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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: Student notesHaskell A. Reich collection of student notes, 1945-1954
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Reich, Haskell Aaron,
Size of collection
0.75 linear feet
1 manuscript box(s)
1 half manuscript box(s)
Short description of collection
Lecture notes taken by various people on classes at Columbia Universit, where Reich was a student.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR178
Biographical Note
B.S., City College of New York; Ph.D., Columbia University. Reich served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific in World War II, before joinging the staff of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Scope and Contents of Collection
This collection consists of lecture notes taken by various people on classes at Columbia University, collected by Reich during his time as a Ph.D. student in 1956. Professors include: Polycarp Kusch, Tsung-Dao Lee, and James Rainwater.
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
Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-
Lee, T. D., 1926-
Rainwater, L. James, (Leo James), 1917-1986.
Reich, Haskell Aaron, 1926-1983.
Institutions
Subject terms
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Student notes
This series is arranged chronologically.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Gift of Nancy Reich, 1988.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Haskell A. Reich collection of student notes, . American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Haskell A. Reich collection of student notes, 1945-1954
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: Student notes
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Quantum Mechanics, Professor A. Nordsieck, 1945-1946 |
| Folder 2 | Molecular Beams, Professor Polykarp Kusch, 1950 |
| Folder 3 | Nuclear Physics, Professor James Rainwater (1 of 2), 1952-1953 |
| Folder 4 | Nuclear Physics, Professor James Rainwater (2 of 2), 1952-1953 |
| Folder 5 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Professor T.D. Lee, notes by Sylvan Katz and Allen Lurio, 1954 |
| Folder 6 | Electromagnetic Theory, notes by W.E. Lamb, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Nuclear Physics, Professor James Rainwater, notes by C.A. Lee (1 of 2), undated |
| Folder 2 | Nuclear Physics, Professor James Rainwater, notes by C.A. Lee (2 of 2), undated |
| Folder 3 | Physics 204 problems, undated |