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Collection Summary Collection Title: Raymond Thayer Birge Papers, Date (inclusive): 1909-1969 Collection Number: BANC MSS 73/79 c Creator: Birge, Raymond Thayer, 1887- Extent: Number of containers: 42 boxes, 25 cartons and 7 oversize foldersLinear feet: ca. 45.5 Repository: The Bancroft Library. Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Letters written to him and copies of letters by him; manuscripts and reprints of his articles and papers; speeches; research data including notebooks; lecture notes, course descriptions, exams and other University-related material; papers (minutes of meetings, programs, etc.) relating to professional organizations, including American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society and National Academy of Sciences. Covers his research on band spectra and physical constants as well as his academic career. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft

Guide to the Raymond Thayer BANC MSS 73/79 c 2 Birge Papers, 1909-1969 Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Raymond Thayer Birge Papers, BANC MSS 73/79 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biography Raymond Thayer Birge was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 13, 1887, to John Thaddeus and Caroline S. (Raymond) Birge. He attended high school in Troy, New York. From there he went to the University of Wisconsin where he obtained his A.B. in 1909, his A.M. in 1910 and his Ph.D. in 1914. His dissertation was on the photographing of the band spectrum of nitrogen and required a technique including careful measurement. In 1913 he accepted his first academic position, as instructor of physics at Syracuse University. In 1915 he was promoted to assistant professor. After the first World War the cost of living rose sharply and this, coupled with the threat of an increased teaching load leaving little or no time for research, inspired Birge to look for a position elsewhere. He greatly respected E. P. Lewis and knew of the well equipped spectroscopy laboratory at the University of California, and, when offered the position of instructor there in 1918, he readily accepted. In 1926 he was made professor of physics and by 1933 was chairman of the Department, a position he retained until his retirement. His research in spectroscopy led to several important contributions characterized by his style of rigorous and close attention to detail. He provided the original experimental verifications of quantum theory; discovered the carbon 13 isotope; predicted the existence of deuterium; and made a critical analysis and calculation of values of all general physical constants. His chairmanship of the Physics Department was characterized by an emphasis on research including the strengthening of the Department by attracting promising young men and giving them as much freedom to pursue research as possible. He retired in 1955 and, among other things, wrote a detailed history of the Physics Department and began a more intensive look at the scientific validity of certain psychic phenomena. Scope and Content The Birge collection came to The Bancroft Library in November 1972 as a gift of Professor Birge. Consisting of forty-one boxes (now 42) of correspondence and twenty-five cartons of related papers, with some material in oversize folders, it includes letters addressed to Birge; copies of letters written by him; reports; University notices; notes; minutes of meetings of University committees; research data; reprints of his writings; exams; news clippings; and publications. The papers cover a wide range of subject matter including his research on band spectra and physical constants; his membership in professional organizations; and his career as professor of physics and chairman of the Physics Department.

Correspondence

Boxes 1-30 Letters written to Birge Scope and Content Note Include letters from colleagues, family, friends, university administrators and organizations relating to his teaching career, to his research concerning band spectra and physical constants and to his chairmanship of the Physics Department. Arranged alphabetically. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. Unlisted letters are arranged alphabetically in miscellanies preceding each letter of the alphabet.

Boxes 31-41 Letters written by Birge, 1912-1966 Scope and Content Note Primarily carbon copies with occasional drafts. No letters for the years 1913-15. Arranged chronologically with undated letters at the end.

Box 31 - 1912-1925 Box 32 - 1926-1929 Box 33 - 1930-September 1933 Box 34 - October 1933-May 1936 Box 35 - June 1936-1938 Box 36 - 1939-1941

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Box 37 - 1942-August 1945 Box 38 - September 1945-March 1949 Box 39 - April 1949-1953 Box 40 - 1954-1957 Box 41 - 1958-1966 & n.d. Box 42 3 legal-size folders removed from Boxes 13 and 15 - Hansel and Jevans materials. Material relating to the University of California Scope and Content Note This series includes notices, minutes, reports, news clippings, etc., relating to various committees, offices and departments, and to the University in general. Included also are form letters from Robert G. Sproul, Clark Kerr, Monroe E. Deutsch, various administrative officers and faculty members. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 1 Academic Salary Scales Academic Salary Scales; Other Universities Academic Senate, Northern Section Academic Senate, Northern Section; Committee on Memorial Resolutions Academic Senate, Northern Section; Meetings Academic Senate, Northern Section; Representative Assembly; Agenda Committee Academic Senate, Northern Section; Representative Assembly; Elections Academic Senate, Northern Section; Representative Assembly; meetings 1952-1957 (2 folders) Academic Senate, Southern Section Anti-Communism (News clippings) Appointment Committee Association of American Universities Meeting, November 1938 Budget Butler Report, Committee on, November 1937 Calendar Committee; Calendars 1945-1960 (11 folders) Calendar Committee; Calendars of Other Universities (compiled Feb. 1954) Calendar Committee; Memoranda by Birge Calendar Committee; Miscellaneous Calendar Committee; Quarter System Chancellor's Advisory Administrative Council College of Engineering; Committee on Curriculum College of Engineering; Executive Committee College of Letters and Science College of Letters and Science; Committee for Recommendations for Dean, 1943 College of Letters and Science; Foreign Language Requirement College of Letters and Science; Natural Science Committee College of Letters and Science; Proposed Revision of Curriculum College of Letters and Science; Reorganization 1954-August 1957 College of Letters and Science; Reorganization September 1957-1960 Commencement Conference on Post-War Problems of the University, November 3-5, 1944 Custodian's Strike, 1950 Dean of College of Engineering and Mining, Committee for Recommendations Dept. of Mathematics Dept. of Mathematics; Statistical Laboratory Distinguished Teaching Awards Distribution of New Undergraduates Editorial Committee Educational Policy, Committee on (Northern Section) Educational Policy, Committee on (Southern Section) Examinations, Conduct of Faculty Bulletin Index Faculty Club Faculty Research Lecture

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The General Library 1930-1962 (2 folders) Ctn. 2 The General Library; Physics Branch Library Graduate Council; Administrative Committee Graduate Council; Funds for Fellowships Committee Graduate Division Graduate Fellowships, Committee on Graduate Students Association Gugenheim Foundation Fellowships Honorary Degrees, Committee on Hospitalization (Group Insurance) Institute for Basic Research in Science Laboratory Safety Committee Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Calendar Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Interim Report Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Library Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Photographs Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Publicity Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Tour Booklet Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Lick Observatory Committee; Selection of Director for 1935 Lick Observatory Committee; Selection of Director for 1942, Notes Lick Observatory Committee; Selection of Director for 1942, Report Lick Observatory Committee; Report on Location of Headquarters Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Loyalty Oath; Academic Senate, Northern Section, Meetings March 1949-January 1954 (2 folders) Loyalty Oath; Academic Senate, Northern Section, Statements Loyalty Oath; Academic Senate, Southern Section Loyalty Oath; Court Decisions Loyalty Oath; Faculty Committee on Financial Assistance Loyalty Oath; Magazine Articles Loyalty Oath; Miscellaneous Meetings Loyalty Oath; Miscellaneous Notes, etc. Loyalty Oath; Miscellaneous Publications and Leaflets Loyalty Oath; Newsclippings 1949-1956 (6 folders) Loyalty Oath; Non-Senate Academic Employees Loyalty Oath; Oaths Loyalty Oath; Outside Contacts Loyalty Oath; Regents' Meetings Loyalty Oath; Speeches and Statements Loyalty Oath; University of Washington Loyalty Oath; Winkler Case Maps of the Campus (in Oversize) Master Plan May T. Morrison Festival of Music, April 15-May 23, 1958 Medical School National Academy of Sciences, Analysis of membership Newsclippings Office of Public Information Office of Relations with Schools Orders of the President Patent Policy Committee President Sproul 25th Anniversary Symposium Committee Presidential Inauguration, September 1958 President's Administrative Advisory Council Prizes for Student Achievement Ctn. 3 Promotion Committee

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Provost, Committee on Selection of, 1950 Public Lectures, Committee on Public Relations, Committee on Radiation Safety Schedules of the Engineering Colleges and Depts. of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, Special Committee on Sororities and Fraternities Student Activities Student Affairs Committee Student Personnel Services Students to Combat McCarthyism Teacher Education, Committee on Tenure Undergraduate Scholarships, Committee on University Assistants and Readers University Extension University Regulations Veterans Vocational Information Committee World Student Service Fund Material relating to his History of the Physics Department Scope and Content Note This series contains the notes and drafts of the manuscript of Birge's six volume history. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 3 Manuscript for Volume I (2 folders) Manuscript for Volume II (2 folders) Manuscript for Volume III (2 folders) Manuscript for Volume IV (3 folders) Manuscript for Volume V (5 folders) Manuscript for Volume VI Notes for Volume I Notes for Volume I, additions Notes for Volumes II and III Notes for Volume IV Notes for Volume V Notes for Volume V, cont. Notes for Volume VI Material relating to Physics Courses Scope and Content Note Notes, lecture notes, course descriptions, exams and enrollment information for courses given by Birge, with a few for those given by other members of the department also. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 4 Physics 1A Physics 1B, 1C, 1D Physics 1D 1925; Enrollment Lists Physics 1D 1925; Lecture Notes (three folders) Physics 1D 1925; Problem Sets and Exams Physics 1D 1926; Enrollment Lists Physics 1D 1926; Lecture Notes Physics 1D 1926; Problem Sets and Exams Physics 2A, 2B Physics 3A, 3B Physics 4A, 4B, 4C Physics 10 Physics 104B, Vector Analysis (William H. Williams)

