Henry Guerlac draft of History of Radar in World War II
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Collection includes Henry Guerlac's draft of History of Radar in World War II and an abbreviated edition.
Dates
- 1947 - 1947
Creator
- Guerlac, Henry (Person)
Access note
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Biography
Henry Edward Guerlac, 1910- 1985, A.B. 1932, Cornell University; M.S. 1933, Ph.D. 1941, Harvard University, taught history at Harvard, 1938-1941, then history of science at the University of Wisconsin and Cornell. As historian of the Radiation Laboratory based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was a part of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1943-1946, he chronicled the development of radar in his book tentatively titled History of Radar in World War II, and later published in 1987 as Radar in World War II.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Location
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Processing Information note
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- Guerlac, Henry
- Radar -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Guerlac, Henry (Person)
- Title
- Description of the Draft of Henry Guerlac's "History of Radar in World War II"
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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