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A Guide to the William Howard Oral History Collection, 1973, 1990-2003
Biographical NoteWilliam Howard is a mathematician and logician, best known for his work in proof theory. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago (1956), where he studied under Saunders Mac Lane and André Weil. Howard was a professor of mathematical logic and the history of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe William Howard Oral History Collection (1973, 1990-2003) is comprised of materials from a series of oral history interviews of William Howard, conducted by Amy Shell-Gellasch, one of his students. An edited version of the interview was published by Shell-Gellasch as “Reflections of My Adviser: Stories of Mathematics and Mathematicians” in The Mathematical Intelligencer (2003). The collection contains interview transcripts, autobiographical handwritten notes by Howard, correspondence between Howard and Shell-Gellasch, background material on Howard’s life and the mathematicians with whom he interacted, and a copy of a letter that Howard sent to Kurt Gödel. Also included are an audiocassette and floppy disk from Shell-Gellasch’s interviews with Howard. Among the prominent mathematicians mentioned in Howard’s interviews and notes are Paul Cohen, Kurt Gödel, Paul Halmos, Georg Kreisel, Saunders Mac Lane, Stanley Tannenbaum, and André Weil. Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsEquipment is unavailable to view 3.5-inch floppy disk. Use RestrictionsThis collection is stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationWilliam Howard Oral History Collection, 1973, 1990-2003, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Elliot Williams, October 2012. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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