Guide to the Papers of Dirk ter Haar [MSS 142]

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Manuscript Name Papers of Dirk ter Haar
Manuscript Number MSS 142
Last Updated June 2021
Extent 17 boxes
Location Special Collections, UNSW Canberra
Abstract Draft manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, Russian texts, lecture and course notes, book reviews, pamphlets and reprints relating to the research and teaching career of physicist, Dirk ter Haar

Collection Subject Type

Other

Scope and Content

This collection relates to the eminent Anglo-Dutch theoretical physicist and university lecturer Dirk ter Haar.  The material comprises draft manuscripts, photographs, Russian texts, lecture and course notes, book reviews,and a long sequence of pamphlets and reprints  Of special interest are ter Haar’s eight handwritten university notebooks (c1939-1940s) kept whilst a student in Leiden.

Date Range of Content

1939-1987

Biographical Note

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_ter_Haar

Anglo-Dutch physicist. Born at Oosterwolde, Netherlands in 1919, Dirk ter Haar attained his doctorate from the University of Leiden (1948) on the origins of the solar system.  After post-doctoral research in Denmark and the United States, ter Haar became Reader in theoretical physics and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he remained until retirement in 1986.  At Oxford ter Haar was a committed teacher of graduates and undergraduates, and Anthony Leggett (Nobel laureate in Physics, 2003) and Deng Jiaxian (Chinese nuclear physicist) number amongst his notable students.  Ter Haar was also an energetic editor and linguist, translating several seminal works into English, his knowledge of Russian providing him with access to Soviet scientific advances ahead of his colleagues in the West.

References:
Dirk ter Haar, Physics Today, Volume 57, Issue 2, p. 79 (2004); 
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1688082 retrieved 5 November 2020

 

Administrative Information

Access and Copying Conditions

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy. 

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Preferred Citation

Papers of Dirk ter Haar, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 142, Box [Number], Folder [Number].

Provenance

The collection was transferred in a single consignment.

 

Additional Information

Subject Keywords

Subjects

Dirk ter Haar 1919-2002 – Archives

Physics – Study and teaching (Higher)

Science – Soviet Union

Personal Names

Dirk ter Haar 1919-2002

Corporate Names

University of Oxford

Occupations

Physicists

Academics

 

Container List

Box 1

Folder 1

Manuscript - Chapters I-IV

Folder 2 

Manuscript  - Chapters V-VII

Folder 3

Manuscript - Appendix I-VI

‘Uranus’ script

Folders 4-7

Notes

Box 2

Folders 8-14

Notes

Box 3

Folders 15-16

Notebooks (7 items; an additional notebook is housed in Box 17)

Folder 17

Notes

Folder 18

Papers

Correspondence

Black and white photographs with list

Folders 19-21

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 4

Folder 22

Pamphlets and reprints - includes 12 unidentified photographs

Folders 23-26

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 5

Folders 27-33

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 6

Folders 34-40

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 7

Folders 41-48

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 8

Folders 49-57

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 9

Folders 58-65

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 10

Folders 66-74

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 11

Folders 75-82

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 12

Folders 83-90

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 13

Folders 91-99

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 14

Folders 100-108

Pamphlets and reprints

Folder 109

Pamphlets and reprints

Box 15

Folders 110-114

Papers, 1942-1969

Folder 115

Book reviews, 1955-1980

Russian papers

Folder 116

Lecture topics

Folder 117

Papers, 1970-1987

Box 16

Folders 118-121

Papers, 1970-1987

Folders 122-126

Russian texts

Box 17

Folders 127-129

Russian texts

Folders 130-133

Lecture course

Notebook, 1939-1940