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Guide to the Frederick Slate Papers, 1862-1937
BANC MSS C-B 1051
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Collection Title: Frederick Slate Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1862-1937
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1051
Creator: Slate, Frederick, 1852-1930
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box, 7 v., 1 oversize folder and 1 oversize volume
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letters, diaries, drafts of speeches and articles (including a biography of Hilgard), diplomas and photographs, relating
mainly to his career at the University. Some papers pertaining to property in Berkeley and to his estaste, and a small group
of family papers,1847?-1879, also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Frederick Slate papers, BANC MSS C-B 1051, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Photographs were removed to the Pictorial Collections in 1978.
Frederick Slate, physicist, the University of California at Berkeley, was born in London, England, on January 21, 1852. He
obtained his degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1871, was instructor of chemistry from 1874 to 1877, and
studied at Berlin and Strasbourg from 1877 to 1879. He came to the University of California where he taught physics from 1891
to 1918, and was the author of several books on physics.
These papers, given to The Bancroft Library from the Slate estate, via the Gift Division of the Main Library, in May, June
and July 1966, contain letters, diaries, drafts of articles and speeches, diplomas and photographs. Some papers pertaining
to property in Berkeley and to the settlement of his estate are included, as are some family papers from 1847 to 1879.