TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Professional:
II. Personal:
III. Books, dissertations, journals, and
offprints:
IV: Artifacts:
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A Guide to the R. L. Moore Papers, 1875,
1891-1975
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| Creator: | Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee),
1882- |
| Title: | R. L. Moore
Papers, |
| Dates: | 1875, 1891-1975 |
| Abstract: | R. L. Moore
(1882-1974), a prominent mathematician, was a professor of mathematics at The
University of Texas at Austin for almost fifty years. The R. L. Moore Papers,
1875-1975, consist of correspondence, research notebooks, drafts, teaching
material, mathematical notes, printed material, photographs and other material
documenting the life and career of Moore. |
| Accession Numbers: | 84-63, 86-20, 86-41, 87-3 |
| Extent: | 27 ft., plus books and
journals |
| Laguage: | Materials are written in English. |
| Repository: | Archives of American Mathematics, Center for
American History,The University of Texas at
Austin |
Robert Lee Moore (1882-1974), a prominent mathematician, was a
professor of mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin for almost fifty
years. He is well known for his work in point-set topology, but is most
remembered for his work as an educator. During his long career, Moore
supervised over fifty doctoral students, including three members of the
National Academy of Sciences, three presidents of the American Mathematical
Society and four presidents of the Mathematical Association of America.
Moore was born November 14, 1882, in Dallas, Texas, the fifth child of
Charles Jonathan and Louisa Ann Moore. He developed an interest in mathematics
early in life, teaching himself out of a calculus textbook before entering The
University of Texas in 1898 at the age of sixteen. There he studied under
George Bruce Halsted, simultaneously earning a B.S. and M.A. in 1901. After
graduating, Moore spent a year as a Fellow in mathematics at UT and taught an
analytic geometry course. During his fellowship, Moore discovered a redundancy
in Hilbert's formulation of a set of axioms for geometry; this redundancy,
unbeknownst to Moore, had already been published earlier that year by E. H.
Moore (no relation) of the University of Chicago. Nonetheless, R. L. Moore's
version of the redundancy was "elegant" and an important early achievement in
his career.
After teaching high school mathematics in Marshall, Texas, for a year
(1902-1903), Moore was accepted in the mathematics program at the University of
Chicago. He completed his doctorate in two years under the direction of E. H.
Moore and Oswald Veblen, graduating in 1905 with a thesis entitled "Sets of
Metrical Hypotheses for Geometry." From 1905 until returning to the University
of Texas in 1920, Moore held teaching posts at several universities: University
of Tennessee at Knoxville (1905-1906), Princeton University (1906-1908),
Northwestern University (1908-1911) and the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia (1911-1920). In Pennsylvania, Moore supervised three Ph.D.
students: John R. Kline, George H. Hallett, and Anna M. Mullikin.
In 1920, Milton Brockett Porter, head of the pure mathematics
department at The University of Texas, recruited Moore away from the University
of Pennsylvania. Moore joined E. L. Dodd and H. J. Ettlinger on the faculty,
which was soon augmented by H. S. Vandiver. He served on the faculty until he
was forced to retire in 1969 at the age of 86. Moore had a major influence on
the culture of pure mathematics at UT, both in his personality and his teaching
style.
Moore regularly taught undergraduate calculus and pre-calculus courses
in addition to his more advanced classes. In his advanced classes, Moore's way
of teaching, known as the "Moore Method" or the "Texas Method" began with the
careful selection of students who did not have an extensive knowledge about the
topic to be discussed. He would then give the students some basic axioms and
definitions and ask them to construct proofs and examples for different
theorems. The students were not allowed to read any texts, discuss the problems
among themselves, or seek help from other professors in the department. Instead
of lectures, the classroom experience consisted of a student explaining his or
her proof at the board while other students asked questions. If the student got
stuck, or if a flaw was found in his or her proof, another student would take
his or her place at the board.
R. L. Moore's honors included: University Research Lecturer (1929);
National Academy of Sciences, member (1931); American Mathematical Society
(AMS), visiting lecturer (1931-1932), and president (1937-1938); American
Association for the Advancement of Science, vice president of mathematics
section (1947); and the title of Distinguished Professor at UT. He also served
as editor for both the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and
the colloquium publications of the AMS.
Moore married Margaret MacLellan Key in 1910, and their marriage lasted
64 years, ending with his death. They had no children. Moore had many hobbies,
including target shooting, automobiles, boxing, and genealogy. He also had a
great interest in his health and even went so far as to prescribe his own
glasses for many years.
After his retirement, Moore was honored with the dedication, in 1972,
of Robert Lee Moore Hall, home of the physics, mathematics and astronomy
departments on the corner of Dean Keeton and Speedway on the UT campus. Moore
suffered a stroke in May of 1974, and a second stroke in June. He passed away
October 4, 1974.
Sources [available in "Moore, Robert Lee" vertical file]:
- Greenwood, Robert E., R. H. Bing, W. T. Guy, Jr., R. C. Osborn, "In
Memoriam, Robert Lee Moore," 1975
- Jones, F. Burton. "The Moore Method,"
American Mathematical Monthly 84:
273-277 (Apr. 1977)
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The R. L. Moore Papers, 1875, 1891-1975, consist of correspondence,
research notebooks, drafts, teaching material, mathematical notes, printed
material, photographs and other material documenting the life and career of
Robert Lee Moore (1882-1974). The papers are divided into three series: (1)
professional, (2) personal, and (3) books, dissertations, journals and
offprints.
The majority of the collection pertains to Moore's professional career,
including sections on correspondence, mathematical works, teaching,
professional organizations and honorary societies, and general material.
Moore's professional correspondence provides a rich look into his work and the
work of his contemporaries. Correspondents include: R. C. Archibald, S.
Armentrout, J. and L. Barrett, E. F. Beckenbach, E. T. Bell, R. H. Bing, G. D.
and G. Birkhoff, G. A. Bliss, M. Bocher, E. W. Chittenden, L. E. Dickson, E.
Dyer, M. Frechet, G. B. Halsted, J. R. Kline, C. Kuratowski, S. Lefschetz, E.
H. Moore, R. G. D. Richardson, M. E. Rudin, W. Sierpinski, J. M. Slye, M.
Stone, O. Veblen, G. T. Whyburn, and R. L. Wilder. The section on mathematical
works includes published and unpublished works by Moore and others. It also
contains an extensive collection of Moore's notes and drafts. Insight into
Moore as a teacher can be gained from the "Teaching" sub-series. Administrative
correspondence and departmental business, as well as class records and notes
and correspondence about the 1967 film about Moore's teaching style, Challenge
in the Classroom, are included. Other sections of Moore's professional life,
including his presidency of the American Mathematical Society, and his
relationship with Professor George Bruce Halsted are also represented in this
series.
The personal series documents Moore's family life, hobbies, health, and
finances, and includes sub-series on: correspondence, family, education,
health, finances, genealogy, automobiles and motoring, rezoning, notes, printed
material, and photographs. Moore corresponded with many of his family members,
but the deepest correspondence was with his brother, Jennings Moore. In
general, only the letters received by Moore are present, although in some
cases, drafts or copies of Moore's letters are included in the collection.
The final series includes books, offprints and journals from Moore's
personal library, as well as a set of dissertations from some of Moore and H.
S. Wall's graduate students. Books are being catalogued in UTCAT and can soon
be requested by call number in the reading room. Offprints and dissertations
are arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Journals are not yet
processed.
Several appendices relating to this inventory are available online as
PDF files. They include:
a cross-reference list to Moore's
notebooks,
publications by Moore,
Moore's graduate students and their graduation
dates, and the books available from the Moore library [not yet
available online, please contact archivist for more information].
