TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series 1. Field Work
Series 2. Notes
Series 3. Working Files
Series 4. Publications
Series 5. Institutes
Series 6. Interviews
Series 7. Conferences
Series 8. Work by Others
Series 9. Professional Documentation
Series 10. Personal
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A Guide to the Bryce S. DeWitt Papers, 1919, 1946-2007
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Creator: |
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman),
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Title: |
Bryce S. DeWitt Papers |
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Dates: |
1919,
1946-2007 |
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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.
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Accession No.: |
2005-006; 2006-071; 2006-109; 2010-056; 2010-232;
2011-243; 2016-161 |
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Extent: |
10 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The
University of Texas at Austin |
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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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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Access Restrictions
Restricted access to glass plates. All other materials unrestricted. Access to glass
plates arranged by appointment only. Contact archivist for details.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004 |
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DeWitt-Morette, Cécile |
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Schwinger, Julian Seymour,
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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École d’été de physique théorique (Les
Houches, Haute-Savoie, France) |
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University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of
Physics |
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Subjects |
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Astronomical photography |
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Physics experiments |
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Solar eclipses--1973. |
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Bryce S. DeWitt Papers, 1919, 1946-2007, and undated, Archives of American
Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at
Austin.
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Series 1. Field Work |
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Eclipse |
box |
2016-161/1 (SRH Math office) |
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Journals: |
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Site examination in Mauritania and Niger, July
6, 1972 |
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Eclipse expedition in Mauritania, handwritten,
1973 |
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Eclipse expedition in Mauritania, typed, 1973 |
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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 and undated |
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4RM228 |
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Chinguetti eclipse: rehearsals, audiocassette,
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Eclipse?, audiocassettes [3], June 9-30
[1973] |
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4RM178 |
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Eclipse reduction notes and printed material, [includes
detailed log of glass plates], ca. 1973 and
undated |
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Reports and articles |
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Solar Eclipse 1973 Bulletin,
Number 5, National Science Foundation, Program for Observations
of the Solar Eclipse, 1973 |
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4RM183 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sky and Telescope, vol. 47,
no. 5, see “A Relativity Experiment Refurbished,” pages 301-306,
May 1974 |
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Manuscript of “Gravitational Deflection of Light, Solar
Eclipse of 30 June 1973,” Parts one and
two, undated |
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Harlan’s Globetrotters: The Story of an
Eclipse, by David S. Evans and Karen I.
Winget, 2005 |
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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 |
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[Note: the order of these files (accession 2011-143) has been
maintained as received per Cécile DeWitt’s guidance.] |
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Correspondence, 1972-1973 |
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Essay, articles, memo: |
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“The Story of McDonald Observatory East,” by Bryce
DeWitt |
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Memo from DeWitt to eclipse team: “Life and work at
Chinguetti,” 1973 |
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“Gravitational Deflection of Light. Solar Eclipse of 30
June 1973,” photocopy and reprint,
1972-1976 |
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Memo from DeWitt to eclipse team: “Decisions and
agreements reached at meeting on Saturday 30 September 1972, at
Princeton,” 1972 |
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Photographs: Mauritania (4 photographs),
1973 |
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Articles: |
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“A Relativity Experiment Refurbished,” by Bryce DeWitt et
al., 1974 |
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Johann Georg von Soldner and the Gravitational Bending of
Light…” Stanley L. Jaki, 1978 |
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Photographic printouts (2), notes, correspondence, article:
“Gravitational Deflection of Light. Solar Eclipse of 30 June 1973,”
1973-1976, 2001, 2005 |
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Paper: “Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the
Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition,” by Daniel Kennefick
– article printout, 2007 |
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Printouts of photographs “Matzner’s collection,”
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Correspondence, articles, notes,
1970-1975 |
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Photographs, four 8 X 10 black and white photos from the site
of the experiment, [1973] |
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Eclipse plate finding charts, [computer
print-outs] |
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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,
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[A], corresponding data
sheets, 1973 |
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[B], EPS PSC 44, July 28,
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[C], NOV REF (2 copies), MAY REF, NOV REF 3, [four
sheets], May 8, 9, 28,
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[D], DEL PSC, July 20,
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[E], TEX 45, August 7,
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[F], TXE 45, July 20,
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[G], ECLIPSE DEC COMPAR, January 10,
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[H], JUN 73 ECLIPSE, January 10,
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[I], MOO JUN 12 UT 23, May 23,
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[J], MOO JUN 13 UT 23, May 23,
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[K], MOO JUN 14 UT 23, May 23,
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[L], MOO JUN 15 UT 23, May 23,
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[M], MOO JUN 16 UT 23, May 23,
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[N], MOO JUN 17 UT 23, May 23,
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Plates |
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Paper material, ca. 1973 |
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Glass plates |
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8” X 10” plates |
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#?, [part broken
off], undated |
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#1, undated |
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#2, undated |
