mss00045 Guide to the Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, 1909 - 1939 Processed by: Special Collections Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
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2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, 1909 - 1939 MSS 00045 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Staff Valerie Gillispie Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Dixon, Alfred Alexander Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, 1909 - 1939 MSS 00045 0.05 0.025 Alfred Alexander Dixon (1885-1939) served as a professor of Physics at North Carolina State College from 1917 to 1939. The Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers includes faculty data cards, diplomas, journal reprints, a photograph, an obituary, and other materials related to Dixon's personal life and career. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Mrs. Alfred A. Dixon, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 28, 1970; July 1, 1970.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, MSS 00045, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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 Biographical Note

Alfred Alexander Dixon (1885-1939) was a native of Alamance County. He served as a professor of Physics at North Carolina State College from 1917 to 1939. Dixon received a B.S. from Guildford College in 1909, an M.A. from Haverford College in 1911, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1930. His wife was the former Inez Wilson.

 Scope and Content Note

The Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers includes faculty data cards, diplomas, journal reprints, a photograph, an obituary, and other materials related to Dixon's personal life and career.

 Online Catalog Headings Dixon, Alfred Alexander North Carolina State College North Carolina State College--Department of Physics Detailed Description of the Collection Faculty Data Cards, 1937-1938 Letter from Chancellor Harrelson to Dixon announcing his promotion from Associate Professor to Professor, October 20, 1936 Photograph of Dixon, [no date] Newspaper Obituary, 1939 Engineering School Faculty Resolution of Respect, November 6, 1939 Valentine received by Mrs. Dixon as a child, [no date] Cover page of Dixon's Ph.D. Thesis from Cornell, "A Study of the Relation of the Intensity of Fluorescence to the Concentration in the Case of Solid Solutions," February, 1930 Class Schedule Card, 1937 Program of the 37th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science, and the Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1938 Reprints Bulletin of the American Physical Society, February 2, 1937 "Elementary Instructions for Operating the Slide Rule - Manheim Type," 1928 "The Absorption of Liquid and Solid Solutions of Rhodamin-B in a Mixture of Alcohol and Collodian," by A.A. Dixon, The Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 21, No. 4, April, 1931 "The Study of the Relation of the Intensity of Fluorescence to the Concentration in the Case of Solid Solutions," by A.A. Dixon, The Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 21, No. 4, April, 1931 "The Ionizing Potentials of Gases," by A. Ll. Hughes and A.A. Dixon, The Physical Review, Vol. 10, No. 5, November, 1917 Oversized Diplomas B.S. from Guilford College, 1909 M.A. from Haverford College, 1911 Ph.D. from Cornell University, 1930