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Finding aid for the Sanford C. Gladden Collection

MUM00560

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Gladden, Sanford Charles, 1902-
Title
Sanford C. Gladden Collection
ID
MUM00560
Date
1920-1979
General Physical Description note
2 boxes (.834 linear feet)
Abstract:
Materials related to Sanford Gladden, UM Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy. Includes correspondence, official reports and historical studies authored by Gladden and miscellaneous materials related to Gladden's life and work.

Prefered Citation

Sanford C. Gladden Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Note

Sanford Charles Gladden (UM 1924) taught in the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1930 to 1945; in 1933, he wrote a history of the department. In 1950, Gladden began working for the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). Gladden worked in the Boulder, Colorado NBS facilities from 1954 until his retirement in 1968. Following his retirement, Gladden began researching the history of Boulder and his own genealogy.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries

Access Restrictions

The Sanford C. Gladden Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Sanford Gladden, October 1979

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives & Special Collections staff.

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

For additional resources related to the University of Mississippi's history, see our University of Mississippi subject guide.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • University of Mississippi -- History

Format(s)

  • clippings (information artifacts)
  • correspondence
  • manuals (instructional materials)
  • manuscripts for publication

Personal Name(s)

  • Gladden, Sanford Charles, 1902-

Subject(s)

  • Physics

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Collection Inventory

1.1 Correspondence, 1932 

1.2 Correspondence, 1933 

1.3 Correspondence, 1934 

1.4 Correspondence, 1945 

1.5 "A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi, 1848-1932" (1 of 3), 1933 

1.6 "A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi, 1848-1932" (2 of 3), 1933 

1.7 "A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi, 1848-1932" (3 of 3), 1933 

1.8 Article Reprints concerning UM History 

1.9 Article Reprints, including 1923 William and Mary College Quarterly 

1.10 Commencement Invitation, 1924 

1.11 Constitution. Hermaean Literary Society of the University of Mississippi 

1.12 Miscellaneous Program 

1.13 Identification Cards 

1.14 (a) "Cause and Correction of Some Malfunctions of C-2 and C-3 Ionosondes" by John J. Pitts and Sanford C. Gladden (NBS Report 5517). U.S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. Boulder, Colorado., 15 October 1957 

1.14 (b) "Examples of the Use of Letter Symbols in Ionospheric Soundings Reductions" by Sanford C. Gladden. (NBS Report 5032). U.S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. Boulder, Colorado., 7 October 1956 

1.14 (c) "A History of Vertical Incidence Ionosphere Sounding at the National Bureau of Standards" by Sanford C. Gladden. (PB 151387. Technical Note No. 28). U.S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. Boulder, Colorado., September 1959 

1.15 School Papers 

1.16 Miscellaneous Publications 

2.1 Composition Book, 1920-1921 

2.2 Clippings 

2.3 Photoessay. "The Ginning of Cotton" by Sanford Charles Gladden, 1979 

2.4 Translations by Gladden 

2.5 Thesis 

2.6 Composition Books, 1920    (2 items)

2.7 Physics Manuals    (3 items)

2.8 Seven Addresses by W.L. Kennon, 1949 

2.9 Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Centennial History. 1316 Mapleton Avenue. Boulder, Colorado