analysis.