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Howard Wesley Davis Papers

An inventory of his collection at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Davis, Howard Wesley.
Title: Howard Wesley Davis Papers
Dates: 1949-1963
Size: 9 boxes (4.5 linear feet)
Abstract: The Howard Wesley Davis Papers includes clippings, correspondence, class lectures and assignments, lab equipment, photographs, and publications about his student experience and career as a physicist.
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Howard Wesley Davis (1920-2010) graduated from the Syracuse University Department of Physics with a B.S. degree in Physics in 1949 and an M.S. degree in Physics in 1955. Prior to attending Syracuse University, he served in the Army Air Corp and as a pilot instructor in the Air Force Reserve during World War II. Davis taught undergraduate physics classes as a graduate student at Syracuse University for a short time after his graduation. While in graduate school and briefly afterwards, Davis worked as a part-time associate for the Syracuse University Department of Physics' Institute of Industrial Research and the Syracuse University Research Institute. He was a nationally renowned physicist working in infrared technology. With his work, Davis contributed to many aerospace projects, including the Apollo space program, LandSat Satellites, and early Eyes of the Navy programs. Davis later worked on civilian projects concerning optics and infrared technology, including infrared detection systems, remote sensing, and remote controls. He invented and enhanced numerous technologies during his lifetime.

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Scope and Content Note

The Howard Wesley Davis Papers includes artifacts, clippings, correspondence, class lectures and assignments, photographs, and publications from his time as a student and alumnus of Syracuse University. The collection includes series for Artifacts, Clippings, Correspondence, Lectures and class assignments, Photographs, and Publications.

Artifacts includes some of Howard Wesley Davis' lab equipment. There are 19 glass cells and some of their loose components.

News includes clippings about infrared technologies and the defense field.

Correspondence is divided into two subseries. Howard Wesley Davis includes correspondence to and from Davis regarding equipment, publication requests, and textbooks. The correspondence of Others features incoming and outgoing letters about projects Davis assisted with and includes correspondence from various corporations, departments, and individuals.

Lectures and class assignments include Davis' lecture notes for courses he taught, as well as experiments he was assigned as a student or administered as a teacher.

Photographs contains negatives pertaining to Davis' personal life.

Publications includes research reports of projects Davis worked on at Syracuse University, either as author or co-investigator. The series is divided into 3 subseries that reflect the publishing department or institution of the associated report. The subseries include Institute of Industrial Research (Syracuse University, Department of Physics), Syracuse University, Department of Physics, and the Syracuse University Research Institute (Syracuse University, Department of Physics).

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Davis, Howard Wesley.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Infrared detectors.
Physics.

Types of material

Black-and-white negatives.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Research (documents)
Technical reports.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Howard Wesley Davis Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Becky Davis, Howard Wesley Davis' daughter, 2017.

Processing Information

The Howard Wesley Davis Papers are fully processed, and have been placed in acid-free folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Jenna Bossert
Date: May 2017
Revision history: August 2017 - minor update of EAD, inventory and box organization - SAM

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Arrangement

The Howard Wesley Davis Papers have been arranged alphabetically by and within series, then chronologically.

