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ACCN 1222
James John Brophy papers
1960s-1991
Brophy, James John, 1926-
12 linear feet
The James John Brophy papers (1960s-1991) consist of the personal and professional papers of this physicist and University of Utah administrator. Included are reports, articles, publications, correspondence, speeches, manuals, employment materials, and other papers.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Sketch
James John Brophy was born on 6 June 1926 in Chicago to James J. and Ella Nerad Brophy. He married Muriel Johnson in 1949. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering (1947), his masters in science and electrical engineering (1949), and his Ph.D. in physics (1951) all from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Brophy was a researcher in solid state physics and wrote many papers and publications on the subject. He served as vice president for research at the University of Utah from 1980 to 1991.
The James John Brophy papers (1960s-1991) consist of the personal and professional papers of this physicist and University of Utah administrator. Included are reports, articles, publications, correspondence, speeches, manuals, employment materials, and other papers.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of James Brophy.
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in the 1990s.
Slides were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0579).
Brophy, James John,1926- --Archives
University of Utah--Faculty
Electronics
Electronics--Research--Utah
Colleges and Universities
Technology
Correspondence
Articles
Textbooks
Brophy Materials
1
1
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Correspondence
1
2-4
Basic Electronics for Scientists
1
5
American Bankers Association Speech
1962
1
6
America's Third Century, Television Series
1
7
Resurgence of Chemistry Research Frontier
1
8-11
ONR Reports
1
12-14
Annual Reports and Proposals
2
Reprints
3
1
Brophy Correpsondence
3
2
Technology Transfer
3
3-5
Energy
3
6-8
Cold Fusion
3
9-14
Letters
4
1-4
Letters
4
5
Brophy Testimony on Commerce
1988
4
6
Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency, and Competitiveness
1988
4
7
Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers
4
8
Chu Jun Kuo
5
Deposition Exhibits
6
1
NSF Site Visits
6
2
Technology Transfer Talk
6
3
CASE Talk
6
4
Academic/Industry
6
5-6
Academic Capitalism
6
7
Miscellaneous File
6
8
Academic Capitalism
6
9
University/Industry
6
10
Italian Transparencies
6
11
Noise in BETA Alumias
6
12
VPR Talk
Papers by Brophy
7
1
"Theory and Experiment of Noise in [?]-Alumina Solid Electrolytes"
1991
7
2
"Diffusion Noise in Annealed Na, Ag, and Pb [?]-Alumina"
1991
7
3
"Current and Thermal Noise in Mixed Na/Ag [?]-Alumina"
1990
7
4
"Conductivity Fluctuations in Fast Ionic Conductors"
1990
7
5
"Diffusion Noise in Sodium Beta Alumina"
1989
7
6
"Noise in Materials - Some Recent Results"
1989
7
7
"Conductivity Fluctuations in Mixed Sodium/Cadmium [?]-Alumina"
1989
7
8
"A Review of Noise Studies in Superionic Electrolytes"
1988
7
9
"Diffusion Noise in Na, Ag, and Pb [?]-Aluminas"
1988
7
10
"Contact and Current Noise in [?]-Alumina and Nasicon Ceramics"
1988
7
11
"Kinetics of Contact Noise of NaBeta Alumina"
1988
7
12
"Contact Noise in Sodium [?]-Alumina"
1987
7
13
"Voltage Fluctuations at Sodium [?]-Alumina/Mercury Electrodes"
1987
7
14
"Noise in Lead [?]-Alumina"
1986
7
15
"Current Noise in Silver [?]-Alumina Ceramics and Single Crystals"
1986
7
16
"Noise in Silver [?]-Alumina Ceramics"
1986
7
17
"Noise in Sodium [?]-Alumina Single Crystals"
1986
7
18
"Current Noise Sodium [?]-Alumina Ceramics"
1985
7
19
"Electrode Noise in Beta Aluminas"
1984
7
20
"Contact Noise in Superionic Ceramics"
1983
7
21
"Equilibrium Noise in Ion Selective Field Effect Transistors"
1982
8
1
"Experimental Measurements of Variance Noise"
1971
8
2
"Statistical Randomness and 1/f Noise"
1970
8
3
"Low-Frequency Variance Noise"
1970
8
4
"Low-Frequency Variance Fluctuations in 1/f Noise"
1969
8
5
Four papers on 1/f Noise
1968-1969
8
6
"Fluctuations in Luminescent Junctions"
1967
8
7
"Applications of Hall-Effect Multipliers"
1966
8
8
Various papers
1965
8
9
Various papers
1964
8
10
"Fluctuation in Hot Tungsten Filaments"
1963
8
11
"A System of Electrostatic Recording"
1962
8
12
Various papers
1962
8
13
Various papers
1961
8
14
"Properties of 1/f Noise in Semiconductors"
1960
8
15
Various papers
1960
8
16
Various papers
1949-1959
8
17-19
[?]-Alumina Noise
8
20
"Survey of Noise in [?]-Aluminas," Notes from C. VanVliet
8
21
Critical Point Scattering, Notes and Transparencies
