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Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents
Organization:
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Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
General correspondence:
Publications:
Grants:
Research notes:
Lectures and speeches:
Government consulting work:
Organizations:
Faculty and administrative activities:
Teaching:
Mathematicians - Biographical and memorial
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Professional activities:
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A Guide to the William Marvin Whyburn Papers,
1920-1977
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Whyburn, William M.
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Title: |
William Marvin Whyburn
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Dates: |
1920-1977 |
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Abstract: |
Papers document the
career of William Marvin Whyburn (1901-1972), a student of Hyman Joseph
Ettlinger. Included are correspondence, teaching notes, notes for speeches,
research notes, drafts of publications, reports, clippings, photographs, and
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Accession No.: |
86-35; 2002-051;
2003-178 |
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Extent: |
10 ft., 11 in.;
manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic. |
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Language: |
Material
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History, The University of Texas at
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William Marvin Whyburn (1901-1972) was born in Denton County, Texas, on
November 12, 1901. He received his undergraduate education at North Texas State
College and the University of Texas at Austin. He obtained his Ph.D. at the
University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Hyman Joseph Ettlinger,
largely while teaching at Texas Technological College. Whyburn was a National
Research Fellow at Harvard University (1927-1928) before joining the faculty
of the University of California-Los Angeles, where he became Mathematics
Department chairman (1937-1944). In 1944 Whyburn returned to Texas
Technological College as President, a position which he retained until 1948 and
his appointment as Kenan Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Department
chairman at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Whyburn also served
as Acting Provost (1956-1957) and Vice President for Research (1957-1960).
After his retirement from the University of North Carolina in 1967, Whyburn was
Frensley Professor of Mathematics at Southern Methodist University until 1970,
when he returned to Chapel Hill and teaching part time at Eastern Carolina
University. He died in 1972. Whyburn was a Council member (1940-1942),
Associate Secretary (1950-1953), and served on numerous committees of the
American Mathematical Society. He was first Vice-President of the Mathematical
Association of America for 1943-1945. Whyburn's research dealt mainly with the
theory of ordinary differential equations, particularly second order
differential systems. He did extensive consulting work for the U.S. Air Force,
Army, and Navy, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Whyburn wrote several
college textbooks with P. H. Daus.
Source: Reid, W. T., "William M. Whyburn, 1901-1972," Bulletin of the
Mathematical Society of America, 79 (November, 1973):1175-1183.
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Whyburn's administrative work at the University of North Carolina
(1948-1967) is the most strongly represented aspect of his career in the collection. The General
Correspondence contains many letters from this period, although letters
from several academic years are missing. The Faculty and Administrative
Activities series (1928-1972) is also dominated by Whyburn's University
of North Carolina records, but also includes material, largely
correspondence, bearing on his Texas Technological College Presidency
(1944-1948). Documentation prior to 1944 is fragmentary. There is a
series of his lectures and speeches (1928-1971). Coverage of Whyburn's
American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America work
(1939-1962) is sparse. The bulk of material related to Whyburn's
research and publications (1928-1972) concerns his paper,
"Systems of Differential Equations"
(1972), written with Richard K. Williams, his textbooks, written with P. H.
Daus (1947-1960), and his research grants (1953-1971). His government
consulting work is well represented (1944-1971).
Whyburn kept some family and other personal letters (1958-1960)
in a separate file, which is entered under Personal.
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.
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Organization: |
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Organized into twelve series: |
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General Correspondence |
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Publications |
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Grants |
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Research Notes |
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Lectures and Speeches |
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Government Consulting Work |
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Organizations |
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Faculty and Administrative Activities |
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Teaching |
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Mathematicians - Biographical and Memorial Items |
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Professional Activities |
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Personal |
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Use Restrictions
The majority of these papers are stored remotely at CDL. Advance notice required for retrieval.
Contact repository for retrieval. Photographs are stored on-site and do not require advance notice.
