Descriptive Summary
The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives
1944-1963
Brother Nivard Scheel, 1925-2016
Nivard Scheel Collection
2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes
Brother Nivard Scheel was a CUA graduate in physics who also had an influential role in the university administration in the 1960's. This collection houses many class notes and other documents related to his time as a student at CUA in the 1940's through the 1960's..
105
English
Biographical Note
Nivard Scheel, C.F.X. was born November 8, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland. He entered the Xavarian Brothers on June 30, 1943, in which afterwards he attained his A.B., 1949, M.S, 1951, and PhD 1961 in Physics at the Catholic University of America (CUA). He was president of Xavarian College in Silver Spring, Maryland, 1960-1966. He then went on to be principal at Nazareth High School in Brooklyn 1966-1968 before being appointed Assistant to the Acting Rector by Fr. John P. Whalen in 1967 at CUA. From 1968 to1969 he was Acting Rector of CUA before being appointed by President Clarence Walton as Vice President for Student Affairs in 1970.
Scope and Contents
The Nivard Scheel Collection consists of personal papers from his time as a CUA student. Included are many class notes and notebooks with handwritten notes, computer printouts, experiment reports, and blue book tests (twenty-five in total).
Arrangement
The Nivard Scheel Collection consists of one series:
- Series 1: CUA Class Notes and Documents, 1944-1963
Restrictions on Access
None
Related Material
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Persons:
Nivard Scheel, 1925-2016
Organizations:
Catholic University of America
Places:
Washington, D.C.
Silver Spring, MD
Subjects:
Physics
Acquisition Information
Unknown donor, received in 1978.
Processing Information
Processing completed in July 2018 by Jonathan Dell Isola. EAD markup completed in July 2018 by Jonathan Dell Isola.
Detailed Description of the Collection
CUA Class Notes and Documents,
1944-1963
(5)
Notes and documents relating to Brother Scheel's time as a student at CUA
1
1
"Review for Religious"/Counselling Documents/Article from Journal of Chemical Physics,
1951, n.d.
1
2
"Theory of Intermolecular Forces"/"New Development in Molecular Orbital Theory",
1952
1
3
"Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules",
1953
By John C. Slater
1
4
Physics S-506 Experiment Notes,
1947
1
5
Religious and Physics Articles,
1960-1963
1
6
Reprints from Journal of Chemical Physics/Physics 201 Exam/"Selected Values of Properties of Hydrocarbobs",
1945-1962
Article written by Scheel in 1961
1
7
Physics 503 and 504 Exams/Math Exam,
1940's?
1
8
Misc. Physics Notes,
n.d.
1
9
Dissertation "A Study of the Interaction Between a Lithium and a Helium Atom",
1961
Scheel's dissertation
1
10
Blue Book Tests for Physics and Chemistry,
1949-1950
There are eleven tests
2
1
Graphs and Statistics Printouts,
n.d.
2
2
Copy of Vincent J. DeCarlo's Dissertation/Scheel Dissertation Cover Sheet and Biographical Information,
1949-1961
2
3
Membership Materials for Society of Sigma Xi,
1962
2
4
Various Physics Charts and Computer Statistics,
n.d.
2
5
Various Physics Statistics Prinouts,
n.d.
2
6
Various Physics Statistics Prinouts II,
n.d.
2
7
Various Physics Notes and Printouts,
n.d.
3
1
English Translation of "Praefectus seu Magister Spiritus"/Lecture Notes on Spiritual Theology,
1961-1962
3
2
Spiritual Theology Notes,
1962
3
3
Physics Notebooks,
n.d.
3
4
Electricity II and III Notebooks,
n.d.
3
5
Electronics Notebooks,
n.d.
3
2
Quantum Mechanics II and III Notebooks,
n.d.
4
1
Math Methods I-III Notebooks,
n.d.
4
2
Physics Experiment Notes and Grading Forms,
1944-1950
4
3
Ch. 3 and 4 Physics Notes,
1950
Includes quizzes
4
4
Theoretical Physics Dissertation,
n.d.
4
5
Physics Notes and Graphs,
1951
Handwritten and typed notes
4
6
Three Modern Physics Notebooks,
n.d.
4
7
Various Loose Leaf Physics Equations,
1956,n.d.
Vast majority undated
4
8
Xavarian College Computation Notebook,
n.d.
4
9
Blue Book Tests for Chemistry and Physics,
1947-1952
There are fourteen tests
5
1
Undergraduate Class Notes I,
n.d.
5
2
Undergraduate Class Notes II,
n.d.
5
3
Undergraduate Class Notes III,
n.d.
5
4
Undergraduate Class Notes IV,
n.d.
5
5
Mission Sending Society Materials and Misc. Documents,
1960
Includes correspondence with a religious brother in Uganda(?)