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Inventory

Artifacts
Box 9 Glass cells circa 1955
Clippings
Box 1 [General] 1959
Correspondence
Howard Wesley Davis
Box 1 General letters 1956-1959 (2 folders)
Others
Box 1 C.O. Jeliff Manufacturing Corporation 1953
Box 1 Indium Corporation of America 1957
Box 1 Levinstein, Henry 1955
Box 1 Syracuse University Department of Physics 1954-1955
Box 1 United States Navy Department, Bureau of Ships 1950
Lectures and class assignments
Box 1 Physics 1A lab manual 1956-1957
Box 1 Physics 1B lab manuals, incomplete circa 1955
Box 1 Physics 1B lab manual, spring semester circa 1955
Box 1 Physics 1B lab manual, spring semester 1956
Box 1 Physics 215 1951
Box 1 Physics 217, spring semester 1955 (2 folders)
Photographs
Box 1 Negatives circa 1950
Publications
Institute of Industrial Research, Syracuse University Department of Physics
Box 2 Dipoles on a Lattice*: The Spherical Model by Melvin Lax 1951
Box 2 Infrared Spectral Emissivity of Terrain, Interim Development Report No. 1 1957
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-23 1950
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-24 1950-1951
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-25 1951
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-27 1951
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-28 1951-1952
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-29 1951-1952
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-30 1952
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-31 1952
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-32 1952-1953
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-33 1953
Box 2 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-34 1953
Box 3 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-34, Supplement II 1953 (2 folders)
Box 3 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-34, Supplement III 1953-1954
Box 3 Interim Engineering Report on Thin Films which Produce Photoelectric and Photoresistive Effects, Physics Report No. 101-35, Section III and Section IV 1955
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-1 1953-1954
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-2 1954
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-2, Supplement I 1954
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-3 1954
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-4 1954
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-5 1954-1955
Box 3 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-6 1955
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-7 1955
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-7, Appendix I 1955
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-8 1955
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-9 1955-1956
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-10 1956
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-11 1956
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 102-12 1956
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 103-1 1957
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 103-2 1957
Box 4 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report No. 103-3 1957
Syracuse University, Department of Physics
Box 4 A CdS Radiation Probe of High Resolution by C. H. Bachman, O. L. Gelormini, and H. W. Davis 1955
Box 4 Convergent Beam Roentgen Tube by C.H. Bachman, H. W. Davis, and O. J. Gelormini 1955
Box 4 Cooled Photoconductive Infrared Detectors by Werner Beyen, Peter Bratt, Howard Davis, Leo Johnson, Henry Levinstein, and Alfred MacRae 1958
Box 4 Directions for Germanium Crystal Pulling circa 1950
Box 4 Electrical Properties of Single Crystals and Thin Films of PbSe and PbTe by S. J. Silverman and H. Levinstein 1954
Box 4 The Electrical and Optical Properties of Lead Telluride Films 1954
Box 4 The Electrical and Optical Properties of PbTe Films by Henry Levinstein 1956
Box 4 Hall Measurements circa 1950
Box 4 High-Frequency Resistance of Photoconducting Films by R. Broudy and H. Levinstein 1953
Box 4 High-Frequency of Thin Films by R. Broudy and H. Levinstein 1953
Box 5 Infrared Spectral Emmission of Terrain Targets by W. R. Fredrickson, R. Paulson, H. W. Davis, and N. Ginsburg circa 1957
Box 5 An Investigation of Infrared Emission and Emissivities circa 1957
Box 5 Photoconductivity of Indium Selenide by Donald E. Bode and Henry Levinstein circa 1949
Box 5 Radiation Limit of Infra-red Detectors 1956
Box 5 Statements of the PbTe Research Groups on the Present Status and Recommended Future Direction of the Research Programs 1950
Box 5 Untitled investigation examining photoconductivity in the infrared region of the spectrum, by W. Beyen, P. Bratt, F. Card, H. Davis, G. Greene, L. Johnson, C. Johnston, H. Levinstein, A. MacRae and D. Mitchell circa 1950
Box 5 Washout Effect in Infrared Background Studies by W. R. Fredrickson, N. Ginsburg, and R. Paulson 1959
Syracuse University Research Institute, Syracuse University, Department of Physics
Box 5 Final Report Germanium and Indium Antimonide Infrared Detectors by Peter Bratt, William Engeler, Henry Levinstein, Alfred MacRae, and John Pehek 1960 (2 folders)
Box 5 Final Report Germanium and Indium Antimonide Infrared Detectors, Appendix I: Optical Studies of Impurities in Germanium by Leo Francis Johnson 1960 (2 folders)
Box 6 Final Report Germanium and Indium Antimonide Infrared Detectors, Appendix II: 1/f Noise by Alfred MacRae 1960 (2 folders)
Box 6 Final Report Germanium and Lead Telluride Infrared Detectors 1953-1957 (2 folders)
Box 6 Final Report Infrared Spectral Emissivity Terrain by W. R. Frederickson, N. Ginsburg, and R. Paulson 1957-1958 (2 folders)
Box 6 Interaction of Thermal Atoms with Surfaces by F. Hughes and H. Levinstein 1956
Box 7 Interim Development Report No. 2 Infrared Spectral Emissivity of Terrain 1957
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-4 1957-1958
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-5 1958
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-6 1958
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-7 1958
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-8 1958-1959
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 103-9 1959
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-1 1959-1960
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-2 1960
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-3 1960
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-4 1960
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-5 1960-1961
Box 7 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-6 1961
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-8 1961
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-9 1961-1962
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-10 1962
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-11 1962
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 104-12 1962
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 105-1 1962-1963
Box 8 Interim Report on Infrared Detectors, Physics Report 105-2 1963
Box 5 A Progress Report on Cooled Infrared Detectors by P. Bratt, W. Engler, H. Levinstein, A. MacRae and J. Pehek 1959

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