Research Notebooks
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically in five sub-series: Department of Physics, Graduate Students, Teaching, Publications and Research. Information from Houston's teaching career and his research is located in this series.
This series includes exams, grade books, lectures, Physics problems, and student papers from Dr. Houston's days with California Institute of Technology and Rice Institute. Also included in this series are notes and drafts from Houston's two books -- Principles of Mathematical Physics, 1934 and Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 1951, as well as copies of articles he published. Correspondence (located in the Correspondence series) between Houston and several publishers suggest that Houston was working on a book on solid state physics. Finally in this series, there are Houston's research notebooks.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1968
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Extent
From the Series: 29 inches (3 3/4 document boxes).
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu