University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Physics and Astronomy.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Physics and Astronomy records, 1823-1974, 1985-1989, 2008.
Files relating to the history of the Department; also a number of reports on and studies of the Department, done at various times between 1938 and 1963; and several files relating to the National Science Foundation Science Development Program, 1964-1974. Included are two 1883 letters from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey concerning delivery to the University of a set of standard weights and measures.
The Department of Physics was officially established in 1907, although courses in natural philosophy had been given as part of the mathematics curriculum since about 1820. In 1973 the name of the Departtment of Physics changed to Department of Physics and Astronomy.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Science Development Program (U.S.).
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy -- History.
Astronomy.
Physics.
Weights and measures -- Standards.
AIP-ICOS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Manuscripts Department. University Archives. CB# 3926, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890, USA