Haynes, Sherwood Kimball, 1910-1990
Sherwood K. Haynes papers, 1932-1982.
Papers cover all stages of Haynes' career. Includes his studies at Williams College and California Institute of Technology; teaching positions at Brown University, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, and Vanderbilt College; his Fulbright lectureship in Paris, France; and his teaching and Departmental Chairman's duties in the Physics Department at MSU. Topics include his work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, cosmic rays, Auger and Koster-Kroenig electron spectroscopy, high energy research projects and the cyclotron, his interest in physical sciences in secondary public schools, Michigan Association of American Assn. of Physics Teachers, and the American Institute of Physics. Contains glass slides, photographs, and plans, as well as correspondence, research material, lecture and class notes, and departmental files.
Physicist (optical and nuclear physics). Instructor of physics at Williams College, 1936-1939; French Science Fellow at the Institute of International Education, 1939-1940; Assistant professor of physics, Brown University, 1940-1942; Instructor in electrical communications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radar School, 1942-1945; professor of physics at Vanderbilt University, 1945-1957; professor and chairman of Physics Department, Michigan State University, 1957-1969. He remained at the University until 1980.
American Association of Physics Teachers. Michigan Section.
Brown University -- Faculty.
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
Michigan State University. Dept. of Physics -- Faculty.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Vanderbilt University -- Faculty.
Williams College
Cosmic rays -- Research.
Electron spectroscopy.
Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research. aip
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Slides (photographs). aat
Lectures lcgft
Class notes. aat
Departmental records. aat
Physicists. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
Michigan State University. University Archives and Historical Collections. East Lansing, MI 48824, USA