Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism
11 E. Larabee Street
Greencastle, IN
765-658-4406
archives@depauw.edu
10/3/2011
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| Creation: | This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-02-01T09:53-0500 |
| Language: | Description is in English. |
| Repository: | Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism |
| Creator: | Smith, Orrin Harold |
| Title: | Orrin Harold Smith papers |
| Dates: | 1884-1973 |
| Quantity: | 1.2 Linear feet, 3 document cases |
| Identification: | MSD.0000.055 |
This collection contains genealogical, career data, addresses, miscellaneous talks, outlines, notes, books, programs, articles, awards, clippings, photographs and various other materials relating to the life of Orrin H. Smith.
Nationally recognized physicist Dr. Orrin H. Smith, an emeritus professor at DePauw University, died September 12 in Everett, Washington. A native of Iowa, Dr. Smith joined the DePauw faculty in 1925 and served as head of the physics department until his retirement in 1952. Twice national honors were bestowed on Smith for his contribution to science education. In 1950 he received the Oersted Medal from the American Association of Physics Teachers. The honor goes to the teaching physicist in America who has made the most notable contribution in that discipline. In 1959 Dr. Smith received the Golden Key Award in Atlantic City from the American Association of School Administrators. The Association annually honors two persons-the citizen who has contributed significantly to the national welfare and a teacher named by the citizen as the person who influenced his life most decisively.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University.
| DC 359 Papers | |||||||||||
| [Folder 1] Genealogical and career data | |||||||||||
| [Folder 2] Master of Arts in Physics, Laboratory Methods for Measuring Electrical Capacity, University of Illinois (MS) 1909 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 3] Ph.D. Thesis (MS and reprint), Retrograde Rays from the Cold Cathode, University of Illinois 1914 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 4] Addresses and Talks | |||||||||||
| Responses to an interview on WENR, by V. Maurice Smith and Marjorie Smith | |||||||||||
| Ross, tape #118 1960 | |||||||||||
| Some remarks at a meeting of ht Minnesota Branch of the A.A.P.T. | |||||||||||
| Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Layman, given before A.A.U.W. October 22, 1963 | |||||||||||
| Last Lecture Series, DePauw University December 6, 1962 | |||||||||||
| Copy of paper read before Indiana section of AAPT at IU, Some Suggested Details of the Attack May 4, 1957 | |||||||||||
| Experimentation - A Factor in Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa address at Kalamazoo College 1957 or 1958 | |||||||||||
| Address before the Iowa Academy of Science at Grinnell College 1956 | |||||||||||
| The Scientific Impact of Albert Einstein, given before a chapel convocation at Grinnell College, by Orrin H. Smith, visiting Professor of Physics 1956 | |||||||||||
| A Story of the Atom and its Nucleus, a lecture at Hamline, as a J. Hill Foundation lecturer Spring 1955 | |||||||||||
| The Key Flower | |||||||||||
| Experience Plus Realization | |||||||||||
| [Folder 5] Address outlines and notes | |||||||||||
| [Folder 6] Articles by and about Orrin H. Smith (manuscripts) | |||||||||||
| [Folder 7] Articles by and about Orrin H. Smith (printed) | |||||||||||
| [Folder 8] American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||||||||||
| [Folder 9] DePauw University Class Record 1958-1965 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 10] Kappa Delta Pi | |||||||||||
| [Folder 11] Letters from Pseudo Scientists | |||||||||||
| [Folder 12] Smith students | |||||||||||
| [Folder 13] History of Physics in Indiana | |||||||||||
| [Folder 14] Christmas Letters 1961-1972 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 15] Cornell College | |||||||||||
| [Folder 16] Knox College | |||||||||||
| [Folder 17] Programs | |||||||||||
| [Folder 18] Sydney G. Sterling 1934-37; 1950 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 19] Worth M. Tippy | |||||||||||
| [Folder 20] President Clyde E. Wildman 1940-1951 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 21] Correspondence (miscellaneous) 1950-1973 | |||||||||||
| DC 455 Papers | |||||||||||
| [Folder 1] Experiments | |||||||||||
| [Folder 2] Problems - Mine | |||||||||||
| [Folder 3] Mechanics Problems | |||||||||||
| [Folder 4] Laboratory Manuals - solved problems in Advanced Mechanics | |||||||||||
| [Folder 5] DePauw laboratory manuals in Optics, Electricity & Magnetism | |||||||||||
| [Folder 6] Clippings | |||||||||||
| [Folder 7] Pictures | |||||||||||
| [Folder 8] Publicity | |||||||||||
| [Folder 9] Awards | |||||||||||
| [Folder 10] Letters to Orrin H. Smith, Oersted Medal Tribute 1950 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 11] Who's Who at DePauw booklet | |||||||||||
| DC 1476 Papers | |||||||||||
| [Folder 1] Frances Bosisto Smith: School Essays | |||||||||||
| [Folder 2] Inventory of items from China 1923 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 3] Memorial service, obituary, death 1973 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 4] Book of letters of tribute 1950 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 5] Laboratory Notes, Physics 4 1908-1909 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 6] Photograph album | |||||||||||
| [Folder 7] The Transactions of the Science Society of China, Vol. I, 1922 | |||||||||||
| Shanghai College of Commerce (Chinese, Smith's photo, pg.13) | |||||||||||
| [Folder 8] Gold Key, Key to Tomorrow - Good Schools [85.127.1] 1959 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 9] Oersted Medal (for notable contributions to the teaching of physics) [85.127.2] 1950 | |||||||||||
| [Folder 10] Phi Beta Kappa Key [996.09] | |||||||||||