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Biographical, Curriculu 15/13/57 Liberal Arts and Sciences History Department Lillian E. Hoddeson Papers, 1900-2001, 2010 Box 1: Biographical, Curriculum Vitae, 2010 Conferences Annual Meeting of History of Science Society/ History of Technology Society Atlanta, Georgia, 1975 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976 (2 folders) Dallas, Texas, 1977 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1978 Toronto, Canada, 1980 Chicago, Illinois, 1984 Big Science Workshop, Stanford University, 1988-90 Illinois Colloquium, ca. 1974 International Congress of History of Science, Berkeley, California, 1985 International Congress of History of Science, Munich, Germany, 1989 Correspondence Beckman Institute Appointment, University of Illinois, 2006 Bell Labs publication in Physics Today, 1975-77 Duckworth, Eleanor, 1966-68 Heilbron, John and Bruce Wheaton, 1976 Karplus, Betty, 1971 Karplus, Robert, 1971 Kohler, Robert, 1984-85 Kranzberg, Melvin, 1972-80 Krieger, Martin, 1982 Spring Green Multimedia, 1975 University Centers for Rational Alternatives, Inc, 1969 Vosniadou, Stella, 1988-89 Course Teaching Syllabi, 1994-2006 Grants and Fellowships General, 1989-99 Guggenheim, 2000 National Science Foundation, 1982-99 Research Council, Rutgers, 1973-75 Rockefeller, 1976 Lectures and talks General, 1988-99 Interview in film “Superbomb,” 1987-89 Physics for Poets Technology Studies Seminar Series, M.I.T., 1975 15/13/57 2 Manuscripts General, ca. 1999 “Evolution of the American Physics Community,” book review of Daniel Kevles’ The Physicists. The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America. Alfred Knopf: New York, 1978. “The Evolution of Bell Laboratories’ Program in Basic Solid-State Physics Culminating in the Discovery of the Transistor, 1977-80 “Exact Solutions of the Integral Equations for the Anomalous Skin Effect and Cyclotron Resonance in Metals,”ca. 1966 “The Los Alamos Implosion Program in World War II: A model for postwar American research,” 1988 “Physics in America in the 1920's and 1930's,” 1975 “Remembrance of Things Past: A Laboratory to Recreate History in Physics,” and “History of Physics Laboratory,” 1971 “Story of Quantum Theory,”1970-71 (2 folders) Publications Computer files from Hoddeson’s book (ed.) No boundaries : University of Illinois vignettes. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004, includes 1 CD, 2 zip discs, and 2 floppy discs, 2005 Final Report of Silicon, Carbon, Culture Initiative, University of Illinois, Fall 2002-03 Box 2: Journal articles and book chapters 1963 1966 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1980 1981 1982 1983 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 (2 folders) 1993 1994 1995 15/13/57 3 1996 1997 1998 1999 Reviews, 1993-98 Research Biographical notes on Frederick Seitz, 1961-81 Biographical notes on William Warfield, 1984 Derek Shouba’s notes, ca. 1973 Science Education Brochures on alternative science and math schools in the US, ca. 1968-74 The Dalton School, New York City, New York, 1966-70 The Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1970-71 Piagetian Theory and Instruction, ca. 1968-74 “Proposal for Laboratory Elementary School at the University of Illinois,” ca. 1989 (3 folders) University Primary School Philosophy and Manual, Urbana, Illinois, ca. 1989 Science Education Publications African Primary Science Program, produced by Educational Services Incorporated, Newton, Massachussetts, operating under US/AID Contract No. csd-772 Teachers’ guides and student manuals “Air,” 1966 “Art,” 1966 “Chicks in the Classroom,” 1966 “Playground Equipment to Build Science Experience,” 1966 “Powders,” 1966 “Wet Sand,” 1966 Elementary Science Study of Educational Services Incorporated, Watertown, Massachussetts Newsletter, 1970 Teachers’ guides and student manuals “Behavior of Mealworms,” 1964 “The Animal Book: Exploring New Ways of Bringing Animals and Children Together,” ca. 1965 “Elementary School Biology,” Dr. Charles Walcott, ca. 1965 “The Faithful Eye of Robert Hooke,”1965 “A Guide to Tadpoles,” ca. 1965 “Pond Water,” ca. 1965 “Rock and Mineral Samples,” 1965 “Sand,” ca. 1965 “Thermometers and Weighing in a Vacuum,” ca. 1965 “Using the AS+E Simple Miscroscope: Supplement to ESS unit ‘Small 15/13/57 4 Things,’”ca. 1965 “Batteries, and Bulbs,” Books 1 - 3, 1966 “Batteries and Bulbs Questions,” ca. 1966 “Euglena,” 1966 “Ice Cubes,” 1966 “Things to Do: Some science problems that can be solved with simple equipment,” 1966 “Using Reminders,” by Don Ford, 1966 “What Happens to Trash and Garbage?,” 1966 “Brine Shrimp,” by Mary Lela Sherburne, 1967 “Changes,” 1967 “Paths,” by Ira Gerstein,1967 “Clay Boats,” 1968 “Daytime Astronomy,” 1968 “Heating and Cooling,” 1968 “Mosquitos,” 1968 (2 folders) Box 3: “Musical Instrument Recipe Book,” 1968 “Optics,” 1968 “Outdoor Mapping,” 1968 “Sink and Float,” 1968 (2 folders) “Structures,” 1968 “Tracks,” 1968 “Whistles and