Guide to Alfred B. Butler "The Contributions of Washington State University to Radar Research in World War II" undated
Cage 5129

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Butler, Alfred B. (Alfred Bisbee), 1911-1997.
Title
Alfred B. Butler "The Contributions of Washington State University to Radar Research in World War II"
ID
Cage 5129
Date [inclusive]
undated
Extent
11 Pages
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
A history of then top-secret military radar research conducted at Washington State College in the 1940s.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Alfred B. Butler "The Contributions of Washington State University to Radar Research in World War II", undated (Cage 5129)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Alfred Bisbee Butler, 1911-1997, graduated from Washington State College with a 1935 bachelor’s degree in Physics and a 1944 master’s in Education, and taught there from 1943 to 1975.

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Scope and Content

This is an 11 page typescript history of Washington State University’s World War II era radar research, written by Alfred B. Butler. Primary researchers include Paul A. Anderson, S. Towne Stephenson, Kenneth Fitzsimmons, and Charles L. “Chick” Barker. It is undated, but written no earlier than 1959.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2020

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Acquisition Information

This was donated to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on January 9, 2020 by Mike Thomas, program coordinator in Military Science, who found it in the office files there. No accession number was generated.

Processing Information

This collection was processed on January 10, 2020 by University Archivist Mark O’English.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University -- Research.

Subject(s)

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar.
  • Radar -- Research.
  • Radar -- Military applications.
  • Military
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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