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Charles Phelps Smyth Papers
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Charles Phelps Smyth, a graduate of Princeton in 1916, joined the University faculty in 1920. He became associate professor of chemistry in 1927 and professor in 1938. During World War II, Smyth worked on the atomic bomb for the Manhattan District Project, and served during the last months of the war with a scientific intelligence unit, Alsos Mission, near the front lines in Europe. He received the Medal of Freedom from the U.S. Army for his mission achievements. Smyth's chemical research was directed toward increased knowledge of the structure of matter. He was associate editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics (1933-1936, 1952-1954), published over 300 articles in scientific books and journals, and authored two books: Dielectric Constant and Molecular Structure (1931) and Dielectric Behavior and Structure (1955). He died in 1990.
The collection consists of works of Smyth, his professional correspondence, copies of doctoral dissertations by his graduate students, miscellaneous material, and printed matter. His works include autograph and typed manuscripts, with graphs, diagrams, and galley proofs, of two books, Dielectric Constant and Molecular Structure (1931) and Dielectric Behavior and Structure (1955), a manuscript on the life and accomplishments of Peter J. W. Debye for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, and miscellaneous material about these works. In addition, there are many offprints of his articles that appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the American Journal of Science, and the Journal of Chemical Physics.
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Publications by Smyth: Dielectric Constant and Molecular Structure (New York: The Chemical Catalog Company, Inc., 1931), Dielectric Behavior and Structure (New York: McGraw Hill, 1955)
Gift of the author. Additions are a gift of Mrs. Emily Camp.
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The contents list was compiled by Jerome Jackson in July 2010.
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- 2009
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Dissertation: "Studies in Dielectic Behavior at Millimeter Wavelengths, and in Molecular Shape and Dielectric Relaxation Time"
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Dissertation: "Studies in Molecular Shape and Dielectric Relaxation Time, and in Molecular Structure and Dipole Moment"
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Dissertation: "The Dielectric Properties of Long Chain Compounds"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation, Intramolecular Rotation, and Molecular Structure"`
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Dissertation: "The Solvent Effect on Dipole Moment Measurements"
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Dissertation: "Dipole Rotation in Crystalline Solids"
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Dissertation: "A Study of Some Miscellaneous Properties of Natural Rubber and Several Synthetic Elastomers"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Properties and Infrared Spectra of Hydrogen and Bonded Systems"
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Dissertation: "The Complex Dielectric Constant of Some Liquid Organic Halides at Three Centimeter Wavelengths"
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Dissertation: "Studies of Dielectric Relaxation in some Non-Rigid Molecules"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation and Intramolecular Rotation in Some Non-Rigid Aromatic Compounds"
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Dissertation: "A Study of Atomic Polarization"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Studies of Gases and Solids"
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Dissertation: "A Study of Atomic Polarization"
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Dissertation: "A Study of Atomic Polarization"
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Dissertation: " Dielectric Relaxation Times and Structures of Some Non Rigid Molecules"
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Dissertation: "Studies of Dielectric Relaxation in some Non-Rigid Molecules"
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Dissertation: "Studies in Dielectric Polarization"
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Junior Thesis; "Molecular Association"
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Dissertation: "The Dipole Moments of Certain Compounds"
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Dissertation: "The Dipole Moments of Organic Vapors: A Study of Inductive and Resonance Effects"
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Dissertation: "The Theory and Measurement of Dielectric Dispersion and Absorption in the Microwave Region"
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Dissertation: "Atomic Polarization"
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Dissertation: "Molecular Rotation and Polymorphism"
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Dissertation: "High Frequency Dielectric Properties of Some Liquid Systems"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Behavior and Structure"
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Dissertation: "Molecular Structure and Molecular Rotation"
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Dissertation: "Dipole Moments and their Relation to the Structure of Molecules"
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Dissertation: "Electric Moments and the Structure of Molecules"
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Dissertation: "The Dielectric Properties of Organic Crystals and Glasses"
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Dissertation: "Resonance in Unsaturated Organic Vapors From Dipole Moments"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation at High Frequencies"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation and Molecular Interactions in Liquids"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Studies of Molecular Rotation in Crystalline Solids"
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Dissertation: "Studies in Molecular Shape and Dielectric Relaxation Time, and in Molecular Structure and Dipole Moment"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Behavior and Structure"
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Dissertation: "A Study of Atomic Polarization"
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Dissertation: "Studies in Dielectic Behavior at Millimeter Wavelengths, and in Molecular Shape and Dielectric Relaxation Time"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Behavior and Structure"
