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University of Utah Department of Physics records, 1953-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. Dept. of Physics
Title
University of Utah Department of Physics records
Dates
1953-1983 (inclusive)
1971-1981 (bulk)
Quantity
6.5 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0453
Summary
The Department of Physics is located in the College of Science and awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees. During the period covered by the bulk of these records, Peter Gibbs, Haven E. Bergeson, and Eugene C. Loh served as department heads. This collection contains grant applications, correspondence, memoranda, and reports related to faculty research projects. Included are correspondence files of individual faculty mostly dealing with research projects and peer review of research articles written by others. The collection also contains memoranda, meeting minutes, and reports concerning general department administration. Included are department newsletters (1971-1981). Also included are files related to participation in the Utah State Advisory Council on Science and Technology (1975-1978) and the Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (1960-1978).
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Content Description

This collection contains grant applications, correspondence, memoranda, and reports related to faculty research projects. Included are correspondence files of individual faculty mostly dealing with research projects and peer review of research articles written by others. The collection also contains memoranda, meeting minutes, and reports concerning general department administration, chiefly curricula and faculty personnel matters. Included are department newsletters (1971-1981). Also included are files related to participation in the Utah State Advisory Council on Science and Technology (1975-1978) and the Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (1960-1978).

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah Department of Physics records, Acc. 453, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 453.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is organized in two series: 1. Research Files; 2. Administrative Files. The arrangement is alphabetical within each series.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Research Files

    Container: Series 1

    • Description: Ailion: David: " Magnetic Resonance Study of Ultraslow Atomic and Molecular Motions"
      Dates: 1967-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1-5
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Ailion, David: " Quantitation of Distribution of Lung Water by NMR"
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Ball, James: " High Energy Theoretical Physics"
      Dates: 1975-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Bergeson, Haven: " A Cosmic Ray Study of Ultra-High Energy Process"
      Dates: 1976; 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8 to 2/1
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Bergeson, Haven: " Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Sidereal Anisotropy Above 1 TEV"
      Dates: 1977-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Cassiday, George: " A Cosmic Ray Observatory for Ultra-High Energy Processes"
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Cassiday, George: " Instrumentation Physics"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Cassiday, George: " Workshop to Set Goals for a U.S. Air Shower Program"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Cunningham, C.T.: " In Pursuit of the Objective Observer: An Interdisciplinary Approach"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Deford, John: " Atom-Ion Scattering Potential"
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Deford, John: " Electronic and Radiation Damage Properties of Rutile"
      Dates: 1970-1974
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8-10
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Deford, John: " Production of High Density Atom and Ion Beams and Their Use to Measure Scattering Potential"
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Detar, Carleton: " Research in High Energy Theoretical Physics: The Two-Nucleon Interaction in the Quark Model"
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Dick, Gale: " Dynamic and Collective Effects in Paraelectric and Paraelastic Systems"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Gibbs, Peter: " Electrical Properties of Bone"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Harris, Frank: " Improved Multiple-Scattering Methods with Application to Heavy-Atom Systems"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Harris, Frank: " Mathematical and Computational Studies in Molecular Quantum Mechanics"
      Dates: 1974-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Harris, Frank: " Quantum Mechanical Studies of Electronic Structure"
      Dates: 1973-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Harris, Frank: " Thin Films, Surfaces, and Interfaces: A Fourier-Transform Theory of Their Electric Structure"
      Dates: 1976-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5-7
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Electronic and Radiation Damage Properties of Rutile"
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Electronic Transport Properties of Ceramic and Single Crystal TiO2" & " Defect and Impurity Thermodynamics in TiO2"
      Dates: 1977-1979; 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Electronic Transport Properties of Ceramic and Single Crystal Titanium Dioxide"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Growth and Properties of Rutile"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " High Temperature Deformation of Rutile"
      Dates: 1962-1965
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12 to 4/1
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Interstitial Diffusion in Non-Metallic Crystals"
      Dates: 1965-1970
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2-3
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Interstitial Impurities in Non-Metallic Crystals"
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Studies of Solid State Electrolytes with Special Emphasis on TiO2"
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Johnson, Owen: " Thermodynamics and Thermoelectricity in Rutile and Related Systems"
      Dates: 1978-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Kadesch, Robert: " Extension of TVCAI Project to Include Demonstration of Intelligent Videodisc System"
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Kuchar, Karel: " Quantum Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics"
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Loh, Eugene: " A Study of Leptonic Processes at PEP"
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3-4
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Luty, Fritz: " Instructional Scientific Equipment Program"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Luty, Fritz: " Localized and Collective Excitation and Ordering Processes in Ionic Crystals"
      Dates: 1977-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Mashhoon, Bahram: " Detection of Gravitational Radiation by the Doppler Tracking of Spacecraft"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Mattis, Daniel: " Effects of Boundaries and Collisions in the Theory of Solitons"
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Mattis, Daniel: " Order-Disorder Conference"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Monkhorst, Hendrik: " Cluster Expansion Approach to Electronic Properties of Atoms and Molecules"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Monkhorst, Hendrik: " Coupled-Cluster Method for Properties of Atoms and Molecules"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 5/11
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Ohlsen, William: " A Magnetic Resonance Study of Defects in Rutile"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 5/12
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Rosenberger, Franz: " Cadmium Sulfide Preparation and Characterization"
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/13
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Rosenberger, Franz: " Crystal Growth from Vapors"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 5/14
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Rosenberger, Franz: " Growth of CDA Single Crystals"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 5/15
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Sutherland, Bill: " Theoretical Studies in Many-Body Physics"
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 5/16
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Symko, Orest: " Consultantship to the Department of Defense"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Symko, Orest: " Instrumentation Physics"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Symko, Orest: " Exchange in Solid Helium-3"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Williams, George: " Freshman-Sophomore Physics Laboratory Improvement Project"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
      Location: Research Files
    • Description: Williams, George: " Student Science Training Project"
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
      Location: Research Files