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Physics 107 (Robert B. Brode) Physics 108B, Physical Optics (Harvey E. White) Physics 110C Laboratory 1953 Physics 110D Laboratory 1954 Physics 111A, Discharge in Gases, 1918-20 (Exum P. Lewis) Physics 111A 1926-27 (Samuel K. Allison) Physics 111A 1930-32 (Robert B. Brode) Physics 112, Heat Physics 115 (Joseph W. Weinberg) Physics 121 1940 Physics 121, Introduction to Atomic Structure, 1944-45 (Harvey E. White) Physics 121 1949 (Emilio Segrè) Physics 121 1950 (Jack Peterson) Physics 121 (Leonard B. Loeb) Physics 124 (Luis W. Alvarez) Physics 124 1948 (Robert L. Thornton) Physics 124 and 224 (Emilio Segrè) Physics 204A, 204B 1940-42 Physics 204A, 204B 1943-February 1946 Physics 204A, 204B March-August 1946 Physics 204A, 204B September 1946-August 1947 Physics 204A, 204B September 1947-June 1948 Physics 204A, 204B September 1948-June 1949 Physics 204A, 204B September 1949-June 1950 Physics 204A, 204B September 1950-June 1951 Physics 204A, 204B September 1950-June 1951; Problem Sets Physics 204A, 204B September 1951-June 1952 Physics 204A, 204B September 1951-June 1952; Problem Sets Physics 204A, 204B September 1952-June 1953 Physics 204A, 204B September 1953-June 1954 Physics 204A, 204B September 1953-June 1954; Problem Sets Physics 204A Fall 1954 Ctn. 5 Physics 204A, 204B; Complete Set of Mimeographed Material August 1955 (two folders) Physics 205A Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 1A, A-E Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 1A, F-Z Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 1B Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 2A Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 2B Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 2C Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 3 Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 4 Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 5A (two folders) Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 5B Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 6A Physics 208; Lecture Notes (208- 1927) Section 6B Physics 208A (1923) and 208B (1924) Physics 208A 1943-48 Physics 208B Spring 1950 (Francis A. Jenkins) Physics 210A Physics 211, Spectroscopy, Spring 1930 (Francis A. Jenkins) Physics 211A, Spectroscopy, 1923 (Exum P. Lewis) Physics 211B, Spectroscopy, 1919 (Exum P. Lewis) Physics 211B, Spectroscopy, 1926 (Exum P. Lewis) Physics 211B 1926 Physics 211C, Radiation and Atomic Structure, Fall 1919 Physics 213, Kinetic Theory (William H. Williams)

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Physics 214 January-May 1932 Physics 214 January-May 1934 Physics 214 January-May 1936 Physics 214 January-May 1938 Physics 214 January-May 1940 Physics 214 January-May 1942 Physics 214 February-June 1943 Physics 214 July-October 1944 Physics 214 March-June 1945 Physics 214 October 1945-1947 Physics 214; Curves (in Oversize) Ctn. 6 Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 1A Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 1B Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 2A Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 2B Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 3 Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 4A Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 4B Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Section 5 Physics 214; Notes (290- 1926) Rewritten pages Physics 215A, Radiation and Atomic Structure, 1920 Physics 215B Spring 1921 Physics 215A Fall 1921 (two folders) Physics 215B Spring 1922 Physics 215A Fall 1922 Physics 215B Spring 1923 Physics 215A Fall 1923 Physics 215B Spring 1924 Physics 215A Fall 1924 Physics 215B Spring 1925 Physics 215A Fall 1925 Physics 215B Spring 1926 Physics 215A Fall 1926 Physics 215B Spring 1927 Physics 215A Fall 1927 Physics 215B Spring 1928 Physics 215A Fall 1928 Physics 215B Spring 1929 Physics 215A Fall 1929 Physics 215B Spring 1930 Physics 215A Fall 1930 Ctn. 7 Physics 215B Spring 1931 Physics 215A Fall 1931 Physics 215B Spring 1932 Physics S215 Summer 1932 Physics 215A Fall 1932 Physics 215B Spring 1933 Physics 215B Spring 1934 Physics 215A Fall 1934 Physics 215B 1936 (Francis A. Jenkins) Physics 219B, Quantum Theory Seminar, January-May 1920 (Lewis, Birge and Williams) Physics 220A, Quantum Theory, Fall 1921 (William H. Williams) Physics 220B, Quantum Theory, Spring 1922 (William H. Williams) Physics 221, Quantum Mechanics, Fall 1929 (J. Robert Oppenheimer) Physics 221A Fall 1947 (Robert Serber) Physics 290, Band Spectra Seminar, 1925 Physics 290, Reduction of Observations, Fall 1926

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Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, January-May 1928 Physics 290, X-rays, Spring 1929 (Samuel K. Allison) Physics 290, Reduction of Observations, Spring 1930 Physics 290, Quantum Mechanics, Spring 1931 (Hendrik A. Kramers) Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; General Notes Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Symmetry Characteristics of Molecules Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Intensity in Bands Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Polyatomic Molecules Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Promotion of Electrons Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Moments of Inertia and Law of Force Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Isotopes in Band Spectra Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; Resonance Effects, Perturbations, Predissociation Physics 290, Band Spectra and Molecular Structure, Spring 1931; General Relations in Bands Physics 290f, Techniques of Modern Experimental Physics, 1949-1950 (William B. Fretter) Physics 851 1931 Material relating to Organizations and Societies Scope and Content Note Minutes and programs of meetings, reports, speeches, membership lists, nominations for membership and newsletters for the various professional organizations and societies to which Birge belonged. Notices and form letters from various people may be found in the following folders: Wallace Waterfall (in American Institute of Physics); Karl K. Darrow, Raymond T. Birge, Joseph Kaplan, Samuel A. Goudsmit (in American Physical Society); Luther P. Eisenhart (in American Philosophical Society); and Samuel K. Allison, Carl D. Anderson, Paul Brockett, David M. Dennison, Leonard I. Schiff, Fred E. Wright (in National Academy of Sciences). Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 7 American Association for the Advancement of Science; Announcements of Meetings and Programs American Association for the Advancement of Science; Directory and Report American Association for the Advancement of Science; Meeting, December 26-31, 1954 American Association for the Advancement of Science; Meeting, December 26-31, 1957 American Association for the Advancement of Science; Meeting, December 26-31, 1958 American Association for the Advancement of Science; News Release American Association for the Advancement of Science; Section B (Physics) American Association for the Advancement of Science; Section B, Vice President American Association for the Advancement of Science; Speeches American Association of Physics Teachers 1947-1965 (2 folders) American Association of Physics Teachers; Apparatus Drawings Project American Association of University Professors American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; American Civil Liberties Union - News American Institute of Physics 1935-1958 (5 folders) Ctn. 8 American Institute of Physics 1959-1968 American Institute of Physics; Annual Reports American Institute of Physics; Executive Committee, Minutes of Meetings March 1956-January 1959 (3 folders)

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American Institute of Physics; Governing Board, Minutes of Meetings American Institute of Physics; Newsletters American Philosophical Society 1943-1967 (4 folders) American Philosophical Society; Membership Lists American Physical Society; Announcement of Meetings American Physical Society; Council 1927-1960 (5 folders) American Physical Society; Financial Reports American Physical Society; Local Secretary American Physical Society; Meeting, December 2, 1916 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 26-30, 1916 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 1, 1917 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-29, 1917 (Pittsburgh) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-28, 1918 (Baltimore) American Physical Society; Meeting, March 1, 1919 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 25-26, 1919 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 19, 1919 (Pasadena) American Physical Society; Meeting, October 10-11, 1919 (Philadelphia) American Physical Society; Meeting, November 28-29, 1919 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 29, 1919-January 3, 1920 (Saint Louis) American Physical Society; Meeting, February 28, 1920 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 18, 1920 (Seattle) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 23-24, 1920 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, November 26-27, 1920 (Cleveland) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 28-30, 1920 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, February 26, 1921 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 22-23, 1921 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 28-30, 1921 (Toronto) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-29, 1923 (Cincinnati) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 21-22, 1929 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 15, 1933 (Salt Lake City) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 11, 1942 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 29, 1942 (Los Angeles) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 10, 1943 (Stanford) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27, 1943 (Pasadena) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 22, 1944 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 16, 1944 (Pasadena) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 14, 1945 (Stanford) American Physical Society; Meeting, January 12, 1946 (Los Angeles) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 12, 1946 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, February 3-5, 1949 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 29-30, 1949 (Stanford) Ctn. 9 American Physical Society; Meeting, December 28-30, 1950 (Los Angeles) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-29, 1951 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, 1952 American Physical Society; Meeting, December 28-30, 1953 (Stanford) American Physical Society; Meeting, February 26-27, 1954 (Austin) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 29-May 1, 1954 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 28-30, 1954 (Minneapolis) American Physical Society; Meeting, July 7-10, 1954 (Seattle) American Physical Society; Meeting, November 26-27, 1954 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-29, 1954 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Meeting, January 27-29, 1955 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, March 17-19, 1955 (Baltimore) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 28-30, 1955 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 22-24, 1955 (Toronto) American Physical Society; Meeting, August 29-31, 1955 (Mexico City) American Physical Society; Meeting, November 25-26, 1955 (Chicago)

