American Institute of Physics
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Bitter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0077
Abstract
These papers document the career of Francis Bitter, who helped establish the National Magnet Laboratory at MIT. The bulk of the collection postdates 1934, when Bitter came to MIT. The papers consist primarily of correspondence with colleagues, professional societies, and concerns that hired him as a consultant.
Dates:
1925 - 1967
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of the President, records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0004
Abstract
The collection consists of records created while Karl Taylor Compton (president 1930-1948) and James Rhyne Killian (president 1948-1959) served in the position of president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It contains correspondence, reports, memoranda, and committee materials about the activities of the presidents and their staff, the definition and evolution of policies, and the administration of the Institute. Records document Compton's early efforts to strengthen the...
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Philip McCord Morse papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0075
Abstract
This collection documents the career of Philip Morse. Morse served on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1931 to 1969 and was a leader in the field of operations research. The papers consist of biographical information; correspondence; notes; committee minutes; course material; reports; trip diaries; manuscripts; research data and graphs; and reprints and other printed material. The collection also includes a series of administrative records of the Massachusetts...
Dates:
1927 - 1980
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- Disarmament -- History 1
- Education -- United States 1
- Electromagnets -- Research. 1
- Ferromagnetism -- Research. 1
- Government consultants 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History 1
- Operations research. 1
- Physicists -- Archives. 1
- Science -- Technological innovations -- Research. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- United States. 1
- academic affairs 1
- diaries 1
- fund raising 1
- governance 1
- institutional relationships 1
- patents 1
- presidents 1
- speeches (compositions) 1
- trustees 1 ∧ less
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