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MSS 00045 Guide to the Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, 1909 - 1939

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[Folder 5]

Faculty Data Cards, 1937-1938

[Folder 5]

Letter from Chancellor Harrelson to Dixon announcing his promotion from Associate Professor to Professor, October 20, 1936

[Folder 5]

Photograph of Dixon, [no date]

[Folder 5]

Newspaper Obituary, 1939

[Folder 5]

Engineering School Faculty Resolution of Respect, November 6, 1939

[Folder 5]

Valentine received by Mrs. Dixon as a child, [no date]

[Folder 5]

Cover page of Dixon's Ph.D. Thesis from Cornell, "A Study of the Relation of the Intensity of Fluorescence to the Concentration in the Case of Solid Solutions,", February, 1930

[Folder 5]

Class Schedule Card, 1937

[Folder 5]

Program of the 37th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science, and the Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 1938

Reprints

                                       [Folder
                                       5]
                                       Bulletin of the American Physical Society,
                                          February 2, 1937
                                       

                                       [Folder
                                       5]
                                       "Elementary Instructions for Operating the Slide Rule - Manheim Type,",
                                          1928
                                       

                                       [Folder
                                       5]
                                       "The Absorption of Liquid and Solid Solutions of Rhodamin-B in a Mixture of Alcohol and Collodian," by A.A. Dixon, 
                                          "The Journal of the Optical Society of America", Vol. 21, No. 4,
                                          April, 1931
                                       

                                       [Folder
                                       5]
                                       "The Study of the Relation of the Intensity of Fluorescence to the Concentration in the Case of Solid Solutions," by A.A.
                                          Dixon, 
                                          "The Journal of the Optical Society of America", Vol. 21, No. 4,
                                          April, 1931
                                       

                                       [Folder
                                       5]
                                       "The Ionizing Potentials of Gases," by A. Ll. Hughes and A.A. Dixon, 
                                          "The Physical Review", Vol. 10, No. 5,
                                          November, 1917
                                       

Oversized Diplomas

[Flat Folder 1] B.S. from Guilford College, 1909

[Flat Folder 1] M.A. from Haverford College, 1911

[Flat Folder 1] Ph.D. from Cornell University, 1930

Creator

Dixon, Alfred Alexander

Quantity

0.025 Linear feet

General Physical Description note

0.05 archival storage box

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff external link .

Language

English

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Mrs. Alfred A. Dixon, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 28, 1970; July 1, 1970.

Processing

Processed by: Special Collections Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie; updated by Aaron Cusick

Scope and Content Note

The Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers includes faculty data cards, diplomas, journal reprints, a photograph, an obituary, and other materials related to Dixon's personal life and career.

Biographical Note

Alfred Alexander Dixon (1885-1939) was a native of Alamance County, North Carolina. He served as a professor of Physics at North Carolina State College from 1917 to 1939. Dixon received a B.S. from Guilford College in 1909, an M.A. from Haverford College in 1911, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1930. His wife was the former Inez Wilson.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Alfred Alexander Dixon Papers, MSS 00045, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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