Vern Oliver Knudsen laboratory notebooks
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks from Knudsen's undergraduate years at BYU; graduate years at Chicago, lecture notes from UCLA, and lab notes of various experiments.
Dates
- 1913-1940
Creator
- Knudsen, Vern Oliver, 1893-1974 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical History
Vern Oliver Knudsen was a Brigham Young University student of physics under the direction of Harvey Fletcher. He was awarded a PhD in 1922 from the University of Chicago, and then went on to teach at UCLA as one of the world's authorities on architectural acoustics. He later became Chancellor of UCLA and founded the Acoustical Society of America.
Extent
10 folders (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Ed Knudsen; 437 Belview Dr., L. A. 90012; 1977; 77-210.
Appraisal
University history (University Archives collecting policy , February 2010).
- Title
- Register of Vern Oliver Knudsen laboratory notebooks
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 September 2
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US