Henry Michael Foley papers, 1913-1982

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
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
10.5 linear feet (22 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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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).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in three series.

Using the Collection

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

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.

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.

Biographical / Historical

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

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Laboratory notes
Name
Columbia University -- Faculty
Institute for Defense Analyses. JASON Division
Stanford Research Institute
United States. Department of Defense
Subject
College teachers
Physicists
Physics -- Research
Physics -- Study and teaching

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