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Conferences and Meetings
Correspondence
Teaching and Research
Personal
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A Guide to the G. Baley Price Papers
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Creator |
Price, G. Baley (Griffith Baley),
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G. Baley Price
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1932-1993 |
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Abstract |
G. Baley Price (1905-2006)
was a professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, from
1937-1975. This collection includes correspondence, committee files, and printed
material documenting his work. |
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Accession No. |
93-372 |
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Extent |
9 ft. 5 in. |
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Language |
Materials written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History, The University of Texas at
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Griffith Baley Price (1905-2006) received his PhD from Harvard University in 1932,
then spent several years teaching at the University of Rochester. He became a
professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1937, where
he remained until 1975, including a term as chair of the department from 1951-1970.
Price helped to establish the School Mathematics Study Group and was intimately
involved with its development and spread of the "New Math," as well as efforts to
reform mathematics education more generally. He was active in both the Mathematical
Association of America (MAA) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). He served
as president of the MAA in 1957-1958 and was awarded the Association’s Award for
Distinguished Service to Mathematics in 1970. In addition, Price was a civilian
operations analyst at the headquarters of the Eighth Air Force in England (1943-1945).
Price is the author of a history of his experiences with mathematics during World
War II, as well as a history of the Department of Mathematics at the University of
Kansas, Lawrence.
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This collection includes correspondence, committee files and printed material
documenting Price's work with the Mathematical Association of America, American
Mathematical Society, and other mathematical and scientific organizations; his efforts
towards mathematical curriculum reform; and his teaching and administrative work at
the University of Kansas.
The collection is divided into five series: Organizations; Conferences and Meetings;
Correspondence; Teaching and Research; and Personal. The Organizations series makes
up the bulk of the collection, and is divided into sub-series by organization. Price’s
term as president of the MAA and role as editor of the Bulletin of the AMS are particularly
well represented. The Conferences and Meetings series documents the many events that
Price attended, both as a speaker and participant. The Correspondence series includes a
variety of correspondence, both incoming and outgoing. Much of the correspondence relates
to Price’s involvement in mathematics education reform. The Teaching and Research series
includes material from Price’s academic work, including material from the University of
Rochester and University of Kansas, as well as his role as an instructor for the 1956 NSF
Summer Institute. Finally, the Personal series contains a variety of items, including
several from Price’s education at Harvard and work with the Air Force Operations Analysis
Section.
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
This collection is stored offsite at CDL. Advance notice required for retrieval.
Contact repository for retrieval.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Gehman, Harry Merill. |
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Price, G. Baley (Griffith Baley),
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American Mathematical
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Mathematical Association of
America. |
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School Mathematics Study
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United States. Air Force, 8th.
Operational Analysis Section. |
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University of Kansas. Dept. of
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Educational change -- United States. |
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching --
United States. |
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Air Force Operations Analysis Section Records, 1942-1948, 1985, and undated, Archives of American
Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Mathematical Association of America Records, 1916-present, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
G. Baley Price Collection, University Archives, PP 362, Kenneth Spencer Research
Library, University of Kansas Libraries.
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G. Baley Price Papers, 1932-1993, Archives of American Mathematics,
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Price’s original folder titles have been preserved on the inventory below, unless indicated by square
brackets. Comprehensive dates have been added by the archivist.
This collection was arranged and rehoused in April 2013 by Elliot Williams. Contact archivist to view
a copy of the previous finding aid reflecting Price’s original arrangement.
