A Guide to the H. J. Ettlinger Papers, 1909-1981
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Ettlinger, H. J. (Hyman Joseph), 1889- | |
| Title: | H. J. Ettlinger Papers, | |
| Dates: | 1909-1981 | |
| Abstract: | Collection documents the career of Hyman Joseph Ettlinger (1889-1986) from his doctoral studies at Harvard University (1910-1913) through his career at the University of Texas at Austin. Material includes correspondence, student notes, teaching notes, mimeographed lecture notes, drafts of publications, technical reports, clippings, reprints, and photographs. | |
| Accession No.: | 66-137; 86-6; 96-091 | |
| Extent: | 3 ft. 6 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Hyman Joseph Ettlinger was born September 1, l889, in St. Louis, Missouri, and was educated at Washington University (Bachelor's degree, 1910) and Harvard University (Master's, 1911; Ph.D., 1920). He joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in 1913, and retired in 1968. He was especially noted for his teaching. Ettlinger's research was in differential equations and the calculus of variations. He was associated with the UT Defense Research Laboratory, where he worked on aerodynamics. He was chairman of the Department of Pure Mathematics for approximately 25 years. He died in Austin on June 8, 1986.
Scope and Contents
Records of Ettlinger's teaching (1925-1966; 8 in.) include teaching notes and mimeographed text materials for several courses. Notes of courses Ettlinger attended while a graduate student at Harvard University are present (1910-1913; 7 in.) and include notes of courses by G.D. Birkhoff, M. Bocher, C.L. Bouton, W.E. Byerly, J.L. Coolidge, H.N. Davis, D. Jackson, W.F. Osgood, and B.O. Peirce. There are mimeographed notes of lectures on Heaviside's operational calculus given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1925; 2 in.). Ettlinger's research is represented by notes and technical reports prepared in association with the UT Defense Research Laboratory (now the Applied Research Laboratories) (1947-52; 4 in.). Also included is a computer printout (1977; 84 pp.) and associated letters and notes on the doctoral descendents of UT mathematics faculty (prepared in collaboration with Albert C. Lewis). There is a small amount of general correspondence (1912-81; 2 in.).
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.
Series Outline | ||
| 1. General correspondence | ||
| 2. Research and writing | ||
| 3. Faculty and administrative activities | ||
| 4. Mathematics faculty at Texas and doctoral descendents | ||
| 5. Teaching materials | ||
| 6. Educational and professional organizations | ||
| 7. Personal | ||
| 8. Writings and lectures by others | ||
| 9. Notes on Harvard University courses | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
These papers are stored remotely at CDL. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Birkhoff, George David, 1884-1944 | ||
| Bocher, Maxime, 1867-1918 | ||
| Bouton, Charles Leonard, 1869- | ||
| Coolidge, Julian Lowell, 1873-1954 | ||
| Davis, Harvey N. (Harvey Nathaniel), b. 1881 | ||
| Ettlinger, H. J. (Hyman Joseph), 1889- | ||
| Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925 | ||
| Lewis, Albert C. | ||
| Osgood, William F. (William Fogg), 1864-1943 | ||
| Subjects (Organizations) | ||
| Harvard University. Dept. of Mathematics | ||
| University of Texas at Austin. Applied Research Laboratories | ||
| University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Mathematics | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Aerodynamics | ||
| Calculus of variations | ||
| Mathematical analysis | ||
| Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
H. J. Ettlinger Papers, 1909-1981, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
General correspondence | |||||||||||||
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| 96-091/1 | B - L | ||||||||||||
| M - W, unidentified | |||||||||||||
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| 96-091/8 | Albert Lewis, 1975-1986 | ||||||||||||
Educational and professional organizations | |||||||||||||
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| 96-091/5 | National Research Council, 1954-55 | ||||||||||||
| National Science Foundation, Student Science Training Program, 1968-69 | |||||||||||||
| Other organizations | |||||||||||||