| 2 | Creator: | Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Francis Gray Swann Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1903-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The physicist W.F.G. Swann was a pioneer in high energy physics and the study of cosmic rays. Climbing the academic ranks from the University of Sheffield to the Universities of Minnesota, Chicago, and Yale, Swann was selected as the first director of the Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute in 1927, and remained there until his retirement in 1959. An able administrator and excellent mentor, he was best known for his popular work on the new physics, The Architecture of the Universe (1934) and for his research on cosmic rays. Avocationally, he was an accomplished cellist and in addition to performing, he helped organize and support the Swarthmore Symphony Orchestra and other local groups. He died at his home in Swarthmore in 1962.
The Swann Papers consist of 41 linear feet of correspondence, class notes, lectures, and photographs documenting Swann's career at the Bartol Research Foundation from 1927 until the end of his life. The collection is wide ranging, touching on atmospheric electricity, particle acceleration, atomic bomb defense, atomic energy, electrets, electrodynamics, magnetism, music, quantum theory, radiation, relativity and Einstein, science and civilization, stratospheric flights (by balloon and airplane), thermodynamics, psychic science, and wave mechanics. It is particularly rich for study of the history of cosmic ray research and the Bartol Institute, and for study of the popularization of modern physical sciences. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sw1 | | | | Extent: | 41.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alexanian, Diran, 1881-1954 | Atomic bomb | Bainbridge, Kenneth T. | Bartol Research Foundation | Bauer, L. A. (Louis Agricola), 1865-1932 | Beams, Jesse W., (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977 | Briggs, Lyman J. , (Lyman James), 1874-1963 | Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 | Cattell, Jacques, 1904-1960 | Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 | Chatterjee, S. D. | Civil defense--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Clamer, G. H. | Clevenger, S. J. | Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962 | Compton, K. T., (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 | Cosmic rays. | Danforth, William E. | Darrow, Karl K., (Karl Kelchner), 1891-1982 | Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879- | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Eisenberg, Maurice | Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876- | Erikson, Henry A. (Henry Anton), 1869- | Federer, Charles Anthony, 1909- | Frazer, John A. | Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903 | Hess, Victor Francis, 1883- | Hudspeth, Emmett L | Jackson, William F. | Johnson, Thomas H. | Kelly, Mary Isabel | Korff, Serge Alexander, 1906- | Laboratory notes | Lark-Horovitz, K., (Karl), 1892-1958 | Liddell, Urner | McDonald, Ellice, 1876- | McGiffert, James | Motion pictures | Music | Particles (Nuclear physics) | Payne, Melvin M. | Pepinsky, Abe | Pfeiffer, Robert Charles | Photographs | Physics--Study and teaching | Piccard, Jean | Polnauer, Frederick F. | Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 | Sound recordings | Stromberg, Gustaf, 1882- | Students' notes | Swann, William F. | Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962 | Swarthmore College | Tate, John Torrence, 1889-1950 | Temple University. Department of Physics | Trinity College of Music | Tutwiler, Carrington C. | United States. Navy. | University of Pennsylvania. Moore School of Electrical Engineering | Violoncello | World War, 1914-1918 | Zanstra, H. (Herman) | |
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