TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series 1. Field Work
Series 2. Notes
Series 3. Working Files
Series 4. Publications
Series 5. Institutes
Series 6. Interviews
Series 7. Conferences
Series 8. Work by Others
Series 9. Professional Documentation
Series 10. Personal
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A Guide to the Bryce S. DeWitt Papers, 1919,
1946-2006
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Creator: |
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman),
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Bryce S. DeWitt
Papers |
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Dates: |
1919,
1946-2006 |
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Abstract: |
Bryce S. DeWitt
(1923-2004) was known for his mathematical approach to physics and his work in
quantum field theory, supermanifolds, gauge theory, and relativistic
astrophysics. These papers consist of general research files containing
handwritten notes, correspondence, and printed material; as well as extensive
documentation of the 1973 eclipse experiment. |
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Accession No.: |
2005-006; 2006-071; 2006-109; 2010-056; 2010-232 |
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Extent: |
10 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for
American History,The University of Texas at
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Bryce S. DeWitt (1923-2004) was known
for his mathematical approach to physics and his work in quantum field theory,
supermanifolds, gauge theory, and relativistic astrophysics. He received
all three of his degrees in physics from Harvard University (Ph.D. 1950).
DeWitt was a dedicated teacher and researcher; he held positions at the
Institute for Advanced Study, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before beginning his
professorship at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) in 1972. At UT,
DeWitt served as the director of the Center for Relativity (1972-1987), Jane
and Roland Blumberg Professor of Physics (1986-2000), and Professor Emeritus
(2000-2004).
DeWitt’s awards include a Dirac medal from the Salam
International Center for Theoretical Physics in Italy (1987), the Pomeranchuk
Prize of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow
(2002), the Marcel Grossman Award (with Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 2002), the
Einstein Prize of the American Physical Society (2005), and election to the
National Academy of Sciences (1990) and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences (2002).
In 1973 DeWitt and his wife, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, led a
scientific expedition to Mauritania to test Einstein’s general relativity
theory of gravity during a total solar eclipse. A series of photographic plates
were taken during the eclipse and compared with a set of plates taken six
months later. Analysis of these photographs later proved that the stars had been
pulled out of their original paths by the sun’s gravity, just as predicted in
Einstein’s theory.
Sources: Vertical file and Office of Public Affairs
files at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, including:
http://www.utexas.edu/cons/news/dewitt2.html
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The Bryce S. DeWitt papers (1946-2006) consist of extensive documentation of the 1973 eclipse experiment, including 85 glass photographic plates taken during the period of the experiment and computer print-outs analyzing the data; course, lecture, and research notes, as well as DeWitt’s notes taken while he was a student of Julian Schwinger; his working files as they were kept at the time of his death; correspondence; manuscript sections of DeWitt’s monograph, The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory; and other materials, largely documenting DeWitt’s career.
The glass plates are organized by size and generally include the
inventory number assigned to them at the time of the experiment. These include
many practice plates taken before the eclipse itself. The “suitcase plates” are
the most valuable of the glass plates and were carefully escorted from the
experiment site by Cécile DeWitt-Morette in a foam-padded, metal suitcase for
analysis. Note that a complete log of the glass plates is available in the
“Eclipse reduction notes” folder. If the dates following the plate number are
in brackets, they were taken from the box in which the plate was stored or
written on the plate itself, unbracketed dates are from the written log. Due to
the fragile nature of the glass plates, they are available by appointment only.
Please contact the archivist to set up a research time.
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics
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Access Restrictions
Restricted access to glass plates. All
other materials unrestricted. Access to glass plates arranged by appointment
only. Contact archivist for details.
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DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman),
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DeWitt, Cécile M. |
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Schwinger, Julian
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Ecole d’été de physique théorique (Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France) |
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University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of
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Astronomical photography |
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Physics experiments |
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Solar eclipses--1973. |
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The Bryce S. DeWitt Papers, 1919,
1946-2006, and undated, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at
Austin.
