Finding Aid to the Ralph P. Winch student notebooks, 1927-1931Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2009 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 CollectionWinch, Ralph P. Ralph P. Winch student notebooks 1927-1931 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 0.75 linear feet1 manuscript box(s)1 half manuscript box(s) AR183 English A collection of notebooks kept by Winch while a graduate student of physics at the University of Wisconsin. Selected Search Terms

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Fowler, William A. Mendenhall, Charles E. (Charles Elwood), 1872-1935. Roebuck, John Ransom, 1876- Terry, Earle Melvin, 1879-1929. Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899- Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 Winch, Ralph P. (Ralph Philip), 1905- University of Wisconsin. Students. Dynamics. Electricity. Heat. Light. Physics. Study and teaching. Quantum theory. Relativity. Biographical Note

Physicist, solid state physics. On the physics faculty of Williams College from 1931, and department chair from 1960.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The notebooks were kept by Winch while a graduate student of physics at the University of Wisconsin. The courses were Experiments in Heat and Light, by John R. Roebuck; Theory of Electricity, by Earle Melvin Terry; Advanced Dynamics, Restricted Relativity, and Electrodynamics, by Warren Weaver; Electrodynamic Theory of Light (2 semesters), by Charles E. Mendenhall; Quantum Mechanics, by John Hasbrouck Van Vleck; and Electron Theory of Metals, by Mendenhall, Van Vleck, and William A. Fowler.

 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 Ralph P. Winch, 1965.

 Processing Information

Lara D'Agaro 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Ralph P. Winch student notebooks, . American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Notebooks 11 Roebuck, John R., Experiments in heat and light, 1927-1928 12 Terry, E.M., Theory of electricity, 1927-1928 13 Weaver, Warren, Advanced dynamics, 1928 14 Weaver, Warren, Restricted relativity, 1929 15 Weaver, Warren, Electrodynamics, 1929-1930 21 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electromagnetic theory of light, volume 1, 1929-1930 22 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electromagnetic theory of light, volume 1, loose sheets between pages 145-146, 1929-1930 23 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electromagnetic theory of light, volume 2 and Professor Gregor Wentzel, Photoelectricity, 1929-1930 24 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electromagnetic theory of light, volume 2, loose sheets , 1929-1930 25 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electron theory of metals, 2nd semester with visiting professors Fowler and John H Van Vleck, 1930-1931 26 Mendenhall, Charles E., Electron theory of metals, 2nd semester with visiting professors Fowler and John H Van Vleck, loose sheets, 1930-1931 27 Van Vleck, John H., Quantum mechanics, 1st semester, 1930-1931 28 Van Vleck, John H., Quantum mechanics, 2nd semester, 1930-1931 29 Van Vleck, John H., Quantum mechanics, 2nd semester, loose sheets, 1930-1931