Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records SC0158

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Language of Material: Undetermined
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Department of Physics, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0158
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1937-1949
Abstract: Correspondence and news clippings regarding the Klystron Tube Research Project, 1937-1945; correspondence between department chairman Paul Kirkpatrick and Stanford President Donald B. Tresidder regarding budget and faculty matters, 1943-1947; and statements of William W. Hansen and Robert L. Wathen, 1944, regarding the physics department and research on microwave devices, with a statement by David L. Webster on Hansen's memo, 1949. The Webster and Wathen statements may have been prepared in relation to a patent case.

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Cite As

Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records (SC0158). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Associated Materials

Related materials: William W. Hansen Papers, David L. Webster Papers, Donald B. Tresidder Papers in the Stanford University Archives.

Description of the Collection

Correspondence and news clippings regarding the Klystron Tube Research Project, 1937-1945; correspondence between department chairman Paul Kirkpatrick and Stanford President Donald B. Tresidder regarding budget and faculty matters, 1943-1947; and statements of William W. Hansen and Robert L. Wathen, 1944, regarding the physics department and research on microwave devices, with a statement by David L. Webster on Hansen's memo, 1949. The Webster and Wathen statements may have been prepared in relation to a patent case.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Klystrons.
Wathen, Robert L.
Webster, David Locke
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Klystron Project
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Faculty
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Finance
Kirkpatrick, Paul.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster)

Box 1

Records

 

Addenda, 2023-085

Box 2, folder 1

Western Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics 2012 January

Box 2, folder 2

Doug Osheroff and Sandy Chang Award 1998-1999

Box 2, folder 3

Women in Physics 1990-1995

Box 2, folder 4

Black Physics Students conferences and lectures 1989-2001

Box 2, folder 5

Commencements 1999-2022

Box 2, folder 6

Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics at Stanford 2004 December

Box 2, folder 7

Dr. Steven Chu portfolio

Box 2, folder 8

"Frontiers in Physics" Industrial Affiliates Program of the Department of Physics at Stanford

Box 2, folder 9

American Way magazine featuring Sally Ride 1983 March

Box 2, folder 10

Memorials