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A Guide to the Wheeler (John) Papers, 1938-1987
Biographical NoteDr. John Archibald Wheeler was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 9, 1911. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1933 at the age of 21. He served as professor of physics at Princeton University from 1938 to 1976 before moving to the University of Texas at Austin where he served as the director of the Center for Theoretical Physics from 1976-1986. After leaving the University of Texas at Austin, Wheeler returned to Princeton as an emeritus professor. Wheeler was a pioneer in particle physics and nuclear physics. He started collaborating with Neils Bohr in 1939 on some of the earliest work in nuclear fission and participated in the development of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan project beginning in 1941. After the end of World War II, Wheeler continued to work for the government, interrupting his research to help develop the hydrogen bomb as part of the Matterhorn Project, promote the building of fallout shelters, and support the Vietnam War and missile defense. His later work in areas such as general relativity and gravitational collapse was groundbreaking, and he is widely credited with popularizing the term “black hole” in 1967. Wheeler received the Atomic Energy Commission’s Enrico Fermi Award from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and was awarded the Wolf Prize in physics in 1997. Despite his fame in the field, Wheeler always gave high priority to teaching. He continued to teach freshman and sophomore physics classes throughout his teaching career and maintained an office at Princeton until 2006. Wheeler died on April 13, 2008. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe John Wheeler Papers, 1897-1987, consist of teaching materials, correspondence, notes, printed material, and other material documenting the career of John Wheeler (1917-2008). The first series contains notes and materials related to Wheeler’s teaching career at Princeton University (1953-1976) and at the University of Texas (1976-1985), as well as the time he spent at Kyoto University (1959-1960) and Columbia University (1983). Most of these materials were removed from binders and restricted information was separated; some of the teaching materials are bound, preventing the /emoval of sensitive student information and necessitating the restriction of the volumes. Also included are notes created by Wheeler related to his research, including articles compiled during his research for publications, notes for lectures and presentations at symposia and conferences, correspondence from former students and colleagues, documents related to two NSF grants, and correspondence and other documents connected to his work on various committees. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsAccess to student records is restricted until 75 years after the date of creation. All other material is open for research. Use RestrictionsThese papers are stored remotely. Contact reference staff for retrieval from offsite storage. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJohn Wheeler Papers, 1897-1987, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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