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics
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Organization
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| These papers are organized as follows: |
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| | Series 1: Professional
- A: Correspondence
- B: Mathematical works
- C: Teaching
- D: Professional organizations and honorary societies
- E: General
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| | Series 2: Personal
- A: Correspondence
- B: Family
- C: Education
- D: Health
- E: Finances
- F: Genealogy
- G: Automobiles and motoring
- H: Rezoning in the neighborhood of the Moore home
- I: Notes
- J: Printed material
- K: Photographs
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| | Series 3: Books, dissertations, journals, and offprints |
| | Series 4: Artifacts |
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Access Restrictions
Access to student records is restricted until 80 years after the date of
creation. All other material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Portions of these papers are stored remotely. Contact reference staff
for retrieval from offsite storage.
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| Persons |
| | Archibald, Raymond Clare,
1875-1957 |
| | Armentrout, Steve |
| | Barrett, John H., 1922- |
| | Barrett, Lida K. |
| | Beckenbach, Edwin F. |
| | Bell, Eric Temple, 1883-1960 |
| | Bing, R. H. |
| | Birkhoff, Garrett, 1911- |
| | Birkhoff, George David,
1884-1944 |
| | Bliss, Gilbert Ames, 1876-1951 |
| | Bocher, Maxime, 1867-1918 |
| | Chittenden, Edward Wilson |
| | Dickson, Leonard E. (Leonard Eugene),
1874- |
| | Dyer, Eldon, 1929 |
| | Frechet, Maurice, 1878- |
| | Halsted, George Bruce,
1853-1922 |
| | Kline, John Robert, 1891- |
| | Kuratowski, Kazimierz, 1896- |
| | Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972 |
| | Moore, Eliakim Hastings,
1862-1932 |
| | Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee),
1882- |
| | Richardson, R. G. D. (Roland George
Dwight), 1878-1949 |
| | Rudin, Mary Ellen, 1924- |
| | Sierpinski, Wactaw, 1882-1969 |
| | Slye, John Marshall |
| | Stone, Marshall H. (Marshall Harvey),
1903- |
| | Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960 |
| | Whyburn, Gordon Thomas, 1904- |
| | Wilder, Raymond Louis, 1896- |
| Organizations |
| | American Mathematical Society |
| | University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of
Mathematics |
| Subjects |
| | Mathematics--Study and teaching |
| | Topology |
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Many of Moore's students and colleagues also have collections with the
Archives of American Mathematics. In addition, please consult the R. L. Moore
Legacy Collection, a collection of oral histories, class notes and
reminiscences of Moore's students and colleagues, for other material relating
to R. L. Moore.
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In the summer of 1974, at Mrs. R. L. Moore's request, Professor R. E.
Greenwood of the Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin
began moving papers and books from the Moore home at 904 West 23rd in Austin to
Professor Moore's offices in the R. L. Moore Hall on the UT campus. In the
spring of 1975, after Professor Greenwood completed the basic organization of
the papers, most of the collection was moved to the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center. There further processing was conducted by Dr. Albert C. Lewis,
curator of the History of Science collections. The sorting and analysis of
Moore's notebooks was completed by M. H. Proffitt of the University of Texas at
Austin in 1975. In 1984 the R. L. Moore Papers, along with the rest of the
Archives of American Mathematics, was moved to the Center for American History
where Frederic Burchsted continued to care for the material. Reprocessing of
the R. L. Moore Papers by Kristy Sorensen began in March of 2003. The current
finding aid reflects the efforts of all these individuals.
R. L. Moore Papers, 1875, 1891-1975, Archives of American Mathematics,
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Please note that consecutive box and folder numbers are written on the
folders in pencil. If you prefer to cite an exact box/folder number, you may
use these instead of the physical box number. A table converting consecutive
box numbers to physical box numbers is available upon request.
Box/folder numbers written on individual folders list the consecutive
box number instead of the shelf number. A table converting consecutive box
numbers to shelf numbers is available upon request.
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I. Professional:
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| 4RM72 | | | A. Correspondence: |
| | Sub-series abstract: |
| | This section is organized into two sections: (1) By correspondent,
and (2) General. The "By correspondent" section is arranged alphabetically by
last name of the correspondent, and chronologically within the file. The
folders include letters to, by, and about the correspondent, with
cross-references indicated on yellow slips filed with the letters. The
"General" section contains letters filed chronologically, as well as
correspondence filed by subject. Cross-referencing was completed by Dr. Albert
Lewis at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original arrangement
was developed by Dr. R. E. Greenwood. Dr. Greenwood's notes are included here
in brackets after the name of the correspondent. Graduation dates for Ph.D.
students were added to some notes for consistency. |
| | | | By correspondent: |
| | | | | Adams, Robert MacColl,
1940-1944, 1961 |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photograph of Adams, 2.25" X 3.25", black and white,
undated |
| Box |
| 4RM72 | | | | | Anderson, Richard Davis, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1948
graduate],
1942-1968 |
| | | | | Archibald, Raymond Clare,
February 1937-April 1938 |
| | | | | Armentrout, Steve, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1956
graduate],
1955-1957, 1971 |
| | | | | Ayres, William Leake, [graduate student at UT Austin,
transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and took his doctorate with J. R.
Kline in 1927],
1925-1973? and undated |
| | | | | Babb, Maurice Jefferis,
1921-1934 and undated |
| | | | | Baker, Blanche Jo Anne (nee Monger), [Ph.D. student of
RLM, 1965 graduate, married to Harvey Baker, Jr.],
1958-1967 and undated |
| | | | | Baker Jr., Harvey Lee, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1965
graduate, married to Blanche Jo Anne Baker],
1965-1967 and undated |
| | | | | Ball, Billy Joe, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1952
graduate],
1946-1964 and undated |
| | | | | Barrett, John Herbert and Lida (nee Kittrell), [John
was a Ph.D. student of Ettlinger, graduated 1951, Lida was a Ph.D. student with
RLM. After John graduated, they moved to Delaware and Lida completed her degree
under J. R. Kline at U. Penn in 1954],
1949-1961, 1975 |
| | | | | Basye, Robert Eugene, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1933
graduate],
1931-1940 |
| | | | | Beckenbach, Edwin Ford,
1942, 1967 and undated |
| | | | | Bell, Eric Temple,
1927-1931 |
| | | | | | See also: AMS files, especially the
Colloquium Publication Committee |
| | | | | Bennett, Albert Arnold,
1920-1926, 1947 |
| | | | | Bentley, Arthur F[isher?],
1930-1932 |
| | | | | Biesele, Ferdinand C., [Ph.D. student of Vandiver,
1941 graduate],
January 28, 1949 |
| | | | | Bing, R. H.: |
| | | | | | Letters about Bing,
1944-1968 and undated |
| | | | | | Letters to and from Bing,
1942-1969 |
| Box |
| 4RM73 | | | | | Birkhoff, George David and Garrett, [Note: George
David is the father, Garrett is the son],
1932-1947 |
| | | | | Bledsoe, Woodrow Wilson, [chair of the UT mathematics
department, 1968-1970],
March 7, 1969 |
| | | | | Bliss, Gilbert Ames,
1926-1940 |
| | | | | Bôcher, Maxime,
September 15, 1911 |
| | | | | Brown, Jack, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1967 graduate],
April-May 1967 |
| | | | | Bruck, Richard Hubert,
1945 |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photograph of Bruck removed from letter of July 20,
1945, 2" X 2", black and white,
ca. 1945 |
| Box |
| 4RM73 | | | | | Burgess, Cecil Edmund, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1951
graduate],
1947-1965 |
| | | | | Carmichael, Robert Daniel,
1927-1932 |
| | | | | Cattell, Jacques McKeen, [primarily regarding
'starring' procedures in
American Men of Science],
1922-1949 and undated |
| | | | | Chittenden, Edward Wilson, [Ph.D. student of E. H.