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Ayres, William Leake |
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Ettlinger, Hyman Joseph |
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Hedrick, E.R. |
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Whyburn, Gordon Thomas |
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Whyburn, William M. (William Marvin),
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American Mathematical Society |
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Mathematical Association of
America |
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North Carolina, University of |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Southern Methodist University |
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Texas Technological University |
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Subjects |
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Differential equations |
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United States. Air Force. |
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United States. Army. |
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United States. Navy. |
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William Marvin Whyburn Papers, 1920-1977, Archives of American
Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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General correspondence: |
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A - B |
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C - D |
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E - G |
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H - I |
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U - We |
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Wh - Y, and unidentified |
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Whyburn family |
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Correspondence of E.A. Cameron, A. Henderson, J.W. Lasley,
Jr., E.L. Mackie |
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M. Dutta and general printed material,
January 18, 1971 and undated |
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General correspondence,
ca. 1922-1927, 1939-1946,
1964-1977 |
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Publications: |
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Publication list, 1970 |
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Publication lists |
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Articles |
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Correspondence and drafts,
1928-1972 |
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"Complexes of Differential
Systems," 1972 |
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Reprints,
1924-1958, 1972 |
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Reprints by W. M. Whyburn,
1924-1972 |
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Books |
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"Analytic Geometry"
(unpublished), correspondence,
1947-1952 |
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Algebra for College Students (with P.H. Daus),
correspondence and outlines,
1947-1952 |
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First Year College Mathematics with Applications (with
P.H. Daus), correspondence,
1948-1950 |
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Algebra with Applications to Business and Economics
(with P.H. Daus), correspondence, proofs,
1958-1960 |
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Bibliographies,
1924-1958 |
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Grants: |
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Air Force |
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Air Research and Development Command,
1953-1955 |
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European trip, 1955; Contract material, 1958 |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Non-Linear Differential Critical Point Theory,
1969-1971 |
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Research notes: |
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Binomial series, fractional derivation: notes,
correspondence,
1935-1936 |
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Lectures and speeches: |
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Undated talks: background clippings and
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Notes and correspondence,
1928, 1940-1949 |
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Notes and correspondence,
1950-1959 |
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Notes and correspondence,
1960-1971 |
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Mathematical Association of America Visiting Lecturer,
1972 |
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Phi Beta Kappa address, Univ. of North Carolina,
1961 |
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Inaugural address, President, Texas Technological College,
1944 |
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Government consulting work: |
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Air Force,
1944, 1951 |
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Army,
1952-1971 |
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Redstone Arsenal,
1952-1955 |
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Navy: Mine Defence Laboratory and Ordnance Test Service,
1951-1960 |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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1949-1952 |
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1953-1960 |
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Organizations: |
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American Mathematical Society |
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General records, including 1944 Los Angeles meeting,
1939-1962 |
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Associate Secretaryship and Oak Ridge meeting,
1949-1950 |
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Mathematical Association of America,
1939-1954 |
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National Research Council,
1952-1953, 1972 |
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National Science Foundation,
1952-1954 |
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Phi Beta Kappa,
1944-1971 |
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Philosophical Society of Texas,
1948-1971 |
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Pi Mu Epsilon,
1928-1952 |
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Sigma Xi,
1948-1953 |
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Miscellaneous organizations,
1939-1971 |
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Faculty and administrative activities: |
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University of California-Los Angeles: |
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Correspondence,
1928-1941 |
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Printed matter,
1921-1943 |
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Texas Technological College |
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Memos, reports, clippings, printed matter,
1944-1949 |
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Correspondence,
1944-1947 |
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Correspondence,
1948-1949 |
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Correspondence, clippings, printed matter,
1950-1972 |
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Proceedings of Inauguration as President,
1944 |
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University of North Carolina |
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General records,
1949-1963 |
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Printed matter,
1957 |
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Committee on University Government,
1949-1950 |
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Computation Center,
1957-1960 |
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Library,
1950-1953 |
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Mathematics Department |
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General records |
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1948-June, 1953 |
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1953-1954 |
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1954-1955 |
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1958-1971 |
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Committee on Graduate Programs, Committee on
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1965 |
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Department members,
1949-1950 |
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Full-time staff,
1952-1955 |
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Graduate students and teaching assistants,
1949-1954 |
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Part-time staff,
1952-1955 |
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Positions available,
1949-1959 |
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Schedule material, Forms and directives,
1952-1954 |
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Staff prospects,
1947-1955 |
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Summer session,
1953 |
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Second University Conference,
1953-1954 |
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Vice-President for Research,
1958-1960 |
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Personnel regulations,
1958-1960 |
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Southern Methodist University,
1967-1970 |
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Eastern Carolina University,
1969-1972 |
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Teaching: |
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University of North Carolina, tests and examinations,
1949-1954, 1961-1966 |
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Eastern Carolina University, Lie theory notes |
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University of California - Los Angeles,
1935-1939 |
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University of North Carolina,
ca. 1949-1966 |
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University of North Carolina class record (grades),
1965-1968 |
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Mathematicians - Biographical and memorial
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Clippings, printed matter,
1926-1972 |
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Hedrick, E.R.,
1923-1943 |
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Professional activities: |
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Books and periodicals: purchases, inquiries,
acknowledgements of sample copies,
1947-1970 |
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Reprints of publications by others,
1945-1965 |
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Reprints of publications by others: |
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Albert-Cozens, 1925-1971 |
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Dodd-Ganguly, 1930-1970 and undated |
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Garcia, 1943-1947 and undated |
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Garner-Haines, 1925-1949 |
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Hamilton-Herrick, 1936-1960 |
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Hestenes-Horadam, 1931-1963 and undated |
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Jaffin-Opatowski, 1924-1969 |
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Panunzio-Seeger, 1927-1964 |
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Toneilli-Zarankiewicz, 1923-1951 and undated |
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Manuscripts of papers by others, some with annotations,
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Consulting: manuscript reviews,
1951, 1953 |
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Utz: A Short Course in Differential Equations,
1966 |
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Refereeing,
1928-1938 |
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Summer Institutes,
1950-1969 |
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Durham, North Carolina, Summer Institute,
1970 |
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Ancestry, Biography of E.H. Rowell |
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Biographical material: directory entries, clippings,
1945-1965 |
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Personal correspondence |
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A - M,
1958-1960 |
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N - Z,
1958-1960 |
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Family business,
1941-1947, 1958-1960 |
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Honors, Awards,
1944, 1954 |
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Humor |
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Non-professional organizations, interests, and activities,
1935-1972 |
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Travel,
1945-1972 |
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Insurance,
1945-1954 |
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Non-mathematical reprints,
1932-1957 |
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Biographical material,
1961 |
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Biographical material,
1944, 1959, 1968, 1972-1973, and
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University of Texas coursework,
1920-1923 |
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Photographs |
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Undated |
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Family photographs, including photos of William and
Gordon Whyburn, undated |
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Family?, Whyburn, undated, 1966 |
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