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Call Number: SC0380
Creator:
Wilcox, John M., (John Marsh), 1925-1983.
Title: John Marsh Wilcox papers
Dates: 1955-1990
Bulk Dates: 1955-1983
Physical Description:
17 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, astrophysics papers, refereeing reports, lecture notes, travel records, reprints, research notes, films, and
biographical materials, largely relating to his research and teaching.
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
Transferred from the Stanford Solar Observatory, 1990, and the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, 2001.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
John Marsh Wilcox Papers (SC380). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
A solar physicist, Wilcox worked around the world studying the influence of solar magnetism on global weather patterns. A
professor at Stanford University from 1971 to his death in 1983, he was also director of the Stanford Solar Observatory, 1973-1983.
Correspondence, astrophysics papers, refereeing reports, lecture notes, travel records, reprints, research notes, films, and
biographical materials, largely relating to his research and teaching.
Alfvén, Hannes, 1908-1995
Benson, Herbert, 1935-
International Sun-Earth Explorers.
Olson, Roger.
Roberts, Walter Orr.
Scherrer, Phillip H.
Severny, A.B.
Stanford Solar Observatory.
Stanford University. Department of Applied Physics. Faculty.
Svalgaard, Leif.
Wilcox, John M., (John Marsh), 1925-1983.
Willett, Hurd C. (Hurd Curtis), 1903-
Physics.
Solar activity.
Solar magnetic field.
Weather.