Guide to the Paul Hartman Papers,
1944-1993.

Collection Number: 14-22-3294

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Carolyn Smith
Date completed:
November 2003
EAD encoding:
Carolyn Smith, Martin Heggestad, January 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Paul Hartman papers, 1944-1993.
Collection Number:
14-22-3294
Creator:
Paul Hartman, 1913-
Quantity:
2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, laboratory and course notebooks, talks, and publications.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, laboratory and course notebooks, talks, and publications, relating to Hartman's teaching career and the histories he wrote on the Materials Science Center and the Physics Dept. at Cornell University.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor Emeritus, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, laboratory and course notebooks, talks, and publications, relating to Hartman's teaching career and the histories he wrote on the Materials Science Center and the Physics Dept. at Cornell University.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Hartman, Paul, 1913-
Cornell University.--Faculty.
Cornell University. Dept. of Physics--History.
Cornell University. Dept. of Physics--Anecdotes.
Cornell University. Materials Science Center.

Subjects:
Physics--New York (State)--History.
Materials--Study and teaching.
Materials--Research.
Physics--Study and teaching.

Form and Genre Terms:
Notebooks.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Paul Hartman papers, #14-22-3294. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Physics Dept. History
Series II. Hartman Material - Biographical Information and Publications
Series III. Correspondence
Series IV. Talks, Notes, Reports, Plans Concerning Various Topics
Series V. Photographs and Exhibit Material

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1959-60
Dept. Reorganization - formation of LASSP
Box 1 Folder 1
Physics Dept. History
Box 1 Folder 2
Material Science Center History
Box 1 Folder 3
1960
Physics ARPA Building
Box 1 Folder 4
1946-1964
Physics Dept. Minutes/Memos
Box 1 Folder 5
1949-50
Lab of Nuclear Studies - Circuit Manual
Box 1 Folder 6
Hartman Biographical material
Box 1 Folder 7
1950s-1970s
Publications by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 8
1950s-1960s
Publications by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 9
no date
Dispersion Relations - Logothetis - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 10
1959
Record of the Tribulations Gone Through in Naming the Dept. Chairman and the Reorganization of the Research of Rockefeller Hall - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 11
1968
New Measurements of the Fluorescence Efficiency of Air Under Electron Bombardment - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 12
1974
Summary of Work Done with Group J-10 During 1973-1974 - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 13
1980
Report of Work Done on Focusing Febetron Electron Beam to Small Target - Hartman
Box 1 Folder 14
1988
Early Experimental Work on Synchrotron Radiation - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 15
1992
A Brief History Over the Formative First Decade and a Half of the Materials Science Center at Cornell - by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 16
Impact of the ARPA Program in the Area of Materials Science at CU - by Henri Sack and Paul Leurgans
Box 1 Folder 17
The Future of Engineering Physics at Cornell - by H.S. Sack
Box 1 Folder 18
1944
Letter from Harley Howe to Newell Gingrich - concerns Howe's career
Box 1 Folder 19
1940s-1950s
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 20
1960s
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 21
1970s
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 22
1980s
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 23
1980s-1990s
Correspondence - letters to Hartman from former Physics Professors/Family
Box 1 Folder 24
1990s
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 25
1988
Talks/Reflections by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 26
Talks/Thoughts by Hartman concerning Bethe and Corson
Box 1 Folder 27
Notes taken by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 28
Notes/Diary on work
Box 1 Folder 29
1972
Report on summer work
Box 1 Folder 30
1977
Report on summer work
Box 1 Folder 31
1980
Notebook
Box 1 Folder 32
Notes concerning Optics
Box 1 Folder 33
1980s
Correspondence concerning CHESS
Box 1 Folder 34
Plans concerning the Synchrotron and CHESS
Box 1 Folder 35
1987
Plans - Synchrotron
Box 1 Folder 36
1981
Plans - Synchrotron
Box 1 Folder 37
Synchrotron notes
Box 1 Folder 38
1983-1984
Synchrotron notes
Box 1 Folder 39
1970s-1980s
Synchrotron articles and correspondence
Box 1 Folder 40
1990s
Radar - articles and correspondence
Box 1 Folder 41
1980
Vacuum Furnace Brazing of Windows - notes
Box 1 Folder 42
Plans - concerning the Cyclotron plaque
Box 1 Folder 43
Sketches by Hartman
Box 1 Folder 44
Krumhansl Report
Box 1 Folder 45
Notebooks from courses Hartman took in Physics and Math at Cornell
Box 2
Photographs
Box 1 Folder 46
1955
Photographs of Prof. Siegel's Electron Microscope Lab
Box 1 Folder 47
Photocopies of archival material used in exhibits
Box 1 Folder 48
1993
Exhibit material used for Physical Review Centenary in Washington
Box 1 Folder 49