Description
Correspondence (1939-70) regarding Webster's interests (e.g. Klystron Tube, compton effect), research notebooks (1916-1970)
and correspondence relating to the Physics Department during the 1940's. Also includes glass plates for printing graphs, photographs,
and maps.
Background
David Locke Webster, professor of physics (1920-1954; emeritus, 1954-1977) and chairman of the Physics Department at Stanford
(1920-1942), was born in Boston November 6, 1888. He recieved his B.A. (1910) and Ph.D. (1913) from Harvard University.
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Availability
This collection is open for research.