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#3, undated |
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#TXE 1, June 11,
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#TXE 5, June 12,
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#TXE 6, June 13,
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#TXE 8, June 13,
1973 |
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#TXE 9, June 14,
1973 |
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#TXE 10, June 14,
1973 |
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#TXE 11, June 14,
1973 |
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#TXE 19, June 19,
1973 |
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#TXE 27, June 23,
1973 |
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#TXE 39, June 27,
1973 |
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12” X 12” plates |
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#?, [Eclipse, first
series], undated |
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#?, undated |
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#?, undated |
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#1, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
12, 1973 |
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#2, [22.15 written on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 12, 1973 |
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#2, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
12, 1973 |
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#3, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
12, 1973 |
Box |
4RM141 |
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#4, [April 28, 1973 on box], November
12, 1973 |
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#5?, [11/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 12,
1973 |
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#6, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
12, 1973 |
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#7, [12/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 13,
1973 |
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#11, [2/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 13,
1973 |
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#12, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
13, 1973 |
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#13, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
14, 1973 |
Box |
4RM142 |
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#15, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
15-16, 1973 |
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#16, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
15-16, 1973 |
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#18, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
16, 1973 |
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#19, November 16,
1973 |
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#19?, [October 29, 1973 on
box], November 16,
1973? |
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#20, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on
box], November 16,
1973 |
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#21, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on
box], November 16,
1973 |
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#23, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
16, 1973 |
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#24, [6/11 on plate, October 29, 1973 on
box], November 16,
1973 |
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#32, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
17, 1973 |
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#33, [October 29, 1973 on box], November
17, 1973 |
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#TP 2, undated |
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#TXE 2, June 11,
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#TXE 3, June 12,
1973 |
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4RM144 |
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#TXE 4, June 12,
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#TXE 7, June 13,
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#TXE 12, June 14,
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#TXE 13, [thin plate], June 15,
1973 |
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#TXE 18, [April 28, 1973 on plate], June
19, 1973 |
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#TXE 20, [June 19,
1973?] |
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#TXE 21, June 21,
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#TXE 22, [positive?, April 28, 1973 on
box], June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 22, [negative? July 25, 1973 written on
plate, April 28, 1973 on box], June 21,
1973 |
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#TXE 23, [thin plate, part broken off],
June 21, 1973 |
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#TXE 24, June 21,
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#TXE 25, June 22,
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#TXE 26, [April 28, 1973 on box], June
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#TXE 30, June 25,
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#TXE 31, June 25,
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#TXE 32, June 26,
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#TXE 35, [thin plate], June 26,
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#TXE 36, June 26,
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#TXE 37, June 27,
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#TXE 38, June 27,
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#TXE 39, [thin plate], April 28,
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#TXE 42, [thin plate], June 28,
1973 |
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#TXE 44, [April 28, 1973 on box], June
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#TXE 45, [marked up plate], June 28,
1973 |
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#TXE 47, [Eclipse, first
series], undated |
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14” X 17” plates, negatives of 1973 eclipse field
from Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona |
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#4783, [blue], April 3,
1972 |
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#4784, [blue], April 3,
1972 |
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#4785, [red], April 3,
1972 |
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From “suitcase” |
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Paper material, ca.
1973 |
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Glass plates [all 12” X 12”] |
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#8, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on
box], November 13,
1973 |
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#9, [12/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on
box], November 13,
1973 |
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#10, [?/11 on plate, May 24, 1973 on
box], November 13,
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#17, [?/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on
box], November 15-16,
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#22, [16/11 on plate, April 18, 1973 on
box], November 16,
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#28, [1?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 17,
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#29, [?/11 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 17,
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#30, [17/1 on plate, April 28, 1973 on
box], November 17,
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#31, [17/11, with inked in labels on stars on
plate, May 24, 1973 on box], November 17,
1973 |
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#TXE 46, [“Eclipse plate,” April 28, 1973 on
box], June 30, 1973 |
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#TXE 47, [April 28, 1973 on box], June
30, 1973 |
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#TXE 48, [April 28, 1973 on box], June
30, 1973 |
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4RM178 |
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Broken plates |
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Paper material, ca.