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Series 1. Field Work |
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Eclipse |
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Correspondence, printed material, and note regarding preparations [includes “Total Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973” by Julena S. Duncombe, United States Naval Observatory Circular No. 135], September 1971-June 1973 and undated |
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Chinguetti eclipse: rehearsals, audiocassette,
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Eclipse?, audiocassettes [3], June 9-30 [1973] |
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Eclipse reduction notes and printed material, [includes detailed log of glass plates], ca. 1973 and undated |
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Reports and articles |
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Solar Eclipse 1973 Bulletin, Number 5, National Science Foundation, Program for Observations of the Solar Eclipse, 1973 |
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Includes “The Story of McDonald Observatory East,” by Bryce DeWitt; “Report on the Relativity Experiment at The Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973” by Bryce DeWitt, Richard A. Matzner, and A. H. Mikesell; and Sky and Telescope article, with related correspondence, 1973-1974 |
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Includes “Gravitational deflection of light: Solar eclipse of 30 June 1973,” Parts one and two, by the Texas Mauritanian Eclipse Team and Burton F. Jones, from The Astronomical Journal; and National Geographic Society report for NGS grant number 1186, with related correspondence, 1973-1976 |
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Sky and Telescope, vol. 47, no. 5, see “A Relativity Experiment Refurbished,” pages 301-306, May 1974 |
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Manuscript of “Gravitational Deflection of Light, Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973,” Parts one and two, undated |
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Harlan’s Globetrotters: The Story of an Eclipse, by David S. Evans and Karen I. Winget, 2005 |
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Letter from Alfred Mikesell to Cécile DeWitt-Morette with comments on Harlan’s Globetrotters and the eclipse experiment, February 20, 2006 |
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Photographs, four 8 X 10 black and white photos from the site of the experiment, [1973] |
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Eclipse plate finding charts, [computer print-outs] |
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Data sheets from binder [Note: these sheets were originally together in a blue ledger-style binder with the oversized sheets folded and slipped in. The sheets have been removed from the binder and refoldered into sections that correspond to the oversized sheets. Each section includes the oversized star field and the datasheets that followed it in the original binder. The lettering convention was adopted by the archives and was not used for the original data.] |
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[A], DEL ANP, ALF AND 44, SIG PSC, ZET AND, [four sheets taped together], July 14, 28, 30, 31, 1973 |
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[A], corresponding data sheets, 1973 |
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[B], EPS PSC 44, July 28, 1973 |
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[C], NOV REF (2 copies), MAY REF, NOV REF 3, [four sheets], May 8, 9, 28, 1973 |
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[D], DEL PSC, July 20, 1973 |
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[E], TEX 45, August 7, 1973 |
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[F], TXE 45, July 20, 1973 |
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[G], ECLIPSE DEC COMPAR, January 10, 1974 |
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[H], JUN 73 ECLIPSE, January 10, 1974 |
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[I], MOO JUN 12 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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[J], MOO JUN 13 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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[K], MOO JUN 14 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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[L], MOO JUN 15 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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[M], MOO JUN 16 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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[N], MOO JUN 17 UT 23, May 23, 1973 |
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Plates |
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Paper material, ca. 1973 |
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Glass plates |
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8” X 10” plates |
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#?, [part broken off], undated |
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#1, undated |
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#2, undated |
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#3, undated |
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#TXE 1, June 11, 1973 |
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#TXE 5, June 12, 1973 |
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#TXE 6, June 13, 1973 |
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#TXE 8, June 13, 1973 |
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#TXE 9, June 14, 1973 |
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#TXE 10, June 14, 1973 |
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#TXE 11, June 14, 1973 |
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#TXE 19, June 19, 1973 |
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#TXE 27, June 23, 1973 |
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#TXE 39, June 27, 1973 |
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12” X 12” plates |
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#?, [Eclipse, first series], undated |
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#?, undated |
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#?, undated |
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#1, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#2, [22.15 written on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#2, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#3, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#4, [April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#5?, [11/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#6, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973 |
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#7, [12/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#11, [2/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#12, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#13, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 14, 1973 |
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#15, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973 |
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#16, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973 |
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#18, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#19, November 16, 1973 |
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#19?, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973? |
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#20, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#21, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#23, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#24, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#32, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#33, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#TP 2, undated |
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#TXE 2, June 11, 1973 |
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#TXE 3, June 12, 1973 |
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#TXE 4, June 12, 1973 |