Moore, University of Chicago, 1912 graduate],
1916-1929, 1943-1947 |
| | | | | Coleman, Walter B., [Ph.D. student at UT, switched to
music and then back to mathematics],
1938 |
| | | | | Connell, Edwin Hale, [one-time student of RLM,
received Ph.D. from Stanford (1959), taught at University of Miami],
1956-1958 and undated |
| | | | | Cook, David Edwin, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1967
graduate],
May 20, 1967 |
| | | | | Cook, Howard, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1962 graduate],
1963-1972 and undated |
| | | | | Cornette, James Lawson,
1958-1973 and undated |
| | | | | Curtiss, David Raymond,
1911-1917, 1930 |
| | | | | Davis Jr., Roy Dale, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1966
graduate],
December 1965 |
| | | | | Dickson, Leonard Eugene,
1913-1916, 1947 and undated |
| | | | | Dickson, Robert B.,
1941 |
| | | | | Dinkines, Flora,
1938-1941 |
| | | | | Dodd, Edward Lewis,
August 6, 1940 |
| | | | | Dorroh, Joe Lee, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1930
graduate],
1929-1935 |
| | | | | Drobnies, Saul Isaac, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1961
graduate],
1956-1958 |
| | | | | Dyer, S. Eldon (Sherman), [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1952
graduate],
1952-1958 and undated |
| | | | | Estill, Mary E. -- See Rudin, Mary Ellen (nee
Estill) |
| | | | | Ettlinger, Hyman Joseph,
1922, 1951-1954, 1966-1973 and
undated |
| | | | | Ettlinger, Martin G., [M.A. student of RLM],
1943-1944 and undated |
| | | | | Evans, Griffith Conrad,
1928-1935 |
| | | | | Fitzpatrick Jr., Ben, [Ph.D. student of Ettlinger,
1958 graduate],
1962-1973 |
| | | | | Fleming, Richard T., [University Writings Collection],
1965-1971 |
| | | | | Ford, Lester Randolph,
1937-1945 |
| | | | | Fréchet, Maurice René,
May 2, 1926 and undated |
| | | | | Gehman, Harry Merrill, [National Research Council
fellow at UT in the late 20s],
1925-1932 and undated |
| | | | | Gillman, Leonard,
1964-1973 |
| | | | | Godrey, Edwin L., [student at UT for one year],
September 14, 1937 |
| | | | | Green, John William, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1968
graduate],
1968-1972 |
| | | | | Greenwood Jr., Robert Ewing,
1934-1966 |
| | | | | Griffin, F. L., [long time mathematical friend of
RLM],
1907, 1937-1952 |
| | | | | Hall, Dick Wick,
May 1938 |
| | | | | Hallett Jr., George Hervey, [Ph.D. student of RLM at
U. Penn, 1918 graduate],
1918, 1972-1974 |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photograph, Hallett family, 4"X6", black and white,
ca. 1920 |
| Box |
| 4RM73 | | | | | Halmos, Paul Richard, [became interested in RLM and
his methodology ca. 1960],
1962-1970 and undated |
| | | | | Halsted, George Bruce,
1898-1905 |
| Box |
| 4RM74 | | | | | Halsted, George Bruce,
1905-1920, 1951 and undated |
| | | | | Hamilton, Olan Harvery, [Ph.D. student of Ettlinger,
1937 graduate],
1932-1942, 1960 and undated |
| | | | | Hammer, Preston C.,
1965-1972 |
| | | | | | See also: R. L. MOORE LEGACY
COLLECTION, Personal files -- Mary Ellen Rudin -- 2/13/02 donation |
| | | | | Hamstrom, Mary Elizabeth, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1952
graduate],
1948-1961 and undated |
| | | | | Harrison, Thomas P., [UT English Department faculty],
1963-1970 and undated |
| | | | | Hedrick, Earle Raymond,
1908-1933 and undated |
| | | | | Helson, Ravenna Mathews,
1957-1958 |
| | | | | Helton, Jon Craig, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1970
graduate],
1970-1971 |
| | | | | Henderson, George Walter, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1959
graduate],
1956-1961, 1971 and undated |
| | | | | Hildebrand, Joel H.,
1933-1938 |
| | | | | Hildebrandt, Theophil Henry,
1918, 1929 |
| | | | | Hinrichsen, John Walter, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1967
graduate],
1967 |
| | | | | Hoel, Paul G., [statistician],
April-May 1946 |
| | | | | Houston, Raymond,
1965-1970 |
| | | | | Huff, Gerald B., [spent a year as a visitor at UT in
the late 40s],
1942-1949 |
| | | | | Jackson, Dunham,
1926-1927 |
| | | | | Jackson, Robert Everett, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1969
graduate],
May-June 1967 |
| | | | | Jolly, Robert Franklin, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1963
graduate],
1962-1971 and undated |
| | | | | Jones, F. Burton (Floyd), [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1935
graduate],
1941-1971 and undated |
| | | | | Kitterell, Lida -- See Barrett, John Herbert and Lida
(nee Kittrell) |
| | | | | Kline, Robert John, [Ph.D. student of RLM at U. Penn,
1916 graduate]: |
| | | | | | Letters about Kline, 1916-1920, 1955-1958 |
| | | | | | Letters to or by Kline, October 1918-February 1954 |
| Box |
| 4RM75 | | | | | | Letters to or by Kline, undated |
| | | | | | Incomplete letters by Kline, [first page or more
missing from letter], undated |
| | | | | Klipple, Edmund Chester, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1932
graduate],
May 20, 1956 |
| Box |
| 4RM99 | | | | | Knaster, Bronislaw,
June 24, 1930 |
| Box |
| 4RM75 | | | | | Kubota, T., 1920-1931 |
| | | | | Kuratowski, Kazimierz, 1930 |
| | | | | Lane, Ralph E., [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1950 graduate],
1947, 1957-1959 |
| | | | | Lefschetz, Solomon, 1924-1940 |
| | | | | Lennes, Nels Johann, 1905-1912 |
| | | | | Lubben, Renke Gustav, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1925
graduate], 1925-1939, 1968 |
| | | | | Lucas Jr., Harry, 1972-1974 and undated |
| | | | | McClendon, Jimmy, 1943-1944 |
| | | | | Mahavier, William Stockton, [Ph.D. student of RLM,
1957 graduate], 1952-1956, 1969 |
| | | | | Martin, Pat, December 1, 1969 |
| | | | | Mauldin, Dan, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1969 graduate],
1968-1972 |
| | | | | Menger, Karl, 1930-1940 |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photo of Karl Menger and Dr. Nikolaus Hofreiter,
2.75" X 4", black and white, undated |
| Box |
| 4RM75 | | | | | Miller, Harlan Cross, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1941
graduate], 1935-1942 and undated |
| | | | | Mohat, John Theodore, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1955
graduate], 1954, 1965 |
| | | | | Moise, Edwin Evariste, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1947
graduate], 1940-1952 |
| | | | | Moody Jr., Edward F., September-October 1951 |
| | | | | Moore, E. H. (Eliakim Hastings), 1902-1930, 1958 |
| | | | | Moran, Charles, September 1938 |
| | | | | Moreman, Douglas, March 16, 1966 |
| | | | | Mullikin, Anna Margaret, [Ph.D. student of RLM at U.