1973 |
Box |
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Glass plates [10.5” X 10.5”] |
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[Note: Very
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#?, undated |
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#?, [lots of marking on plate, very broken, not
taped], March 29,
1973 |
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#3, [thin plate, 3/21/[7]3 on plate, plate taped
together, one corner broken loose], March 21,
1973? |
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Chinguetti children singing,
audiocassette, undated |
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Chinguetti Meteorite |
Box |
4RM183 |
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Correspondence and printed
material, 1975-1982 |
Box |
OD1199 |
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Two maps, undated |
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Series 2. Notes |
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Course notes |
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Les Houches |
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“Problems,” Les Houches, handwritten
notes, 1963 |
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4RM183 |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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“QFT – Bryce’s Notes,” [handwritten notes, probably from
UNC], undated |
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“193 PROB,” [191-192 Cécile?], [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Physics 260,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“260-261 PROB,” Quantum Mechanics [?], [handwritten notes
and printed material], undated |
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“Physics 262/263 – QED,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“QFT 263,” [Quantum Field Theory?], [handwritten
notes], undated |
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University of Texas at Austin |
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“Analysis,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Bryce/Jeffreys 308,” [Astronomy course], handwritten
notes and printed
material], 1972 |
Box |
4RM196 |
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“Quantum Geometrodynamics,” [photocopies of student
notes], 1972-1973 |
Box |
4RM185 |
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“Classical Mechanics,” PHY385K, [photocopy of handwritten
notes], spring 1994 |
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“DIFF GEOM/REL,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Point-Set Topology,” course on Topology R-Index
Theorems, taught jointly with ? [see note], [photocopy of
handwritten notes], undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory I,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory II,” [handwritten notes and
photocopies of handwritten
notes], undated |
Box |
4RM186 |
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“QTE II,” [second quantization?], [photocopied notes in
students’ handwriting], spring
1973 |
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“Renormalization theory,” PHY393T, [handwritten notes and
printed material], fall 1993 |
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“Renormalization,” [PHY393T], [handwritten notes,
photocopies of handwritten notes, and printed
material], fall 1993 |
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[Renormalization theory], PHY393T, [photocopy of
handwritten notes], undated |
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“SR,” Special relativity and general relativity,
[handwritten notes], undated |
Box |
4RM187 |
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“Topology,” [handwritten notes in Bryce DeWitt’s
hand], undated |
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Unknown location |
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“Quantum Theory,” pp. 101-116, [copy of handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Advanced Mechanics,” [handwritten notes in BSD’s
hand], undated |
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“Classical Mechanics,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Electromagnetic Theory,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics I,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s
hand], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics II,” [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s
hand], undated |
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4RM188 |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics I,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics II,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
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“Quantum Mechanics Supplement,” includes three pages of
notes on “Transformation from one Hilbert Space to another,”
[handwritten notes], undated |
Box |
4RM196 |
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“Group Reps” [?], undated |
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Lecture notes |
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By Bryce DeWitt |
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Les Houches (École de Physique des Houches) |
Box |
4RM230 |
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“Quantum Mechanics,” bound, July
1953 |
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Chapters I-III, Errata |
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Chapters IV-X |
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Chapters I-X |
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Appendix, Errata |
Box |
4RM231 |
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Stanford University |
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“Lectures on Relativity,” by Bryce
DeWitt, fall 1993 |
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Institute for Theoretical Physics, unidentified title,
negatives, transparencies, 1993 |
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Drexel University?, overhead
transparencies, undated |
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Unidentified locations |
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“Quantum Theories of
Gravity,” undated |
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“Now returning to quantum mechanics…,” pages 145-158,
Physics 393T |
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“r-forms: Antisymmetric
covariant,” undated |
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Unidentified title, transparency
photocopies, undated |
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“Quantum Gravity, Yesterday and
Today,” undated |
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Unidentified title, overhead transparencies,
handwritten notes, undated |
Box |
4RM232 |
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By Others |
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Les Houches |
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“Mécanique Statistique,” L.
