Stanford University. Physical Sciences Program.
Stanford University, Physical Sciences Program records, 1931-1973.
Collection pertains both to the School of Physical Sciences and the later program in physical sciences. Included are correspondence, budgets, fiscal records, and miscellaneous items, 1934-1972; one file on courses, 1931-1932; course materials for the general program classes (survey of physical sciences and astronomy), 1952-1973; and course materials for several physics classes, 1955-1965. Collection also includes a file on the campus observatory, 1960-1964.
The School of Physical Sciences, instituted in 1926, consisted of the departments of chemistry, geology, mathematics, and physics; in 1949 the School of Humanities and Sciences was organized and retained a general program in physical sciences. The program was administered by chemistry professor Claudio Alvarez-Tostado.
Stanford University -- Curricula.
Stanford University. Physical Sciences Program.
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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Stanford, CA 94305, USA