Penn, 1922 graduate], 1920-1921 |
| | | | | Murray, Christopher Brock, [Ph.D. student of Wall,
1964 graduate], March-April 1966 |
| | | | | Oakley, Cletus Odia, [UT student in the 1920s],
1940-1941, 1971 |
| | | | | O'Conner, Joel Leslie, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1967
graduate], 1965-1968 |
| | | | | Payne, Fernandus, [standards for selecting a chairman
of the mathematics department with reference to F. Burton Jones and other
correspondence], February-June 1941 |
| | | | | Pearson, Bennie Jake, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1955
graduate], April 23, 1957 |
| | | | | Porcelli, Pasquale, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1952
graduate], 1946-1967 |
| | | | | Porter, Milton Brockett, 1920-1939 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photo removed from letter dated September 7, 1937 of
Lida B. May, 2.5" X 3.5", black and white, ca. 1937 |
| Box |
| 4RM75 | | | | | Proffitt, Michael Herry, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1968
graduate], 1968-1969 |
| | | | | Purifoy, Jesse Allen, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1969
graduate], 1968-1969 |
| | | | | Rae, Raymond W., 1938 |
| | | | | Reed, Coke Stevenson, [Ph.D. student of Wall, 1966
graduate], 1966-1968 |
| | | | | Reid, William Thomas, [Ph.D. student of Ettlinger,
1929 graduate], 1934-1935, 1945 and undated |
| | | | | Richardson, Roland George Dwight, 1922-1947 and undated |
| | | | | Roberts, John Henderson, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1929
graduate], 1928-1971 and undated |
| | | | | Rogers Jr., Jack Wyndall, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1966
graduate], 1966-1970 |
| Box |
| 4RM76 | | | | | Rudin, Mary Ellen (Estill), [Ph.D. student of RLM,
1949 graduate], 1948-1959 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photos removed from May 19, 1956 letter, three
photos of M. E. Rudin with two of her children [?], 3.25" X 4.5", black and
white, ca. 1956 |
| Box |
| 4RM76 | | | | | Rutt, Norman Eby, [National Research Council
post-doctoral fellow at UT, 1929-1930[?]), 1928-1941 |
| | | | | Secker, Martin Dayss, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1966
graduate], 1966-1971 |
| | | | | Shaw, W. F., [family friend, mathematics enthusiast],
1903, 1932-1943 and undated |
| | | | | Sierpinski, Waclaw, 1925-1926 |
| | | | | Silver, Daniel N., August 1946 |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | Oversized transcript, Columbia University,
August 26, 1947 |
| Box |
| 4RM76 | | | | | Slye, John Marshall, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1953
graduate], 1950-1968 and undated |
| | | | | Sorgenfrey, Robert Henry, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1941
graduate], 1941-1946 |
| | | | | Spalding, Keith, [offer of honorary degree to RLM],
March 1966 |
| | | | | Stevenson, Nell Elizabeth, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1969
graduate], 1969-1973 |
| | | | | Stiles, F. A., [UT mathematics education student],
1970-1971 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photograph of Stiles, removed from holiday card,
3.5"X3.5", color, undated |
| Box |
| 4RM76 | | | | | Stone, Marshall Harvey, [mathematical friend],
1944-1956, 1973 and undated |
| | | | | Swain, Robert Lomand, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1941
graduate], 1942-1959 and undated |
| | | | | Swingle, Paul McCartney, 1929-1931, 1949-1953 |
| | | | | Thomas, Joseph Miller, [professor at Duke University,
brother-in-law of UT president T. S. Painter], 1934-1948, 1973 and undated |
| | | | | Traylor, Donald Reginald, [Ph.D. student of
Fitzpatrick at Auburn, 1962 graduate], 1966-1972 and undated |
| | | | | Treybig, L. Bruce (Leon), [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1958
graduate], 1957-1959 |
| | | | | Vandiver, Harry Schultz, 1929-1947 and undated |
| | | | | Van Doren, Kenneth Ray, [student at UT], 1966-1968 and undated |
| | | | | Veblen, Oswald, [associate in mathematics at Chicago,
1903-1905, advisor for RLM's dissertation, on Princeton faculty with RLM,
1906-1908, many other associations], 1907-1935, 1963 and undated |
| | | | | Vickery, Charles Watson, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1932
graduate], 1931-1960, 1971 |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photographs: |
| | | | | | | Photo mounted on card reading: "The Mathematics
Club will meet Tuesday, Mar. 5, 1935, 7:30 P.M., Waggener Hall 10. Speaker: Dr.
Klipple, Subject: (arrow pointing to photo of Vickery?)," [1.75"X2.5", black
and white], 1935 |
| | | | | | | Photo of Vickery, [2.5" X 3.5", black and white],
1957 |
| Box |
| 4RM76 | | | | | Wall, Hubert Stanley, 1944-1969 and undated |
| | | | | Whyburn, Gordon Thomas, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1927
graduate], 1927-1968 and undated |
| | | | | Whyburn, Lucille, [M.A. student of RLM ca. 1936],
1930-1971 and undated |
| | | | | Whyburn, William Marvin, [Ph.D. student of Ettlinger,
1927 graduate], 1937-1949, 1959, 1969 |
| Box |
| 4RM77 | | | | | Wilder, Raymond Louis, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1923
graduate], includes letters donated by Wilder in 1975 with his notes attached
on index cards, 1923-1948, 1963-1974 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photographs: |
| | | | | | | Ray and Una Wilder, 3.5"X3.5", color, 1974 |
| | | | | | | Photographic holiday card, photo of Wilder's home,
letter on back of card from Una Wilder, 3.5"X7", color, December 1967 |
| Box |
| 4RM77 | | | | | Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1914-1933, 1946 |
| | | | | Worrell Jr., John Mays, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1961
graduate], 1958-1968 |
| | | | | Young Jr., Gail Sellers, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1942
graduate], 1938-1947 |
| | | | | Younglove, James Newton, [Ph.D. student of RLM, 1958
graduate], 1957-1958 |
| | | | | Yust, Walter, [editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica],
November-December 1939 and undated |
| | | | | Zippin, Leo, [National Research Council fellow at UT
in the early 1930s], 1931-1939 and undated |
| | | | | Group letters, 1929-1936, 1955, 1972 and undated |
| | | | General: |
| | | | | 1908-1960 and undated |
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| 4RM26 | | | | | | Photographs: |
| | | | | | | Jean Botts, removed from March 5, 1942 letter,
2.5" X 2.5", black and white, 1941 |
| | | | | | | Gladdis E. Richards, Ann Arbor, Michigan, [no
accompanying letter], 2.25" X 3.25", black and white, 1942 |
| | | | | | | Leon Benson, removed from March 26, 1946 letter,
3.5" X 5", black and white, ca. 1946 |
| | | | | | | Selmer M. Johnson, University of Illinois, removed
from March 29, 1950 letter, 3" X 4", black and white, ca. 1950 |
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| 4RM78 | | | | | 1961-1974 |
| | | | | Envelopes, 1943-1945, 1970-1973 and undated |
| | | | | Letters grouped by Moore: |
| | | | | | Pure vs. applied mathematics, letters and clippings,
1903, 1936, 1949-1953 |
| | | | | | Roberts and Zippin and Whyburn affair, February-June 1932 |
| | | | | | Science mobilization bill, U. S. Senate,
1943 |
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| 4RM99 | | | | | Letters received after Moore's death, 1975 |
| Box |
| 4RM56 | | | B. Mathematical works: |
| | Sub-series Abstract |
| | This sub-series is divided into six parts: (1) Published papers,
(2) Unpublished papers, (3) Foundations of Point Set Theory, (4) Bibliographies
(5) Notes, and (6) Manuscripts by others. Published papers are divided into
working files and offprints, and are filed under their publication number,
listed in the bibliography in
appendix two. Working files include
correspondence, drafts, notes, and revisions related to the publication. Some
of the offprints are annotated. All other sections are arranged
chronologically, with the exception of "Manuscripts by others" which is first
arranged alphabetically by the author's last name (if known). This section
includes papers to be refereed, student papers, dissertation drafts, preprints,
and letters and notes about these papers. Note that additional copies of
Foundations of Point Set Theory can be found in the R. L. Moore Library (see
appendix 4, available upon request) and the R. L. Moore Legacy Collection.