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American Physical Society; Meeting, December 28-30, 1955 (Univ. of So. Calif.) American Physical Society; Meeting, January 30-February 3, 1956 (New York) American Physical Society; Meeting, March 15-17, 1956 (Pittsburgh) American Physical Society; Meeting, April 26-28, 1956 (Washington, D. C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, June 21-23, 1956 (Eugene) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-29, 1956 (Monterey) American Physical Society; Meeting, September 5-7, 1957 (Boulder) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 19-21, 1957 (Stanford) American Physical Society; Meeting, March 27-29, 1958 (Chicago) American Physical Society; Meeting, August 26-28, 1958 (Vancouver, B.C.) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 29-31, 1958 (Los Angeles) American Physical Society; Meeting, December 27-31, 1960 (Berkeley) American Physical Society; Nominating Committee (1956) American Physical Society; Presidential Address American Physical Society; Proceedings 1926-27 American Physical Society; Proceedings 1928-29 American Physical Society; Reports of the Treasurer American Physical Society; Physical Review, Editor's Reports American Scientific Congress American Society for Engineering Education Astronomical Society of the Pacific Atoms for Peace Awards, Inc. Bay Area Scientist Discussion Group California State Employees' Association California State Employees' Association; Hospital Plans California Teachers Association Federation of American Scientists Federation of American Scientists; F.A.S. Newsletter Federation of American Scientists; Scientists' Committee on Loyalty Problems International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Miscellaneous Organizations and Committees National Academy of Sciences; Analysis of Membership 1933-1961 (3 folders) Ctn. 10 National Academy of Sciences; Analysis of Membership 1962-1965 (2 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Ballots National Academy of Sciences; Constitution and Bylaws 1933-1967 (2 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Demonstrations and Exhibits National Academy of Sciences; Elections National Academy of Sciences; Ernest O. Lawrence Memorial Lecture National Academy of Sciences; Joseph Henry Fund National Academy of Sciences; Loyalty and Foreign Scientific Exchanges National Academy of Sciences; Medal Awards National Academy of Sciences; Meetings, Abstracts of Papers National Academy of Sciences; Meetings, Announcements and Programs 1935-1967 (5 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Meetings, Minutes and Reports 1934-1966 (6 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Membership 1946-1969 (3 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Miscellaneous National Academy of Sciences; Nominations for Membership 1933-1944 (3 folders) Ctn. 11 National Academy of Sciences; Nominations for Membership 1945-1966 (22 folders) Ctn. 12 National Academy of Sciences; Nominations for Membership 1967-1971 (7 folders) National Academy of Sciences; Official Statements National Academy of Sciences; Organization National Academy of Sciences; Physics Section, Elections National Academy of Sciences; Physics Section, Nominations 1968-1969 (2 folders) National Academy of Sciences; President's Reports National Academy of Sciences; Proceedings National Academy of Sciences; Publications National Academy of Sciences; Reports

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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council; Office of Critical Tables 1958-1961 (3 folders) National Science Foundation Northern California Association of Scientists Optical Society of America 1925-1967 (3 folders) Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. Research Corporation Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society) Societé Italiana di Fisica; Congresso Internazionale di Fisica in Onore di Amedeo Avogadro, September 6-11, 1956 Society for Social Responsibility in Science Society for Social Responsibility in Science; S.S.R.S. Newsletter 1951-1964 (2 folders) Western College Association Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Research Notes Scope and Content Note This series includes notes, drawings, graphs and data sheets covering Birge' s own research as well as notes he made on the research of others. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 13 Band Spectra; Bohr Atom [ca. 1918] Band Spectra; Ionizing Potentials Band Spectra; Stark Effect [ca. 1918] Band Spectra; Zeeman Effect Band Spectra; Doublets (December 1924) Band Spectra; Swan Bands (1925-27) Band Spectra; Correspondence Principle and Gyroscopic Molecules (December 4, 1926) Band Spectra; New Quantum Mechanics (December 1926) Band Spectra; Law of Force 1925 Band Spectra; Law of Force [ca. 1927] Band Spectra; Law of Force 1929 Band Spectra; Morse Function (December 1932) Band Spectra; Isotope Effect (1932) Band Spectra; Heat of Dissociation, HC1 (1927) (2 folders) Band Spectra; Band Spectra; Heat of Dissociation, Dissociation by Rotation (December 1929) Band Spectra; Heats of Dissociation (1931) Band Spectra; Heat of Dissociation, Nitrogen (June 29, 1933) Band Spectra; Symmetrical Molecules Band Spectra; General Plot Notes (December 1926) Band Spectra; Hund's Theory (May 1927) Band Spectra; Electronic State and Band Spectra of Diatomic Molecules (December 1927) Band Spectra; Formation of Molecules (March 1928) Band Spectra; Fresnel Diffraction Patterns for single slit and screen (1935) Band Spectra; Fresnel Diffraction Patterns for single slit and screen (students' work 1935-46) Band Spectra; Fresnel Integrals (1935) Band Spectra; Nomenclature (1927 and 1929) Band Spectra; Data Compiled for International Critical Tables 1927 Band Spectra; Data Compiled for International Critical Tables 1928 Band Spectra; Prints Band Spectra; Prints, Various American Physical Society Papers Band Spectra; Prints, Brackett and Birge Band Spectra; Beryllium Oxide (1929) Band Spectra; Calcium Fluoride (August 1929) Band Spectra; Calcium Hydride [ca. 1926]

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Band Spectra; Carbon Dioxide (April 1926) Band Spectra; Carbon Isotopes June 1929 Band Spectra; Carbon Isotopes September-December 1929 Band Spectra; Carbon Isotopes March 1930 Band Spectra; Carbon Monoxide 1925-1926 Band Spectra; Carbon Monoxide 1927 (2 folders) Band Spectra; Carbon Monoxide October 1929 Band Spectra; Copper Hydride Band Spectra; Cyanogen [ca. 1916] Band Spectra; Cyanogen n.d. Band Spectra; Cyanogen 1926 Band Spectra; Cyanogen 1929 Band Spectra; Cyanogen 1931 Band Spectra; Helium (1925) Band Spectra; Hydrogen (1927) Band Spectra; Hydrogen Oxide (1925-27) Band Spectra; Hydrogen Oxide, doubling (1929) Band Spectra; Iodine and the Halogens (1931) Band Spectra; Mercury Hydride (November 1925) Band Spectra; Nitrogen 1924 Band Spectra; Nitrogen 1925 Band Spectra; Nitrogen 1926 Ctn. 14 Band Spectra; Nitrogen 1927-28 Band Spectra; Nitrogen (first positive group) [ca. 1926] Band Spectra; Nitrogen (first positive group) 1926-June 1927 Band Spectra; Nitrogen (first positive group) January 1929 Band Spectra; Nitrogen, Active (1927-28) (2 folders) Band Spectra; Nitrogen Ion (N 2 +) (1935) Band Spectra; Nitrogen Isotope (1931) Band Spectra; Nitric Oxide [ca. 1926] Band Spectra; Oxygen Isotopes 1929 (2 folders) Band Spectra; Oxygen Isotopes 1930 (2 folders) Band Spectra; Oxygen Isotopes 1931 (some curves in Oversize) Band Spectra; Oxygen Isotopes, 3 [Sigma] analysis (June 1931) Band Spectra; Titanium Oxide (1927) Statistics; Difference of Weight Noon and Midnight Statistics; Gram Polynomials and Least Squares Statistics; Least Squares (1929-32) Statistics; Least Squares, 500 Observations of a Spectral Line (1932) Statistics; Notes on W. E. Deming 1932 Statistics; Notes on W. E. Deming 1933-34 Statistics; Notes on W. E. Deming 1935-38 Statistics; Notes on R. A. Fisher and J. Neyman (1936) Statistics; Significant Figures in Statistical Constants (1937) General Physical Constants; Basic Constants 1928 General Physical Constants; Basic Constants 1929 and 1954 General Physical Constants; Calibration Curve of Comparator (October 1929) General Physical Constants; h/e (1929) General Physical Constants; Miscellaneous Notes 1929-30 General Physical Constants; Miscellaneous Notes 1931 (2 folders) General Physical Constants; Velocity of Light (1934) General Physical Constants; e/m 1932-February 1934 General Physical Constants; e/m March 1934 Ctn. 15 General Physical Constants; e/m May 1934-1936 General Physical Constants; Units and Dimensions (October 25, 1936) General Physical Constants; Oxygen Isotope Abundance (1936) General Physical Constants; Miscellaneous Notes 1937 (8 folders)

