McDowell, Louise S. (Louise Sherwood), 1876-1966.
Louise S. McDowell papers, 1894-1955.
McDowell's papers, which date from 1894 to 1955, document McDowell as a student at Wellesley and Cornell through letters she wrote home and account books. Other materials include information on her 1914 trip to Germany, and her work for the U. S. Bureau of Standards in 1918. Material on the Harvard Radio Research Lab during World War II include publications and working papers on radar and radar counter measures as well as photographs. Correspondents include, among others: her mother, Alexander Graham Bell, W. L. Bragg, Karl T. Compton, Edward L. Nichols, Marion Shea, J. J. Thomson, Arthur Gordon Webster, and Sarah F. Whiting. Topics include, among others: atomic energy, education, radar, Wellesley curriculum, opportunities in physics for women, Dr. Emilie Jones Barker, Eunice Cole Smith, and Ohm's law. Also included are copies of speeches given by McDowell to a variety of audiences.
Professor of physics, Wellesley College.
United States. Bureau of Standards
Wellesley College.
Wellesley College.
Education.
Nuclear energy.
Lectures and lecturing.
Nuclear energy.
Military research.
Ohm's law.
Women in science.
Radar -- Research.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Science.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
Women in science
Germany -- Description and travel.
Photographs. aat
Publications. aat
Account books. aat
Speeches. aat
Barker, Emilie Jones.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
McDowell, Louise S. (Louise Sherwood) -- Family.
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937.
Shea, Marion.
Smith, Eunice Cole.
Webster, Arthur Gordon.
Whiting, Sarah Frances
Cornell University -- Students.
Harvard University. Radio Research Laboratory.
AIP-ICOS
Wellesley College. Archives. Margaret Clapp Library, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA