Student and teaching materials of Beverly Charles Dunn
Overview
Beverly C. Dunn (1917-1984) earned his Harvard AB 1940, Harvard AM 1942, and Harvard Ph.D. 1949. He was both a Harvard University student and a teaching fellow. This collection documents physics and mathematics at Harvard during, and immediately after, World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1948
Creator
- Dunn, Beverly Charles, 1917-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
3.2 cubic feet (9 boxes)This collection reflects the academic activities of Beverly Charles Dunn. The materials relate chiefly to his own studies but also document his activities as a teaching fellow, including assignments in physics and mathematics courses from the late 1930’s through the late 1940’s.
The physical format of the material ranges from handwritten notes, illustrations and diagrams to typed and mimeographed material.
Dunn's work training military officers in the Pre-Radar School is not documented in this collection.
Biographical Note
Beverly Charles Dunn (1917-1984), earned his Harvard A.B. in 1940, A.M. in 1942, and a Ph.D. in 1949. He was both a Harvard University student and a teaching fellow. Dunn studied of electromagnetic radiation. After receiving his A.M., Dunn served for three years as a physics instructor in the Harvard Pre-radar School for Army and Navy Officers. In 1945, he became a research associate of the Antenna Group of Central Communications Research, a project of the United States Office of Scientific Research Development at Harvard. In 1946, he became a research assistant and student in Harvard's Electronics Research Laboratory, working on microwave electromagnetic radiation. Dunn left Harvard in 1954 to work in private industry.
Arrangement
This collection is organized in two series:
- Student Materials
- Teaching Materials
Obsolete Call Numbers
Reorganization of the Dunn material means that the following call numbers have been superceded. Below are listed the former call numbers and a reference to the folder in which the material is now housed.
- HUC 8937.370.1.20 Physics 1
- HUC 8937.370.2.20 Physics 2a
- HUC 8938.370.3a.20 Physics 3a
- HUC 9938.370.3b.20 Physics 3b
- HUC 8938.370.6.20 Physics 6
- HUC 8937.370.12.20 Physics 12
- HUC 8940.372.21a.20 Physics 21a
- HUC 8941.372.23a.20 Physics 23a
- HUC 8940.372.24a.20 Physics 24a
- HUC 8940.372.24b.20 Physics 24b
- HUC 8941.372.26.20 Physics 26a and 26b
- HUC 8940.372.34.20 Physivs 29 and Physics 40
- HUC 8938.370.30.20 Physics 30
- HUC 8940.372.31.20 Physics 31
- HUC 8940.372.32.20 Physics 32a and 32b
- HUC 8940.372.33.20 Physics 33
- HUC 8946.372.40.20 Physics 40a and 40b
- HUC 8946.372.40c.20 Physics 40c
- HUC 8941.372.61a.20 Physics 61a
- HUC 8937.353.2.20 Mathematics 1
- HUC 8937.352.2.20 Mathematics 2
- HUC 8939.353.3.20 Mathematics 3
- HUC 8938.353.4.20 Mathematics 5a and 5b
- HUC 8939.353.13.20 Mathematics 13
- HUC 8944.272.21b Physics 21b Teaching Materials
- HUC 8945.272.21a Physics 21a Teaching Materials
- HUC 8947.224.22b.20 Applied Science 22b Teaching Materials
- HUC 8946.204.33.20 Applied Science 33
- HUC 8943.270.25b.20 Physics 25b
Acquisition Information
- Accession number: 10469.Gift of William W. Dunn, 1985 June 28
Inventory update
This document last updated 2020 May 04.
Processing Information
Material was reorganized in 2006-2007 by Claudia Holguin. Processing included re-integrating all of Dunn's material that had been dispersed among other curriculum holdings, re-housing the material in archival containers, and creation of this inventory.
Creator
- Dunn, Beverly Charles, 1917-1984 (Person)
- Title
- Dunn, Beverly Charles, 1917-1984. Student and teaching materials of Beverly Charles Dunn, 1937-1948 : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua01008
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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