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Organizations |
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Mathematical Association of America |
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President |
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President, MAA,
November 1, 1956 - September 1958 |
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President, MAA,
October 1958 - February 1959 |
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Jackson, Frederick H., Carnegie Corporation,
1957-1958 |
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Committees of the Mathematical Association of America,
1958 |
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Committee and other appointements, Washington Conference,
1958 |
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MAA Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
May 16-18, 1958 |
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Dr. J. R. Killian, Jr., Washington, D.C.,
June 11, 1958 |
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Trip to New York,
October 11-13, 1958 |
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Meeting, U. S. Office of Education Secretary, Arthur S. Fleming, Washington, D.C.,
November 5, 1958 |
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Meeting: Continental Classroom, New York City,
December 4, 1958 |
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Committee on the Undergraduate Program |
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Duren textbook project, Summer 1954,
1953-1955 |
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Committee on the Undergraduate Program,
1956-1958 |
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Meeting, Committee on the Undergraduate Program, Washington,
November 15-16, 1958 |
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Washington on the Committee on the Undergraduate Program,
1958 |
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Meeting, Committee on the Undergraduate Program, New York City,
December 29-30, 1958 |
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Committee on the Undergraduate Program,
1959 |
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Trip to Washington, D.C.,
January 9-11, 1959 |
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Committee on the Undergraduate Program, New York City,
May 26-27, 1959 |
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General |
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MAA Project,
1938 |
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Board of Governors, MAA,
1950-1956 |
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Committee on Expository Lectures, MAA,
October 1951 |
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Board of Governors, MAA [empty folder],
1959 |
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Continental Classroom,
1959 |
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H. F. Bohnenblust, California Institute of Technology,
April 4-6, 1959 |
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Kansas Section, MAA, Salina,
April 11, 1959 |
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Missouri Section, MAA, St. Louis,
April 11, 1959 |
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MAA Conference, Summer Institute Instructors, St. Louis,
May 2, 1959 |
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Bohnenblust: Washington Office Meeting, New York City,
May 4, 1959 |
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Joint MAA/AMS Meetings |
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AMS and MAA meeting, Penn State,
August 26-30, 1957 |
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Cincinnati meeting of the MAA and AMS, January 28-31 [1958] ,
1957-1958 |
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MAA, AMS Cambridge meeting,
August 25-29, 1958 |
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MAA and AMS meetings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 20-24 [1959],
1958-1959 |
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American Mathematical Society |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,
1950 [1949-1951] |
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Record of manuscripts received for the Bulletin,
1950-1957 |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,
1951 |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,
May 1951 - December 1953 |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Sansone case,
1953 |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,
1955 - August 1957 |
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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,
August 1957 - 1959 |
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Mathematical Reviews |
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Math Reviews, subscribers,
December 11, 1939 |
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General |
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AMS Summer Meeting,
1938 |
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American Mathematical Society,
1939 |
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American Mathematical Society,
1946-1955 |
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American Mathematical Society,
1949-1957 |
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Committee to Cooperate with the American Institute of Graphic Arts,
1950-1953 |
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AMS Vari-type Committee,
1952-1954 |
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Committee on Controversial Questions, AMS,
1952 |
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Council, AMS,
1952-1954 |
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AMS Notices,
1954-1955 |
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Council and Trustees of the American Mathematical Society,
1958-1959 |
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National Research Council |
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Committee on Educational Policy, National Research Council,
1955-1958 |
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Division of Mathematics National Research Council,
1955-1958 |
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Committee on Fellowships (Postdoctoral), National Research Council,
1956-1959 |
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Committee on Educational Policy, National Research Council,
1957-1958 |
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Committee on Educational Policy, National Research Council, Folder Number 2, August 13, 1957,
[1957-1958] |
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[National Research Council, Industry-Education Conference],
1957 |
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National Research Council,
1958-1959 |
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School Mathematics Study Group |
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School Mathematics Study Group, Advisory Committee Meeting,
1958-1959 |
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School Mathematics Study Group, Advisory Committee Meeting, Hunter College,
April 30, 1958 |
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School Mathematics Study Group, Yale University,
June 23-July 19, 1958 |
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School Mathematics Study Group, Advisory Committee Meeting,
January 24, 1959 |
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Other Organizations |
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Sigma Xi,
1934-1936 |
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Societies, MAA, AAAS, AMS, Kansas Academy of Science,
1937-1939 |
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Operations Research Society of America,
1952-1954 |
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Printed material [includes material from NSF, MAA, and the University of Kansas],
1954-1958 |
