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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 Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: CorrespondenceArthur Gordon Webster papers, 1893-1913
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Webster, Arthur Gordon, 1863-1923.
Size of collection
0.25 linear feet
1 half manuscript box
Short description of collection
Arthur G. Webster's correspondence relating to research on sound vibration, gyroscopes, mechanics, telegraphy, ballistics, notation, and steam whistles.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR288
Biographical Note
Physicist (acoustics, mechanics). On the faculty at Harvard University, mathematics (1885-1886); and Clark University, physics, from 1890.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Photocopies of Arthur G. Webster's correspondence relating to research on sound vibration, gyroscopes, mechanics, telegraphy, ballistics, notation, and steam whistles. Correspondents include William E. Alyrton, Joseph G. Coffin, Henry Crew, Samuel P. Langley, Anatole LeBrantz, Hendrik A. Lorentz, William E. Magie, Thomas C. Mendenhall, Ernest Merritt, Henry F. Osborn, Benjamin O. Peirce, Edward B. Rosa, Ernest Rutherford, and Robert S. Woodward.
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
Ayrton, W. E. (William Edward), 1847-1908.
Coffin, Joseph George, b. 1877.
Crew, Henry, 1859-1953.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906.
LeBranz, Anatole.
Lorenz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928.
Magie, William Francis, 1858-1943.
Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924.
Merritt, Ernest, 1865-1948
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935.
Peirce, B. O. (Benjamin Osgood), 1854-1914.
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Webster, Arthur Gordon, 1863-1923.
Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924.
Subject terms
Ballistics.
Gyroscopes.
Mechanics.
Sound. Reverberation.
Telegraph, Wireless.
Vibration (Sound).
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Correspondence
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Acquired (1963, 1974) by University of Illinois Archives.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Arthur Gordon Webster papers, 1893-1913. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Arthur Gordon Webster papers, 1893-1913
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2013
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie Mueller in 2013. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Correspondence
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Item level inventory of correspondence, including summary of letter contents and list of correspondents, undated |
| Folder 2 | A. G. Webster incoming correspondence, 1893-1913 |