Descriptive Summary
Rigby, Fred
Fred Rigby Papers,
1955-1984 and undated
The material consists
of mathematical treatises and other material generated by Fred Rigby during his
careers at the Office of Naval Research and at Texas Tech University from
1955-1984 and undated.
S1686.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
2 boxes (2.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Fred Rigby was born in Montana in 1914. He studied mathematics at Reed
College in Oregon and State University of Iowa where he received a Ph. D. in
1940. During World War II, Rigby served in the United States Navy and
afterwards joined the Office of Research and Inventions (later the Office of
Naval Research) as a civilian. Within the Office of Naval Research he served as
Head of Logistics Branch (1946-1958), Director of Mathematical Services
Division (1958-1962), and Deputy Research Director (1962-1963) and was the
founding editor of Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. In 1963, Rigby accepted
the position of Dean of the Graduate School at Texas Technological College in
Lubbock, Texas. He continued his career at Texas Tech, holding additional
office as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Director of Institutional
Study and Research, until his retirement.
Scope and Contents
The collection bulks with literary productions and printed material
authored by Fred Rigby concerning his mathematical interests in computing,
planning and logistics, and game theory. Additional material relates to his
career at Texas Tech University and includes his involvement in an
Institutional Self-Study and mathematical analysis of topics such as grading
trends and funding.
Organization
Organized by the following series:
- Correspondence
- Coordinating Board- Texas College and University System
- General Files
- Literary Production- Manuscripts
- Printed Material
- Research Material
- Texas Tech University
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Rigby, Fred D. (1914-?)
Rees, Mina (1902-1997)
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Tech University
Subjects
Mathematics--Study and Teaching
Computers--History
Office of Naval Research
Game Theory
Collection accession #(s):
94-0163-B
Gift, 1994
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Karen Hicks, 2005
Preferred Citation
Fred Rigby Papers, 1955-1985 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Ralph Sylvester Underwood Papers, 1940-1951
Collection Inventory
Correspondence, 1965-1982
1
1
To Lilly Chiu, with speculative notes on exploratory
behavior of rats in a hexagonal maze,
1965
1
2
Mina Rees,
1973-1982
Coordinating Board - Texas College and University System,
1963-1973 and undated
Cost Committee
1
3
Correspondence,
1963-1964
1
4
Correspondence, Meetings, and Reports,
1968-1973
1
5
Reports,
1964-1969 and
undated
General Files, undated
1
6
Instructions for using casting plastics,
undated
1
7
Photograph,
undated
Literary Production - Manuscripts, 1963-1973 and
undated
1
8
Activity Analysis of Research Planning in ONR (Office of
Naval Research),
undated
1
9
Adsorption-Desorption Model: Simulation,
undated
1
10
Attrition Probabilities for Combat Situation Models,
undated
1
11
Compact Proper Tessellations,
undated
1
12
A Doubly Adaptive Computer Program - Notes,
undated
1
13
Duality,
undated
1
14
Elementary Symbolic Logic and the Resolution Principle
for Application to Modern Theorem Proving, Notes,
undated
1
15
A Family of Discrete State, Continuous Parameter
Stochastic Processes,
undated
1
16
A Form of Optimality Among Permutations, working paper,
undated
1
17
Re: Free Vector Model (incomplete),
undated
1
18
The Game LCm,
undated
1
19
General Sequencing,
undated
1
20
Liar's Challenge - A Game, and Mathematical Analysis,
undated
1
21
Logistics of Desert Fuel Transport - Problem and
Solution,
undated
1
22
Map work - Regularity in Polygonal Patterns,
undated
1
23
Mathematical Programming, Volume I,
circa
1973
1
24
Mathematical Programming, Volume II,
