Bryce S. Dewitt Papers, 1919, 1946-2007, and undated


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
	Title:	Bryce S. DeWitt papers
	Dates:	1919, 1946-2007

	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.
	Identification:	urn:taro:utexas.cah.00413
	Extent:	10 linear feet
	Language:	English .
	Repository:	Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical / Historical Note

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 was taken during the eclipse and compared with a set of plates taken six months later. Analysis of these photos later proved that light rays from stars had been "bent" 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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Scope and Contents

The Bryce S. DeWitt papers (1946-2007) 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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Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

Access to glass plate negatives requires an appointment; contact repository for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

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Index Terms

	Personal Names
		DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
		DeWitt-Morette, Cécile
		Schwinger, Julian Seymour, 1918-
	Corporate Names
		Ecole d'été de physique théorique (Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France)
		University of Texas at Austin. Department of Physics
	Subjects
		Astronomical photography
		Physics--Experiments
		Solar eclipses

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Related Materials


	Cécile DeWitt-Morette Papers

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Bryce S. Dewitt Papers, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Accession Number(s)

2005-006; 2006-071; 2006-109; 2010-056; 2010-232; 2011-243; 2016-161

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1. Field Work

Eclipse

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2016-161/1 [20878266]

Journals

Site examination in Mauritania and Niger, July 6, 1972

Eclipse expedition in Mauritania, handwritten, 1973

Eclipse expedition in Mauritania, typed, 1973

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

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, undated

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4RM228 [SRH1230024974]

Chinguetti eclipse: rehearsals, audiocassette, undated

Eclipse?, audiocassettes [3], June 9-30 [1973]

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Eclipse reduction notes and printed material, [includes detailed log of glass plates], circa 1973, undated

Reports and articles

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Solar Eclipse 1973 Bulletin, Number 5, National Science Foundation, Program for Observations of the Solar Eclipse, 1973

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4RM183 [SRH1230024898]

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 "A Relativity Experiment Refurbished," by Bryce DeWitt et al. in Sky and Telescope article, with related correspondence, 1973-1974

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

Sky and Telescope, vol. 47, no. 5, see "A Relativity Experiment Refurbished," pages 301-306, May 1974

Manuscript of "Gravitational Deflection of Light, Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973," Parts one and two, undated

Harlan's Globetrotters: The Story of an Eclipse, by David S. Evans and Karen I. Winget, 2005

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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4RM237 [SRH1230024956]

[Note: the order of these files (accession 2011-143) has been maintained as received per Cécile DeWitt's guidance.]

Correspondence, 1972-1973

Essay, articles, memo

"The Story of McDonald Observatory East," by Bryce DeWitt

Memo from DeWitt to eclipse team: "Life and work at Chinguetti,", 1973

"Gravitational Deflection of Light. Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973," photocopy and reprint, 1972-1976

Memo from DeWitt to eclipse team: "Decisions and agreements reached at meeting on Saturday 30 September 1972, at Princeton,", 1972

Photographs: Mauritania (4 photographs), 1973

Articles

"A Relativity Experiment Refurbished," by Bryce DeWitt et al., 1974

Johann Georg von Soldner and the Gravitational Bending of Light…" Stanley L. Jaki, 1978

Photographic printouts (2), notes, correspondence, article: "Gravitational Deflection of Light. Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973,", 1973-1976, 2001, 2005

Paper: "Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition," by Daniel Kennefick – article printout, 2007

Printouts of photographs "Matzner's collection,", 1973

Correspondence, articles, notes, 1970-1975

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4RM133 [SRH1230024845]

Photographs, four 8 X 10 black and white photos from the site of the experiment, [1973]

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OD1199

Eclipse plate finding charts, [computer print-outs]

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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4RM55a [SRH1230020473]

