The Howard Wesley Davis Papers includes artifacts, clippings, correspondence, class lectures and assignments, photographs, and publications from his time as a student and alumnus of Syracuse University. The collection includes series for Artifacts, Clippings, Correspondence, Lectures and class assignments, Photographs, and Publications. Artifacts includes some of Howard Wesley Davis' lab equipment. There are 19 glass cells and some of their loose components. News includes clippings about infrared technologies and the defense field. Correspondence is divided into two subseries. Howard Wesley Davis includes correspondence to and from Davis regarding equipment, publication requests, and textbooks. The correspondence of Others features incoming and outgoing letters about projects Davis assisted with and includes correspondence from various corporations, departments, and individuals. Lectures and class assignments include Davis' lecture notes for courses he taught, as well as experiments he was assigned as a student or administered as a teacher. Photographs contains negatives pertaining to Davis' personal life. Publications includes research reports of projects Davis worked on at Syracuse University, either as author or co-investigator. The series is divided into 3 subseries that reflect the publishing department or institution of the associated report. The subseries include Institute of Industrial Research (Syracuse University, Department of Physics), Syracuse University, Department of Physics, and the Syracuse University Research Institute (Syracuse University, Department of Physics).