The Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers include research and lecture notes, class notes, personal papers, research papers (published and unpublished), some correspondence, documentation of consulting work, drafts of supervised student theses and dissertations, course outlines, examinations, memoranda, laboratory notes, symposiums, and miscellaneous papers. The bulk of this collection documents Thomas' academic teaching career, consisting of holograph and typed notes, most undated, on research for Thomas' physics lectures at Columbia University, Ohio State University, and North Carolina State University; also his student notes (2 boxes), taken at Cambridge University (England) physics lectures, 1921-1925, given by Bromwich, Eddington, Fowler, Littlewood, Pollard, and Ramsay, among others; published work (research published in journals), 1929-1982 (1 box); consulting for IBM and Timken Steel and Tube Company; symposiums, 1980-1985 (3 folders); personal papers (1 folder): professional diplomas and certificates as well as Lewis/Thomas family genealogy; and biographical information (1 folder). Topics: atomic physics, computer capacity, difference equations, electrodynamics, electron scattering, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Fourier analysis, general dynamics, group theory, hydrodynamics, mathematics, physics, plasma (physics) quantum electrodynamics, quantum theory, quantum mechanics, relativity field theory, statistical mechanics, theoretical phy sics, among others. Correspondents: G. Bessis, Biedenharn, Dahl, Eichelberger, Grosch, Andrew Kollchoubey, Rolf Landauer, Lief, Robert Newton, among others.
Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992). Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model.
Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992). Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model.
The Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers include research and lecture notes, class notes, personal papers, research papers (published and unpublished), some correspondence, documentation of consulting work, drafts of supervised student theses and dissertations, course outlines, examinations, memoranda, laboratory notes, symposiums, and miscellaneous papers. The bulk of this collection documents Thomas' academic teaching career, consisting of holograph and typed notes, most undated, on research for Thomas' physics lectures at Columbia University, Ohio State University, and North Carolina State University; also his student notes (2 boxes), taken at Cambridge University (England) physics lectures, 1921-1925, given by Bromwich, Eddington, Fowler, Littlewood, Pollard, and Ramsay, among others; published work (research published in journals), 1929-1982 (1 box); consulting for IBM and Timken Steel and Tube Company; symposiums, 1980-1985 (3 folders); personal papers (1 folder): professional diplomas and certificates as well as Lewis/Thomas family genealogy; and biographical information (1 folder). Topics: atomic physics, computer capacity, difference equations, electrodynamics, electron scattering, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Fourier analysis, general dynamics, group theory, hydrodynamics, mathematics, physics, plasma (physics) quantum electrodynamics, quantum theory, quantum mechanics, relativity field theory, statistical mechanics, theoretical phy sics, among others. Correspondents: G. Bessis, Biedenharn, Dahl, Eichelberger, Grosch, Andrew Kollchoubey, Rolf Landauer, Lief, Robert Newton, among others.
Organized into five series: Series 1. Personal Papers, Series 2. Published Works, 3. Binder files, 4. Numbered files, and 5. Miscellaneous files.
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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers, MC 210, Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The Papers of Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas were a gift of Mrs. L. H. Thomas on 15 February 1994.
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Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
The collection is organized into five principal series:
The personal papers series of the collection are limited to a small assortment of Dr. Thomas' diplomas and certificates. There also is one folder of Lewis/Thomas genealogy, and one folder of biographical information.
1 box
These files represent Dr. Thomas' collection of published journal articles, documenting his research and achievements between the years 1929-1982. Dr. Thomas numbered each article and completed a key to this collection that can be found in the first folder of the series.
1 box
Collection of published articles. Key to the filing system is found in the first folder of this box.
This series represents class notes chiefly taken while a student at Cambridge University in England. There also are lecture notes from his years at Ohio State University and a few course outlines from Columbia University. Dr. Thomas kept these notes in binders that he labeled by subject. The folder titles listed are exactly as appeared on the spine of the binder. If the label was illegible, a photocopy of the label is kept at the beginning of that folder. The folder titles appear in quotation marks in the folder by folder inventory. Dated files are arranged chronologically. Undated files are arranged alphabetically by binder title after the dated files.
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includes 1955 letter to Brower of Yale University
1982 correspondence
(handwritten)
2 folders
undated notes, 1932 correspondence
notes
lecture notes
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes (1930s?)
notes
notes
notes and draft
notes
notes
Dr. Thomas kept an extensive filing system for his research notes, problem-solving, and his classes. There is no key to the numbering system. Therefore, the filing system has been retained in its original order. The folder numbers are listed in the inventory, along with a brief description of the contents of each file folder. Dr. Thomas' labels for each folder appear in quotation marks in the inventory. "No label," refers to the fact that the folder was numbered, but not labeled.
