Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Shirley Leon Quimby papers
Quimby, Shirley L.
4078378
MS#1038
English
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21 boxes
21 boxes
1918-1974
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
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Summary
Shirley Leon Quimby papers include correspondence, manuscripts of works by Quimby and others, notes on lectures, teaching materials, photographs of physicists, some instrument catalogs and other printed materials. Much of the material documents grant funded research directed by Quimby on CuAu. In his later years Quimby did research on the Mayan Calendar.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Shirley Leon Quimby papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Columbia University. Dept. of Physics. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--10/25/85.
Biographical sketch
Shirley Leon Quimby (1893-1986) was a physicist (Columbia Ph.D., 1925), Columbia faculty member, 1919-1962, fellow of the American Physical Society and treasurer of that organization from 1957 to 1970. His research topics included ferromagnetism, solid state physics, magnetism, and elasticity and internal friction solids.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from Columbia University Physics Department, 1985.
Processing Information
Papers Processed JCA 04/--/86.
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Physics
Photographic prints
Physicists
Maya Calendar
American Physical Society
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Manuscripts by S.L. Quimby/repositories/2/archival_objects/11750901Manuscripts by S.L. Quimby/repositories/2/archival_objects/11750912Manuscripts by others and notes on lectures of others/repositories/2/archival_objects/1175092Barrett, C.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11750933Crawford, R.T./repositories/2/archival_objects/11750943D., S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11750953Dienes,/repositories/2/archival_objects/11750963Feder, R./repositories/2/archival_objects/11750973Greenberg, Daniel/repositories/2/archival_objects/11750983Hall/repositories/2/archival_objects/11750993Kane, Thomas R./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751003Liberman, D.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751014Markhaem, Elizabeth/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751024Metzel, J.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751034Nicholson, Alexander McLean/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751044Nowick, A.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751054Rudman, P.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751064Schwartz/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751074Scheib, R./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751084Slate/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751094Slater/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751104Wiedemann/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751114Cu3Au research and grant materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751125Cu3Au research and grant materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751136Cu3Au research and grant materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751147General Subject and Correspondence Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1175115American Institute of Physics/American Physical Society/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751168B/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751178Biophysics/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751188Boole on Probability/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751198C/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751208Clemence on Time/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751218Crystal model cards/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751228D/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751238Drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751248Electromagnetic Theory (notes)/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751258Enck, Frank/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751268F-G/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751278Gray to Benairy/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751288H/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751298Heliochron/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751308Instructions for constructing instruments/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751318J-K/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751328L/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751338M/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751348Margolish, Merry A./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751358Milbauer, Barbara, Great Discoveries in Physics Proposal/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751368N-O/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751378P-R/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751388Pegram, George Baxter/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751398Problems and Fallacies/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751408Publishers/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751418Quantum Theory - Notes on Rojanski/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751429Rabi, I.I./repositories/2/archival_objects/11751439Structure of Quartz/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751449S/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751459T/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751469Tan (Pi)X/X against X/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751479Tan (Pi)X/X against X; platinum resistance thermometer materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751489U-V/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751499U.S. Navy/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751509W-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751519Yang McGlashan Theory/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751529Miscellaneous and unidentified/repositories/2/archival_objects/11751539Quimby's notebooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515410Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515511Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515612Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515713Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515814Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117515915Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516016Notebooks and Teaching materials for physics courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516117Slides, Notecards/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516218Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/1175163American Institute of Physics, Annual Dinner/repositories/2/archival_objects/1175164196519American Institute of Physics, Governing Board/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516519AmesBarus, Carl/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516619Bridgman, P.W./repositories/2/archival_objects/117516719Briggs, Lyman/repositories/2/archival_objects/117516819Bumstead, H.A./repositories/2/archival_objects/117516919Compton, Arthur H./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517019Compton, Karl T./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517119Coadon, E.U./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517219Dempster, A.J./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517319DuBridge, Lee Alvin/repositories/2/archival_objects/117517419Fletcher, Harvey/repositories/2/archival_objects/117517519Foote, P.D./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517619Gale, Henry G./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517719Hull, A.W./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517819Lorentz, H.A./repositories/2/archival_objects/117517919Lyman, Theodore/repositories/2/archival_objects/117518019Magicians/repositories/2/archival_objects/117518119Magin, B.F./repositories/2/archival_objects/117518219Merritt, Ernest/repositories/2/archival_objects/117518319Michelson, A.A./repositories/2/archival_objects/117518419Miller, Dayton C./repositories/2/archival_objects/117518519Millikan, Robert A./repositories/2/archival_objects/117518619Nichols/repositories/2/archival_objects/117518719Oppenheimer, J Robert/repositories/2/archival_objects/117518819Pegram, George B./repositories/2/archival_objects/117518919Peirce, B.O./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519019Quimby, Edith H./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519119Quirnby, Shirley L./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519219Kandall, H.M./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519319Richtmyer, F.K./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519419Stewart, G.W./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519519Swann, W.F.B./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519619Tate, John T./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519719U.S. Navy/repositories/2/archival_objects/117519819Webster, A.G./repositories/2/archival_objects/117519919Wood, R.W./repositories/2/archival_objects/117520019Zeleny, John/repositories/2/archival_objects/117520119Miscellaneous photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/117520219Printed materials: Apparatus catalogs and reprints/repositories/2/archival_objects/117520320Oversize material/repositories/2/archival_objects/117520421