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#TXE 7, June 13, 1973 |
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#TXE 12, June 14, 1973 |
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#TXE 13, [thin plate], June 15, 1973 |
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#TXE 18, [April 28, 1973 on plate], June 19, 1973 |
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#TXE 20, [June 19, 1973?] |
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#TXE 21, June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 22, [positive?, April 28, 1973 on box], June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 22, [negative? July 25, 1973 written on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 23, [thin plate, part broken off], June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 24, June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 25, June 22, 1973 |
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#TXE 26, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 23, 1973 |
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#TXE 30, June 25, 1973 |
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#TXE 31, June 25, 1973 |
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#TXE 32, June 26, 1973 |
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#TXE 35, [thin plate], June 26, 1973 |
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#TXE 36, June 26, 1973 |
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#TXE 37, June 27, 1973 |
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#TXE 38, June 27, 1973 |
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#TXE 39, [thin plate], April 28, 1973 |
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#TXE 42, [thin plate], June 28, 1973 |
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#TXE 44, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 28, 1973 |
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#TXE 45, [marked up plate], June 28, 1973 |
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#TXE 47, [Eclipse, first series], undated |
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14” X 17” plates, negatives of 1973 eclipse field from Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona |
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#4783, [blue], April 3, 1972 |
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#4784, [blue], April 3, 1972 |
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#4785, [red], April 3, 1972 |
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From “suitcase” |
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Paper material, ca. 1973 |
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Glass plates [all 12” X 12”] |
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#8, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#9, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#10, [?/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973 |
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#17, [?/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973 |
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#22, [16/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973 |
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#28, [1?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#29, [?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#30, [17/1 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#31, [17/11, with inked in labels on stars on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973 |
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#TXE 46, [“Eclipse plate,” April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973 |
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#TXE 47, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973 |
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#TXE 48, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973 |
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Broken plates |
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Paper material, ca. 1973 |
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Glass plates [10.5” X 10.5”] |
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[Note: Very Fragile] |
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#?, undated |
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#?, [lots of marking on plate, very broken, not taped], March 29, 1973 |
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#3, [thin plate, 3/21/[7]3 on plate, plate taped together, one corner broken loose], March 21, 1973? |
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Chinguetti children singing, audiocassette, undated |
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Chinguetti Meteorite |
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Correspondence and printed material, 1975-1982 |
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Two maps, undated |
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Series 2. Notes |
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Course notes
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Les Houches |
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“Problems,” Les Houches, handwritten notes, 1963 |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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“QFT – Bryce’s Notes,” [handwritten notes, probably from UNC], undated |
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“193 PROB,” [191-192 Cécile?], [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Physics 260,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“260-261 PROB,” Quantum Mechanics [?], [handwritten notes and printed material], undated |
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“Physics 262/263 – QED,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“QFT 263,” [Quantum Field Theory?], [handwritten notes], undated |
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University of Texas at Austin |
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“Analysis,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Bryce/Jeffreys 308,” [Astronomy course], handwritten notes and printed material], 1972 |
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“Quantum Geometrodynamics,” [photocopies of student notes], 1972-1973 |
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“Classical Mechanics,” PHY385K, [photocopy of handwritten notes], spring 1994 |
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“DIFF GEOM/REL,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Point-Set Topology,” course on Topology R-Index Theorems, taught jointly with ? [see note], [photocopy of handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory I,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory II,” [handwritten notes and photocopies of handwritten notes], undated |
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“QTE II,” [second quantization?], [photocopied notes in students’ handwriting], spring 1973 |
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“Renormalization theory,” PHY393T, [handwritten notes and printed material], fall 1993 |
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“Renormalization,” [PHY393T], [handwritten notes, photocopies of handwritten notes, and printed material], fall 1993 |
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[Renormalization theory], PHY393T, [photocopy of handwritten notes], undated |
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“SR,” Special relativity and general relativity, [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Topology,” [handwritten notes in Bryce DeWitt’s hand], undated |
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“Quantum Theory,” pp. 101-116, [copy of handwritten notes], undated |
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“Advanced Mechanics,” [handwritten notes in BSD’s hand], undated |
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“Classical Mechanics,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Electromagnetic Theory,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics I,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics II,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand], undated |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics I,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics II,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics Supplement,” includes three pages of notes on “Transformation from one Hilbert Space to another,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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Lecture notes |