[A], corresponding data sheets, 1973

[B], EPS PSC 44, July 28, 1973

[C], NOV REF (2 copies), MAY REF, NOV REF 3, [four sheets], May 8, 9, 28, 1973

[D], DEL PSC, July 20, 1973

[E], TEX 45, August 7, 1973

[F], TXE 45, July 20, 1973

[G], ECLIPSE DEC COMPAR, January 10, 1974

[H], JUN 73 ECLIPSE, January 10, 1974

[I], MOO JUN 12 UT 23, May 23, 1973

[J], MOO JUN 13 UT 23, May 23, 1973

[K], MOO JUN 14 UT 23, May 23, 1973

[L], MOO JUN 15 UT 23, May 23, 1973

[M], MOO JUN 16 UT 23, May 23, 1973

[N], MOO JUN 17 UT 23, May 23, 1973

Plates

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Paper material, circa 1973

Glass plates

8" X 10" plates

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4RM173 [SRH1230024887]

#? [part broken off], undated

#1, undated

#2, undated

#3, undated

#TXE 1, June 11, 1973

#TXE 5, June 12, 1973

#TXE 6, June 13, 1973

#TXE 8, June 13, 1973

#TXE 9, June 14, 1973

#TXE 10, June 14, 1973

#TXE 11, June 14, 1973

#TXE 19, June 19, 1973

#TXE 27, June 23, 1973

#TXE 39, June 27, 1973

12" X 12" plates

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4RM140 [SRH1230024854]

#?, [Eclipse, first series], undated

#?, undated

#1, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#2, [22.15 written on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#2, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#3, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

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4RM141 [SRH1230024855]

#4, [April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#5?, [11/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#6, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 12, 1973

#7, [12/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#11, [2/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#12, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#13, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 14, 1973

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4RM142 [SRH1230024856]

#15, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973

#16, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973

#18, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

#19, November 16, 1973

#19?, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973?

#20, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

#21, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

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4RM143 [SRH1230024857]

#23, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

#24, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

#32, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#33, [October 29, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#TP 2, undated

#TXE 2, June 11, 1973

#TXE 3, June 12, 1973

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4RM144 [SRH1230024858]

#TXE 4, June 12, 1973

#TXE 7, June 13, 1973

#TXE 12, June 14, 1973

#TXE 13, [thin plate], June 15, 1973

#TXE 18, [April 28, 1973 on plate], June 19, 1973

#TXE 20, [June 19, 1973?]

#TXE 21, June 21, 1973

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4RM145 [SRH1230024859]

#TXE 22, [positive?, April 28, 1973 on box], June 21, 1973

#TXE 22, [negative? July 25, 1973 written on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], June 21, 1973

#TXE 23, [thin plate, part broken off], June 21, 1973

#TXE 24, June 21, 1973

#TXE 25, June 22, 1973

#TXE 26, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 23, 1973

#TXE 30, June 25, 1973

#TXE 31, June 25, 1973

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4RM170 [SRH1230024884]

#TXE 32, June 26, 1973

#TXE 35, [thin plate], June 26, 1973

#TXE 36, June 26, 1973

#TXE 37, June 27, 1973

#TXE 38, June 27, 1973

#TXE 39, [thin plate], April 28, 1973

#TXE 42, [thin plate], June 28, 1973

#TXE 44, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 28, 1973

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4RM171 [SRH1230024885]

#TXE 45, [marked up plate], June 28, 1973

#TXE 47, [Eclipse, first series], undated

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4RM55a1

14" X 17" plates, negatives of 1973 eclipse field from Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona

#4783, [blue], April 3, 1972

#4784, [blue], April 3, 1972

#4785, [red], April 3, 1972

From "suitcase"

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Paper material, circa 1973

Glass plates [all 12" X 12"]

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4RM171 [SRH1230024885]

#8, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#9, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#10, [?/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 13, 1973

#17, [?/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on box], November 15-16, 1973

#22, [16/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on box], November 16, 1973

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4RM172 [SRH1230024886]

#28, [1?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#29, [?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#30, [17/1 on plate, April 28, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#31, [17/11, with inked in labels on stars on plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 17, 1973

#TXE 46, ["Eclipse plate," April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973

#TXE 47, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973

#TXE 48, [April 28, 1973 on box], June 30, 1973

Broken plates

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Paper material, circa 1973

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4RM55h [SRH1230020476]

Glass plates [10.5" X 10.5"]

[Note: Very Fragile]

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4RM55h [SRH1230020476]

#?, undated

#?, [lots of marking on plate, very broken, not taped], March 29, 1973

#3, [thin plate, 3/21/[7]3 on plate, plate taped together, one corner broken loose], March 21, 1973?