Consult
appendix one for more information on
the notebooks in this section and possible cross-references. |
| | | | Published: |
| | | | | Working files: |
| | | | | | Publication number 2, ca. 1908 |
| | | | | | Publication number 3, notes removed from
offprint, ca. 1912 |
| | | | | | Publication number 4, April 14, 1911 and undated |
| | | | | | Publication number 10, ca. 1930 |
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| 4RM99 | | | | | | Publication number 13, ca. 1919 |
| Box |
| 4RM56 | | | | | | Publication number 15, ca. 1919 |
| | | | | | Publication number 16, notes removed from offprint,
ca. 1919 |
| | | | | | Publication number 18, ca. 1920 |
| | | | | | Publication number 23, ca. 1922 |
| | | | | | Publication number 27, ca. 1923 |
| | | | | | Publication number 31, 1923 |
| | | | | | Publication number 32, ca. 1924 |
| | | | | | Publication number 35, ca. 1925 |
| | | | | | Publication number 38, ca. 1925 |
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| 4RM55c | | | | | | Publication number 40, ca. 1926 |
| Box |
| 4RM56 | | | | | | Publication number 47, ca. 1928 |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized proof sheets, ca. 1928 |
| Box |
| 4RM56 | | | | | | Publication number 50, ca. 1929 |
| | | | | | Publication number 57, January 23, 1937 |
| | | | | | Publication number 58, incomplete, ca. 1939 |
| | | | | | Publication number 61-63, [bound together],
ca. 1942 |
| | | | | | Publication number 63, incomplete, ca.1942 |
| | | | | | Publication number 68, ca. 1953 |
| | | | | Offprints: |
| | | | | | Publications number 1-9, 1907-1916 |
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| 4RM57 | | | | | | Publication number 10, 1916 |
| | | | | | Publications number 11-23 [missing original offprint
of number 20, copy included for reference], 1917-1922 |
| | | | | | Publications number 24-39a, 1923-1926 |
| | | | | | Publications number 40-56, 1926-1936 |
| | | | | | Publications number 57-68, 1937-1953 |
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| 4RM57 | | | | Unpublished: |
| Box |
| 4RM57 | | | | | "Vector composition as 'applied to' a system of
coinitial vectors in three-dimensional Euclidean space," with letter from E. H.
Moore, March 1, 1906 and undated |
| | | | | "Postulates for positive integers," with letter from
Veblen, April 1, 1906 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM93 | | | | | Fragment on the creation of a new theory, ca. 1908-1911 |
| Box |
| 4RM57 | | | | | "Concerning so-called non-metrical analysis
situs," ca. 1912 |
| | | | | Handwritten problems, December 2-27, 1915 |
| | | | | On the definition of a simple closed surface, with
correspondence with J. R. Kline, 1919 |
| | | | | "Continuous curves from the stand-point of analysis
situs," [may have been published in the Bulletin of the AMS, volume 28,
November 1922], ca. 1922 |
| | | | | "Remarks concerning C. Kuratowski's paper 'Sur les
coupures irréductibles du plan,'" ca. 1924 |
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| 4RM58 | | | | | Article on "Curves, continuous" for Encyclopedia
Britannica, 1945 |
| | | | | Abstract beginning "In this paper it is shown that
various internal properties…," undated |
| | | | | "Spirals," undated |
| | | | Foundations of Point Set
Theory: |
| | | | | Draft material: |
| | | | | | Binder one [?], ca. 1931 |
| | | | | | Binder two [?], ca. 1931 |
| | | | | | Binder three [?], ca. 1931 |
| | | | | 1932 edition, correspondence and notes, 1931-1932 and undated |
| | | | | Reviews, 1932-1933 |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Proof sheet of review from
Bulletin des Sciences,
1932 |
| Box |
| 4RM58 | | | | | 1932 edition, annotated with loose notes, cover
intact, many passages cut out, 1932 |
| Box |
| 4RM59 | | | | | 1932 edition, heavily annotated volume with missing
cover, 1932 |
| | | | | Loose notes removed from heavily annotated 1932
edition with missing cover, 1959-1962 and undated |
| | | | | Correspondence and notes, 1931-1932, 1955-1963 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | "Proof of new theorem 32," undated |
| Box |
| 4RM93 | | | | | Drafts of introduction to second edition, lists of
ex-students and their publications [for bibliography?], ca. 1962 |
| Box |
| 4RM59 | | | | | 1970 reprint, 1969-1972 |
| | | | | Notebooks: |
| | | | | | Number five, notes for colloquium lecture,
February 10, 1929 |
| | | | | | Number 18, cover: "For Second Edition Galley Proof
and Location of DEFINITIONS For Page Proof. Glossary," plus list of professions
with numbers [ages?] next to them, [loose sheet], ca. 1962 |
| | | | | | Number 20, "Is Klee, V.L. in?," notes for
bibliography of second edition, ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 43, cover: "Things to be considered in
connection with Printer's Proof," May 4, 1961 and ca. 1961 |
| | | | | | Number 58, "See Theorem 67 of Chapter I of MS," four
pages of notes on revision, ca. 1960 |
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| 4RM60 | | | | | | Number 59, cover: "Glossary and other page proof
galleys. See pages A, B, C," [loose letter], May 12, 1962 and ca. 1962 |
| | | | | | Number 62, cover: "For Revised Edition, I," 103
numbered pages of notes, [loose sheets], ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 63, pg. 2: "Theorem 20 (45 (a))," theorems
and proofs for revised edition, ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 66, cover: "About Figures," notes about
figures for revised edition, mainly on loose sheets, ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 67, "P. M. 226. Summer of 1951," four pages
of notes on 1951 geometry class, notes on reorganization of Foundations of
Point Set Theory, [loose sheets], 1951 |
| | | | | | Number 68, "There is appended a bibliography…,"
notes on the preface, bibliography and appendix for revised edition, [loose
sheets], ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 71, "Definition. If A and B are two cut points…," material
for revised edition and notes on organization, [loose sheets], ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 74, cover: "Concerning Page Proof," one page
of notes on revised edition, ca. 1960? |
| | | | | | Number 75, cover: "For Revised Edition 2," 40 pages
of notes, [loose sheets], ca. 1960 |
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| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Loose sheets removed from notebook, ca. 1960 |
| Box |
| 4RM60 | | | | | | Number 76, cover: "Axioms 0-5. Book 2 (see Book 1),"
19 pages of notes, [loose sheets], ca. 1960 |
| | | | | | Number 86, notes on first edition, [in 1936 calendar
book], ca. 1936 |
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| 4RM61 | | | | | | Number 98, notes on revised edition, [in 1958
calendar book], ca. 1958 |
| | | | | | Number 100, notes on revised edition, several pages
on student's work, [in 1964 calendar book], ca. 1964 |
| | | | | | Number 116, "Theorem 9. If a point. . . , " notes on
revised edition and 1970 edition, draft letter re 1970 edition, ca. 1960-1970 |
| Box |
| 4RM93 | | | | Bibliographies: |
| | | | | Lists of publications, short essay on RLM's own
publications, [also includes list of students], undated |
| Box |
| 4RM61 | | | | Notes: |
| | | | | "Pieces and chunks," 1912 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | Oversized notes, undated |
| Box |
| 4RM61 | | | | | "Perfect compactness, etc.," ca. 1919, ca. 1957 |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1957 |
| Box |
| 4RM61 | | | | | "Equicontinuous systems in space," 1920-1921 and undated |
| | | | | "Equicontinuity," 1921 and undated |
| | | | | "Questions about measure, density, etc.," 1921 and undated |
| | | | | "Measurability, etc.," 1921-1924 |
| | | | | "Questions, etc., also some work of Reid's,"
1921-1930 and undated |
| | | | | "Questions," 1921-1947 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1946-1947 |
| Box |
| 4RM61 | | | | | "Problems," 1921, 1938-1945, 1959-1962 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1959-1962 |
| Box |
| 4RM61 | | | | | "Definition of a surface," July-December 1922 |
| | | | | "Function theory, measure and allied pt set
questions," March 27, 1923 and undated |
| | | | | "Questions, etc.," 1927-1928 and undated |
| | | | | "Upper semi-continuous collections, webs, etc.,"