  • Administrative Files

    Container: Series 2

    • Description: Ad-Hoc Elementary Course Committee
      Dates: 1974-1975
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Affirmative Action
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Awards
      Dates: 1969-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Budget
      Dates: 1976-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Catalysis Program
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 6/10
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: College of Science Computer Use
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 6/11
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: College of Science Council Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1973-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: College of Science Memoranda
      Dates: 1975-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 6/13
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Colloquia and Seminars
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 6/14
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Commission on College Physics
      Dates: 1970-1971
      Container: Box/Folder 6/15
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Computer Aided Instruction
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/16
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Copyrights and Royalties
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 6/17
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Ailion, David
      Dates: 1975-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/18
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Ball, James
      Dates: 1973-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Bergeson, Haven
      Dates: 1973-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2-3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Branson, Lane
      Dates: 1974-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - DeFord, John
      Dates: 1974-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Dick, B. Gale
      Dates: 1972-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Gibbs, Peter
      Dates: 1969-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Johnson, Owen
      Dates: 1973-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Kadesch, Robert
      Dates: 1971-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Keuffel, Jack
      Dates: 1953-1974
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Loh, Eugene
      Dates: 1975-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Luty, Fritz
      Dates: 1974-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Rosenberger, Franz
      Dates: 1977-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Sutherland, Bill
      Dates: 1971-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Symko, Orest
      Dates: 1972-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 8/9
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Williams, George
      Dates: 1970-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 8/10
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Cosmic Ray Workshop
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Liberal Education 133
      Dates: 1977-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/2-3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 171
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 172
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 173
      Dates: 1971-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 274H
      Dates: 1972-1974
      Container: Box/Folder 9/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 313
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 9/8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 357
      Dates: 1971-1972
      Container: Box/Folder 9/9
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 371
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 9/10
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 577
      Dates: 1973-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/11
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 711
      Dates: 1975-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 9/12
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 712
      Dates: 1976-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 9/13
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Course Materials: Physics 713
      Dates: 1976-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 9/14
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Curriculum
      Dates: 1973-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 9/15
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Education Council
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/16
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Elementary Physics Module
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 9/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Energy
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 10/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Energy Research Development Administration
      Dates: 1975-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Evaluation Committee
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box/Folder 10/3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Facilities
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 10/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Conference Report
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 10/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Development Lectures
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box/Folder 10/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Development Plans
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 10/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Information
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 10/8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1967-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 10/9-12
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faculty Record
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 10/13
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Faraday Science Series
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/14
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Frontiers of Science
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 10/15
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Graduate School
      Dates: 1976-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 10/16
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Graduate Student Relations
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/17
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Helium Contract
      Dates: 1972-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Institutional Funds Requests
      Dates: 1975-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Instrumentation Physics Program
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Liberal Education
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Library Proposal
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Long-Range Planning
      Dates: 1971-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 11/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Mini Bull - Newsletter
      Dates: 1971-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 11/7-12
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: National Science Foundation Correspondence
      Dates: 1974-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 11/13
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: National Science Foundation Projects
      Dates: 1965-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 11/14
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Optics Laboratory
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 11/15
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Outstanding Researcher Award
      Dates: 1968-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 11/16
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Outstanding Teacher Award
      Dates: 1968-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 11/17
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Patent Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/18
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Physics-Engineering Course Problems
      Dates: 1972-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/19-21 to 12/1-2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Policy Board
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/3-5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Research Administration
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Research Council - Department of Physics
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Retention, Promotion, Tenure

      (Restricted)

      Dates: 1975-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/8-11 to 13/1-3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Retention, Promotion, Tenure Procedures
      Dates: 1972-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 13/4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Sabbatical Leaves
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box/Folder 13/5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Small Computer Services Group
      Dates: 1976-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 13/6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: State Advisory Council on Science and Technology
      Dates: 1975-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 13/7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Space Allocation
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box/Folder 13/8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Space Requirements Report
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 13/9
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Undergraduate Handbook Updates
      Dates: 1976-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 13/10
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: University Research Committee
      Dates: 1974-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 14/1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
      Dates: 1960-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 14/2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Vice President for Academic Affairs
      Dates: 1977-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 14/3
      Location: Administrative Files


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