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Edwin Hewitt papers, 1940-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hewitt, Edwin, 1920-
Title
Edwin Hewitt papers
Dates
1940-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
70.9 cubic feet, (59 boxes)
Collection Number
4112
Summary
Correspondence, minutes, grant files, lecture notes, reports, manuscripts and publications, and other papers of a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Biographical Note

Edwin Hewitt was born in Everett, Washington, on January 20, 1920. He enrolled at Harvard University at the age of 16, and completed his PhD. when he was 22. After teaching at Harvard for six months, during World War II Hewitt was recruited to work at the Operations Research Station at the 8th Bomber Command in England, where he worked to calculate bomb trajectories and ways to defend bombers against Nazi planes. Hewitt then worked at Princeton, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Chicago before accepting a position as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington in 1948. He retired in 1988. Hewitt died on June 21, 1999.

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Content Description

Correspondence, minutes, grant files, lecture notes, reports, manuscripts and publications, sound recordings and other papers of Edwin Hewitt.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 7 accessions.

  • Accession No. 4112-001, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1948-1988
  • Accession No. 4112-002, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1950-1989
  • Accession No. 4112-003, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1940-1988
  • Accession No. 4112-004, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1961-1975
  • Accession No. 4112-005, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1952-1983
  • Accession No. 4112-006, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1965-1966
  • Accession No. 4112-007, Edwin Hewitt papers, 1976-1988

Preservation Note

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Mathematics teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Mathematics--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington. University Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Annual reports
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Personal correspondence

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Brown, Gavin (creator)
    • Coury, John E (creator)
    • Edwards, R. E. (Robert E.), 1926- (creator)
    • Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Photographs
    • Gödel, Kurt--Photographs
    • Hewitt, Edwin, 1920---Archives
    • Ross, Kenneth A.--Correspondence (creator)
    • Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

    Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. Department of Mathematics--Faculty


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