1928, 1941-1945 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM62 | | | | | Contents of unmarked envelope, "Consequences of Axioms
0 and 1 of synopsis…," response to Kuratowski, 1929-1930 |
| | | | | "Foundations of plane analysis situs," 1930 and undated |
| | | | | Notepad, "Indeed with the use of Whyburn's…,"
October 20, 1930 |
| | | | | "Some things about pieces," ca. 1933 and undated |
| | | | | Notepad, "If two elements…," June 3, 1935 |
| | | | | "Spirals," [notes written on Cadillac
brochure], ca. 1937 |
| | | | | "Linear spaces," 1938 and undated |
| | | | | "Abstract spaces," 1939-1941 and undated |
| | | | | "Various questions etc., including some things about
spirals," and Mathematical Review with note, "Axioms for spirals in here?,"
ca. 1937-1945 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1937 |
| Box |
| 4RM62 | | | | | "Concerning compactly connected spaces, continuua such
that certain collections are semi-contracting [?], etc.," 1940, ca. 1959 and undated |
| | | | | "Tangents," ca. 1941 and undated |
| | | | | "Other subjects," 1941-1947 and undated |
| | | | | Questions, 1944 |
| | | | | "Upper semi-continuous collections, webs,
etc.," 1943-1945 and undated |
| | | | | "Tangents, etc.," September 22, 1944 and undated |
| | | | | Notes and diagrams concerning an example, ca. 1948-1959 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1948-1959 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM62 | | | | | "Concerning theorem (?) 87 or theorem (?) 88 of
chapter IV. Perhaps something about both?," ca. 1954-1957 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1954-1957 |
| Box |
| 4RM62 | | | | | "Upper semi-continuous collections, etc.,"
1957 and undated |
| | | | | "Complex proj. geometry question," undated |
| | | | | "f1 (x) / f2 (x) problem," undated |
| | | | | "Linear spaces," [1], undated |
| | | | | "Linear spaces," [2], undated |
| | | | | "Pieces," undated |
| Box |
| 4RM99 | | | | | "Indecomposable continua which…," undated |
| | | | | "1. Find the coordinates…," undated |
| | | | | "Theorem 4. Let M be a compact continuous curve…,"
[copy of original from the R. L. Moore Legacy
Collection], undated |
| Box |
| 4RM63 | | | | | "Spirals," undated |
| | | | | Three sets of partially numbered sheets of notes,
undated |
| | | | | Miscellaneous: |
| | | | | | Older miscellaneous notes, [from Northwestern
period?], 1909 and undated |
| | | | | | [University of Pennsylvania period?], ca. 1911-1920? |
| | | | | | 1912, ca. 1952 and undated |
| | | | | | "Pile B," 1920-1922, ca. 1959, and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1959 |
| Box |
| 4RM63 | | | | | | 1921 and undated |
| | | | | | 1922-1939, 1958-1967 and
undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1960-1967 |
| Box |
| 4RM63 | | | | | | 1924, 1956-1958 and undated |
| | | | | | 1927-1934, 1953, 1969 and
undated |
| | | | | | Includes notes on spirals and empty envelope
labeled, "Crowbar theorem and other things," 1930-1950 and undated |
| | | | | | 1939-1940 |
| | | | | | "Pile A," divided into sections numbered one through
three from top to bottom as found, 1939-1950 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized notes from section three, ca. 1950 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM63 | | | | | | "Found in this order," ca. 1937-1940, 1960 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1937 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM64 | | | | | | 1945 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized mathematical drawings and notes, written
on backs of printed University examination schedules, ca. 1949-1957 |
| Box |
| 4RM64 | | | | | | ca. 1956-1958 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1956-1658 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM64 | | | | | | 1958 |
| | | | | | 1958 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55b | | | | | | | Oversized notes, ca. 1958 |
| Box |
| 4RM99 | | | | | | [includes sketches of faces], undated |
| | | | | | Undated |
| Box |
| 4RM64 | | | | | | Including, "Axiom or theorem. If M is a compact
continuum every domain that contains M …," undated |
| Box |
| 4RM55c | | | | | | Oversized notes, undated |
| Box |
| 4RM64 | | | | | Notebooks: |
| | | | | | Number one, "Suppose axioms 0 and 1 hold true…,"
some axioms of congruence with axioms 0 and 1 and a question concerning these
axioms, the "long line," axioms 0 and 1 and fully normal, collections of pairs
of points filling up an interval, December 25, 1962 and undated |
| | | | | | Number four, cover - "Concerning windings," with
offprint of "Spirals in the plane" [publication number 68], 1953 and undated |
| | | | | | Number six, "Suppose. December 29, 1912, On p. 303
Lennes says…," primarily questions concerning continua, 1912, 1923-1928 and undated |
| | | | | | Number eight, cover - "See page A for a question,"
notes on dissertations mentioning Purifoy and Proffitt, and advanced classes in
the late 1960s, question on continua, July 1968 and undated |
| | | | | | Number ten, cover - "Jackson," notes on R. E.
Jackson's dissertation, along with other notes, [loose sheets], ca. 1968 |
| | | | | | Number 13, cover - "Covering theorems, etc.," note
on automobile on last page, undated |
| | | | | | Number 19, cover - "Axioms 0-4 and other things…,"
Axioms 0-4, questions raised by and for Miss Stevenson, 1968-169, lists of
various Ph.D. students, [loose pages, notes and student work], 1968-1969 and undated |
| | | | | | Number 26, "Suppose: Sihn x = …," Axioms,
conjectures, and theorems on "chunks," notes on geometry, Veblen's axioms,
[loose sheets], 1912 and undated |
| Box |
| 4RM65 | | | | | | Number 27, cover - "Webs," five pages of notes,
undated |
| | | | | | Number 31, cover - "Tentative Definitions of
Spirals, etc.," four leaves of notes, undated |
| | | | | | Number 33, "4 - 2 + 3 - 4," diagrams relating to
spirals and arcs, [related to notebook number 73 in
4RM67], undated |
| | | | | | Number 37, "For every positive number…,"
miscellaneous mathematical notes from the 1960s, notes on a
Wall Street Journal article by
J. K. Galbraith on the value of committees in business, draft of letter [?],
ca. 1960s |
| | | | | | Number 38, "Suppose - December 27, 1912," notes on
axioms for geometry, Veblen's axioms, conjectures and questions from July 6,
1924-March 5, 1927, record up to 1928 of people to whom offprints by RLM were
sent, 1912, 1924-1928 and undated |
| | | | | | Number 39, "By moving the minute hand forward…," on
setting a chime clock, corrections for papers, upper semi-continuous
collections, note on the high point problem of the calculus, miscellaneous
mathematical notes, undated |
| | | | | | Number 41, "Suppose G is an uncountable
collection…," "Concerning question raised by Miss Stevenson," notes on
undergraduate classes, some notes on the last pages about indecomposable
continua, undated |
| | | | | | Number 42, "Axiom 1. P0 There exists a sequence…,"
theorems on conditions sufficient for a Moore space to be compact, undated |
| | | | | | Number 44, cover - "9," "Does there exist a bounded,
closed…," questions from the 1920s [apparently copied from other notes],
theorems on Axioms 0 and 1, [loose pages], 1958 and undated |
| | | | | | Number 45, cover - "Point sets with Dispersion
points. Quasi components, etc., '8.,'" undated |
| | | | | | Number 46, cover - "Axioms 0 and 1-5. Book 1 (see
Book 2), '10.'" a few conjectures, notes on 1962 revision of
Foundations of Point Set
Theory, chapter four, [loose sheets], ca. 1960s |
| | | | | | Number 47, cover - "7.," "Nomination Committee for
officers…," officers for American Mathematical Society, a few conjectures,
mostly on continua, ca. 1954 |
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| 4RM66 | | | | | | Number 48, cover - "'3.,' Collections of
arc/continua (compact) filling up plane. Examine.," January 1956 |
| | | | | | Number 49, cover - "'2.,' Spirals and nearly
straight arcs. Examine.," 11 leaves of notes, undated |
| | | | | | Number 50, cover - "6.," "Concerning Indecomposable
Continua," two leaves of notes, undated |
| | | | | | Number 51, cover - "5.," "In the June 1958 number of
'Notices," four pages on axioms 0 and 1-5, copy of a list of universities
"highly rated" in mathematics, ca. 1958? |
| | | | | | Number 52, cover - "4.," "In October 1955 Mr.