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correspondence and notes
notes, graphs and report (typescript)
notes, sketches and graphs
notes
letter, notes
notes
notes, 1940 galley proof for article written with S.E. Whitcomb, correspondence, 1939
notes
notes, correspondence 1946
notes
notes
notes
correspondence, 1954 and notes for presentation found in 1.23.
notes
notes
notes
notes and graphs
notes
notes
notes (lectures?)
notes (lectures?)
notes, (lectures?)
notes, (lectures?)
notes, (lecture?)
notes, (lecture?)
notes (lecture?)
notes, 3 articles by LHT, 1953, 1954
lecture notes
lecture notes
notes
collection of published articles, 1942-1953; copy of 1980 Physical Review Letters, and Science
notes (1969?)
notes and 1942 recommendation letter
notes
notes
notes
notes, 1949, 1951 articles by Kwai Umeda
notes
1942 issue of Journal of Chemical Physics that includes article by LHT, 1954 correspondence regarding the article, and undated notes
notes, 1944 article by LHT, "Notes on Becker's Theory of Shock Front," 1942 correspondence with Eichelberger.
notes
notes
notes, 1936 published article, "Approximation to Discrete..."
notes
article abstract (typed)
notes
1966 letter to Martin Friedman, 1965 correspondence with Andrew Kotchoubey
notes
notes
undated
notes, 1974 correspondence with G. Bessis
notes
notes and problems
notes, correspondence, 1946, 1956
notes
notes
notes
1 letter, undated notes
notes, 1981 correspondence
student papers, NC State University
notes
notes, 1956 note from R.H. Kent
notes
notes, 1951 letter from Harry Polacheck
notes, 1954 correspondence
notes
notes; 1944 article by LHT, "Notes on Becker's Theory of the Shock Front"
notes
notes
notes
2 letters
notes
notes
notes, 1973 correspondence with Rolf Landauer (IBM)
notes, correspondence with A.T. Cope, 1940
notes
notes
notes, 1947 correspondence
notes, 1942, 1946 correspondence
notes and blueprint
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes
typed notes
notes
typed notes
notes
notes and 1957 correspondence
notes
notes, 1941 letter from Willard Bennet
correspondence
1940-42 correspondence, undated notes, draft of article entitled, "Mobilities in Some Free Electron Gases"
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes and type problem dated 8/9/55
notes
notes and 1957 letter
notes and typed problem
typed problem
notes, IBM Record of
Invention, 1957
correspondence and IBM memorandums, typed problems
notes, 1956 memorandum
memorandum, typed article/problem
memorandum and typed problem
typed article entitled Fast Addition by LHT and notes
notes
typed article, "Problems that Can Be Attached with Larger and Faster Machines," by LHT
notes
notes, 1948 article by I.J. Schoenberg
1948 correspondence, undated notes
correspondence, undated notes, computer generated reports
notes
correspondence
notes
notes and 1949 article
1949 correspondence from LHT to Paul Herget
notes, 1963 memorandum
notes
notes
notes
notes, 1950 correspondence
notes, punch cards, reports
notes
notes, computer report
notes
notes
notes
notes, typed articles
notes
notes
notes
1970 correspondence
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes and typed problems
class outline and notes
notes
notes
typed notes, problems
notes
notes
notes
notes and typed report(?) by Alfred Lande
notes and problems
notes
notes
notes
1959 letter to Dr. S. A. Goudsmit, notes and 1953 essay, (Columbia University)
notes and 1958 memorandum to staff
notes
notes
notes and 1970 article written with James L. Cox, NC State University
notes and photocopies of various articles (1970s)
notes
notes
notes and typed problems
notes
notes
notes on Group Theory
notes
notes, examination
notes
notes
notes
notes, the rotation group
notes
notes
notes
notes
notes, typed problems
notes
notes on Beams and Statistical States
notes
notes, 1942 correspondence
notes
notes
notes and 1948 article by LHT and R.R. Newton
notes
notes
notes, 1942 article by LHT
notes
notes
notes and typed problems
notes - Exploring the Obvious in Physics
notes, 1945 article by LHT, "Relativistic Invariance"
notes (copies of 18.2?)
typed lecture notes (photocopies) 1973 Autumn, published article by LHT 1928
notes
notes
See also: 5.10?
notes
notes
notes
notes
typed draft
correspondence1945-4 6, A.B. Clymer master's thesis, drafts, notes, etc.
notes
notes
notes and computer reports
notes and problems
correspondence
1952 paper by LHT; 1955 paper by J. Jeenel; 1953 paper by LHT; 1954 memorandum (IBM)
typed article drafts
abstract
1958 correspondence, 2 typed drafts entitled, "On the Possibility of Computing with Negative Resistance Diodes and Negative Resistance Computing Circuits
typed draft
notes
typed article draft
typed draft of paper
1948 correspondence, 1947 notes
abstract
notes, typed article draft entitled, "The Theory of the Spinning Shell"
notes
typed notes
notes
Miscellaneous files include loose papers that Dr. Thomas did not keep within the numbered filing scheme. Generally the files relate to the 1980s, after he retired from NC State University. See the container listing for further description.
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5 folders (NC State University)
3 folders
notes
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[Identification of item], Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers, MC 00210, NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.