Edward Rhoads papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes six notebooks created by Edward Rhoads, primarily on physics. Also includes a photograph and a book of sketches.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1895, undated
Creator
- Rhoads, Edward, 1841-1871 (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Edward Rhoads (1873-1903) was the son of William Gibbons Rhoads and Sarah Wistar Rhoads. He graduated from Haverford College in 1893, and received his Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1898. After graduation, he was an instructor in physics at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute until he left to be a student at Cambridge University, England. Upon his return, he served as instructor in physics at Haverford College, 1901-1903, and authored a paper on the effect of magnetization on iron. He drowned in 1903 while canoeing.
Extent
0.22 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes six notebooks created by Edward Rhoads, primarily on physics. Also includes a photograph and a book of sketches.
Acquisition
The Edward Rhoads papers were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1999 by Edward R. Potts.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed March, 2016.
Subject
- Haverford College (Organization)
- Title
- Edward Rhoads papers, 1892-1895, undated
- Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Date
- March, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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