1973
1
25
Notes on Graduate School Enrollment at Texas Tech,
1966
1
26
Notes on Planning,
1963
1
27
Notes on Some Self-Organizing Systems,
undated
1
28
Re: Number of commas in paragraph as indicator of
complexity,
undated
1
29
On Certain Types of Tessellations,
undated
1
30
On the Depletion of a Resource Critical to ONR (Office
of Naval Research),
1963
1
31
On Planning and Communication,
undated
1
32
On Research Planning,
undated
1
33
Regular Tessellations,
undated
1
34
Some Sequencing Algorithms,
undated
1
35
A Stochastic Model of Adsorption-Desorption,
undated
1
36
A Stochastic Model of Adsorption on Plate-Like Surfaces
- Brief Summary,
undated
1
37
A System Including a Binary Learner,
undated
1
38
A System Incorporating Both "Learning" and "Evolution"
as Adaptive Processes, notes,
undated
1
39
Transit Probabilities for a Markoff Rat in a Honeycomb
Maze,
undated
1
40
The Vector Game,
undated
Printed Material, 1955-1971 and undated
1
41
An Analog and Derived Algorithm for the Dual
Transportation Problem, by Rigby, Fred D., Naval Research
Logistics Quarterly, Volume 9, Number 2, pages 81-96, June,
1962
1
42
A Demand Distribution Model, by Rigby, Fred,
1964
1
43
Electronic Computers for Navy Business, by Rigby, Fred
D., Office of Naval Research,
1955
1
44
Goodness of Fit for "Nose-Heavy" Discrete Distributions,
By Rigby, Fred, The George Washington University Logistics Research Project,
1966
1
45
Heuristic Analysis of Decision Situations, by Rigby,
Fred, Human Judgments and Optimality, pages 37-44,
1964
News Clippings
1
46
Museum of Texas Tech University,
1964-1967 and undated
1
47
Texas Tech and Lubbock,
1966-1970
1
48
Pioneering in Federal Support of Statistics Research, by
Rigby, Fred, Reprint, pgs. 403-418,
undated
1
49
Programming Network Flows Parametrically via String
Analog, by Rigby, Fred, The George Washington University Logistics Research
Project,
1967
1
50
Scheduling, Sequencing and Networks, by Rigby, Fred, The
George Washington University Institute for Management Science and Engineering
Program in Logistics,
1971
1
51
The Texas Techsan, Texas
Tech Ex-Students Association, "Why More Research at Texas Tech?" by Rigby,
Fred, November,
1963
Research Material, undated
1
52
Miscellaneous Charts, Computations, and Notes,
undated
Texas Tech, 1962-1984 and undated
1
53
Commencement Ceremonies,
1963-1966
1
54
Ex Libris, Friends of the
Library,
1966-1975
1
55
Faculty Women's Club,
1963-1970
2
1
Inauguration of President Grover E. Murray,
1966
Institutional Self-Study
2
2
Steering Committees I and II - Minutes of Meetings,
1971-1973
2
3
Texas Technological College Report to Commission on
Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,
1962
2
4
Texas Tech University Report to Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools,
1973
2
5
International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land
Studies,
1967
Literary Production
2
6
Grading Trends at Texas Tech University - Partial
Analysis, by Rigby, Fred,
1976
2
7
On the Evaluation of Budgeting Formulae for
Instructional Administration, by Rigby, Fred,
1974
2
8
On Faculty Salaries - An Incomplete Analysis, by
Rigby, Fred,
undated
2
9
Museum of Texas Tech University,
1964-1972 and
undated
Printed Material
2
10
Campus Directory,
1982-1984
2
10
Catalog of the Graduate School, Bulletin of Texas Technological College, Volume XLIV,
No. 4, June,
1968
2
10
Faculty Handbook, Bulletin of
Texas Tech University, volume XLVI, No. 9, August,
1970
2
10
General Catalog, Bulletin of
Texas Technological College, April,
1964
2
10
General Catalog, Bulletin of
Texas Technological College, volume XLIV No. 3, May,
1968
2
10
General Information 1962-1963, Bulletin of Texas Technological College, April,
1962
2
11
Name-Change News, No. 3,
February,
1969
2
12
Rigby, Fred D. - Personal File (Employment Related),
1963-1980
2
13
Southwest Collection,
1967 and undated
2
14
Memorabilia,
1963-1977 and
undated
2
15
Scrapbook Material,
1963-1977 and
undated