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Scope and Contents Included in the collection are course notebooks from Bolef’s graduate studies, and research related papers from his work at Westinghouse; of note are research materials related to masers. Laboratory manuals and other teaching materials, professional correspondence, grant proposals, and other papers related to Bolef’s time in the Physics Department (College of Arts and Sciences) at Washington University are also part of the collection. In addition, there is a large group of materials related...

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The papers of Arthur Holly Compton consist of personal correspondence files, lecture and research notes, diaries and journals, publications, biographical data and memorabilia.

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This collection covers information about the cyclotron built on the Danforth Campus in 1940 and subsequent redesigns of the cyclotron. It also includes information on the preliminary work towards the Positron Emission Transaxial Tomography Scanners (commonly abbreviated PET) at the School of Medicine. The collection does not include specific information about the cyclotrons at the School of Medicine.

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This collection contains the papers, notes, and correspondence of Eugene Feenburg. 

Scope and Contents The Edwin T. Jaynes Papers mostly contain material from Jaynes’ time as a professor at Washington University, his research, and material from his research at other institutions. It also contains physics papers written by other authors, correspondence, and personal material.The collection consists of correspondence, class notes, books, course material, class handouts, lecture notes, meeting minutes, research notes and notebooks, book drafts, publications by Jaynes and others,...

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The Department of Physics Records consists of 20 VHS and DVDs of physics lectures and colloquia, photographs of Physics Department faculty and staff, and documents related to department history.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional life of Robert M. Walker. The materials include some biographical information, in addition to early career material. The bulk of the collection regards Robert Walker's career at Washington University, including course notes, papers, notebooks, and other materials.No content is listed for Series 4 thorugh 8, as this collection is not yet completely processed.The Robert M. Walker Papers are housed offsite....