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Finding Aid to the Newell S. Gingrich student notebooks, 1927-1929.

Publisher:

American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org

2009

Encoding Information:

Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.

Finding aid is written in English

Description of the Collection

Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

Title and dates of collection:

Newell S. Gingrich student notebooks, 1927-1929.

Papers created by:

Gingrich, Newell Shiffer,

Size of collection:

0.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box

Short description of collection:

Gingrich's student notes of ten courses taken at the University of Chicago.

Language(s) of material:

English

Biographical Note

Physicist (x-rays, solid state physics). On the physics faculty at Massachusetts, 1931-1936; and University of Missouri at Columbia from 1937.

Scope and Contents of Collection

This collection consists of Newell Gingrich's notes of ten courses taken while a student at the University of Chicago, including: Positive Rays by Arthur J. Dempster; Spectroscopy, part II by Henry G. Gale; Theoretical Physics: Physical Optics by Albert A. Michelson; Analytical Mechanics by William D. MacMillan; Electrodynamics and Vector Analysis Electrodynamics by Frank C. Hoyt; Electromagnetic Theory by Harold A. Wilson; Wave Mechanics by John C. Slater; and X-rays and Quantum Theory by Arthur H. Compton.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

  • Series I: Notebooks

This series is arranged chronologically.

Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Received from Newell S. Gingrich, 1975.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Newell S. Gingrich student notebooks. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List

Series I: Notebooks
Box 1 Folder 1 Theoretical Physics: Physical Optics, Professor Albert A. Michelson, Summer 1927
Folder 2 Positive Rays, Professor Arthur J. Dempster, Summer 1927
Folder 3 Spectroscopy II, Professor Henry G. Gale, Fall 1927
Folder 4 Electromagnetic Theory, Professor Harold A. Wilson, Summer 1928
Folder 5 Wave Mechanics, Professor John C. Slater, Summer 1928
Folder 6 X-rays, Professor Arthur H. Compton, Summer 1928
Folder 7 Analytical Mechanics, Professor William D. MacMillan, Fall 1928
Folder 8 Electrodynamics, Professor Frank C. Hoyt, Fall 1928
Folder 9 Vector Analysis Electrodynamics, Professor Frank C. Hoyt, Spring 1929
Folder 10 X-rays and Quantum Theory, Professor Arthur H. Compton, Spring 1929