Collection search - <De-accessioned> Raymond Compton Dearle collection [textual record, graphic material]

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<De-accessioned> Raymond Compton Dearle collection [textual record, graphic material]

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Collection

Date:

1915-1971.

Reference:

R1930-0-7-E, MG30-B100

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98144

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Raymond Compton Dearle collection
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Collection includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1915-1971.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

60 cm of textual records.
4 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of general correspondence of Professor Dearle as Head of the Physics Department at the University of Western Ontario, 1915-1949, 1957, 1966; correspondence with senior staff of the University of Western Ontario, 1919-1947; wartime research and training, 1939-1943, n.d.; minutes, faculty of the University College of Arts, 1925-1945; obituary, Raymond Compton Dearle, 1971; and wallpaper samples, 1939. The fonds also contains photographs of radio technicians' courses at University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., 1941-1942; and radio physics class, 1949.

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Dearle, Raymond Compton, 1890-1970

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Dearle, Raymond Compton, 1890-1970 : Dr. Raymond Compton Dearle, physicist, was born in Simcoe, Ont. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto, receiving his B.A. in 1914 and Ph.D. in 1919, his dissertation topic being "Emission and Absorption Spectra of Mercury, Zinc and Cadmium". On completion of his Ph.D. he became Head of the new physics department at the University of Western Ont. in London. He held this position from 1919 to 1949, while doing significant work in radiophysics.

During the Second World War Dearle placed his department on a war footing; in co-operation with the National Research Council he directed a team which undertook research in the field of radio and radar, and he was instrumental in establishing special course at Western to train radio specialists for the Armed Forces. An obituary by his successor Dr. A.D. Misener is included in the papers.

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General note:

The correspondence and memoranda relating to wartime research and training, and the photographs, were acquired in 1971 from Rev. Paul Ross, Bloomfield, Ont. The remainder of the papers were acquired in 1977 from Prof. R.L. Allen, London, Ont.

Custodial history:

This collection has been confirmed for deaccession to Western University's Archives.

Original version note:

Transferred to Western University's Archives
Subject heading:

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Radio - Research, 1939-1943 University of Western Ontario, 1915-1971

Radar, 1939-1943 National Research Council of Canada, 1939-1943

Wallpaper, 1939 Associate Committee of Aviation Medical Research, 1939-1943

London Association of War Research, 1940
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1979-167 NPC

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MG30-B100
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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12