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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966.     Subjects     Atomic spectroscopy.     Congresses and conventions.     Periodic table -- History.     Photography -- History.     Photography -- 1900-1940.     Physical optics -- History.     Standards of length -- History.     Allegheny Observatory.     American Astronomical Society.     American Institute of Physics.     Argonne National Laboratory.     Carnegie Institution of Washington.     Eastman Kodak Company.     International Astronomical Union.     Joint Commission on Spectroscopy.     Lick Observatory.     Mount Wilson Observatory.     National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)     National Research Council (U.S.)     Optical Society of America.     Ripon College.     U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.     United States. National Bureau of Standards.     Welch Co.     Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943.     Burns, Keivin, 1881-1958.     Coblentz, William W. (William Weber), 1873-1962.     Crew, Henry, 1859-1953.     de Bruin, Taco L.     Dorsey, N. Ernest (Noah Ernest), b. 1873     Fowler, A. (Alfred), 1868-1940.     Harrison, George Russell, 1898-     Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-     Kayser, H. (Heinrich), 1853-1940.     Kiess, Carl Clarence, 1887-     Laporte, Otto, 1902-     Moore, Charlotte Emma, 1898-     Rowland, Henry Augustus, 1848-1901.     Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957.     Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943.     Shenstone, Allen Goodrich.     Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951.     Snyder, Charles Porter.     Takamine, T. (Toshio), b. 1885     Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008     Binder Family.     Bleck Family.     Bork Family.     Keske Family.     Meserve Family.     Raddant Family.     Awards.     Diaries.     Ephemera     Lantern slides.     Notebooks.     Periodicals.     Photographs.     Reprints.     Scrapbooks.     Spectroscopists.     Clintonville (Wis.)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966.       by title:      William F. Meggers a...         MARC Display

William F. Meggers addition to papers, 1870-1973 (bulk: 1906-1966). by Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966. Call Number:  AR 416 z Description:  39 linear feet (84 manuscript boxes). Owning Repository:  American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA Web Site:  http://www.aip.org/history/ead/browse.html#aip_meggers_adds (Online finding aid) Country of Repository:  USA Biography/History:  Physicist (physical optics, spectroscopy). Staff member, National Bureau of Standards, 1914-1958; chief of Spectroscoptic Section, 1920-1958. Scope of Material:  Includes correspondence, postcards, manuscripts, typescripts, reprints, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Subjects include his early life in Clintonville, Wisconsin, and education at Ripon College, University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University; work at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, the Allegheny Observatory, and the National Bureau of Standards; travels for research and recreation; family and relatives; work with professional organizations; conferences and meetings; revisions of the Welch Periodic Chart; early infrared photographic emulsions; and applied spectroscopy. The bulk of the collection dates from 1906-1966. His work in atomic spectroscopy and development of standards of length are well documented. Meggers was active with many organizations including the American Astronomical Society, the American Institute of Physics, the Argonne National Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, the International Astronomical Union, the Joint Commission on Spectroscopy, Lick Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, the Optical Society of America. Important correspondents include: J. S. Ames, Keivin Burns, W. W. Coblentz, Henry Crew, Taco L. de Bruin, N. Ernest Dorsey, Alfred Fowler, George R. Harrison, Elmer Hutchisson, Heinrich Kayser, C. C. Kiess, Otto LaPorte, Charlotte Moore, Henry A. Rowland, Henry Norris Russell, Frank Schlesinger, Allen Shenstone, Arnold Sommerfeld, Charles P. Snyder, Toshio Takamine, and John A. Wheeler. Family names related to Meggers with documentation in the collection include Binder, Bleck, Bork, Keske, Meserve, and Raddant. Arrangement of Records:  Organized into seven series: Correspondence, Biographical and family materials, Professional affiliations, National Bureau of Standards, Writings and research materials, Scrapbooks and ephemera, and Photographs. Most of the material is arranged chronologically. Notes:  See also the William F. Meggers Papers, 1917-1966, and Home movies of William Meggers, 1927-1957. Finding Aid:  Finding aid available in repository. Added Author:  AIP-ICOS Genre Term(s):  Awards. Diaries. Ephemera Lantern slides. Notebooks. Periodicals. Photographs. Reprints. Scrapbooks. Occupation Term(s):  Spectroscopists.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   International Catalog of Sources Archives-NBL AR 416 z In NBL Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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