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"Dispersion and Absorption of Microwaves in Gases and Liquids"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation in Highly Viscous Media"
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Dissertation: "Molecular Structure and Dielectric Dispersion in Liquids"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation in Highly Viscous Media"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation in Highly Viscous Media"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation at High Frequencies"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Absorption, Relaxation, And Apparent Dipole Moments"
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Dissertation: "Dielectric Relaxation in the Rotator State"
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Dissertation: " Dielectric Relaxation Times and Structures of Some Non Rigid Molecules"
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Dissertation: "Microwave Absorption in Polar Organic Liquids"
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Articles from various science journals
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Articles from various science journals
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Articles from various science journals
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Articles from various Science Journals
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Autobiographical notes
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Correspondence, notes, drawings
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Notes, drafts
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Correspondence
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Correspondence, notes, dictation
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Book; Dielectric Behavior and Structure
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Correspondence
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Manuscript pages
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Papers, notes, drawings, correspondence
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Biography, personal data, autobiographical notes
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Correspondence, certificates
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Correspondence, autobiographical notes
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Quaterly reports, correspondence
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Correspondence, reports, notes
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Mansucript pages for Chapter VI of book; "Measurement of Dielectric Constant and Loss"
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Manuscript pages, related supplements
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Mansucript pages for Chapter VIII of book; "Relation of Dipole Moment To Molecule Structure"
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Mansucript pages; "Dielectric Loss and Structure in Liquids"
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Manuscript pages; "Dipole Moments and Structures of Aliphatic and Alicyclic Molecules."
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Manuscript pages; "Dipole Moments and Structures of Aliphatic and Alicyclic Molecules."
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Manuscript Pages; "Dipole Moments and Structures of Aliphatic and Alicyclic Molecules."
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Manuscript pages; "Dipole Moments and and Intramolecular Rotation."
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Galley proofs of book
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Galley proofs of book
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Typescript pages, notes
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Correspondence, charts, manuscript pages
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Letters to his parents From Washington, DC., during WWI
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Letters to his parents from Cambridge
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Letters to his parents from Cambridge
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Letters to his parents while traveling in the US and Canada
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Letters to his parents from Europe during the summers of 1920-1928
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Letters to his parents from Europe and North Africa
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Letters to his parents from summer camps
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Letters to his parents from summer camps
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Letters to his parents from US Navy
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Miscellaneous letters to his parents
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Photographs - US Army - Europe; Russia
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Photographs of family and friends in Japan
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Photographs of Charles P. Smyth
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Photographs of opening of US Embassy in New Delhi
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Photos - Princeton University Reunions
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Photographs - summer trips: Glacier Park, British Columbia, and others
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Report cards, correspondence, memorials, documents, and other material related to Princeton University
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Graduate school thesis; Harvard
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Autobiographical and biographical notes
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Miscellaneous U.S. Army and Navy correspondence and documents
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Miscellaneous Nazi German material
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Material ALSOS (Arms Control Association)
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Miscellaneous correspondence and documents
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List of publications
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Interview by Robert Miller
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Draft transcript of Interview by Jeffrey L. Sturchio and Ron Doel
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Correspondence, scrapbook
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Photographs of family
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Geneaology: descendants of Medad Butler
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Correspondence and material related to the death of her husband
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Miscellaneous manuscripts
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