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Henry Michael Foley papers, 1913-1982

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, student papers, research notes, and printed materials including Foley's professional and departmental files, lecture and laboratory notes, his file of research projects and student papers, and his research for the JASON Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses (later of Stanford Research Institute).

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0437
Bib ID 4078769 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982
Title Henry Michael Foley papers, 1913-1982
Physical Description 10.5 linear feet (22 boxes)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in three series.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, student papers, research notes, and printed materials including Foley's professional and department files, lecture and laboratory notes, his file of research projects and student papers, and his research for the JASON Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses (later of the Stanford Research Institute).

Using the Collection

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Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Henry Michael Foley papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Foley, Mrs. Henry M. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M-82.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.

Revision Description

2012-06-25 xml document created by Judith Zupnick.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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"ArchivedGRID"
Laboratory notes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

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"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
College teachers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- Faculty Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Institute for Defense Analyses. JASON Division Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Physicists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Physics -- Research Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Physics -- Study and teaching Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stanford Research Institute Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Department of Defense Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Physicist. Foley was professor of physics at Columbia University, 1948-1982, and a consultant to the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

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Series I: Departmental and professional files


Subseries I: Columbia University. Department of Physics



Box 1 Correspondence, 1969-1982

Chronological.



Box 2 Applied Physics


Box 2 Atomic Physics


Box 2 Columbia Energy Research Center


Box 2 Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences


Box 2 Faculties Revision Committee (Committee to Study the Organization of the Arts and Sciences: Woodring Committee)


Box 2 Financial



Box 3 Graduate Admissions, 1977-1978


Box 3 Likins, Peter William - Tenure Committee


Box 3 New appointments


Box 3 Pupin Symposium


Box 3 Qualifying examinations


Box 3 Research Policy Advisory Council


Box 3 Serber, Robert


Box 3 Teaching assignments


Subseries II: Professional file:


Box 3 The American Physical Society


Box 3 Comments on Atomic and Molecular Physics; a journal of critical discussion…



Box 4 Division of Electron and Atomic Physics (The American Physical Society)


Box 4 International Conference on Atomic Physics


Box 4 Institutional Scientific Research Pool


Box 4 Jewish Theological Seminary


Box 4 Line shape book


Box 4 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)


Box 4 National Science Foundation


Box 4 Reviews of manuscripts, papers, etc.


Box 4 Hanan Rosenthal Memorial Fund

Series II: Class notes: notebooks and loose folders



Box 5 Class notes: notebooks and loose folders



Box 6 Class notes: notebooks and loose folders



Box 7 Class notes: notebooks and loose folders

Series III: Research notes



Box 8 Acid rain


Box 8 Alfvén waves


Box 8 American Physical Society - List of members, 1913


Box 8 Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University


Box 8 Atmospheric pollution, etc.


Box 8 Atomic and molecular spectra


Box 8 Au, C.K.


Box 8 Bahcall, John Norris


Box 8 Bardsley, J.N.


Box 8 Bersohn, R.


Box 8 Bethe-Salpeter equation for helium


Box 8 Breit, G.


Box 8 Brodsky, Stanley J.


Box 8 Broecker, W.S.


Box 8 Byron, Fred



Box 9 Casimir, H.B.G.


Box 9 Chang, David


Box 9 Chen, Chengjun


Box 9 Cohen-Tannoudji, C.


Box 9 Condon, E.U.


Box 9 Daitch, P.B.


Box 9 Dennison, David M.


Box 9 Dessler, A.J.


Box 9 Dyson, Freeman J.


Box 9 Eck, T. G.


Box 9 Elliott, J.P.


Box 9 Exotic atoms



Box 10 Feinberg, G.


Box 10 Ferrell, Richard A.


Box 10 Foley, Henry Michael


Box 10 Frosch, Robert A.


Box 10 Fuel allocation


Box 10 Gallagher, Alan


Box 10 Gavrila, Mihai


Box 10 Gersten, Joel I.


Box 10 Gilbert, Arnold


Box 10 Glassgold, A.E.


Box 10 Glauber, R.J.


Box 10 Griem, Hans R.


Box 10 h-ordering


Box 10 Hagedorn, R.


Box 10 Hameed, Sultan


Box 10 Happer, W.



Box 11 Hartmann, S.R.


Box 11 Hessel, M.M.


Box 11 Huestis, David L.


Box 11 Iddings, C.K.


Box 11 Induced absorption


Box 11 Interstellar medium, etc.


Box 11 Jackson, J.D.


Box 11 Kelly, Hugh P.


Box 11 King, K.M.


Box 11 Kocher, Carl A.


Box 11 Kramers, H.A.


Box 11 Kroll, N.M.


Box 11 Kurath, Dieter


Box 11 Lambropoulos, P.


Box 11 Landman, Donald


Box 11 Lee, Yuan


Box 11 Levitt, Morris R.


Box 11 Lindgren, Ingvar


Box 11 Low, Francis E.


Box 11 Löwdin, Per-Olov


Box 11 Manassah, J.T.


Box 11 Manson, Steven Trent


Box 11 Margenau, Henry



Box 12 Michels, E. Harvey


Box 12 Microwaves


Box 12 Minkowski, Hermann


Box 12 Miller, Bennett


Box 12 Muon catalysts


Box 12 Muons


Box 12 NASA


Box 12 Novick, R.


Box 12 Nuclear dipole


Box 12 Nuclear spin moment phenomena


Box 12 Omon, Alain


Box 12 Onsager, Lars



Box 13 Photon echoes


Box 13 Photon theory


Box 13 Pietenpol, Jerry L.


Box 13 Pike, E.R.


Box 13 Pressure broadening


Box 13 Pyykkö, P.


Box 13 Quantumelectrodynamics


Box 13 Reinhardt, William P.


Box 13 Rosen, Richard A.


Box 13 Rosenthal, Hanan


Box 13 Sakurai, J.J.


Box 13 Schwartz, Charles


Box 13 Schwinger, Julian


Box 13 Sessler, Andrew M.


Box 13 Sinanoğlu, Oktay


Box 13 Sucher, J.


Box 13 Sudarshan, E.C.G.



Box 14 Teich, Malvin Carl


Box 14 Thaddeus, Patrick


Box 14 Thallium, etc.


Box 14 Thorndike, Frances


Box 14 Tritium decay


Box 14 Tsuruta, Sachiko


Box 14 Uhlenbeck, G.E.


Box 14 Van Vleck, J.H.


Box 14 Venus atmosphere


Box 14 Wallace, John M.


Box 14 Wilkinson, D. H.


Box 14 Miscellaneous



Box 15 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 16 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 17 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 18 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 19 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 20 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 21 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute



Box 22 Research notes - The Jason Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis; The Jason Division of the Stanford Research Institute