Finding Aid for Robert D. Carmichael Papers, 1905-64 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Robert D. Carmichael Papers, 1905-64

ID: 15/14/20

Primary Creator: Carmichael, Robert Daniel (1879-1967)

Extent: 18.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: by major topic, and by type of material, chronological thereunder

Subjects: Afghanistan - Education, American Association of University Professors, American Mathematical Society, Autobiography, Difference Theory, Faculty Papers, Genealogy, Graduate College, Graduate Study, Group Theory, Philosophy, Poetry, Relativity, Science, Scientific Method

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879-1967), professor of mathematics (1915-47), and dean of the graduate college (1933-47) including correspondence, diaries, and notebooks relating to his personal and organizational life (1913-63); notes and manuscripts of his autobiography, "On the Growth of My Life" (1953-59); family correspondence and genealogy notes (1928-64); poetry notebooks and manuscripts (1913-52); classics, philosophy and religion notebooks; philosophy of science notebooks and essay manuscripts (1905-43); mathematics notebooks (1909-64) on differential and difference equations, number theory, boundary problems and value and finite group theory, with notations, manuscript drafts, lectures, computation, bibliographic citations and reading records; theory of relativity notebook; bibliographic notecards and manuscripts; reprints (1906-53) and essays, speeches and addresses on education, philosophy of sciences and philosophy of life. Correspondence, clippings, reading records and indexes. This series includes notes and clippings relating to dissertation research carried on under Carmichael; the Chicago section of the American Mathematics Society (1920-21); the Illinois Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (1929); Eunice Carmichael Roberts (1939-59); family meetings (1954-56); publishers; the University of Illinois Philosophy Club (1923); Faculty Forum; Indiana Debate on Relativity (1926); Woodrow Wilson (1913-16); the family farm and mathematics department and graduate college (1919-47). Correspondents include Oliver Carmichael.

Afghanistan - Education
American Association of University Professors
American Mathematical Society
Autobiography
Difference Theory
Faculty Papers
Genealogy
Graduate College
Graduate Study
Group Theory
Philosophy
Poetry
Relativity
Science
Scientific Method

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 4/24/1964; 1/26/1972

Other Note: 21 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1514020.pdf

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