Department of Physics

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Scope and Content

/1 Power Point presentation 'Physics at Dundee Pre-1967' by Sandy Fitzgerald including pictures of previous professors and information on research in the Department pre-1967 and 1967–2005 as well as a rough schematic diagram produced by Professor Peter LeComber and Professor Walter Spear showing their Field Effect Transistor formed with amorphous silicon which was instrumental in the development of the Flat Screen Television, 2006
/2 /1-6 Digital copies of Dept of Physics staff and research student photographs, annotated, 1950-1987
/3 Peter LeComber album: Jute Shed fire, 1982 Digital copies of photographs with descriptive notes by Steve LeComber, 2019 /1-35 Black and white and colour images of the fire and its immediate aftermath [some images possibly by DC Thomson] Includes: /14 Showing Stuart Kinmond in the foreground, also Walter Spear wearing a duffel coat and possibly Rod Gibson in a suit jacket, /15 Showing on the far left, Tony Snell, in the pale blue shirt, and Peter LeComber, in the maroon shirt. Walking left to right in the duffel coat is Walter Spear. Possibly Davey Jones in the green jumper /16 Showing Peter LeComber in green jumper /36-40 Colour images showing aftermath and initial clean up. [Original photographs taken and annotated by Peter LeComber] /41-45 Colour images of the Shed re-built. [Original photographs taken and annotated by Peter LeComber]

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Archivist's Note

Description compiled by JM

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Appraisal Information

Nothing destroyed

Custodial History

Photographs found in the Dept and digitised by depositor. Depositor created PP

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RU 914