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4RM233 [SRH1230024952]

Chinguetti children singing, audiocassette, undated

Chinguetti Meteorite

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4RM183 [SRH1230024898]

Correspondence and printed material, 1975-1982

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OD1199

Two maps, undated

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Series 2. Notes

Course notes

Les Houches

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

"Problems," Les Houches, handwritten notes, 1963

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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4RM183 [SRH1230024898]

"QFT – Bryce's Notes," [handwritten notes, probably from UNC], undated

"193 PROB," [191-192 Cécile?], [handwritten notes], undated

"Physics 260," [handwritten notes], undated

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4RM184 [SRH1230024899]

"260-261 PROB," Quantum Mechanics [?], [handwritten notes and printed material], undated

"Physics 262/263 – QED," [handwritten notes], undated

"QFT 263," [Quantum Field Theory?], [handwritten notes], undated

University of Texas at Austin

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4RM184 [SRH1230024899]

"Analysis," [handwritten notes], undated

"Bryce/Jeffreys 308," [Astronomy course], handwritten notes and printed material], 1972

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4RM196 [SRH1230024910]

"Quantum Geometrodynamics," [photocopies of student notes], 1972-1973

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4RM185 [SRH1230024900]

"Classical Mechanics," PHY385K, [photocopy of handwritten notes], spring 1994

"DIFF GEOM/REL," [handwritten notes], undated

"Point-Set Topology," course on Topology R-Index Theorems, taught jointly with ? [see note], [photocopy of handwritten notes], undated

"Quantum Field Theory I," [handwritten notes], undated

"Quantum Field Theory II," [handwritten notes and photocopies of handwritten notes], undated

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4RM186 [SRH1230024901]

"QTE II," [second quantization?], [photocopied notes in students' handwriting], spring 1973

"Renormalization theory," PHY393T, [handwritten notes and printed material], fall 1993

"Renormalization," [PHY393T], [handwritten notes, photocopies of handwritten notes, and printed material], fall 1993

[Renormalization theory], PHY393T, [photocopy of handwritten notes], undated

"SR," Special relativity and general relativity, [handwritten notes], undated

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4RM187 [SRH1230024902]

"Topology," [handwritten notes in Bryce DeWitt's hand], undated

Unknown location

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4RM187 [SRH1230024902]

"Quantum Theory," pp. 101-116, [copy of handwritten notes], undated

"Advanced Mechanics," [handwritten notes in BSD's hand], undated

"Classical Mechanics," [handwritten notes], undated

"Electromagnetic Theory," [handwritten notes], undated

"Quantum Mechanics I," [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand], undated

"Quantum Mechanics II," [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand], undated

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4RM188 [SRH1230024903]

"Advanced Quantum Mechanics I," [handwritten notes], undated

"Advanced Quantum Mechanics II," [handwritten notes], undated

"Quantum Mechanics Supplement," includes three pages of notes on "Transformation from one Hilbert Space to another," [handwritten notes], undated

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4RM196 [SRH1230024910]

"Group Reps" [?], undated

Lecture notes

By Bryce DeWitt

Les Houches (École de Physique des Houches)

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4RM230 [SRH1230024949]

"Quantum Mechanics," bound, July 1953

Chapters I-III, Errata

Chapters IV-X

Chapters I-X

Appendix, Errata

Stanford University

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4RM231 [SRH1230024950]

"Lectures on Relativity," by Bryce DeWitt, fall 1993

Institute for Theoretical Physics, unidentified title, negatives, transparencies, 1993

Drexel University?, overhead transparencies, undated

Unidentified locations

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4RM231 [SRH1230024950]

