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J. Irvin Swigart papers, 1918-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Swigart, J. Irvin
Title
J. Irvin Swigart papers
Dates
1918-1981 (inclusive)
Quantity
5.25 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 0969
Summary
The J. Irvin Swigart papers (1918-1981) consist of reprints of articles, scrapbooks, photos, notes, and some correspondence from years as professor of physics at the University of Utah, 1931-1978.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

J. Irvin Swigart was a University of Utah physicist, 1931-1978 and a senior physicist in Upper Air Research projects conducted by the University of Utah for the U.S. Air Force during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Content Description

The J. Irvin Swigart papers (1918-1981) consist of reprints of articles, scrapbooks, photos, notes, and some correspondence from years as professor of physics at the University of Utah, 1931-1978.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.

Separated Materials

Photographs and slides transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0599).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Personal Papers

    • Description: Personal, University of Utah
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Physics Lecture Hall Dedication
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Indiana University, Honor Roll
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: News clippings
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: "The Velocity of Sound in Solid Rods," Doctoral Thesis
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: "Comparison of Balance Methods Used in Determining the Surface Tension of Liquids," Master's Thesis
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Distinguished Service Citation
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Correspondence
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Obituary
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Wesleyana, Yearbook of Illinois Wesleyan University
      Dates: 1928-1930
      Container: Box 1, Volume 1-3
  • Articles and Research Material

  • Reprints from Scientific American

    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Kamen, "Tracers;" Davis, "Low Temperature Physics;" Harlow, "Learning to Think;" and Hurley, "Radioactivity and Time."

      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Seaborg and Perlman, "Synthetic Elements I;" Einstein, "On the Generalized Theory;" Furth, "Limits of Measurement;" and Wald, "Eye and Camera."

      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Mayer, "Structure of the Nucleus;" Gray, "Ultracentrifuge;" Ittelson and Kilpatrick, "Experiments in Perception;" and Morrison, "Neutron."

      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Deevey, "Radiocarbon Dating;" Darrow, "Quantum Theory;" Wexler, "Volcanoes and World Climate;" McDonald, "Coriolis Effect;" Urey, "Origin of the Earth;" and Wannier, "Nature of Solids."

      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Nier, "Mass Spectrometer;" Dyson, "Field Theory;" Hughes, "Nuclear Reactor as a Research Instrument;" Landsberg, "Origin of the Atmosphere;" Schrödinger, "What is Matter?;" Bethe, "What Holds the Nucleus Together?;" Rossi, "Where Do Cosmic Rays Come From?;" and Piaget, "How Children Form Mathematical Concepts."

      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Wald, "Origin of Life;" Prener and Sullenger, "Phosphors;" and Panofsky, "Linear Accelerator."

      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Terman, "Are Scientists Different?;" Mausner, "Study of the Anti-Scientific Attitude;" Glaser, "Bubble Chamber;" Tuttle, "Origin of Granite;" Cluff and Schetky, "Dislocations in Metals;" Kay, "Origin of Continents;" Heiskanen, "Earth's Gravity;" and Weisskpof and Rosenbaum, "Model of the Nucleus."

      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Morrison, "Neutrino;" Yagoda, "Tracks of Nuclear Particles;" Segrè and Wiegand, "Antiproton;" Hofstadter, "Atomic Nucleus;" Miller, "Information and Memory;" Sietz and Wigner, "Effects of Radiation on Solides;" Fowler, "Origin of the Elements:" Hoyle, "Steady-State Universe;" Gamow, "Evolutionary Universe;" Sandage, "Red-Shift;" De Benedetti, "Mesonic Atoms;" Starr, "General Circulation of the Atmosphere;" and Seaborg and Ghiorso, "Synthetic Elements II."

      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Marshak, "Pions;" Lyons, "Age of the Solar System;" Morrison, "Overthrow of Parity;" Gell-Mann and Rosenbaum, "Elementary Particles;" Ivey, "Electroluminescence;" Bèkèsy, "Ear;" Matthias, "Superconductivity;" and Post, "Fusion Power."

      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Gamow, "Principle of Uncertainty;" Wilson, "Particle Accelerators;" Michels, "Teaching of Elementary Physics;" Burbidge and Hoyle, "Anti-Matter;" Rosenbaum, "Teaching of Elementary Mathematics;" Lifshitz, "Superfluidity;" Pake, "Magnetic Resonance;" Rock, "Repetition and Learning;" Spitzer, "Stellarator;" Joffe, "Revival of Thermoelectricity;" and Gordon, "Maser."

      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Peierls, "Models of the Nucleus;" Greenstein, "Dying Stars;" Witkin, "Perception of the Upright;" Kettlewell, "Darwin's Missing Evidence;" Van Allen, "Radiation Belts Around the Earth;" Treiman, "Weak Interactions;" Wittreich, "Visual Perception and Personality;" Land, "Experiments in Color Vision;" Gamow, "Exclusion Principle;" Wallach, "Perception of Motion;" Jastrow, "Artificial Satellites and the Earth's Atmosphere;" Westerhout, "Radio Galaxy;" Alder and Wainwright, "Molecular Motions;" and Reiner, "Flow of Matter."

      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Buchhold, "Applications of Superconductivity;" Marshack, "Nuclear Force;" De Benedetti, "Mössbauer Effect;" Gibson and Walk, "Visual Cliff;" Derjaguin, "Force Between Molecules;" Bernal, "Structure of Liquids;" Soewenstein, "Biological Transducers;" Butterfield, "Scientific Revolution;" Deevey, "Human Population;" Reynolds, "Age of the Elements in the Solar System;" and Reif, "Superfluidity and 'Quasi-Particles.'"

      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Benzinger, "Human Thermostat;" Wilson, "New Scale of Stellar Distances;" Gamow, "Gravity;" Fantz, "Origin of Form Perception;" Schawlow, "Optical Masers;" Pritchard, "Stabilized Images on the Retina;" and Penman, "Muon."

      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
    • Description: Scientific American reprints

      Includes: Broadbent, "Attention and the Perception of Speech;" Ericson and Wollin, "Micropaleontology;" Anderson, "Plastic Layer of the Earth's Mantle;" Feder and Spencer, "Telephone Switching;" Hammond, "Effects of Smoking;" Kaufman and Rock, "Moon Illusion;" Morrison, "Neutrino Astronomy;" O'Neill, "Spark Chamber;" Von Frisch, "Dialects in the Language of the Bees;" Dietz, "Sea's Deep Scattering Layers;" Crary, "Antarctic;" Wright, "Antarctic and the Upper Atmosphere;" Rubin, "Antarctic and the Weather;" Murphy, "Oceanic Life of the Antarctic;" Kort, "Antarctic Ocean;" Robin, "Ice of the Antarctic;" Woollard, "Land of the Antarctic;" and Llano, "Terrestrial Life of the Antarctic."

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Course Materials

    • Description: Course Materials
      Container: Box 4-7
    • Description: Index Cards with Physics Problems
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1-9
    • Description: Index Cards with Physics Problems
      Container: Box 9, Folder 1-9
  • Oversize Materials

    • Description: Diplomas

      Public School Diploma, Douglas County, Illinois (1918); Sidell Township High School (1922); Chicago Engineering Works (1924); Bachelor of Science, Illinois Wesleyan University (1929); and Master of Arts, Indiana University (1930).

      Dates: 1918-1930
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1
  • Lecture Presentation Materials

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Subject Terms

  • Atmosphere, Upper--Rocket observations
  • Physics--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Swigart, J. Irvin--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah. Faculty

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Instructional materials
  • Reprints
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