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General Physical Constants; Rydberg Constant from High Quantum Numbers (October 1938) General Physical Constants; Relativity X-ray Doublets 1938 General Physical Constants; Relativity X-ray Doublets 1939 General Physical Constants; Jesse W. M. Du Mond's Radial Nonographic Diagram September 1939 General Physical Constants; Jesse W. M. Du Mond's Radial Nonographic Diagram October 1939-January 1940 General Physical Constants; Value of the Rydberg Constant 1939-40 General Physical Constants; Value of the Rydberg Constant 1941 General Physical Constants; Relativity X-ray Doublets 1941 General Physical Constants; Electronic Charge, e (1941) General Physical Constants; Cross Section Plots 1940, `41, `45 (in Oversize) General Physical Constants; Printed Tables (1945) General Physical Constants; [alpha] and e/m, etc. (1949) General Physical Constants; Nuclear Moments (1950) Parapsychology and Pseudo-Science 1958-59 Parapsychology and Pseudo-Science 1960-61 Parapsychology and Pseudo-Science; Announcements Parapsychology and Pseudo-Science; Newsclippings and Articles Lecture Notes Scope and Content Note This series contains notes taken by Birge and others at course lectures as well as individual lectures. Those notes taken by persons other than Birge are so designated. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 16 Vector Analysis given by William H. Williams 1919 Molecular Structure (notes from a Chemistry seminar) 1919 Relativity given by William H. Williams 1920-21 Spectroscopy (notes from Chemistry seminars) 1920-21 Spectroscopy (Physics 59) and Electron Theory (Physics 52) reading notes by Francis A. Jenkins 1923 Molecular Physics and Heat (Physics 11) given by Dr. Lemon Winter 1923 Quantum Theory given by William H. Williams 1923-24 Lectures given by Paul Ehrenfest March 24-26, 1924 Astrophysics Course given by Arthur S. Eddington October 1924 Optics (Physics 61) notes by Francis A. Jenkins [ca. 1924] Light (Physics 12) notes by Francis A. Jenkins 1924 Lectures on New Quantum Theory given by Prof. Born February 25-March 2, 1926 Least Squares, etc. (Mathematics seminar) given by Edward U. Condon February 16, 1926 Seminar on Crystal Structure given by Prof. Joffé 1927 Wave Mechanics given by William H. Williams 1927-28 Seminar given by James Franck January 31-February 23, 1928 Electron Theory of Matter given by Karl T. Compton July 1928 Matrix Mechanics given by William H. Williams August-December 1928 Heat (Physics 51) notes by Francis A. Jenkins 1928 Photo Chemistry Seminar given by Hogness and Wulf, etc. 1928 Wave Mechanics and Size of Ions given by Linus C. Pauling February 1929 Theory of Ferro-Magnetism given by Werner K. Heisenberg August 13, 1929 Lecture given by P. A. M. Dirac August 1929 Experimental Basis of Molecular Theory given by Prof. Stern January-April 1930 Lecture given by Rudolf W. Ladenberg October 29, 1930 Notebooks Scope and Content Note Include research data, notes on articles, lecture notes, speeches and notes on meetings. Arranged as follows:

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Ctn. 16 Suggestions for Research and Nitrogen and Hydrogen Measurements October and November 1911 Spectral Series and Sodium Cathode Spectra November 1911 Standard Hydrogen Spectrum November 20, 1911 and Nitrogen February 12, 1912 List of Wave Lengths of First Deslandre's Group Positive Band Spectrum of Nitrogen September 1914 Iron Normals July 1915 X-ray Data October 1919 Work Book #1 Work Book #2 Work Book #3 Work Book #4 Work Book #5 Work Book #6 and #8 Work Book #7 Work Book #9 Work Book #10 Work Book #11 Work Book #12 Work Book #13 Work Book #14 Ctn. 17 Work Book #15 (May 1915) Work Book #16 (1915) Work Book #17 (February 1916) Work Book #18 (February 1916) Work Book #19 (September 1916) Work Book #20 Work Book #21 Work Book #22 (July 1917) Work Book #23 Work Book #24 Work Book #25 Work Book #26 Work Book #27 Work Book #28 Work Book #29 Work Book #30 Work Book #31 Work Book #32 (April 1919) Work Book #33 Work Book #34 (October 1919) Work Book #35 (March 1920) Work Book #36 (June 1920) Work Book #37 (1920) Work Book #38 (January 24-March 15, 1921) Ctn. 18 Work Book #39 (March 15-June 7, 1921) Work Book #40 (June 7, 1921-) Work Book #41 (June 20, 1921-) Work Book #42 (August 1921) Work Book #43 Work Book #44 (November 9, 1921-) Work Book #45 (December 29, 1921-) Work Book #46 (February 25, 1922) Work Book #47 (May 1922-) Work Book #48 (July 5, 1922-) Work Book #49 (August 1922) Work Book #50 (October 15, 1922)

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Work Book #51 (December 30, 1922) Work Book #52 (February 17, 1923) Work Book #53 Work Book #54 (November 22, 1923-) Work Book #55 (March 1924) Work Book #56 (May 22, 1924) Work Book #57 (June 17, 1924) Work Book #58 (August 5, 1924) Ctn. 19 Work Book #59 (October 22, 1924) Work Book #60 (May 29, 1925) Work Book #61 (July 3, 1925) Work Book #62 (October 8, 1925) Work Book #63 (December 1925) Work Book #64 (January 22, 1926) Work Book #65 (April 13, 1926) Work Book #66 (September 8, 1926) Work Book #67 (November 1927-October 1930) Work Book #68 (October 1930-July 1932) Work Book #69 (July 1932-December 1933) Work Book #70 (December 23, 1933-September 10, 1934) Work Book #71 (September 11, 1934-April 24, 1935) Work Book #72 (April 24, 1935-February 18, 1936) Work Book #73 (February 18, 1936-October 23, 1936) Work Book #74 (October 24, 1936-September 7, 1937) Work Book #75 (September 8, 1937-June 9, 1938) Work Book #76 (June 9, 1938-November 16, 1939) Work Book #77 (November 16, 1939-September 9, 1941) Work Book #78 (September 10, 1941-October 13, 1944) Work Book #79 (October 13, 1944-April 8, 1948) Work Book #80 (April 14, 1949-February 16, 1951) Ctn. 20 Work Book #81 (February 16, 1951-December 3, 1953) Work Book #82 (December 4, 1953-September 3, 1957) Work Book #83 (September 3, 1957-February 1964) Work Book #84 (March 1964-) Nitrogen Bands First Group #1 Louis W. Gardner Nitrogen Bands First Group #2 Louis W. Gardner Papers and articles Scope and Content Note Manuscripts and galley proofs of papers and articles written by Birge, some with related research notes. Included at the end of the file are manuscripts of papers written by some colleagues and students. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 20 A Study of the Reflecting Power of Metals in Liquids of Various Refractive Indices 1909 The First Deslandres' Group of the Positive Band Spectrum of Nitrogen Under High Dispersion August 1913 Notes on the Use of Concave Grating September 1915 The Mathematical Structure of Band Series April 1917 The Mathematical Structure of Band Series II October 1917 The Rydberg Universal Constant N o June 3, 1918 The Mathematical Structure of Band Series II (Revised) December 1918 The Dispersion of Air, and the Reduction of Wave Lengths to Vacuo December 1918 Methods of Computing in Use in a University Physical Laboratory January 1919 The Most Probable Value of Planck's Constant 'h' June 1919 The Mathematical Structure of X-Ray Spectra (Seattle paper) June 1920 The Balmer Series of Hydrogen, and the Quantum Theory of Line Spectra December 1920 Abstracts of Articles written for Chemical Abstracts 1921-23