Younglove raised the question…," four pages of conjectures and questions, [one
loose page], ca. 1955? |
| | | | | | Number 53, "Suppose G is a monotonic collection…,"
five pages of conjectures and questions, undated |
| | | | | | Number 55, cover - "Bottles," four pages, definition
of "bottle" (in the plane), conjectures and questions, undated |
| | | | | | Number 56, cover - "Paracompactness. Full Normality,
etc.," eighteen pages of notes, undated |
| | | | | | Number 57, cover - "Questions," questions on
continua and others, questions copied from other notebooks dated 1925-1964,
[loose typed sheet], 1953-1964 and undated |
| | | | | | Number 60, cover - "Jackson," notes on R. E.
Jackson's dissertation, also mentions Purifoy, Jones and Wallace, [loose
page], ca. 1969 |
| | | | | | Number 64, cover - "For Second Edition,"
[Foundations of Point Set Theory?], 41 numbered pages, [loose pages and
sheets], ca. 1960? |
| | | | | | Number 65, "Upper semi-continuous collections of
continua," plus notes on spirals, [loose sheet], undated |
| Box |
| 4RM67 | | | | | | Number 70, "Let AB denote an interval on the
X-axis…," an incomplete example involving Cantor Set, undated |
| | | | | | Number 72, cover - "SPIRALS," 131 numbered pages on
spirals, [loose sheets], undated |
| | | | | | Number 73, "Fundamental Questions concerning
calculus," questions on spirals, many diagrams, [related
to notebook number 33 in 4RM65], [loose pages and sheets], undated |
| | | | | | Number 77, [1929 calendar book], notes on compact
continua, some on connected sets and spirals, last few pages are health notes,
1933-1940, 1954 |
| | | | | | Number 78, [1931 calendar book], questions and
theorems on variations of Axiom 1, etc., December 6, 1938-December 12, 1953 and
undated |
| | | | | | Number 79, [1932 calendar book], "Tangents,"
definition of tangent to closed point set and tangent to continuum, statements
about sharp points, December 24, 1943-October 1, 1944 |
| | | | | | Number 80, [1932 calendar book], "Mrs. Etta Nemetz,"
variations and questions on Axiom 1, statements of spirals from 1941,
collections of continua, and topological equivalence, July 4, 1938-April 28, 1954 |
| | | | | | Number 81, [1933 calendar book], some statements on
"linear" spaces and metric spaces, variations on Axiom 1, questions concerning
Axiom 1 and separable point sets, miscellaneous statements on Axiom 1,
July 6, 1938-April 28, 1954 |
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| 4RM68 | | | | | | Number 83, [1934 calendar book], calculus notes,
question on compact continua, question by Mr. Mauldin, ca. 1960s and undated |
| | | | | | Number 85, [1936 calendar book], Variations on
Axioms 1, on the notion of "embedded in," statements on compact continua,
[loose scrap], June 21, 1947-February 14, 1959 and undated
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| | | | | | Number 90, [1939 daily desk calendar], upper
semi-continuous collections (March 26, 1944), variations of Axiom 1 (January
17, 1954), [loose sheet], 1939-1954 |
| | | | | | Number 91, [1940 daily desk calendar], on
homogeneous spaces; questions on Axioms 4 and 5, on sufficient conditions for a
space to be metric, and on spirals; questions and theorems on continua and
collections of continua like webs, [loose sheets], October 11, 1940-May 18, 1948, June 21,
1959 |
| | | | | | Number 92, [1941 daily desk calendar], two pages of
notes, October 12, 1951 and January 2, 1955 |
| | | | | | Number 93, [1942 daily desk calendar], statements
concerning upper semi-continuous collections, miscellaneous notes, mostly on
continua, [loose sheets], July 6, 1942-July 18, 1947 |
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| 4RM69 | | | | | | Number 96, [1955 calendar book], notes on theorems
proven in a class, definition of a space of n-dimensions, January 12, 1955-September 3, 1957 |
| | | | | | Number 101, [1960 calendar book], questions copied
from old papers, December 9, 1972-December 12, 1972 |
| | | | | | Number 104, [1937 calendar book], notes on compact
continua, notes on collections of point sets including upper semi-continuous
and equicontinuous collections, [loose sheet], 1936-1939, 1949-1951 |
| | | | | | Number 105, [1950 calendar book], on spirals and
whirls, undated |
| | | | | | Number 110, "No connected subset of D containing…,"
questions and theorem on continua, some notes on 1928 student work in class,
notably G. T. Whyburn, other questions and comments, [loose sheets],
February 16, 1928-February 23, 1929 |
| | | | | | Number 111, "Axiom. If G is a set of regions
covering S…," some axioms; theorems and questions on continua, [loose
pages], January 22, 1927-October 18, 1927 |
| | | | | | Number 112, "1. Show that [?] impossible…,"
scratchpad from 1920s? with several mathematical notes, [loose pages],
ca. 1920s? |
| | | | | | Number 113, Theorems, proofs, and questions
concerned with collections of point sets, primarily upper semi-continuous
collections, [loose page], 1928-1930 |
| | | | | | Number 114, "If in a space of two dimensions…,"
theorems and questions on indecomposable continua and on connected sets
(continua, upper semi-continuous collections, continuous curves), [loose
sheets], September 1925-April 13, 1926 and undated |
| | | | | | Number 115, "Concerning Miss Stevenson's argument
for 55," notes from the late 1960s, includes list of faculty at other
institutions, [loose sheets], 1940, 1947, ca. 1960s |
| | | | | | Number 117, cover - "Bottles. Continua stuck in
other continua, etc.," one side of notebook contains copies (from manuscript
for
Foundations of Point Set
Theory?) of notes on results of students concerning
FPST, other side has notes on bottles and
collections of mutually exclusive continua, ca. 1960s and undated |
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| 4RM99 | | | | | | Unnumbered: |
| | | | | | | [1937 calendar], "Curve, Jordan (M. C.)
1838-1922…," April 21, 1946-May 16, 1946 |
| | | | | | | [1957 calendar], "Recently, I believe…," notes on
proof by Mr. Younglove, August 16, 1957 |
| | | | | | | [1944 calendar], "What if "(4) of the piece k is
embedded…," [includes loose sheet], undated |
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| 4RM69 | | | | Manuscripts by others: |
| | | | | Letters about refereed papers, including
correspondence with E. W. Chittenden, A. B. Coble, A. Cohn, D. R. Curtiss, G.
