Homer L. Dodge addition to papers,
1905-1994
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Size of collection
1.75 linear feet
1 motion picture film box
2 manuscript boxes
2 half manuscript boxes
Short description of collection
This addition to the Homer L. Dodge papers is comprised of correspondence, biographical and family records, instruments, and information regarding Dodge's canoeing experience.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1
Physicist (electrical measurements) and educator. Homer Dodge was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma as head of physics department (1919-1942), dean of graduate school (1926-1944), and organizer and director of Oklahoma Research Institute (1941-1944). Dodge was also a founder, first president, and member of Governing Board of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) from 1933 to 1939, director of the Office of Scientific Personnel, National Research Council (1942-1944), and president of Norwich University (1944-1950).
This addition to the Homer L. Dodge papers is comprised of correspondence, biographical and family records, information regarding Dodge's canoeing experience, and some professional documentation. Items include recollections about Dodge and an obituary written by friends and colleagues; correspondence with family members and friends; travel notes, films and correspondence from Dodge's canoe trips, including a trip at the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway; yearbook from Colgate University; copy of World War I draft and registration forms; article reprint; gravitational wave data readings from various equipment; films and home videos, including travel and canoe documentation; six items/instruments from Dodge's collection; family photographs.
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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
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Institutions
Colgate University.
Locations
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Subject terms
Camping.
Canoes and canoeing.
Gravitational waves.
World War, 1914-1918.
Genre terms
Amateur films.
Biography.
Travelogs.
Received from Alice Dodge Wallace, 1998 to 2013.
This collection was processed by
Melanie J. Mueller in
2012.
Box [number], Folder [number], Homer L. Dodge addition to papers, 1905-1994. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Homer L. Dodge addition to papers, 1905-1994
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2012
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2012. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Home movies, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Photograph identification and notes, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Invitation list for Homer Dodge wedding, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Commencements - high school and honorary degree from St. Mary’s College (Maryland), 1905-1975 |
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Folder 5 |
Correspondence - from parents regarding death of family dog, 1907 |
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Folder 6 |
Yearbook, Colgate University, 1910 |
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Folder 7 |
World War I draft registration card and registrar’s report, 1917 |
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Folder 8 |
Photographs, circa 1920-1970 |
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Folder 9 |
Correspondence – from Homer Dodge to Isabelle Donahugh Dodge, 1926-1935, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Correspondence with Edith Dodge Baker (cousin), 1948 |
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Folder 11 |
U.S. News and World Report , “Uncensored: the real story of Russia - exclusive eyewitness account by Dr. Homer Dodge and Norton Dodge”, 1955 |
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Folder 12 |
Correspondence and travel notes, 1960-1965, undated |
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Folder 13 |
Correspondence – Macon, and Homer Dodge trip at opening of St. Lawrence Seaway, 1959 |
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Folder 14 |
Canoeing biographical notes, undated, post-1965 |
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Folder 15 |
Correspondence - finances, 1969 |
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Folder 16 |
Obituary by Albert Bartlett, 1983 |
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Folder 17 |
Correspondence - Eugene Guazzo recollections of Homer Dodge, 1994 |
| Box 2 |
Gravitational wave data readings, 1969 |
| Box 3 |
Miscellaneous films, undated |
| Box 5 |
Dodge's "eagle" insignia as a colonel while at Norwich University, undated |
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Dodge's surveyor's level while with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), undated |
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Double Poro prism, undated |
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Dodge's improved "Dodge Design" rheostate, patent number 1,337,826, filed August 23, 1917, renewed March 4, 1920, undated |