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The Relativity Shift of Spectrum Lines March 1921 The Einstein Gravitational Shift of Spectrum Lines April 1921 The Quantum Theory of Band Spectra, and its Application to the Determination of Temperature January 1922 The Effect of Temperature on the 3883 CN Band 1922 A Spectroscopic Method for Determining the Effective Temperature of Absorbing and Emitting Molecules 1922 The 3883 CN Band in the Solar Spectrum August 1923 Quantum Defect and the New Bohr Theory of Atomic Structure with Frederick S. Brackett September 1923 Spectral Series of Divalent Elements September 1923 The Band Spectrum of Nitrogen and its Theoretical Interpretation December 1923 Active Nitrogen September 25, 1924 The Band Spectrum of Nitrogen and its Theoretical Interpretation (full paper) September 1924 Notes on the Quantum Theory of Band Spectra December 1924 The Quantum Theory of the Doublets of the CN and Hg Bands December 1924 The Band Spectra Associated with Carbon June 8, 1925 The Band Spectra Associated with Carbon (Abstract) June 19, 1925 Further Spectra associated with Carbon July 3, 1925 The Moment of Inertia of Diatomic Molecules, as determined from their Band Spectra September 27, 1925 The Law of Force and the Size of Diatomic Molecules, as determined from their Band Spectra November 1925 The Analysis of the Rotational Energy of Certain Molecules November 1925 The Energy Levels of the Nitrogen Molecule December 5, 1925 The Energy Levels of the Carbon Monoxide Molecule December 19, 1925 The Structure of Molecules December 19, 1925 Molecular Constants determined from the Swan Bands with J. D. Shea (Abstract) December 1925 The Quantum Analysis of the Rotational Energy of Certain Molecules (Abstract) December 1925 Review of The Theory of Measurements by L. Tuttle and J. Satterly 1925 The Quantum Analysis of the Band Spectrum of A10 ([lambda]5200-[lambda]4650) with W. C. Pomeroy (Abstract) 1925 The Quantum Analysis of New Nitrogen Bands in the Ultra-Violet with John J. Hopfield 1925 The Quantum Structure of the OH Bands [ca. 1925] The Heat of Dissociation of Non-Polar Molecules, as determined from their band spectra and from other sources with Hertha Sponer January 27, 1926 The Heat of Dissociation of Non-Polar Molecules, as determined from Band Spectra, and from other Sources with Hertha Sponer (Abstract) March 1926 The Heat of Dissociation of O 2 and O 2 + (Abstract) March 1926 The Heat of Dissociation of CO, CO + and NO with Hertha Sponer (Abstract) March 1926 The Heat of Dissociation of Non-Polar Molecules with Hertha Sponer May 1926 The Most Probable Value of Certain Basic Constants August 20, 1926 The Band Spectra of Carbon Monoxide August 21, 1926 The Titanium Bands with Andrew Christy October 1926 A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares' Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree with John D. Shea 1926 A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares' Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree with John D. Shea 1926 (first written copy) A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares' Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree with John D. Shea 1926 (second written copy) A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares' Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree with John D. Shea 1926 (Research Notes)

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Band Spectra chapter from "Molecular Spectra in Gases" a Report of the Committee on Radiation in Gases, National Research Council 1926 (two folders) Ctn. 21 Ultra-violet Absorption and Emission Spectra of Carbon Monoxide with John J. Hopfield March 1927 The Theoretical Relation between Infra-red and Ultraviolet Bands (Abstract) with John J. Hopfield March 1927 A Comprehensive Form of Energy Level Diagram for Atoms April 1927 The Quantum Levels and Resulting Constants of the Hydrogen Molecule November 1927 The Hydrogen Molecule December 22, 1927 The Energy Levels and Resulting Constants of the Hydrogen Molecule 1927 The Optical Determination of Heats of Dissociation [ca. 1927] Nature of the Molecular Binding and other Properties of the Hydrogen Halides with Oliver R. Wulf March 3, 1928 The Rotational and Vibrational Energy of Molecules March 3, 1928 Tables of Constants for Diatomic Molecules, derived from Band Spectra Data (Abstract) March 3, 1928 The Titanium Oxide Bands with Andrew Christy July 7, 1928 The Ultra-Violet Band Spectrum of Nitrogen with John J. Hopfield August 1928 The Heat of Dissociation of Nitrogen September 28, 1928 Molecular Constants of Hydrogen with Hugh H. Hyman January 1, 1929 Probable Values of the General Physical Constants January 1, 1929 Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (Typed Drafts) Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (Handwritten manuscript) Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (Handwritten manuscript and notes) Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (Notes) Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (Tables) General Statement Concerning Millikan's Work on 'h' and on 'e', and of the points at issue January 9, 1929 Millikan's Determination of the Electronic Charge e January 9, 1929 The Electronic Charge e February 2, 1929 The Isotopes of Oxygen June 1, 1929 An Isotope of Carbon, Mass 13 with Arthur S. King June 24, 1929 Further Evidence of the Carbon Isotope, Mass 13 June 29, 1929 Recent Work on Isotopes in Band Spectra July 19, 1929 The Determination of Heats of Dissociation by Means of Band Spectra July 19, 1929 The Heat of Dissociation of Oxygen and of Nitrogen September 17, 1929 The Carbon Isotope, Mass 13 with A. S. King (Abstract) December 7, 1929 The Vibrational Isotope Effect December 1929 The Moment of Inertial of Hydrogen from Band Spectra with Charles R. Jeppesen January 10, 1930 The Atomic Weights of Hydrogen and Helium March 25, 1930 Evidence from Band Spectra of the Existence of a Carbon Isotope of Mass 13 with Arthur S. King June 1930 Precision Determination of Atomic Mass Ratios from Band Spectra December 1930 Precision Determination of the Mass Ratio of Oxygen 18 and 16 (Abstract) with Harold D. Babcock December 1930 The Value of e/m and of other General Physical Constants January 1931 Review of Band Spectra and Molecular Structure by R. de L. Kronig January 1931 Mass Defects of C 13, O 18 and N 15, from Band Spectra, and the Relativity Relation of Mass and Energy March 4, 1931 Mass Ratios of the Oxygen Isotopes May 1931 The Relative Abundance of the Oxygen Isotopes, and the Basis of the Atomic Weight System with Donald H. Menzel May 27, 1931 The Calculation of Errors by the Method of Least Squares December 1931 Probable Values of e, h, e/m and [alpha] (Abstract) December 1931 Probable Values of e, h, e/m and [alpha] February 1932

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The Calculation of Errors by the Method of Least Squares (Abstract) February 1932 Relations Between Fundamental Physical Constants March 2, 1932 Probable Values of e, h, e/m and [alpha] --An Addition March 25, 1932 A Note on the Value of the General Constants of the Saha Equation October 31, 1932 The Value of e/m November 12, 1932 The Isotope Effect in Line and in Band Spectra 1932 Revisions for Duff's Textbook of Physics with Elmer E. Hall 1932 (three folders) The Potential Function of a Diatomic Molecule December 22, 1933 The Limiting Gas Density Method for Molecular Weights, and the Atomic Weight of Carbon 1933 The Atomic Weight of Carbon [1933] Ctn. 22 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with William E. Deming February 1934 (two folders) The Value of e/m March 21, 1934 The Limiting Gas Density Method for Molecular Weights April 1934 The Limiting Gas Density Method for Molecular Weights (Research Notes) (two folders) On Electric and Magnetic Units and Dimensions May 1934 Some Remarks on the Theory of Dimensions June 1934 The Velocity of Light September 21, 1934 The Velocity of Light October 18, 1934 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with William E. Deming November 9, 1934 On the Probable Error of a Mean with William E. Deming 1934 The Value of the Electronic Charge with Edwin McMillan January 25, 1935 On the Nature of Unpolarized Light February 1935 On Some Statistical Tests of Empirical Formulas with William E. Deming February 1935 Further Comments on Electric and Magnetic Units and Dimensions April 1935 On the Establishment of Fundamental and Derived Units with Special Reference to Electrical Units, Part I September 1935 The Resolving Power of the Fabry-Perot Interferometer October 1935 The Value of the Electronic Charge November 15, 1935 The Mechanics of a Flexible Rope November 1935 The Interrelations of e, h/e and e/m December 5, 1935 On the Establishment of Fundamental and Derived Units with Special Reference to Electrical Units, Part II December 1935 Interrelations of e, h/e and e/m (Abstract) December 1935 Remarks on Fiducial Values and Fiducial Intervals October 9, 1936 On the Values of Fundamental Atomic Constants June 15, 1937 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with William E. Deming (Additional Notes 1937) The Present Status of the Value of e/m November 7, 1938 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with William E. Deming (Additional Notes 1938) The L IIL III Spin Doublet and the Value of the Fine Structure Constant April 1939 Technical Forms in Scientific Manuscripts July 1939 A Consistent Set of Values of the General Physical Constants August 23, 1939 The Propagation of Errors November 1939 Graphical Representation of Relations between e, m and h December 22, 1939 Statistics and Modern Physics 193? The Training and Prospects of the Ph.D. in Physics June 18, 1940 The Values of e, e/m, h/e and [alpha] September 16, 1940 On the Training and Prospects of the Ph.D. in Physics October 1940 Probable Values of the Physical Constants, Values as of August 1939 1940 The Value of the Faraday July 1941 The Atomic Weight of Iodine July 1941 The Normal Mole Volume of an Ideal Gas July 1941 The Values of R and of e/m, from the Spectra of H, D and He + August 1941 The Value of the Fine Structure Constant with R. F. Christy and J. M. Keller September 5, 1941

