Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1986
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Jack S. Goldstein collection on Jerrold R. Zacharias
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0646
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection is composed of materials pertaining to Jerrold Zacharias that were collected by Jack S. Goldstein in preparation for his book, A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R. Zacharias, Scientist, Engineer, Educator (MIT Press, 1992). The bulk of the collection includes photographs of Jerrold R. Zacharias, his wife, Leona, his family members, and his professional and personal acquaintances. The photographs span Zacharias’s life, including...
Dates:
circa 1900-1986
Jerrold R. Zacharias papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0031
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Notebooks from the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1942-1947), correspondence about the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and information about his research on atomic clocks and molecular beams document Zacharias's scientific work. There is extensive correspondence with colleagues and professional organizations about scientific and educational issues. Correspondence documents his work on the Physical Science Study Committee and there are reports,...
Dates:
1912 - 1986
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Committee on Responsibilities of Faculty Members records
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39080036787452]
Identifier: AC-0096
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Oral History Program, oral history interviews on the Physical Science Study Committee
Collection
Identifier: MC-0602
Abstract
The Physical Science Study Committee, and its subsequent offshoots, Educational Services Incorporated (ESI) and Education Development Center (EDC), sought to achieve a comprehensive change in the teaching of science, particularly physics at its inception, in the secondary school system. The genesis of the original committee was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 with a project initiated by Jerrold Zacharias, James Killian, and Francis Friedman. The collection consists of...
Dates:
1956 - 1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Unified Science Study Program records
Collection
Identifier: AC-0138
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains correspondence and memoranda about the Unified Science Study Program. Also included is a report for the fall semester 1971-72.
Dates:
1971 - 1972
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- Institute Professors 2
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty 2
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History 2
- Atomic clocks -- Research 1
- Disarmament -- History 1
- Education -- Africa 1
- Education -- United States 1
- Molecular beams -- Research. 1
- Science -- Study and teaching 1
- Science -- Technological innovations -- Research. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Science -- United States. 1
- academic affairs 1
- administration of employees 1
- advisory bodies 1
- faculty political activity 1
- fund raising 1
- governance 1
- institutional relationships 1
- oral histories (literary works) 1
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