Deane Montgomery papers
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of the correspondence and collected papers of Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Deane Montgomery. The materials correspond to Montgomery's time as a Member, Permanent Member, Faculty, and later Emeritus of the School of Mathematics, dating from 1930 to 1987.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1951-1989
- 1930-1989
Creator
- Montgomery, Deane, 1909-1992 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Select materials in this collection are subject to the Institute for Advanced Study Archival Policy (1986). Restrictions have been indicated at the folder-level.
Per the Institute for Advanced Study Archival Policy, Institute records remain under restriction for 30 years from the date of the record’s creation. Additionally, all institutional records related to personnel (including human resources record and/or records related to recommendation and/or appointment to the Institute) remain restricted for the lifetime of both the creator and subject.
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Biographical / Historical
Deane Montgomery (1909-1992) was born in Weaver, Minnesota. Montgomery received his Bachelors of Science from Hamline University and his doctorate from the University of Iowa where he studied under Edward Chittenden. Montgomery joined the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics in 1934. He held three year-long appointments as a Member from 1934-1935, 1941-1942, and 1945-1946. Montgomery was appointed to a position as a Permanent Member from 1948-1951 after which he was appointed to a position as Faculty from 1951-1980. Montgomery received Emeritus status in 1980 and remained affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study until his death in 1992.
Montgomery is perhaps best remembered for his work with fellow mathematicians Andrew Gleason and Leo Zippin to solve a poser regarding locally Euclidean topological groups known as Hilbert's Fifth Problem.
Extent
7 linear feet (6 record storage containers)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
The Deane Montgomery papers consist of correspondence and documentation related to the work of former Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics Faculty Deane Montgomery from 1930-1989.
Arrangement
This collection contains the following three series: Correspondence, Veblen Estate, and Institute for Advanced Study Faculty dispute.
Custodial History
The immediate source of acquisition for this collection is unknown. However, a portion of this collection, the Manuscript and publications series, can be traced to Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Freeman Dyson who received the materials from Montgomery's former academic assistant and subsequently donated the material to the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center.
Processing Information
Archivists housed this material in acid-free containers and arranged the material into series by format.
- American Mathematical Society
- American Philosophical Society
- Atiyah, Michael Francis, 1929-2019
- Beurling, Arne
- Bombieri, E. (Enrico), 1940-
- Dyson, Freeman J.
- Harish-Chandra
- Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). School of Mathematics.
- Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). School of Social Science.
- International Congress of Mathematicians
- International Mathematical Union
- Mac Lane, Saunders, 1909-2005
- Milnor, John W. (John Willard), 1931-
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Princeton University. Department of Mathematics
- Rutgers University
- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957
- Weil, André, 1906-1998
Creator
- Montgomery, Deane, 1909-1992 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Deane Montgomery papers
- Author
- Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center staff compiled this finding aid.
- Date
- unknown
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- This finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021-10-14: Caitlin Rizzo revised this finding aid to comply with DACS standards.