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Description of Collection Biographical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Processing Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: Lecture notesYuen Ren Chao student notes on lectures given by George Sarton, 1916-1918.
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Chao, Yuen Ren,
Size of collection
0.25 linear feet
1 half manuscript box
Short description of collection
Lecture notes taken by physics student Yuen Ren Chao.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR227
Biographical Note
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982) was a Chinese physicist and linguist. After studying physics and mathematics at Cornell, he earned his doctorate in philosophy at Harvard, and began teaching mathematics at Cornell. In 1920 he returned to China to teach mathematics. An engagement to serve as interpreter to Bertrand Russell during his lecture tour in China rekindled an old interest in Chinese dialects, and prompted a decision to devote himself to the study of Chinese linguistics. For the next five years he studied linguistics in America and Europe, returning to China in 1925 to teach Chinese phonology.
Scope and Contents of Collection
This collection consists of notes taken by Yuen Ren Chao on lectures given by George Sarton at Harvard University in two courses, history of science and history of physics.
Restrictions on Use and Access
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Chao, Yuen Ren, 1892-
Sarton, George, 1884-1956.
Institutions
Subject terms
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Lectures notes
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Received from Y. R. Chao in 1964.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Yuen Ren Chao student notes on lectures given by George Sarton. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Yuen Ren Chao student notes on lectures given by George Sarton, 1916-1918.
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2009
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Lecture notes
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Letter to AIP from Yuen Ren Chao, 1964 |
| Folder 2 | Sarton, George - History of Science, 1916-1917 |
| Folder 3 | Sarton, George - History of Science 2a, 1917-1918 |
| Folder 4 | Sarton, George - History of Science 2b, 1917-1918 |