Rosenfeld, 1952 |
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“Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Supplement” F.
Dyson, 1954 |
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“The Quantum Mechanical Theory of Collisions,” R.
Glauber, 1954 |
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“Notes on the Theory of Phase Transitions,” G.
Uhlenbeck, 1955 |
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“The Statistical Mechanics of Non-Equilibrium
Phenomena,” G.
Uhlenbeck, 1955 |
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“I. Scattering Problems,” “II. Elementary Particles,”
L. Rosenfeld, 1957 |
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Research notes |
Box |
4RM196 |
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Research notes |
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“Radiation Damping in a Gravitational Field,” publication
number 11, [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s
hand], 1960 |
Box |
4RM197 |
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“Quantization of Geometry Worksheets,” publication number
22, [handwritten notes in DeWitt’s
hand], 1962 |
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“Linearized Gravitation,” publication number 22,
[handwritten notes in DeWitt’s
hand], 1962 |
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“Black Hole Handbook I (copy 4),” notes by BSD and
students for Num. Rel. calculation of black
collisions, 1972-1975 |
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“First notes on the theory of constraints,” [handwritten
notes in DeWitt’s hand, likely related to publication number 51,
preliminary], [ca. 1975?] |
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“Second notes on the theory of constraints,” [handwritten
notes in DeWitt’s hand, likely related to publication number 51,
preliminary], [ca. 1975?] |
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“Quantization of nonlinear theories with constraints,”
[manuscript for article, signed Bryce DeWitt, likely related to
publication number 51, preliminary], [ca.
1975?] |
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Calculation for “Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space,”
publication number 51, [noted as very important by John
Stachel], 1975 |
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“S U 3,” University of North
Carolina?, undated |
Box |
4RM198 |
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“Faddeev,” [handwritten
notes], undated |
Box |
4RM229 |
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[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.] |
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“Quantum theory of gravity II, III (work
sheets),” undated |
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“Superspace,” [“The Geometry and Topology of
“Superspace”] undated |
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“Quantization of action-at-a-distance
theories,” undated |
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“Quantization of arbitrary
machines,” undated |
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“Nonrelativistic composite
particle,” undated |
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“World function and Van Vleck determinant on a
4-sphere,” undated |
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“Virbein quantization of
gravity,” undated |
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“Thomas
precession,” undated |
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“Hilbert transforms,”
undated |
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“Superconductors as detectors of gravitational drag
(first version),” undated |
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“Geometrical realization of
symmetries,” undated |
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“Charged vector
boson,” undated |
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“Quantum theory of gravity I (work
sheets),” undated |
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“Functional,” undated |
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“Gauge invariant Quantum
Electrodynamics,” undated |
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“The quantum theory of interacting gravitational and
spinor fields,” undated |
Box |
4RM234 |
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“Klein Paradox,” article photocopies, handwritten notes, 1939, undated |
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“Hawking Effect,” handwritten notes, undated |
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“A Gauge Invariant Effective Action,” handwritten notes,
undated |
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“Miscellaneous Notes by Bryce,” handwritten notes,
article photocopies, 1980,
undated |
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“Casimir Effect, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
(notes),” undated |
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“General Relativity Peratization,” reprint (in Russian),
handwritten notes, 1965,
undated |
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“Miscellaneous Worksheets,” handwritten notes,
1987 |
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“Model,” handwritten notes,
undated |
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“Functional Integral from Peierls Bracket,”
transparencies, February 27,
2006 |
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“Calculations for String Theory,”
2004 |
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“Given by Bryce to Cécile”: “Two Loop Calculations,”
photocopy and handwritten notes,
undated |
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Unfoldered notes,
undated |
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“Bryce’s notes,” handwritten and photocopied notes,
undated |
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“Notes for Supermanifolds,” photocopied notes,
undated |
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“Research notes, probably late,” handwritten notes,
undated |
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“Section 13,” (Cécile note: research problems to be
worked on, with relevant literature”), circa
2000 |
Box |
4RM235 |
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Unfoldered notes,
undated |
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“Two loop calculations,” photocopied handwritten notes,
undated |
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Unfoldered notes,
undated |
Box |
4RM189 |
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Bryce S. DeWitt's student notes |
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“An Outline of the Elementary Theories of Specific Heats,”
[term paper?], 1946 |
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Julian Schwinger |
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“Electromagnetic theory of
light,” 1946 |
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Notes on Schwinger lectures and reprints by Schwinger on
quantized fields, 1951-1954 and
undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory
I,” undated |
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“Quantum Field Theory II,” “Meson Theories of Nuclear
Forces, expanded reading notes… Physics 20c, now
307,” undated |
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“Scattering
Theory,” undated |
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Series 3. Working Files |
Box |
4RM174 |
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[Note: The following were Bryce DeWitt’s working files at the
time of his death.] |
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Research files |
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Topology [?], undated |
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Bryce DeWitt |
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[Includes “Research Problems,” “Examples for Book,”
“The Zeta Function,” and notes on quantization of open
strings in Minkowski
operations], undated |
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[Includes reprints by Bryce S. DeWitt, drafts and
notes], 1967, 1989-1998 and
undated |
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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”], ca. 1950 and
undated |
Box |
4RM55c |
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Oversized
graphs, undated |
Box |
4RM174 |
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Schwinger, Julian |
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[Printed material and notes], 1951 and
undated |
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[Pre-prints and report], 1952 and
undated |
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Feynman,
Richard, 1961-1981 |
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Coleman, Sidney, 1973-1982 and
undated |
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Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999 and
undated |
Box |
4RM175 |
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Vilkovisky, G. A., 1983-1999 and
undated |
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Avramidi, I.
