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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: NotesIrvine C. Gardner student notes, 1911-1912
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Gardner, Irvine Clifton,
Size of collection
0.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box(s)
Short description of collection
Irvine Gardner's notes from two graduate mathematics courses taken at Harvard University.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR225
Biographical Note
Physicist (spectroscopy, optics). Physicist, National Bureau of Standards, 1921-1950; chief, Division of Optics and Meteorology, 1950-1959.
Scope and Contents of Collection
This collection consists of two bound notebooks containing Irvine Gardner's notes from two graduate mathematics courses taken at Harvard University (1911-1912): A Course in Modern Geometry and Algebra taught by William E. Byerly, and Advanced Calculus taught by William F. Osgood.
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
Byerly, William Elwood, b. 1849.
Gardner, Irvine Clifton, 1889-1972.
Osgood, William F. (William Fogg), 1864-1943.
Institutions
Subject terms
Calculus. Study and teaching.
Mathematics. Study and teaching.
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Notes
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Received from H. Richard Crane.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Irvine C. Gardner student notes, . American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Irvine C. Gardner student notes, 1911-1912
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: Notes
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Mathematics 3: A Course in Modern Geometry and Algebra, Professor William E. Byerly, 1911-1912 |
| Folder 2 | Mathematics 5: Advanced Calculus, Professor William F. Osgood, 1911-1912 |