"Quantum Theories of Gravity,", undated

"Now returning to quantum mechanics…," pages 145-158, Physics 393T

"r-forms: Antisymmetric covariant,", undated

Unidentified title, transparency photocopies, undated

"Quantum Gravity, Yesterday and Today,", undated

Unidentified title, overhead transparencies, handwritten notes, undated

By Others

Les Houches

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

"Mécanique Statistique," L. Rosenfeld, 1952

"Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Supplement" F. Dyson, 1954

"The Quantum Mechanical Theory of Collisions," R. Glauber, 1954

"Notes on the Theory of Phase Transitions," G. Uhlenbeck, 1955

"The Statistical Mechanics of Non-Equilibrium Phenomena," G. Uhlenbeck, 1955

"I. Scattering Problems," "II. Elementary Particles," L. Rosenfeld, 1957

Research notes

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4RM196 [SRH1230024910]

"Radiation Damping in a Gravitational Field," publication number 11, [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand], 1960

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4RM197 [SRH1230024911]

"Quantization of Geometry Worksheets," publication number 22, [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand], 1962

"Linearized Gravitation," publication number 22, [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand], 1962

"Black Hole Handbook I (copy 4)," notes by BSD and students for Num. Rel. calculation of black collisions, 1972-1975

"First notes on the theory of constraints," [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [circa 1975?]

"Second notes on the theory of constraints," [handwritten notes in DeWitt's hand, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [circa 1975?]

"Quantization of nonlinear theories with constraints," [manuscript for article, signed Bryce DeWitt, likely related to publication number 51, preliminary], [circa 1975?]

Calculation for "Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space," publication number 51, [noted as very important by John Stachel], 1975

"S U 3," University of North Carolina?, undated

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4RM198 [SRH1230024912]

"Faddeev," [handwritten notes], undated

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4RM229 [SRH1230024948]

[Note: these files are in the order established by DeWitt and has been maintained per Cécile DeWitt-Morette's guidance. They are all handwritten originals.]

"Quantum theory of gravity II, III (work sheets),", undated

"Superspace," ["The Geometry and Topology of "Superspace"], undated

"Quantization of action-at-a-distance theories,", undated

"Quantization of arbitrary machines,", undated

"Nonrelativistic composite particle,", undated

"World function and Van Vleck determinant on a 4-sphere,", undated

"Virbein quantization of gravity,", undated

"Thomas precession,", undated

"Hilbert transforms,", undated

"Superconductors as detectors of gravitational drag (first version),", undated

"Geometrical realization of symmetries,", undated

"Charged vector boson,", undated

"Quantum theory of gravity I (work sheets),", undated

"Functional,", undated

"Gauge invariant Quantum Electrodynamics,", undated

"The quantum theory of interacting gravitational and spinor fields,", undated

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4RM234 [SRH1230024953]

"Klein Paradox," article photocopies, handwritten notes, 1939, undated

"Hawking Effect," handwritten notes, undated

"A Gauge Invariant Effective Action," handwritten notes, undated

"Miscellaneous Notes by Bryce," handwritten notes, article photocopies, 1980

"Casimir Effect, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime (notes),", undated

"General Relativity Peratization," reprint (in Russian), handwritten notes, 1965, undated

"Miscellaneous Worksheets," handwritten notes, 1987

"Model," handwritten notes, undated

"Functional Integral from Peierls Bracket," transparencies, February 27, 2006

"Calculations for String Theory,", 2004

"Given by Bryce to Cécile": "Two Loop Calculations," photocopy and handwritten notes, undated

Unfoldered notes, undated

"Bryce's notes," handwritten and photocopied notes, undated

"Notes for Supermanifolds," photocopied notes, undated

"Research notes, probably late," handwritten notes, undated

"Section 13," (Cécile note: research problems to be worked on, with relevant literature"), circa 2000

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4RM235 [SRH1230024954]

Unfoldered notes, undated

"Two loop calculations," photocopied handwritten notes, undated

Unfoldered notes, undated

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4RM189 [SRH1230024904]

Bryce S. DeWitt's student notes

"An Outline of the Elementary Theories of Specific Heats," [term paper?], 1946

Julian Schwinger

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4RM189 [SRH1230024904]

"Electromagnetic theory of light,", 1946

Notes on Schwinger lectures and reprints by Schwinger on quantized fields, 1951-1954, undated

"Quantum Field Theory I,", undated

"Quantum Field Theory II," "Meson Theories of Nuclear Forces, expanded reading notes… Physics 20c, now 307,", undated

"Scattering Theory,", undated

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Series 3. Working Files

[Note: The following were Bryce DeWitt's working files at the time of his death.]