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The General Physical Constants as of August 1941 September 1941 (two folders) A New Table of Values of the General Physical Constants October 1941 The Value of the Faraday December 1941 The Value of the Electronic Charge December 1941 The Properties of Certain Crystals, and the Value of the Avogadro Number N o July 1942 The Birge-Vieta Method of Finding Real Roots of Rational Integral Function August 1942 The Values of the Avogadro Number, the Faraday and the Electronic Charge 1942 Ctn. 23 Comments on "The Probable Accuracy of the General Physical Constants" February 17, 1943 Drift of a Projectile due to Rotation of Earth and Curvature of Earth's Surface 1943 Review of The Fourteen Systems of Units by William R. Varner 1943 Mechanical Units and Dimensions August 1944 The Value of the Avogadro Number N o December 16, 1944 The 1944 Value of the Physical Constants of the Quantum Theory 1944 Comparison of Hopper and Laby published results . . . with Birge recalculated results January 1945 The 1944 Values of Certain Atomic Constants with Particular Reference to the Electronic Charge January 1945 Some Probable Effects of the War on the Economic Status of the University Professor March 28, 1945 Rapid Least-Squares Solution of Polynomials and Probable Errors for Least-Squares Solution of Polynomials with J. W. Weinberg July 14, 1945 Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (original 1945) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Rewritten pages October 3, 1945) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Research Notes September 1944-February 1945) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Research Notes March-June 1945) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Research Notes July 1945) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Research Notes August 1945-September 1946) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials 1947 Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials Mathematical Appendix by J. W. Weinberg The Exact Representation of a Series of Points by a Polynomial in Power Series Form 1949 The Bohr Formula for the Rydberg Constant April 1950 History of the University October 1951 Requirements for Graduation May 1956 Review of Ernest Rutherford, Atom Pioneer by John Rowland May 1957 Review of The Story of Albert Einstein by Mae Blacker Freeman May 1958 References for Science, Pseudo-Science and Parapsychology November 11, 1959 In Memoriam for Ernest O. Lawrence 1959 Review of The Mind Readers by S. G. Soal and H. T. Bowden 1960 Foreword to Extra-Sensory Perception, Fact or Fraud by C. E. M. Hansel July 1961 Miscellaneous Papers by Others A-M Miscellaneous Papers by Others N-R Miscellaneous Papers by Others S-Z Speeches and talks Scope and Content Note Drafts of his speeches and of his talks at departmental meetings, some with related notes and lists of visual materials used. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 23 Recent Advances in Spectroscopy (Sigma Xi, October 8, 1915) Ionization Potentials and Single Line Spectra (Departmental Meeting, April 2, 1919)

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Recent Theories of Atomic Structure (Departmental Meeting, October 7, 1919) Rutherford Scattering Work (Departmental Meeting, September 30, 1920) The Quantum Theory of Band Spectra (Departmental Meeting, November 16, 1921) Recent Developments in Spectroscopy (Sigma Xi, December 7, 1921) X-ray Spectra and Bohr's 1921 Theory of Atomic Structure (Departmental Meeting, April 26, 1922) The Spectrum of Hydrogen (Departmental Meeting, October 25, 1922) New Series Spectra in O and S and Their Interpretation (Departmental Address, September 26, 1923) Report on Cincinnati Meeting (Departmental Meeting, January 23, 1924) Atomic Structure (to San Francisco High School Teachers, April 24, 1924) Natural and Artificial Disintegration of Atoms (Sigma Xi, November 11, 1925) The Rotational and Vibrational Energy of Molecules (Departmental Meeting, November 18, 1925) Ctn. 24 Structure of Molecules (Departmental Meeting, February 3, 1926) Heat of Dissociation of Molecules (Departmental Meeting, February 16, 1926) Band Spectra and Molecular Structure (Stanford California dinner, December 4, 1926) Band Spectra (Bureau of Standards, April 1927 and Chicago, July 1927) Band Spectra (R. P. I. address, May 10, 1927) Recent Developments in Physics in Eastern Institutions (Departmental Meeting, August 31, 1927) Optical Determination of Heats of Dissociation (Physics Colloquium, October 21, 1927) Nature of the Molecular Binding and other Properties of the Hydrogen Halides (Departmental Meeting, February 27, 1928) The Structure of Molecules (Sigma Xi President's Address, May 2, 1928) Band Spectra and Chemical Problems (Stanford University, May 17, 1928) General Constants (Departmental Meeting, November 21, 1928) General Physical Constants (Physics-Astronomy Club, Pasadena, December 7, 1928) Dimensions of Magnetic Quantities (Departmental Meeting, April 24, 1929) Report of Physics (American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, June 19, 1929) Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the American Physical Society, June 21, 1929) Lectures on Band Spectra (Stanford University, January 27-February 17, 1930) Isotopes and Atomic Weights (American Chemical Society, May 16, 1930) Isotopes and Band Spectra (American Chemical Society, Eugene meeting, June 19, 1930) Present Status of Values of e and e/m, etc. (Departmental Meeting, October 1, 1930) Molecules and Isotopes as Revealed by their Band Spectra (Graduate Division Research Lecture, November 6, 1930) Introduction to Extension Division Lecture by Dr. Arthur Haas (March 19, 1931) Recent Work on Isotopes in Band Spectra (University of Chicago Journal Club, June 4, 1931) Calculation of Errors by Method of Least Squares (Astronomy Seminar, November 10, 1931) Probable Values of e, h, e/m and [alpha] with Incidental Remarks on the Method of Least Squares (Departmental Meeting, February 17, 1932) Spectra of Isotopes (Stanford University, July 28, 1932) Modern Science and Pseudo-Science (Berkeley High Twelve Club, July 14, 1933) The Calculation of Probable Error in Light of Modern Statistics (Departmental Meetings, October 18 and 25, 1933) The Present Status of the Values of e, h and e/m (National Academy of Sciences meeting, April 1934) Symposium on Fundamental Physical Constants (June 21, 1934) Electric and Magnetic Units and Dimensions (Departmental Meeting, September 18, 1935)

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Statistical Inference, An Introduction to the Work of R. A. Fisher (Departmental Meeting, September 23, 1936) After-Dinner Speech (Radiation Laboratory Dinner, December 16, 1937) The Constancy of Certain Physical Constants (Sigma Xi Club, Davis, March 16, 1939) The Value of the Electronic Charge, Methods and Results (Departmental Meetings, January 24 and 31, 1940) Introduction of E. Fermi for Hitchcock Lectures (January 1940) Address at Nobel Prize Presentation, February 29, 1940 The Value of the Rydberg Constant (American Physical Society, Pasadena, December 1940 meeting) Introduction of J. Franck for Hitchcock Lectures (March 1941) N. B. C. Broadcast (April 22, 1941) A New Table of Values of the General Physical Constants (Departmental Meeting, October 8, 1941) Some Contributions of Spectroscopy to the Structure of Molecules and to the Values of the Atomic Constants (Faculty Research Lecture, March 22, 1946) From Radium to Nuclear Fission, Facts and Inferences (College Women's Club, February 5, 1947) Least Squares Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials (Departmental Meeting, February 25, 1948) Science and Pseudo-Science (American Physical Society Dinner, December 30, 1954) Science and Pseudo-Science (University Explorer Broadcast, February 20, 1955) Science and Pseudo-Science (Canadian Association of Physicists Dinner, June 21, 1955) Physics and Physicists of the Past Fifty Years (address of the Retiring President of the American Physical Society, February 2, 1956) Physics and Physicists of the Past Fifty Years (address of the Retiring President of the American Physical Society, February 2, 1956); Notes and Materials Introductory Talk (Avogadro Conference, Torino, Italy, September 1956) A Survey of the Systematic Evaluation of the Universal Physical Constants (Avogadro Conference, Torino, Italy, September 1956) Science and Pseudo-Science (Rho Chi Society Dinner, December 6, 1957) Science, Pseudo-Science and Parapsychology (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section B luncheon, December 29, 1958) Science, Pseudo-Science and Parapsychology (A.A.A.S. speech as altered for delivery elsewhere) Psychic Phenomena (Forum Section, College Women's Club, February 11, 1960) (two folders) Remarks at American Physical Society Meeting (Berkeley, December 30, 1960) Ctn. 25 Recent Experiments in Telepathy (Current Books Section, College Women's Club, February 14, 1961) Parapsychology: Fact or Fraud? (Physics and Astronomy Club, Marietta College, October 24, 1961) The Early History of the Physics Department of the University of California (October 2, 1963) Government and Science (Forum Section, College Women's Club, April 9, 1964) Remarks at Dinner in Honor of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Faculty Club, May 5, 1964) Dedication of Raymond Thayer Birge Hall (December 21, 1964) Reprints Scope and Content Note Reprints of Birge's articles; some with notes and annotations. At the end of the series are reprints by others, kept and annotated by Birge. Arranged as follows:

