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Archives of American Mathematics -
Resources
Documents
- Donor Guidelines [PDF document]
- History of Science Resources at the University of Texas [PDF document], updated September 2009.
- Includes annotated list of resources from the Center for American History and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
- Archives of American Mathematics Subject Guide [PDF document]
- January 2004, Archives of American Mathematics Brochure : front and back [PDF documents, Note: large files]*
- R. L. Moore Papers, Appendices [PDF documents]:
- Appendix One, Cross-Reference guide to R. L. Moore's notebooks
- Appendix Two, Publications of R. L. Moore
- Appendix Three, Graduate Students of R. L. Moore
*Paper copies of brochure available upon request, contact the archivist for more information
Articles about the Archives of American Mathematics
*click on the date to view the article, if available
- The Archives of American Mathematics Spotlight in MAA FOCUS, the newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America and on MAA online:
- "The AAM Guide to Donating Collections," April 2010
- "Two Audio Collections," April 2010
- "An Interview with Carol Mead, Mathematics Archivist," January 2010
- "The Lawrence Biedenharn Papers," by Carol Mead, November 2008
- "The Jeanne Agnew Papers," by Michelle Bogart and Carol Mead, August/September 2008
- "The Isaac Jacob Schoenberg Papers," by Carol Mead, September 2007
- "The Alfred Schild Papers," by Nikki Thomas, November 2006
- "Oral History and the Archives of American Mathematics," by Kristy Sorensen, August/September 2006
- "H. S. Vandiver Papers," by Kristy Sorensen, May/June 2006
- "Photographic Mystery Update," by Kristy Sorensen, March 2006
- "The Archives of American Mathematics on the Web," by Kristy Sorensen, February 2006
- "The Bryce S. DeWitt Papers," by Kristy Sorensen, January 2006
- "An MAA Photographic Mystery," by Kristy Sorensen, December 2005
- "The Walter Feit Papers," by Nikki Thomas, November 2005
- "The New Mathematical Library Records," by Robin Howard and Kristy Sorensen, August/September 2005
- "The Max Dehn Papers," by Kristy Sorensen, May/June 2005
- "The RH Bing Papers," by Kristy Sorensen from material compiled by Frederic F. Burchsted, March 2005
- "The George Bruce Halsted Papers," by Kristy Sorensen, February 2005
- "Addition to the Mathematical Association of America Records," by Kristy Sorensen, January 2005
- "The R. L. Moore Papers," by Kristy Sorensen, December 2004
- "The Mathematical Association of America Records," by Kristy Sorensen, November 2004
- "The NCTM Oral History Project Records," by Kristy Sorensen, September 2004
- "The Archives of American Mathematics," by Kristy Sorensen, May 2004 [PDF document]
- Society of American Archivists 2005 Finding Aids Fair, August 2005 [scroll down for AAM contribution]
- Center for American History News, the newsletter of the Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
- "Generous Support Increases Access to Mathematics Archive," by David Dettmer, Fall 2004
- Descriptive Notes: The Newsletter of the Description Section of the Society of American Archivists
- "Archives of American Mathematics Finding Aids," by Kristy Sorensen, Summer 2004
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, News Bulletin:
- "Online Index for NCTM's Oral History Project Now Available," April 2004
- Southwestern Archivist, the newsletter of the Society of Southwestern Archivists
- "Math Archives Grant Awarded to the Center for American History," by Kristy Sorensen, November 2003, Volume 26, Issue 4, page 20 [PDF document]
- MAC Newsletter, the newsletter of the Midwest Archives Conference
- "University of Texas at Austin's Center for American History," by Kristy Sorensen, October 2003
- History of Science Society, News from the Profession
- "Math Archives Grant Awarded to the Center for American History," by Kristy Sorensen, August 2003 [Note: to access the article, search the news database for "Mathematics Archives"]
- Historia Mathematica
- "New Archives of American Mathematics Collections," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Volume 20, page 92-94, February 1993
- "Archives of American Mathematics," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Volume 14, page 366-374, November 1987
- "Papers of C. A. Truesdell and R. L. Wilder," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Voume 13, pages 171-172, 1986
- "Archive of the School Mathematics Study Group," by Albert C. Lewis; Volume 6, page 206-207, 1979
- "Establishment of 'The Archives of American Mathematics,'" by Albert C. Lewis; Volume 5, page 340-341, August 1978
- "Papers of R. L. Moore and H. S. Vandiver," by Albert C. Lewis; Volume 2, page 272, 1975
- History of Science in America News and Views:
- "Availabilty of Collections," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Volume 9, page 6, 1992
- "News and Announcements," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Volume 4, pages 9-10, 1987
- A Century of Mathematics in America, Part III, edited by Peter Duren, American Mathematical Society, Providence: Rhode Island, 1989, pages 667-674, "Sources for the History of Mathematics in the Archives of American Mathematics," by Frederic F. Burchsted
- American Institute of Physics History Newsletter
- "Sources for the History of Physics in the University Archives of the University of Texas at Austin," by Frederic F. Burchsted, Volume 20, number 2, November 1988
- History of Science Society Newsletter:
- "Archives," by Frederic F. Burchsted; Volume 16, page 21, 1987
- History of Science Society Guide to the History of Science, by Frederic F. Burchsted; page 54, 1986
- The Mathematical Intelligencer:
- "An Archive for American Mathematics," by Albert C. Lewis; Volume 1, pages 175-176, 1978
Links
- The Legacy of R. L. Moore Project
- The Mathematical Association of America
- The American Mathematical Society/Mathematical Association of America Joint Archives Committee
- "Why Archive?," by Albert C. Lewis. [This article previously appeared in The Notices of the AMS,40(1993): 847--9 and in FOCUS, vol. 13, No. 4 (1993): 11--12]
- "The Value of Mathematical Archives" by Steve Batterson , et al. in The Notices of the AMS, 50 (2003): 1409-1415. [PDF document]
- The Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Baley Price Papers at the University of Kansas
Contact Information
Reference inquiries regarding the Archives of American Mathematics should be directed to the Reference Department of the Research and Collections Division of the Center for American History at 512/495-4532 or at cah.reference@austin.utexas.edu.
Other inquiries about the Archives of American Mathematics should be directed to Carol Mead, Archivist, Center for American History at 512/495-4539, or at carolmead@austin.utexas.edu.