Research files

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4RM174 [SRH1230024888]

Topology [?], undated

Bryce DeWitt

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4RM174 [SRH1230024888]

[Includes "Research Problems," "Examples for Book," "The Zeta Function," and notes on quantization of open strings in Minkowski operations], undated

[Includes reprints by Bryce S. DeWitt, drafts and notes], 1967, 1989-1998, undated

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"], circa 1950, undated

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4RM55c [SRH1230020475]

Oversized graphs, undated

Schwinger, Julian

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4RM174 [SRH1230024888]

[Printed material and notes], 1951, undated

[Pre-prints and report], 1952, undated

Feynman, Richard, 1961-1981

Coleman, Sidney, 1973-1982, undated

Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999, undated

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4RM175 [SRH1230024889]

Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999, undated

Avramidi, I. G., 1990-1999

Dowker, J. S., et al, [papers by Dowker and others], 1970-1997, undated

DeWitt-Morette, Cécile, [including path integration], 1976-1983, undated

Isham, C. J., August 1992

't-Hooft, G., 1973

Woodard, R. P., 1996-2001

λ φ4 (lambda phi – 4th model in four dimensions), [includes grant proposal, printed material and correspondence], 1980-1989, 2002-2003, undated

Infrared catastrophe, undated

Change of interpolating field, 1961-1976, 1991-2001, undated

Simple models, undated

Anomalies, 1978-1995, undated

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4RM176 [SRH1230024891]

Yang-Mills and topology, [includes I. M. Singer's "The Geometry of the Orbit Space for Nonabelian Gauge Theories"], 1978-1984

Two loops, 1992, undated

Effective action and miscellaneous, 1989-1997, undated

Black hole evaporation, 1985-1994, undated

Hawking radiation, 1993-1999

In-In, [correspondence with Tim Gallivan], August 1994

Index theorem, 1978-1994

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4RM177 [SRH1230024892]

Index theorem, 1978-1994

1/8 R, [includes handwritten calculations of 2 loop effects], undated

No-ghost papers, 1997, undated

No-ghost calculations, [work with Carmen Molina-París], undated

No-ghosts, Vikovisky-DeWitt, 1987-1988, undated

Worksheets for book, undated

Geometry of 3-geometries, undated

Many histories, 1971, 1991-1992

Positivity of energy, 1979-1983

Personal notes

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4RM177 [SRH1230024892]

Set theory, undated

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

Semi-simple lie algebras and topological groups, undated

Topology I and II, class notes, undated

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Series 4. Publications

By Bryce DeWitt

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"The Operator Formalism in Quantum Perturbation Theory," for US Atomic Energy Commission, September 1955

The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory

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4RM228 [SRH1230024974]

"The Global Approach, Corrected Sections"- table of contents, "Black Hole Vacua. Hawking Radiation," note to Colleen McMillan

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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4RM228 [SRH1230024974]

Pages 206-277, 1-23f (clipped together), undated

"Part VII: Special Topics,", undated

Pages 24-455, undated

Pages 535-539, 70-149, undated

Pages 126-143, 1-38, undated

Appendix C; "35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational fields,", undated

"35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational fields," pages 691-756, undated

"9. The relativistic particle…", undated

Corrections to manuscript

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4RM178 [SRH1230024893]

"God's Rays," and "Readers Respond to 'God's Rays,'" from Physics Today online, published posthumously, January 2005, June 2005

Sopra un Raggio di Luce, by Bryce S. DeWitt [a memoir], published by Di Renzo Editore, 2005

