IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0098 B/MCGEE
Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
Title: MCGEE, Professor James Dwyer (1903-1987)
Date(s): Created 1937-1979
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 6 boxes
Name of creator(s): McGee | James Dwyer | 1903-1987 | physicist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, Canberra, Australia, 1903; Professor of Applied Physics, Imperial College, 1954-1971; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1966; Senior Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Imperial College, 1971-1980; died, 1987.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Professor James Dwyer McGee, 1937-1979, comprising biographical information; lectures and correspondence, 1954-1979, notably with Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, 1955-1972, concerning Imperial College Physics Department and Anglo-Australian Observatory; Bertram Vivian Bowden, 1955-1963, concerning research work and workers; Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1960-1977, concerning McGee's Associateship, research grant; Denis Gabor, 1956-1972; Merle Walker, concerning the installation of a Spectracon, 1962-1979; Imperial College Rectors, 1955-1971; papers relating to Imperial College Physics Department, 1954-1972; papers relating to the Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1954-1968; Institute of Physics, 1965-1976; observatories in Britain and abroad, 1962-1975, including the Royal Greenwich Observatory; Royal Society, 1956-1972, notably concerning grants.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The papers are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A catalogue is available in the reading room of the College Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The former reference of the collection is KPB/1/MCGEE.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were presented to the College Archives by Profesor McGee in 1980.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Records of the Department of Physics (KP), held at Imperial College.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2000