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Les Houches (École de Physique des Houches) |
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“Quantum Mechanics,” bound, July 1953 |
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Chapters I-III, Errata |
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Appendix, Errata |
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Stanford University |
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“Lectures on Relativity,” by Bryce DeWitt, fall 1993 |
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, unidentified title, negatives, transparencies, 1993 |
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Drexel University?, overhead transparencies, undated |
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“Quantum Theories of Gravity,” undated |
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“Now returning to quantum mechanics…,” pages 145-158, Physics 393T |
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“r-forms: Antisymmetric covariant,” undated |
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“Quantum Gravity, Yesterday and Today,” undated |
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Unidentified title, overhead transparencies, handwritten notes, undated |
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“Mécanique Statistique,” L. Rosenfeld, 1952 |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Supplement” F. Dyson, 1954 |
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“The Quantum Mechanical Theory of Collisions,” R. Glauber, 1954 |
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“Notes on the Theory of Phase Transitions,” G. Uhlenbeck, 1955 |
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“The Statistical Mechanics of Non-Equilibrium Phenomena,” G. Uhlenbeck, 1955 |
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“I. Scattering Problems,” “II. Elementary Particles,” L. Rosenfeld, 1957 |
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Research notes |
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Research notes |
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“Radiation Damping in a Gravitational Field,” publication number 11, [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand], 1960 |
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“Quantization of Geometry Worksheets,” publication number 22, [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand], 1962 |
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“Linearized Gravitation,” publication number 22, [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand], 1962 |
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“Black Hole Handbook I (copy 4),” notes by BSD and students for Num. Rel. calculation of black collisions, 1972-1975 |
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“First notes on the theory of constraints,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [ca. 1975?] |
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“Second notes on the theory of constraints,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s hand, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [ca. 1975?] |
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“Quantization of nonlinear theories with constraints,” [manuscript for article, signed Bryce DeWitt, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [ca. 1975?] |
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Calculation for “Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space,” publication number 51, [noted as very important by John Stachel], 1975 |
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“S U 3,” University of North Carolina?, undated |
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“Faddeev,” [handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum theory of gravity II, III (work sheets),” undated |
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“Superspace,” [“The Geometry and Topology of “Superspace”] undated |
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“Quantization of action-at-a-distance theories,” undated |
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“Quantization of arbitrary machines,” undated |
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“Nonrelativistic composite particle,” undated |
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“World function and Van Vleck determinant on a 4-sphere,” undated |
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“Virbein quantization of gravity,” undated |
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“Thomas precession,” undated |
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“Hilbert transforms,” undated |
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“Superconductors as detectors of gravitational drag (first version),” undated |
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“Geometrical realization of symmetries,” undated |
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“Charged vector boson,” undated |
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“Quantum theory of gravity I (work sheets),” undated |
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“Functional,” undated |
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“Gauge invariant Quantum Electrodynamics,” undated |
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“The quantum theory of interacting gravitational and spinor fields,” undated |
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Bryce S. DeWitt's student notes |
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“An Outline of the Elementary Theories of Specific Heats,” [term paper?], 1946 |
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Julian Schwinger |
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“Electromagnetic theory of light,” 1946 |
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Notes on Schwinger lectures and reprints by Schwinger on quantized fields, 1951-1954 and undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory I,” undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory II,” “Meson Theories of Nuclear Forces, expanded reading notes… Physics 20c, now 307,” undated |
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“Scattering Theory,” undated |
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Series 3. Working Files |
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Research files |
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Topology [?], undated |
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Bryce DeWitt |
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[Includes “Research Problems,” “Examples for Book,” “The Zeta Function,” and notes on quantization of open strings in Minkowski operations], undated |
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[Includes reprints by Bryce S. DeWitt, drafts and notes], 1967, 1989-1998 and undated |
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Early notes, [also includes correspondence with Chun-Yen Wang, “Detonation Hydrodynamics,” and “’High Energy Nuclear Events’ by Enrico Fermi, report by Bryce DeWitt, winter 1950, Tata Institute, Bombay”], ca. 1950 and undated |
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Schwinger, Julian |
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[Printed material and notes], 1951 and undated |
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[Pre-prints and report], 1952 and undated |
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Feynman, Richard, 1961-1981 |
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Coleman, Sidney, 1973-1982 and undated |
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Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999 and undated |
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Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999 and undated |
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Avramidi, I. G., 1990-1999 |
