Weeks, Dorothy Walcott, 1893-1990
Dorothy Weeks papers 1913-1960, 1989.
This collection consists of two series: Series I. includes correspondence between Dorothy Weeks and her family, friends, and colleagues, from 1913-1960. These letters include enclosures and news clippings. Series II. is composed of the tapes and transcripts from Dorothy Weeks oral history interviews, which were conducted in 1989.
Dorothy Weeks was a physicist and educator. She was a Professor of Physics and head of the Physics Department at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania for 24 years. In 1956, she became Professor Emeritus, and for the next 8 years worked for the Army Materials Research Agency in Watertown, Massachusetts. This work was related to radiological shielding. Other areas of research in her career were the neutral iron atom, and atomic spectroscopy. She also conducted research as a member of the Solar Satellite Project at the Harvard College Observatory. She died in 1990.
Harvard College Observatory.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Wellesley College
Mathematicians -- United States -- 20th century.
Physicists -- United States -- 20th century.
Radioactivity
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Wellesley College Clapp Library Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481, USA.