Ctn. 25 A Study of the Reflecting Power of Metals as Dependent on the Refractive Index of the Surrounding Medium with L. R. Ingersoll October 1909 The First Deslandre's Group of the Positive Band Spectrum of Nitrogen under High Dispersion 1913 Notes on the Use of the Concave Grating January 1916

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The Mathematical Structure of Band Series September 1917 The Mathematical Structure of Band Series II May 1919 On the Quinone-Phenolate Theory of Indicators with S. F. Acree July 1919 The Dispersion of Air and the Reduction of Wave Lengths to Vacuum July 1919 The Most Probable Value of the Planck Constant h October 1919 The Relativity Shift of Spectrum Lines April 15, 1921 The Balmer Series of Hydrogen, and the Quantum Theory of Line Spectra May 1921 Quantum Defect and the New Bohr Theory of Atomic Structure with F. S. Brackett February 1924 Spectral Series of Divalent Elements February 1924 The Law of Force and the Size of Diatomic Molecules, as Determined by their Band Spectra November 28, 1925 The Energy Levels of the Nitrogen Molecule January 16, 1926 The Energy Levels of the Carbon Monoxide Molecule February 13, 1926 The Structure of Molecules February 27, 1926 The Most Probable Value of Certain Basic Constants August 20, 1926 The Band Spectra of Carbon Monoxide December 1926 The Heat of Dissociation of Non-Polar Molecules with H. Sponer August 1926 Physical Optics February 1927 A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree with John D. Shea 1927 The Quantum Levels and Resulting Constants of the Hydrogen Molecule January 1928 The Hydrogen Molecule January 28, 1928 The Titanium Oxide Bands August 11, 1928 "Centers of Research", a Reply with Leonard B. Loeb and Karl T. Compton August 31, 1928 The Ultra-Violet Band Spectrum of Nitrogen with J. J. Hopfield November 1928 The Heat of Dissociation of Nitrogen December 1, 1928 Molecular Constants of Hydrogen with H. H. Hyman February 23, 1929 The Electronic Charge e March 2, 1929 The Isotopes of Oxygen July 6, 1929 An Isotope of Carbon, Mass 13 with Arthur S. King July 27, 1929 Probable Values of the General Physical Constants July 1929 Further Evidence of the Carbon Isotope, Mass 13 August 3, 1929 The Heat of Dissociation of Oxygen and of Nitrogen October 1, 1929 The Determination of Heats of Dissociation by Means of Band Spectra December 1929 Recent Work on Isotopes in Band Spectra December 1929 Molecular Constants Derived from Band Spectra of Diatomic Molecules 1929 Moment of Inertia of Hydrogen from Band Spectra with C. Rulon Jeppesen March 22, 1930 The Atomic Weights of Hydrogen and Helium April 15, 1930 Evidence from Band Spectra of the Existence of a Carbon Isotope of Mass 13 with Arthur S. King 1930 Mass Defects of C 13, O 18, N 15, from Band Spectra, and the Relativity Relation of Mass and Energy April 1, 1931 The Relative Abundance of the Oxygen Isotopes, and the Basis of the Atomic Weight System June 15, 1931 Relations Between Fundamental Physical Constants April 8, 1932 Calculation of Errors by the Method of Least Squares and Probable Values of e, h, e/m and [alpha] April 15, 1932 The Value of e/m December 1, 1932 A Note on the Value of the General Constants of the Saha Equation January 1933 The Value of e/m April 28, 1934 The Limiting Gas Density Method for Molecular Weights with F. A. Jenkins April 1934 On Electric and Magnetic Units and Dimensions May 1934 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with W. Edwards Deming July 1934 The Velocity of Light November 17, 1934

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The Value of the Electronic Charge with Edwin McMillan February 15, 1935 On the Nature of Unpolarized Light June 1935 On the Establishment of Fundamental and Derived Units, with Special Reference to Electric Units. Part I September 1935 The Value of the Electronic Charge December 1, 1935 On the Establishment of Fundamental and Derived Units, with Special Reference to Electric Units. Part II December 1935 Interrelationships of e, h/e and e/m February 1, 1936 The Mechanics of a Flexible Rope February 1936 On the Values of Fundamental Atomic Constants August 1, 1937 Comments on the Above Letter October 15, 1937 The Present Status of the Value of e/m December 1, 1938 On the Statistical Theory of Errors with W. Edwards Deming 1938 The Propagation of Errors December 1939 Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Professor Ernest O. Lawrence April 5, 1940 The Values of e, e/m, h/e and [alpha] October 1, 1940 On the Training and Prospects of the Ph.D. in Physics February 1941 A New Table of Values of the General Physical Constants October 1941 The Values of R and e/m, from the Spectra of H, D and He + December 1, 1941 The General Physical Constants 1941 Comments on "The Probable Accuracy of the General Physical Constants" November 1 and 15, 1943 Least-Squares' Fitting of Data by Means of Polynomials October 1947 The Exact Representation of a Series of Points by a Polynomial in Power Series Form April 1949 The Bohr Formula for the Rydberg Constant July 1, 1950 Physics and Physicists of the Past Fifty Years May 1956 Requirements for Graduation October 1956 Review of Ernest Rutherford, Atom Pioneer by John Bowland August 9, 1957 Words Spoken in the Memory of Amedo Avogadro and for the Opening of the Congresses 1957 A Survey of the Systematic Evaluation of the Universal Physical Constants 1957 Review of The Story of Albert Einstein by Mae Blacker Freeman June 20, 1958 Telepathy Experiments in Wales Winter 1960 Miscellaneous Reprints by Others 1903-29 Miscellaneous Reprints by Others 1930-34 Miscellaneous Reprints by Others 1935-39 Miscellaneous Reprints by Others 1940-49 Miscellaneous Reprints by Others 1950-62 Personalia and miscellany

Ctn. 25 Lists of Addresses Biographical Material Memorandum Lists 1917-19 Memorandum Lists 1920 Memorandum Lists 1921-28 Memorandum Lists 1929-32 Miscellaneous Photographs

Abelson, Philip Hauge, 1913-

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2 letters, 1936 and 1937

Abraham, Henri, 1868-1943

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Jan. 11, 1936, addressed to him from Birge in Birge's outgoing letters.

Abrahams, Elihu, 1927-

2 letters, 1949 and 1950

Acree, Solomon Farley, 1875-1957

7 letters, 1918-39

card, October 2, 1942

Adams, Arthur Stanton, 1896-

2 letters, 1933

Adams, Charles Christopher, 1873-1955

3 letters, 1918-40

Adams, Elliot Quincy, 1888-

letter, November 27, 1941

Adams, George Plimpton, 1882-

2 letters, 1943 and 1945

Copy of a letter, May 17, 1947, to him from Loeb in Leonard B. Loeb correspondence folder.

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Copy of a letter, Mar. 19, 1940, to him from Sproul in Robert G. Sproul correspondence folder.

Adams, Leason Heberling, 1887-

letter, March 3, 1948

Adams, Walter Sydney, 1876-1956

3 letters, 1934-40

2 telegrams, 1929 and 1934

Adkins, John Nathaniel, 1911-

letter, April 29, 1936

Aebersold, Paul Clarence, 1910-1967

4 letters, 1933-37

Included also, article by him, "The Cyclotron: A Nuclear Transformer," 1942.

Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

20 letters, 1928-35. Re California. University. Lick Observatory.

Copy of a letter, Jan. 28, 1931, to him from Hall in Elmer E. Hall correspondence folder.

Copy of a letter, May 22, 1933, to him from Leuschner in Armin O. Leuschner correspondence folder.

Akerman, John D., 1897-

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No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Feb. 11, 1935, addressed to him from Birge in Birge's outgoing letters.

Albertson, Walter Edward, 1907-

letter, January 12, 1935

Allen, Harriet Whitney

letter, February 16, 1950

Copy of a letter, February 25, 1950, to her from a secretary in California. University, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics correspondence folder.

Allen, Herbert Stanley, 1873-1945

14 letters, 1923-34

telegram, March 12, 1929

Allen, Mildred, 1894-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Feb. 28, 1945, to her and others from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Allen, Raymond Bernard, 1902-

Copy of a telegram, December 7, 1954

Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965

7 letters, 1932-62

telegram, November 20, 1946

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Copy of a letter, Nov. 7, 1955, to him from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Copy of a letter, Jan. 3, 1947, to him from Deutsch in Monroe E. Deutsch correspondence folder.

Copies of letters, Jl. 25, 1932 and Oct. 18, 1932, to him from Hall in Elmer E. Hall correspondence folder.