8
22
New Neff Calculations
8
23
"Elementary Theory of Magnetic Properties of Solids"
8
24
"Electrical Properties of Iron Oxide"
8
25
"Penetration of Low Energy Electrons into Metals"
8
26
"Measurements on Semiconductor PN Junctions"
8
27
Miscellaneous papers
8
28
"Egocentric Orbit," Science Fiction Short Story as John Cory
8
29
"Computed Society," Science Fiction Short Story as John Cory
Papers by Others
9
1
M2 and [?]-Alumina
9
2
[?]-Alumina
9
3-4
Fluctuations
9
5
Critical Point Scatterings
9
6
Miscellaneous Topics
Noise Articles
10
1
"Noise is Beautiful," Seminar
10
2
Equipment Specifications
10
3-4
International Noise Conference
1991
10
5
Comparisons of Na, Ag, and Pb, Notes and Data
10
6
Office of Naval Research Technical Report #16
10
7
Barkhausen Noise
10
8-9
Diffusion Noise
10
10
Electrochemical Noise
10
11
Noise Systems
10
12
Other Noise
Speech Materials
11
1
References, Science and Higher Education
11
2
References, Articles by Others
11
3
References, Meeting Programs
11
4
References, Inspirational Quotes and Jokes
11
5-8
Notes and Drafts
Technical Concerns
12
1
Cold Fusion, Transparencies
12
2
Cold Fusion, Symposium in Como, Italy
1991
12
3
Cold Fusion, Miscellaneous
12
4
Annealing Experiments, Effective Ion Density Na #1
12
5
Annealing Experiments, Single Crystal
12
6
Annealing Experiments, Pb Ceramic #2
12
7
Annealing Experiments, Pb Ceramic #3
12
8
Annealing Experiments, Miscellaneous
12
9
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, Publications and Bibliography
12
10
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, "Keldysh-Schwinger Method Calculation"
12
11
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, "Application of the Quantum Theory"
12
12
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, "Quantum and Classical Nonlinear"
12
13
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, "Quantum 1/f Fluctuations in Physical Cross Sections"
12
14-15
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, Various 1/f Noise papers
12
16
Peter H. Handel 1/f Noise Research, Symposium on Quantum 1/f Noise
1990
Miscellaneous Technology
13
1-2
Halftone Boards
13
3
Photocopies of Figures
13
4
Figures in Chapter 10, Third Edition
13
5
Transparencies
13
6
Patents
13
7
Scot, Inc.
13
8
Argonne National Laboratory
13
9
International Colloquium, Toulouse, France
1971
13
10
Miscellaneous Technical Activities
13
11
CricketGraph
13
12
Mathtype and Mac[?]qn
13
13
Macintosh
13
14
Miscellaneous Computer
13
15
The Grant Swinger papers, 2nd Edition
13
16
Whimsy in Science
Underwriters Laboratories
14
1
The Global Network
14
2
By-laws and Decisions
14
3-7
Annual Reports
1967-1990
Employment History
15
1
Illinois Institute of Technology
15
2
IIT Research Institute
15
3
IIT Center Telephone Directory
1978-1979
15
4
IIT Correspondence
15
5
Institute of Gas Technology
15
6
U of U, Annual Benefits Statements
15
7
U of U, Personnel Packet
15
8
U of U, Department of Electrical Engineering
15
9
U of U, Department of Physics
15
10
U of U, Department of Physics, Graduate Study
15
11
U of U, Crystal Growth Laboratory Service Program
15
12
U of U, Faculty Research Directory
1984-1986
15
13
U of U, Correspondence
Leisure Activities, Skiing and Theatre
16
1
Midwest
16
2
Utah
16
3
The Theatre of Western Springs
16
4-5
TWS Sound System Manual
Leisure Activities, Flying
17
1
Logbooks
17
2
Beechcraft Pilot Manual, C23
17
3
Beechcraft Pilot Manual, C24R
17
4
Airplane Partnership
17
5
Airplane Owner Handbooks
17
6
Airplane Brochures
17
7
Student Flight Manual
17
8
Instrument Flight Manual
17
9
Aeronautical Charts
17
10
Miscellaneous Flying
Correspondence and Miscellaneous
18
1
High School Materials
18
2
Identification
18
3
Curriculum Vita and Resume
18
4-5
Date Books
1966-1991
18
6
Passports
18
7
Travel Expenses
18
8
Security Clearance Documents
18
9
Publicity
18
10
Awards
18
11
IIT Diplomas
18
12
Personnel Correspondence
18
13
Special Correspondence
18
14
Business Correspondence
18
15
Miscellaneous
Books
19
1
Basic Electronics for Scientists
1990
19
2
Semiconductor Devices
1964
19
3
Electronic Processes in Materials
1963
19
4
Organic Semiconductors
1962
19
1
Fluctuation Phenomena in Physical Systems
1991
19
2
Pilots Operating Handbook, Cessna R182
20
1-4
Solutions to the 1st-5th Editions
20
5-9
Basic Electronics for Scientists
1969-1983
21
Basic Electronics for Scientists
1966-1983
22
1-3
Principal Investigator's Handbook
1980-1989
22
4-5
Basic Electronics for Scientists
1966, 1990
22
6
Halfleader Electronics
1964
22
7
Omega
1966
22
8
RCA Transistor Manual
1962
23
Storyboards for Books
24
Storyboards for Books