G., 1990-1999 |
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Dowker, J. S., et al, [papers by Dowker and
others], 1970-1997 and
undated |
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DeWitt-Morette, Cécile, [including path
integration], 1976-1983 and
undated |
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Isham, C. J., August 1992 |
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‘t-Hooft, G., 1973 |
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Woodard, R. P., 1996-2001 |
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λ φ4 (lambda phi – 4th model in four dimensions),
[includes grant proposal, printed material and
correspondence], 1980-1989, 2002-2003 and
undated |
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Infrared
catastrophe, undated |
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Change of interpolating field, 1961-1976,
1991-2001 and undated |
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Simple models, undated |
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Anomalies, 1978-1995 and
undated |
Box |
4RM176 |
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Yang-Mills and topology, [includes I. M. Singer’s “The
Geometry of the Orbit Space for Nonabelian Gauge
Theories”], 1978-1984 |
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Two loops, 1992 and
undated |
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Effective action and miscellaneous, 1989-1997
and undated |
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Black hole evaporation, 1985-1994 and
undated |
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Hawking
radiation, 1993-1999 |
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In-In, [correspondence with Tim
Gallivan], August 1994 |
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Index theorem, 1978-1994 |
Box |
4RM177 |
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Index theorem, 1978-1994 |
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1/8 R, [includes handwritten calculations of 2 loop
effects], undated |
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No-ghost papers, 1997 and
undated |
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No-ghost calculations, [work with Carmen
Molina-París], undated |
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No-ghosts, Vikovisky-DeWitt, 1987-1988 and
undated |
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Worksheets for
book, undated |
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Geometry of
3-geometries, undated |
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Many histories, 1971,
1991-1992 |
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Positivity of
energy, 1979-1983 |
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Personal notes |
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Set theory, undated |
Box |
4RM178 |
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Semi-simple lie algebras and topological
groups, undated |
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Topology I and II, class
notes, undated |
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Series 4. Publications |
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By Bryce DeWitt |
box |
2016-161/1 (SRH-Math) |
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“The Operator Formalism in Quantum Perturbation Theory,” for
US Atomic Energy Commission, September 1955 |
Box |
4RM228 |
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The Global Approach to Quantum Field
Theory |
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“The Global Approach, Corrected Sections”- table of
contents, “Black Hole Vacua. Hawking Radiation,” note to Colleen
McMillan |
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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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Pages 206-277, 1-23f (clipped
together), undated |
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“Part VII: Special
Topics,” undated |
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Pages 24-455, undated |
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Pages 535-539,
70-149, undated |
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Pages 126-143,
1-38, undated |
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Appendix C; “35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational
fields,” undated |
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“35. The Yang-Mills and gravitational fields,” pages
691-756, undated |
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“9. The relativistic
particle…”, undated |
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Corrections to manuscript |
Box |
4RM178 |
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“God’s Rays,” and “Readers Respond to ‘God’s Rays,’” from
Physics Today online, published
posthumously, January, June
2005 |
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Sopra un Raggio di Luce, by
Bryce S. DeWitt [a memoir], published by Di Renzo
Editore, 2005 |
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By Bryce DeWitt and Cécile DeWitt-Morette |
Box |
4RM237 |
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Falling Charges |
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Worksheets “handwritten by Bryce and Cécile,”
1964 |
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Computations and correspondence, 1960s |
Box |
4RM189 |
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Translations by DeWitt |
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Bohr-Rosenfeld Paper (translation by Bryce Dewitt), The
Quantization of Geometry, “On the Question of the Measurability of
the Electromagnetic Field
Strengths,” undated |
Box |
4RM233 |
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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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Articles, papers, 1944-2007 |
Box |
4RM232 |
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Letter to H. J. Treder concerning The
Meaning of Quantum Gravity, December 6,
1988 |
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Series 5. Institutes |
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UNC Institute of Field Physics |
Box |
4RM196 |
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From binder, [including material on Agnew Hunter Bahnson,
Jr.], 1955-1965 |
Box |
3W111 |
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Photograph, [from Agnew Hunter Bahnson, Jr. Professorship
of Physics program?], March 13, 1965?