Strings,” 1968 “Earthworms,” 1969 “Kids, Cameras, and Communities,”1969 “Match and Measure,” 1969 “The ESS Reader,” 1970 “A Working Guide to the Elementary Science Study,” 1971 Unidentified document, “Stencil 1327" Science Curriculum Improvement Study, University of California, Berkeley, California Brochure, 1967 Newsletters, 1967 -1970 Teachers’ guides and student manuals “Theoretical Background of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study,” by Robert Karplus, 1965 “Temperature,” 1966 “Variation and Measurement,” 1966 “Variation and Measurement - Part II,” ca. 1966 “Energy,” 1967 “Environments,” 1968 “Models for Electric and Magnetic Interaction,” 1968 15/13/57 5 “Relativity,” 1968 “Systems and Subsystems,” 1968 “Communities,” 1969 “Energy Sources,” 1969 “Periodic Motion,” 1969 “Populations” 1969 “Ecosystems,” 1970 “Interactions and Systems,” 1970 “Life cycles,” 1970 “Position and Motion,”1970 “Subsystems and Variables,”1970 “Organisms,” 1971 Other Science Education Publications Klopfer, Leo, “Fraunhofer Lines,” History of Science Cases (HOSC), Science Research Association, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1964 Venable, A., “Soapstone Carving,” MSS, 1964 Churchill, Edith H.E., “Balancing: A brief outline for Washington, D.C. teachers,” ca. 1965 ESI, “People Pieces, Color Cubes, Creature Cards, and A Blocks,” 1966 Klopfer, Leo E., “Air Pressure,” History of Science Cases (HOSC), Science Research Associations, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1966 Sherburne, Mary Lela, “The Cardozo Model School District: A Peach Tree Grows on T Street,” Education Development Center (EDC), Newton, Massachusetts, 1967 Swartz and Appel, “Individualization: An Emergent Concept in Science Instruction,” from Forum on Individualization in Science Instruction, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, December 1967 Responsive Environments Corporation (REC), “The Learning Child of Home,” 1968 Hoddeson, Lillian and Toni Ungerer, “Encyclopedia of Wonderful Things To Do,” MSS with color slides, 1970 Koral, Jerry N., “Solids and Water: An Explorations in Science Lab (Solubility),” Learning Research Associates, Inc.: New York, NY, 1970 Box 4: Koral, Jerry N., “Weight and Size: Teacher’s Guide,” Learning Research Associates, Inc., New York, 1970 Karplus, Robert and Warren Wollman, “Intellectual Development Beyond Elementary School V,” 1973 Lawson, Anton and Anthony Blake, “Concrete and Formal Thinking Abilities in High School Biology Students...” Advancement of Education in Science- Oriented Programs (AESOP), 1974 Lawson, Anton and Warren Wollman, “Physics Problems and the Process of Self- 15/13/57 6 Regulation,” Advancement of Education in Science-Oriented Programs (AESOP), 1975 Hoddeson’s research about John Bardeen, in preparation for her book: True Genius: The Life and Science of John Bardeen, Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2002. Interview transcripts Alpert, Dan, 1992 Anderson, Dr. Philip, 1988 Bardeen Family, 1992 Bardeen, Jane, 1993 (3 folders) Bardeen, John by Lincoln Barnett, 1963 by Maynard Brichford, 1965 by Louise Geislers, of WILL, 1973 by John L. Gregory, with Walter Brattain and William Shockley, 1972 by Lillian Hoddeson, 1977 - 85 (3 folders) by William Aspray for The Princeton Mathematics Community in the 1930s: An Oral History Project, 1984 (2 copies) Baym, Gordon, 1992 Bohr, Niels, 1962 (5 folders) Brattain, Walter By Charles Weiner, 1974 By Lincoln Barnett, 1963 By A.N. Holden, 1964 Brattain, Bob, 1998 Bray, Jim, 1993 (4 folders) Burtis, Louis, 1995 Clarke, John, 1993 Coleman, Paul, 1992 Cooper, Leon By E. Rosenfield, 1994 Personal account of events that led to the theory of superconductivity, “Origins of the Theory of Superconductivity,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 23.2, 1987 By Lillian Hoddeson, 2000 DeBrunner, Peter, 1992 Dessauer, John and Eric Pell, 1992 Drickamer, Harry, 1992 Duke, Charles, 1993 Early, Jim, 1993 Eisenhour, Snowden, 1995 Fisk, James Foy, Phil, ca. 2000 15/13/57 7 Frauenfelder, Hans, 1992 Gallo, Charles, 1994-95 (4 folders) Giaver, Ivar and Charlie Bean, 1995 Goldwasser, Ned, 1992 Greytak, Thomas, 1993 Gruner, George, 2000 Gunsalus, I.C., 1992 Hames,. John, 1992 Handler, Paul, 1993 Hartmann, Gregory, 1992 Henschel, Anne Bardeen, 1992, 1995 (3 folders) Herring, Conyers, 1974, 1992, 2000 (6 folders) Transcript of notes on visiting Herring’s home, 1981 Hess, Karl Hess Hogan, Les, 1992 (2 folders) Holden, Alan, 1974 Box 5: Holonyak, Nick, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000 (8 folders) Hone, Dan, 1993 Kelly, 1963 Lazarus, David, 1992 (2 folders) Leggett, Tony, 1993 Leonard, Nelson, 1992 Lyding, Joseph, 2000 Marlow, Don, 1992 Mapother, Dillon, 1993 McKay, Ken, 1992 (2 folders) McMillan, Joyce, 1995 (2 folders) Miller, John, 1993 (2 folders) Millman, Sid, 1974, 1992 (2 folders) Moll, John, 1992 Morrison, Glenis Beach, 1995 Nakajima, Sadas,
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