Holdings Engineering Physics Department Frederick Seitz Papers Finding Aid Title: Frederick Seitz Papers, 1935-1965
ID: 11/10/23
Primary Creator: Seitz, Frederick (1911-2008)
Extent: 18.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: Alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder
Subjects: Air Force Research, Air Research and Development Command, American Institute of Physics, American Machine and Foundry, American Physical Society, Argonne National Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission, United States, Bell Telephone Company, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Defense, United States Department of, Du Pont De Nemours Corporation, E.I., Faculty Papers, General Atomic Corporation, Graduate College, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Midwest Universities Research Association, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Science Foundation (NSF), Naval Research, Office of, Naval Research Advisory Committee, Navy Research, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Research, Science Policy, Solid State Physics, United Aircraft
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Frederick Seitz (b. 1911), professor of physics (1949-1968), department head (1957-1964) and Graduate College dean (1964-1965), including correspondence (1948-1965), reports, publications (1936-1957), agenda, minutes and proposals concerning the administration of scientific organizations, programs and research activities; advisory service with federal agencies on planning scientific research; consultant service with industrial research programs; evaluations of research projects and personnel; education and training; publications; membership and research grants. The series covers Seitz's work with American Institute of Physics (board chairman, 1954-1959); American Physical Society (president, 1961); International Union of Pure and Applied Physics; National Academy of Sciences (president, 1962-1969); North Atlantic Treaty Organization (scientific advisor, 1959-1960); Department of Defense; Naval Research Advisory Committee; Office of Naval Research; Air Research and Development Command; National Science Foundation; Atomic Energy Commission; Argonne, Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National Laboratories; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory; Midwest Universities Research Association; the University of Illinois Department of Physics and Coordinated Sciences Laboratory; academic institutions; contacts with federal administrators and congressmen concerning science policy and programs and industrial research for American Machine and Foundry, Bell Telephone, E. I. duPont, General Atomic and United Aircraft. The series contains general personal correspondence with physicists and science administrators concerning solid state physics, research projects, materials, positions, publications, lectures, meetings, travel and national science policy.
Air Force Research
Air Research and Development Command
American Institute of Physics
American Machine and Foundry
American Physical Society
Argonne National Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission, United States
Bell Telephone Company
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Defense, United States Department of
Du Pont De Nemours Corporation, E.I.
Faculty Papers
General Atomic Corporation
Graduate College
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Midwest Universities Research Association
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Naval Research, Office of
Naval Research Advisory Committee
Navy Research
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Research
Science Policy
Solid State Physics
United Aircraft
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Accruals: 2/1/1966; 5/10/1967; 6/20/1969
Other Note: 24 Pages
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1110023.pdf
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