School of Physics Records

These records include personnel files, administrative correspondence, and student records documenting the School of Physics, primarily from the 1920s through the 1940s. The personnel files for forty individuals who were either employees or potential employees of the Physics Department from the years 1944-1951 primarily include correspondence. The records are arranged alphabetically by employee/correspondent last name, then chronologically. The correspondence in this part of the collection is between the employee/correspondent and Dr. Joseph H. Howey, head of the Physics Department during this time. The material includes correspondence for recruitment purposes, biographical data, job inquiries, recommendations for employment from Howey to President Blake Van Leer, correspondence between employee and Howey regarding moving arrangements, and salary information. Some of the employee/correspondent files included photographs, which were pulled and are stored separately.

Also included in the collection is administrative correspondence of J. B. Edwards during the years 1932-1936. These records are arranged in chronological order. Student records from 1919-1920 comprise the remainder of the collection. They include student grades, class rolls, examinations, and lab grades.