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Notes [includes material about NSF and CUP],
1955, undated |
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Commission on Mathematics,
1956-1958 |
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Regional Consultant, STIP, J.R. Mayor (Math Department Development Fund),
1956-1959 |
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Temporary Chairman, Conference Board,
1958 |
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Appendices [Commission on Mathematics],
1959 |
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Mathematics Subcommittee KSTA [Kansas State Teahcers Association] Committee on Coordination,
1959 |
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Program for College Preparatory Mathematics [with
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Conferences and Meetings |
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Didactic Section, 1940 International Congress Committee,
1940 |
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International Congress of Mathematics,
1940 |
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Meeting at Rock Island, Illinois [Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics],
October 6, 1956 |
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National Science Foundation, meeting of regional representatives, Washington,
November 14, 1956 |
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[Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Conference on Mathematics and Science Education],
1957-1958 |
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Second Conference on Mathematics Instruction, Washington,
May 13-14, 1957 |
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AEC [Atomic Energy Commission] Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
August 16, 1957 |
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American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.,
October 10-11, 1957 |
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NEA Meeting, Washington,
December 3, 1957 |
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Indianapolis meetings,
December 26-27, 1957 |
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Materials Portfolio, Area Conference on Mathematics and Science Teaching,
The Defiance College, Defiance Ohio, December 20, 1957,
[1957-1958] |
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International Congress of Mathematicians, Edinburgh,
1958 |
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Invitations to speak in 1958-1959 |
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Meeting at Hunter College,
January 20, 1958 |
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Meeting at U. S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C.,
February 10-11, 1958 |
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MIT meeting, Mina Rees, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
February 28-March 1, 1958 |
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AAAS Parliament of Science, Washington, D.C.,
March 15-17, 1958 |
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Conference on University Development,
March 22, 1958 |
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Meeting of NCTM, Cleveland, Ohio,
April 11, 1958 |
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Meeting on draft report, Commission on Mathematics,
May 14, 1958 |
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NSF Summer Institutes Panel, Washington, D.C.,
September 12-13, 1958 |
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Emporia Meeting of School Boards,
September 19, 1958 |
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Washington and Charlottesville,
October 2-5, 1958 |
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Conference for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Teaching, Austin, Texas,
October 23-25, 1958 |
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Speakers for Kansas State Teachers Association,
November 7, 1958 |
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M. H. Trytten, NAS-NRC, meeting in Washington, D.C.,
November 19, 1958 |
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[Kansas TEPS Conference, "Tentative Report"],
1959 |
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Conference on Elementary School Mathematics, Chicago,
February 13-14, 1959 |
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Symposium on Basic Research, New York City,
May 14-15, 1959 |
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NSF Meeting, Washington, Harry C. Kelly,
May 18-19, 1959 |
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National TEPS Conference, University of Kansas,
June 23-26, 1959 |
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Correspondence |
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Correspondence,
1937-1939 |
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Dr. Price, incoming correspondence,
1952-1953 |
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Dr. Price, outgoing letters,
1952 |
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Dr. Price (personal),
1952 |
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Correspondence,
1955-1958 |
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Guggenheim, Memorial Foundation,
1957-1958 |
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Caffyn, Lois, Curriculum Supervisor,
1958 |
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Congressional Record Digest,
1958-1959 |
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Hieber, Dr. Homer,
1958 |
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National Science Foundation, correspondence,
1958 |
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Rand Corporation, John D. Williams,
1958-1959 |
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Throckmorton, Adel F.,
1958 |
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Correspondence, 1959 |
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Teaching and Research |
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Reprints of G. Baley Price literary productions,
1932-1993 |
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Mathematics Department [University of Rochester],
1935-1936 |
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University [University of Rochester],
1935-1936 |
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Office of Ordnance Research,
1952 |
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Project West Wind [Dept. of the Navy],
1952 |
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NSF Summer Institute, Ann Arbor,
1956 |
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VanderWerf's committee, Ford Foundation proposal,
1956 |
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Films for USAF I, Calvin Company,
1957-1958 |
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Linear Topological Spaces,
September 1957 |
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Travel Fund,
1957-1958 |
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Mountain, H. A.,
1958-1959 |
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Production of films for Calvin Company,
1958 |
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The Scottish Book, by Ulam,
1959 |
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"Mathematical Aspects of Philosophical Thought," by George D. Birkhoff,
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Personal |
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[Miscellaneous printed material, includes Harvard and Rochester material],
1927-1936, 1958-1959, 1967 |
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Directory, Harvard University,
1928-1932 |
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Letters and certificates of appreciation, U.S. Air Force Operations Analysis,
1944-1946 |
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Harvard Universtiy, John Winthrop House,
1957 |
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