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Box |
4RM196 |
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1955-1965, 1985 and undated |
Box |
4RM235 |
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“Early plans,” 1955-1964 |
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“Bahnson correspondence,”
1955-1956 |
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“Bahnson-Memoranda,”
1956-1963 |
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Correspondence with and about Agnew H. Bahnson, photograph of
Bahnson, 1958-1971, undated |
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“IFP Historical” – memoranda, correspondence, progress
reports, 1955-1958 |
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“Bahnson-Experiments” – correspondence, Bahnson drawings,
1958 |
Box |
4RM236 |
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Various (2 folders): correspondence, Bahnson professorship,
reports, Bahnson death, foundational documents,
1955-1964 |
Box |
4RM198 |
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Unfiled material from Scrapbook [see Personal for other
material] |
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UNC Institute of Field Physics, 1956-1983 and
undated |
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Battelle Memorial Institute’s Seattle Research
Center, 1967 |
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Les Houches Physics
School, undated |
Box |
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Institute for Advanced Study |
Box |
4RM236 |
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Letter to DeWitt from Robert Oppenheimer inviting him to be a
member, February 1, 1966 |
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Series 6. Interviews |
Box |
4RM232 |
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Interview: DeWitt and John Wheeler talking in Mazagón, Spain,
audiocassette, note, 1991 |
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Series 7. Conferences |
Box |
4RM232 |
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Conferences: programs, participant list,
correspondence, 1994-1998, 2007 |
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Series 8. Work by Others |
Box |
4RM232 |
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"Everett [Hugh]" – documents related to DeWitt’s
work, 2000-2001, undated |
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Letter from Robert Herman to Jean Leray, September 19,
1981 |
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Series 9. Professional Documentation |
Box |
4RM196 |
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Annual faculty report, 1979 |
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Curriculum vitae [working copy, annotated by John Stachel,
includes publication numbers], 2004 |
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Series 10. Personal |
box |
2016-161/1 (SRH-Math) |
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Travel Journals |
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India travel diary, ca. 1955 |
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Death Valley, 1969 |
box |
2016-161/2 (SRH-Math) |
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Africa, 1972 |
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Morocco, 1976 |
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Ethiopia, 1979 |
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Kenya 1980-1981, journal, correspondence, photographs,
1979-1982 |
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Russia, Africa, 1981-1982 |
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Beijing, Xinjiang, Chinese Turkestan, Karakoram Mountains,
August-October 1985 |
box |
2016-161/3 (SRH-Math) |
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Beijing, Xinjiang, Chinese Turkestan, Karakoram Mountains, (2
folders), journal, photographs,
1985 |
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Sierras, 1989 |
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Tanzania, 1991 |
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Zanskar, India, 1995 |
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Sierras, Himalayas, undated |
Box |
4RM198 |
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Unfiled material from Scrapbook |
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Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 1961 |
Box |
4RM233 |
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Emails, printouts made by family members concerning
DeWitt, 2007 |
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Restricted. Oral history: DeWitt
interviewed by Nicolette DeWitt, mini-digital video cassettes, circa
2004 [currently, these tapes cannot be viewed due to lack of playback
equipment] |
Box |
2.351 (Math office) |
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Restricted. Scrapbook [currently
restricted for preservation]: newspaper clippings, conference
program, 1955-1957 |
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