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Dowker, J. S., et al, [papers by Dowker and others], 1970-1997 and undated |
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DeWitt-Morette, Cécile, [including path integration], 1976-1983 and undated |
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Isham, C. J., August 1992 |
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‘t-Hooft, G., 1973 |
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Woodard, R. P., 1996-2001 |
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λ φ4 (lambda phi – 4th model in four dimensions), [includes grant proposal, printed material and correspondence], 1980-1989, 2002-2003 and undated |
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Infrared catastrophe, undated |
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Change of interpolating field, 1961-1976, 1991-2001 and undated |
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Simple models, undated |
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Anomalies, 1978-1995 and undated |
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Yang-Mills and topology, [includes I. M. Singer’s “The Geometry of the Orbit Space for Nonabelian Gauge Theories”], 1978-1984 |
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Two loops, 1992 and undated |
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Effective action and miscellaneous, 1989-1997 and undated |
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Black hole evaporation, 1985-1994 and undated |
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Hawking radiation, 1993-1999 |
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In-In, [correspondence with Tim Gallivan], August 1994 |
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Index theorem, 1978-1994 |
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Index theorem, 1978-1994 |
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1/8 R, [includes handwritten calculations of 2 loop effects], undated |
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No-ghost papers, 1997 and undated |
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No-ghost calculations, [work with Carmen Molina-París], undated |
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No-ghosts, Vikovisky-DeWitt, 1987-1988 and undated |
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Worksheets for book, undated |
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Geometry of 3-geometries, undated |
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Many histories, 1971, 1991-1992 |
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Positivity of energy, 1979-1983 |
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Personal notes |
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Set theory, undated |
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Semi-simple lie algebras and topological groups, undated |
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Topology I and II, class notes, undated |
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Series 4. Publications |
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By Bryce DeWitt |
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The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory |
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“The Global Approach, Corrected Sections”- table of contents, “Black Hole Vacua. Hawking Radiation,” note to Colleen McMillan |
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Handwritten manuscript photocopy [Note: the order in which the manuscript was found in the box has been maintained. Sections that were found clipped together are indicated.] |
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Pages 206-277, 1-23f (clipped together), undated |
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“Part VII: Special Topics,” undated |
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Pages 24-455, undated |
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Pages 535-539, 70-149, undated |
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Pages 126-143, 1-38, undated |
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Appendix C; “35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational fields,” undated |
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“35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational fields,” pages 691-756, undated |
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“9. The relativistic particle…”, undated |
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Corrections to manuscript |
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“God’s Rays,” and “Readers Respond to ‘God’s Rays,’” from Physics Today online, published posthumously, January, June 2005 |
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Sopra un Raggio di Luce, by Bryce S. DeWitt [a memoir], published by Di Renzo Editore, 2005 |
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Translations by DeWitt |
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Bohr-Rosenfeld Paper (translation by Bryce Dewitt), The Quantization of Geometry, “On the Question of the Measurability of the Electromagnetic Field Strengths,” undated |
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By others, related to DeWitt’s work [Note: Some of the documents were compiled after DeWitt’s death by Cécile DeWitt-Morette] |
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Articles, papers, 1944-2007 |
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Letter to H. J. Treder concerning The Meaning of Quantum Gravity, December 6, 1988 |
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Series 5. Institutes |
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UNC Institute of Field Physics |
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From binder, [including material on Agnew Hunter Bahnson, Jr.], 1955-1965 |
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| 3W111 |
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Photograph, [from Agnew Hunter Bahnson, Jr. Professorship of Physics program?], March 13, 1965? |
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Unfiled material from Scrapbook [see Personal for other material] |
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UNC Institute of Field Physics, 1956-1983 and undated |
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Battelle Memorial Institute’s Seattle Research Center, 1967 |
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Les Houches Physics School, undated |
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Series 6. Interviews |
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Interview: DeWitt and John Wheeler talking in Mazagon, Spain, audiocassette, note, 1991 |
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Series 7. Conferences |
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Conferences: programs, participant list, correspondence, 1994-1998, 2007 |
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Series 8. Work by Others |
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"Everett [Hugh]" – documents related to DeWitt’s work, 2000-2001, undated |
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Letter from Robert Herman to Jean Leray, September 19, 1981 |
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Series 9. Professional Documentation |
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Annual faculty report, 1979 |
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Curriculum vitae [working copy, annotated by John Stachel, includes publication numbers], 2004 |
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Series 10. Personal |
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Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 1961 |
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Emails, printouts made by family members concerning DeWitt, 2007 |
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Restricted. Oral history: DeWitt interviewed by Nicolette DeWitt, mini-digital video cassettes, circa 2004 [currently, these tapes cannot be viewed due to lack of playback equipment] |
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Restricted. Scrapbook [currently restricted for preservation]: newspaper clippings, conference program, 1955-1957 |
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