Copy of a letter, Je. 12, 1929, to him from Sproul in Robert Gordon Sproul correspondence folder.

Alpert, Daniel, 1917-

2 letters, 1956

Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911-

5 letters, 1946-53

5 memos, 1948-51 & n.d.

article about him, 1969

Memo, Ap. 29, 1946, from him and others in Leonard B. Loeb correspondence folder.

American Institute of Physics

67 letters, 1932-67

2 telegrams, 1934 and 1945

2 cards, 1934 and 1935

notice of a publication, 1931

Copies of letters, Je. 21, 1934, Jl. 7, 1934, Aug. 6, 1934, to the editorial secretary from Deming and letter, Oct. 11, 1934, to Deming from the editorial secretary and copy of a letter, Jan. 24, 1935, from Deming and letter, Jan. 25, 1935,

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to Deming in William E. Deming correspondence folder.

Enclosures to letters, Mar. 21, 1934 and Oct. 10, 1934, in William E. Deming correspondence folder are copies of letters from the editorial secretary to Deming.

See also Barton, Henry Askew; Burnham, George Hyndman; Hutchisson, Elmer; Waterfall, Wallace.

Amerine, Maynard Andrew, 1911-

letter, March 23, 1936

Anderson, Carl David, 1905-

telegram, November 14, 1945

Anderson, Claude Matthews, 1907-

No incoming letters; enclosure to letter, Feb. 28, 1939, in Birge's outgoing letters is a copy of a letter from him to Robert J. Trumpler.

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence, 1914-

letter, August 9, 1955

card, September 22, 1948

Letter, May 3, 1955, to him and others from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Copies of letters, Aug. 5, 1955 and Aug. 12, 1955, to him and copy of a letter, Jl. 26, 1955, to him and others from Huntoon in Robert D. Huntoon correspondence folder.

Anderson, John D., 1930-

memo, April 22, 1953

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Anderson, Oscar Elmer, 1908-

3 letters, 1933-46

Copy of a letter, Jan. 3, 1947, to him from Deutsch in Monroe E. Deutsch correspondence folder.

Anderson, Paul Alexander, 1897-

2 letters, 1940 and 1946

Anderson, Wilmer Clayton, 1909-

2 letters, 1939

Andrews, Donald Hatch, 1898-

letter, December 11, 1926

Angell, Martin Fuller, 1878-1930

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, May 13, 1930, addressed to him from Birge in Birge's outgoing letters.

Anslow, Gladys Amelia, 1892-1969

letter, April 20, 1938

Apker, Le Roy Woodard, 1915-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Jan. 13, 1955, to him and others from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Armstrong, Baxter Hardin, 1929-

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letter, March 24, 1953

Astin, Allen Varley, 1904-

3 letters, 1955-62

2 news clippings, 1953

Copy of a letter, Jan. 17, 1957, to him from McMillen in James H. McMillen correspondence folder.

Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945

6 letters, 1929-37

Asundi, Rango Krishna, 1895-

2 letters, 1928 and 1930

Avey, Albert Edwin, 1886-

2 letters, 1931

Babcock, Ernest Brown, 1877-1954

4 letters, 1934-45

Babcock, Harold Delos, 1882-

53 letters, 1922-45

Included also, papers by him, "Some New Features of the Atmospheric Oxygen Bands, and the Relative Abundance of the Isotope O 16, O 18," 1928 and "New Data on the Absorption Bands of Atmospheric Oxygen" with W. P. Hoge, 1929.

Reprint, September 1927, by him and Dieke in Gerhard H. Dieke correspondence folder.

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Babcock, Horace Welcome, 1912-

2 letters, 1947

Babington, Suren H., 1894-

2 letters, 1955 and 1957

card, May 23, 1940

Backus, John Graham, 1911-

letter, February 11, 1937

Badger, Richard McLean, 1896-

3 letters, 1931-33

Bagley, Dale, 1914-

letter, October 16, 1938

Bagley, George Dale, 1914-

letter, February 15, 1937

Bailey, George William, 1887-

letter, October 17, 1945

Bainbridge, Kenneth Tompkins, 1904-

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5 letters, 1932-53

Included also, articles by him, "The Isotopic Constitution of Zinc", 1932 and "The Constitution of Tellurium", 1932.

Baird, Walter Scott, 1908-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Feb. 5, 1957, to him and others from Seitz in Frederick Seitz correspondence folder.

Baker, William Oliver, 1915-

2 letters, 1955

Bakker, Cornelis Jan, 1904-1960

No incoming letters; enclosure to letter, Mar. 27, 1950, in Donald Cooksey correspondence folder is a copy of a letter from him to Ernest O. Lawrence.

Baldwin, John Arnold, 1929-

letter, April 16, 1953

Ball, Thomas Fauntleroy, 1894-

4 letters, 1955

Ballam, Joseph, 1917-

6 memos, 1949-51

Ballard, Stanley Sumner, 1908-

12 letters, 1934-49

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Copy of a letter, Dec. 27, 1948, to him from Davis in Alva R. Davis correspondence folder.

Baños, Alfredo, 1905-

2 letters, 1946 and 1947

Letter, May 15, 1946, to him from Knipp in Julian K. Knipp correspondence folder.

Barankin, Edward William, 1920-

letter, January 13, 1950

Copy of a letter, Jan. 20, 1950, to him from Wick in Gian C. Wick correspondence folder.

Barber, Walter Carlisle, 1919-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, March 1, 1940, addressed to him from Birge in Birge's outgoing letters.

Bardeen, John, 1908-

2 letters, 1955

Letter, Feb. 15, 1955, to him and Birge from Brattain in Walter H. Brattain correspondence folder.

Copies of letters, Feb. 7, 1955 and Mar. 1, 1955, to him and Walter H. Brattain from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Barkas, Walter Henry, 1912-

3 letters, 1935-52

Barker, Ernest Franklin, 1886-1960

8 letters, 1927-39

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Enclosure to letter, Ap. 25, 1951, in Birge's outgoing letters is a copy of a letter from him to Birge.

Copy of a letter, Feb. 12, 1942, to him and others from Ingersoll in Leonard R. Ingersoll correspondence folder.

Barker, Joseph Warren, 1891-

2 letters, 1945-48. Re Research Corporation.

Barnes, George, 1921-

2 letters, 1955 and 1956

Barnett, Samuel Jackson, 1873-

memo, October 29, 1945

telegram, November 18, 1942

Barr, Ernest Scott, 1905-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Feb. 28, 1945, to him and others from Darrow in Karl K. Darrow correspondence folder.

Barr, William Lee, 1925-

letter, April 30, 1953

Barrows, David Prescott, 1873-1954

letter, January 4, 1921

Copy of a letter, May 9, 1923, to him from Hall in Elmer E. Hall correspondence folder.

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Copies of letters, Dec. 16, 1919, March 14, 1923, and Mar. 28, 1923, to him from Lewis in Exum P. Lewis correspondence folder.

Bartlett, Albert Allen, 1923-

card, December 24, 1957

Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-

60 letters, 1928-57 & n.d.

2 telegrams, 1942 and 1945

card, June 27, 1933

Some re American Institute of Physics

Enclosure to letter, March 6, 1956, in Jesse W. M. DuMond correspondence folder is a copy of a letter from him to E. Perucca.

Enclosure to letter, Nov. 18, 1926, in Francis A. Jenkins correspondence folder is a copy of a paper by him, Jenkins and Robert S. Mulliken.

Bartunek, Paul Franklin, 1903-

No incoming letters; copy of a letter, Mar. 11, 1933, addressed to him from Birge in Birge's outgoing letters.

Batdorf, Samuel Burbridge, 1914-

3 letters, 1936-37

Bauer, Edmond Henri, 1880-1963

letter, July 13, 1934

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Baxter, Gregory Paul, 1876-1953

7 letters, 1929-39

Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970

letter, May 23, 1940

Beach, Frank Ambrose, 1911-

letter, December 1, 1958

Beams, Jesse Wakefield, 1898-

19 letters, 1946-58

telegram, December 11, 1947

Copy of a letter, May 7, 1956, to him from Gofman and Hardin B. Jones in John W. Gofman correspondence folder.

Bearden, Joyce Alvin, 1903-

21 letters, 1931-50

telegram, July 16, 1934

Included also, is a paper by him and John S. Thomsen, "A Resume of Atomic Constants", 1956.

Copies of letters, Jl. 8, 1959 and Sept. 15, 1950, and copy of a letter which is an enclosure to letter, Jan. 20, 1949, are to him from DuMond in Jesse W. M. DuMond correspondence folder.

Telegram, Jl. 16, 1934, to him from Loeb in Leonard Loeb correspondence folder.

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Copy of a letter, Mar. 15, 1957, to him from McMillen in James H. McMillen correspondence folder.

Enclosure to letter, Aug. 4, 1934, in Charles H. Shaw correspondence folder is a paper by him and Shaw.