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Department of Physics fonds
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65 cm of textual records and other material.
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The Department of Physics was one of the original departments within the Faculty of Arts and Science when UBC was established in 1915 and has been in continuous existence since then. It was included in the Faculty of Science when it split from Arts in 1964. The Department was housed with the other science departments at Fairview Campus and in the Science (now Chemistry) Building at Point Grey until the Hennings Building was completed in 1947. The Department went through a period of significant expansion during the Second World War related to research activities carried out by its staff members for the government, and it remains one of the University's largest academic departments. Laboratory work has been an integral part of the curriculum of the Department of Physics since its beginning, and the Department has issued manuals for use by students since the 1940s.
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Fonds consists of laboratory manuals published by the UBC Department of Physics between 1949 and 1966 (most dated 1957-1962); mimeographed hand-outs for experiments and other assignments; hand-written lecture notes; and a 1944 Canadian Army physics laboratory manual. Many of the manuals are annotated. The manuals are bound, but the notes and hand-outs are loose; all have been placed in acid-free folders. They are arranged by course number, and then chronologically; unnumbered materials, and folders containing unsorted material from various courses, were placed at the end.
Fonds also includes promotional materials, many of which relate specifically to the Department of Physics at university-wide Open Houses, annual reports from the Department of Physics, notes made by Professor John Warren regarding x-rays and particle physics, as well as photographs taken of individuals, groups, and events related to the Department of Physics.
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Fonds consists of institutional records – access requests must be reviewed by the University's FOIPOP Coordinator.
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Includes 644 photographic prints; 678 photographic negatives; 122 slides; 1 audio cassette; 1 audio reel; 1 video reel.