By Bryce DeWitt and Cécile DeWitt-Morette

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4RM237 [SRH1230024956]

Falling Charges

Worksheets "handwritten by Bryce and Cécile,", 1964

Computations and correspondence, 1960s

Translations by DeWitt

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4RM189 [SRH1230024904]

Bohr-Rosenfeld Paper (translation by Bryce Dewitt), The Quantization of Geometry, "On the Question of the Measurability of the Electromagnetic Field Strengths,", undated

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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4RM233 [SRH1230024952]

Articles, papers, 1944-2007

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

Letter to H. J. Treder concerning The Meaning of Quantum Gravity, December 6, 1988

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Series 5. Institutes

UNC Institute of Field Physics

From binder, [including material on Agnew Hunter Bahnson, Jr.], 1955-1965

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3W111 [SRH1230030404]

Photograph, [from Agnew Hunter Bahnson, Jr. Professorship of Physics program?], March 13, 1965?

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4RM196 [SRH1230024910]

1955-1965, 1985, undated

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4RM235 [SRH1230024954]

"Early plans,", 1955-1964

"Bahnson correspondence,", 1955-1956

"Bahnson-Memoranda,", 1956-1963

Correspondence with and about Agnew H. Bahnson, photograph of Bahnson, 1958-1971, undated

"IFP Historical" – memoranda, correspondence, progress reports, 1955-1958

"Bahnson-Experiments" – correspondence, Bahnson drawings, 1958

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4RM236 [SRH1230024955]

Various (2 folders): correspondence, Bahnson professorship, reports, Bahnson death, foundational documents, 1955-1964

Unfiled material from Scrapbook [see Personal for other material]

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4RM198 [SRH1230024912]

UNC Institute of Field Physics, 1956-1983, undated

Battelle Memorial Institute's Seattle Research Center, 1967

Les Houches Physics School, undated

Institute for Advanced Study

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4RM236 [SRH1230024955]

Letter to DeWitt from Robert Oppenheimer inviting him to be a member, February 1, 1966

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Series 6. Interviews

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

Interview: DeWitt and John Wheeler talking in Mazagón, Spain, audiocassette, note, 1991

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Series 7. Conferences

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

Conferences: programs, participant list, correspondence, 1994-1998, 2007

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Series 8. Work by Others

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4RM232 [SRH1230024951]

"Everett [Hugh]" – documents related to DeWitt's work, 2000-2001, undated

Letter from Robert Herman to Jean Leray, September 19, 1981

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Series 9. Professional Documentation

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4RM196 [SRH1230024910]

Annual faculty report, 1979

Curriculum vitae [working copy, annotated by John Stachel, includes publication numbers], 2004

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Series 10. Personal

Travel Journals

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2016-161/1 [20878266]

India travel diary, circa 1955

Death Valley, 1969

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2016-161/2 [20878255]

Africa, 1972

Morocco, 1976

Ethiopia, 1979

Kenya 1980-1981, journal, correspondence, photographs, 1979-1982

Russia, Africa, 1981-1982

Beijing, Xinjiang, Chinese Turkestan, Karakoram Mountains, August-October 1985

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2016-161/3 [20878244]

Beijing, Xinjiang, Chinese Turkestan, Karakoram Mountains, (2 folders), journal, photographs, 1985

Sierras, 1989

Tanzania, 1991

Zanskar, India, 1995

Sierras, Himalayas, undated

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4RM198 [SRH1230024912]

Unfiled material from Scrapbook

Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 1961

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4RM55a [SRH1230020473]

Harvard University class of 1943, 25th reunion (2 photographs), 1968
Dimensions: 18 inches X 10 inches

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4RM233 [SRH1230024952]

Emails, printouts made by family members concerning DeWitt, 2007

Oral history: DeWitt interviewed by Nicolette DeWitt, mini-digital video cassettes, circa 2004

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted [currently, these tapes cannot be viewed due to lack of playback equipment]

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2.351

Scrapbook [currently restricted for preservation]: newspaper clippings, conference program, 1955-1957
Math office Math office

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted

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