Institute of Applied Optics papers
Creator: University of Rochester. Institute of Optics
Call Number: UA200
Dates: 1917-1937
Physical Description: 0.88 Cubic feet
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: University of Rochester Archives

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Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Bibliography
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Collection Overview
Title: Institute of Applied Optics papers
Creator: University of Rochester. Institute of Optics
Call Number: UA200
Dates: 1917-1937
Physical Description: 0.88 Cubic feet
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: University of Rochester Archives

Biographical/Historical Note
Following a decade of discussions among the Optical Society of America, President Rush Rhees, Bausch & Lomb, and Eastman Kodak about the development of a site for the study of optics, the Institute of Applied Optics at the University of Rochester opened in 1929. T. Russell Wilkins was the first acting director, and among the early faculty members were Rudolf Kingslake, A.M. Taylor, Ernst Petry, and Gustave Fassin. Until 1936, the Institute included an optometry program. In 1939, the name of the Institute of Applied Optics (which suggested a focus on the application of optical concepts) was changed to the Institute of Optics in order to accommodate more topics of study.

Scope and Content
Contains publications, correspondence, and other materials related to the development and formation of the Institute of Applied Optics. Publications include course bulletins and articles from other institutions in the early 1920s, optical journals, and Institute publicity. Topics of correspondence include hiring new faculty and the study of optometry at the Institute. Correspondents include President Rush Rhees, T. Russell Wilkins, and Edward Bausch. Some of this correspondence is contained in a binder that is labeled Optometry but also includes materials about other aspects of applied optics. Other materials include authorization forms requesting work from the optical shop signed by Brian O'Brien.

Subject(s):
Optics
University of Rochester. Institute of Optics
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Framed authorization forms requesting work from the optical shop, signed by Brian O'Brien, were received November 28, 2001 from Brian Thompson.Access
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Use
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Citation
[Item title, item date], Institute of Applied Optics papers, UA200, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of RochesterRelated Materials
Institute of Optics Papers, UA23

Brian O'Brien Papers, D.340

Bibliography
A Jewel in the Crown. Ed. Carlos R. Stroud. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2004. Print.

Kingslake, Hilda G. "Institute of Optics 1929-1979, a Brief Commemorative." Applied Optics 18.19 (1979), pages 3223-3229. Accessed 29 March 2018.

May, Arthur J. "The Changing College." A History of the University of Rochester, 1850-1962. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester, 1977. Accessed 29 March 2018.

"University of Rochester Dedicates Goergen Hall" . University of Rochester Newscenter. University of Rochester, 16 May 2007. Accessed 28 March 2018.


Administrative Information
Author: Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Publisher: University of Rochester Archives
Address: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd.
Rochester, New York 14627-0055
archives@library.rochester.edu


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