Davisson, Clinton Joseph,  1881-1958. <br/><br/>
Clinton Joseph Davisson papers, 1908-1962  (bulk 1937-1946). 

 - 3,000  items. 13  1  containers plus  oversize. 5  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 4 series.  Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1957; Series 2: Scientific Papers, 1928-1952; Series 3: Miscellany, 1908-1962; and Series 4: Oversize, 1935-1946. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, statistics, biographical material, graphs, blueprints, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Davisson's research while he was employed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., and Western Electric Company.  Documents his study of the secondary emission of electrons, electron optics, the construction of instruments for electron focusing, wave properties of electrons, and crystal physics used to develop quartz crystal plates as circuit elements.  Includes lecture notes from the University of Virginia and Davisson (Davison) family correspondence. 
<br/><br/><br/>Physicist. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011202 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79017970  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Davison family--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Bell Telephone Laboratories.<br/>University of Virginia.<br/>Western Electric Company.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crystallography.<br/>Electric circuits.<br/>Electron optics.<br/>Electrons.<br/>Electrons--Diffraction.<br/>Electrons--Emission.<br/>Wave mechanics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Physicists.