Box 95: William Kennedy Scrapbook, 1952 - 1960

File — Box: U152.0095

Identifier: U152.01.0095

Staff Only

Abstract

Box contains the deconstructed scrapbook collected by William Kennedy's daughter. Kennedy worked in the physics department at the University of Denver and was also affiliated iwth the Denver Research Institute in the 1950s. The scrapbook contains a folder of communications between Kennedy and the University of Missouri, Columbia, with regards to Kennedy's participation in a Computer Research Center Week in 1960 and thoughts on implementing computers into university research. The scrapbook is mostly about Kennedy's work in the 1950s recording atmospheric conditions, recording pressure waves from TNT explosions set across New Mexico. This includes photographs of explosives, the equipment, and the people involved. At the end of the scrapbook is a article copied from the Journal of the Aucoustical Society of America about the work and its results. Folders are arranged in the original order.

Dates

1952 - 1960

Extent

1 Items

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The records of the Denver Research Institute (DRI) include annual reports and other departmental information. The annual reports contain information about the projects undertaken by the various divisions and progress of the research. The bulk of the collection consists of the published reports on the various projects undertaken over the years by DRI. The collection covers DRI from its inception until 1985.