Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-1984-
Wendell Hinkle Furry papers, circa 1927-1985.
Contains papers relating to the teaching and research career of Wendell Hinkle Furry, including: correspondence, research notes, lecture notes, publications and speeches, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, minutes, notebooks, letters of recommendation. Includes materials from his graduate studies at the University of Illinois (1928-1932), his post-graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley (1932-1934), his wartime research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory (1943-1945), and his teaching and research activities at Harvard University (1934-1977). Contains correspondence with students, scientific colleagues, academic officers, editors, professional societies, and foundations. Also includes papers relating to the McCarthy Era, particularly congressional investigations of Furry's past political connections with the Communist Party. Related publications and reference material available in repository.
Wendell Hinkle Furry, 1907-1984. Physicist. Professor, Harvard University, 1934-1943; Research Associate at Radiation Lab. at MIT, 1943-1945 and professor at MIT, 1945-1962; Professor, Harvard University from 1962. Research interests include: quantum mechanics, kinetic theory, molecular energies, positron theory, and microwave propagation.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-1984-
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
Harvard University -- Research.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory.
University of California, Berkeley.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Communism and science.
McCarthyism.
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AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.