H. Draper, and H. H. Mitchel, 1916-1934 and undated |
| | | | | R. D. Anderson, dissertation and "Basic Continuum"
manuscript, May 1948 and undated |
| | | | | Armentrout, NSF proposal, March 1965 |
| | | | | H. L. Baker, "The term monotonic has been applied…,"
undated |
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| 4RM70 | | | | | Mrs. Blanche Baker (Monger), "Lemma 1. If, in a space
satisfying Axioms 0, 1-5…," undated |
| | | | | B. J. Ball, "Some theorems concerning spirals on the
plane," and "Concerning continuous and equicontinuous collections of
arcs," 1952 and undated |
| | | | | Bennett, RLM's report on Bennett's paper and
correspondence with Professor L. E. Dickson, January 1914 |
| | | | | B. A. Bernstein, "A set of four independent postulates
for the logic of classes," July 1915 |
| | | | See Also: General professional
correspondence, 4RM77, January 18, 1916 draft of letter from RLM to L. E.
Dickson |
| | | | | R. H. Bing, "A translation of the normal Moore space
conjecture," "A homogeneous indecomposable plane continuum," and "Concerning
simple plane webs," undated |
| | | | | C. E. Burgess, "Theorem 1. If the continuum M is not
the sum…," undated |
| | | | | E. Cech, "On pseduomanifolds," 1935 |
| | | | | E. W. Chittenden (and A. D. Pitcher), correspondence
and notes re "On the theory of developments of an abstract class…" [with
Pitcher], and "Notes on the division of plane…," G. T. Whyburn's notes on a
course taught by Chittenden, 1918-1926 |
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| 4RM55c | | | | | | Proofs for "On the theory of developments of an
abstract class…" [with Pitcher], ca. 1919 |
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| 4RM70 | | | | | H. Cook, nine papers, 1963-1966 and undated |
| | | | | J. L. Cornette, four articles and related
correspondence, 1965-1966 |
| | | | | J. Daniels, "The Texas Method and the Small Group
Discovery Method," November 1972 |
| | | | | R. Demar, "Metric spaces over partially ordered
semi-groups," March 1963 |
| | | | | S. E. Dyer, dissertation, 1952 |
| | | | | M. Fréchet, "Relations entre les notions de limite et
de distance," 1917 |
| | | | | Sharon Garner, quiz with extended narrative of her
thoughts on the course, January 1963 |
| | | | | J. W. Green, three articles, undated |
| | | | | P. R. Halmos, "The Legend of John von Neumann,"
undated |
| | | | | [George Bruce Halsted -- See "General" series below
for works by and about Halsted] |
| | | | | P. C. Hammer, three articles, 1964 and undated |
| | | | | M. E. Hamstrom, dissertation, notes and paper,
1952 and undated |
| | | | | Hedrick and Ingold, RLM's notes and response to their
paper, October 1913 |
| | | | | G. W. Henderson, draft of dissertation with RLM's
notes, ca. 1959 |
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| 4RM55b | | | | | | Oversized notes, undated |
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| 4RM70 | | | | | J. W. Hinrichson, three papers, ca. 1970 and undated |
| | | | | Huntington, RLM's response and notes on article,
reviewed for the American Mathematical Society, 1913 |
| | | | See also: 4RM77, General professional
correspondence, letter draft from RLM to Smith, October 17, 1916 |
| | | | | Ingraham, RLM's response to Hedrick about Ingraham's
paper, May 5, 1922 |
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| 4RM71 | | | | | J. R. Isbell, "A note on theorem of R. L.
Moore," December 1951 |
| | | | | J. Jasper, for Math 688, "Counterexample to the
conjecture: If M is compact, M is compact," undated |
| | | | | F. B. Jones, two papers, 1938 and undated |
| | | | | R. Kubala, "Theorem 37. If M is a point set…,"
[handwritten manuscript], undated |
| | | | | Harry Lucas, Jr., Notebook 7, "There exists a sequence
G1, G2, G3, … such that," undated |
| | | | | L. F. McAuley, proof of the "Arc Theorem,"
1950 |
| | | | | J. S. MacNerney, "Finitely additive set functions,"
1974 |
| | | | | Mahoney, "Sufficient conditions for the unicoherence
of certain compact continua," undated |
| | | | | D. Mauldin, "Theorem. If M is closed and compact…,"
undated |
| | | | | E. H. Moore, notes by EHM and RLM, 1908-1911 |
| | | | | D. Moreman, proofs, undated |
| | | | | J. L. O'Connor, "Supercompactness of compact metric
spaces," undated |
| | | | | W. A. Pierce, "Some new planes," June 1965 |
| | | | | Purifoy, Notebook 3a, "If x is a point and Ex…," RLM's
notes on Purifoy's dissertation, draft of letter on Purifoy's exam, ca. 1969 |
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| 4RM55c | | | | | J. H. Roberts, proofs of "A property related to
completeness" for the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society,"
undated |
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| 4RM71 | | | | | M. Rogers, "1. There exists a space…," undated |
| | | | | M. E. Rudin, various papers, proofs and notes,
undated |
| | | | | N. E. Rutt, "Let x be a plane…," undated |
| | | | | [A. R.] Schweitzer, correspondence with Hedrick and
Bôcher regarding Schweitzer's papers, 1908, 1921 |
| | | | | J. M. Skye, "Holes," and "Relative holes,"
undated |
| | | | | H. B. Smith, "The most general problem of logic and
the postulates essential to its solution," 1933 |
| | | | | Nell E. Stevenson, one paper and a handwritten proof,
ca. 1970 and undated |
| | | | | L. Bruce Treybig, dissertation draft, ca. 1958 |
| | | | | K. R. Van Doren, student work, papers, and notes,
undated |
| | | | | O. Veblen and W. H. Bussey, notes, 1913-1915 and undated |
| | | | | C. W. Vickery, "Sets of independent axioms for Moore
spaces and metric spaces," undated |
| | | | | Whittemore, drafts of RLM's response to Bôcher
regarding Whittemore's paper, 1913 |
| | | | | G. T. Whyburn [?], paper and proofs, undated |
| | | | | Wiener, RLM's draft of response to Professor Dickson
on Weiner's paper, undated |
| | | | | [R. L. Wilder], "Analysis situs (position analysis),"
"Point sets," and correspondence, 1928 |
| | | | | J. M. Worrell, Jr., dissertation draft, notes and
article, 1959-1961? |
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| 4RM72 | | | | | Unidentified authors: |
| | | | | | "Chapter I. Classification of Sciences into…,"
undated |
| | | | | | "The foundations of geometry: A new perspective,"
undated |
| | | | | | "Corollary C…," with RLM's notes, undated |
| | | | | | Page 2, "If fn is the nth term of q…," undated |
| | | | | | "On spirals in the plane," typed manuscript and
notes, ca. 1955 and undated |
| | | | | | Page 3.1, "3. A weaker form of the monotonic mapping
theorem," [mimeographed sheets], undated |
| | | | | | "Concerning connectedness near a point set,"
undated |
| | | | | | "Theorem: If J is a bounded closed curve and J'…,"
undated |
| | | | | | "Lemma 3c. If R is a region…," undated |
| | | | | | "Definition 1: If M is a compact continuum…,"
undated |
| | | | | | "Summary of my paper on generalisation [sp] of
Cleveland's Theorem," typescript with handwritten note, "Sent to the American
Journal," undated |
| | | | | | "Certain theorems will be proved about a property…,"
undated |
| | | | | | "Theorem: If M is a point-set lying on interval
AB…," undated |
| | | | | | "Proposition 10. For if h1, h2, h3, …," undated |
| | | | | | "Corollary B. If R is a region containing the point
P…," undated |
| | | | | | "Theorem: If N is a nondegenerate decomposable
compact continuum…," undated |
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| 4RM99 | | | | | | "Hypothetical Syllogisms," undated |
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| 4RM93 | | | C. Teaching: |
| | Sub-series Abstract: |
| | This sub-series is divided into four sections: (1) The University
of Texas at Austin, (2) Challenge in the
Classroom, (3) Class records, and (4) Other teaching positions. All
files are arranged chronologically. Student grade information is restricted 80
years after the date of creati | |
