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Luis W. Alvarez Papers, 1932-1988, Bulk 1943-1987 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt967nd685 No online items Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library Staff The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez BANC MSS 84/82 cz 1 Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 Collection Number: BANC MSS 84/82 cz The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Bancroft Library Staff Date Completed: March 2008 © 2008 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Luis W. Alvarez papers Date (inclusive): 1932-1988, Date (bulk): bulk 1943-1987 Collection Number: BANC MSS 84/82 cz Creators : Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-1988 Extent: Number of containers: 78 boxes, 3 cartonsLinear feet: 36.5 Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: The Luis W. Alvarez papers include correspondence, research files, diaries, reports, and notes documenting Professor Alvarez's accomplishments as a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a research associate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Projects documented include Alvarez's work as a member of the Manhattan Project, his studies of hyperon events in balloon-flown emulsions, his contributions to the Pyramid Project, and his research on bubble chambers. The collection also includes the draft for Alvarez's autobiography, Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Luis W. Alvarez Papers, BANC MSS 84/82 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez BANC MSS 84/82 cz 2 Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 There are no alternate forms of this collection. Additional Notes on Collection: The Luis W. Alvarez papers form part of the History of Science and Technology Collection at The Bancroft Library. Related Collections Luis W. Alvarez bubble chamber logs (BANC MSS 76/161 c). Records of the Department of Physics (CU-68). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics Nuclear physics Hyperons Pyramids--Egypt Bubble chambers Physics--Study and teaching--California Faculty papers. History of science and technology collection Acquisition Information The Luis W. Alvarez papers were given to the Bancroft Library by Janet Alvarez on January 23, 1984. Additions were received in 1985 and in 1989. The collection was shipped to the Federal Records Center in San Bruno, CA, for classification review on June 16, 1989. Originals were retained by the Pacific Sierra Branch, National Archives Records Administration, which provided photocopies to the Bancroft Library. Research Notebook no. 1, 1932-1934, was received by the Bancroft Library in April 2006. Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by staff of The Bancroft Library. Scope and Content of Collection The Luis W. Alvarez papers include correspondence, research files, diaries, reports, and notes documenting the research Professor Alvarez performed while serving as a professor in the department of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a research associate in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Projects documented include Alvarez' work as a member of the Manhattan Project, his studies of hyperon events in balloon-flown emulsions, his pivotal role in the Pyramid Project, and his research on bubble chambers. The collection also includes the draft for his autobiography, Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist. Won the Nobel Prize! Gfsdg sdgd Box 1-13 Correspondence: Institutions and Professional Associations 1946-1973 Box 1 A-C 1955-1964 Box 2 D-H 1956-1964 Box 3 I-L 1956-1964 Box 3 M 1946-1960 Box 4 M 1961-1964 Box 4 N-R 1955-1964 Box 5 S-Z 1946-1964 Box 6 A 1965-1970 Box 6 American Physical Society 1969-1970 Box 6 B 1965-1970 Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez BANC MSS 84/82 cz 3 Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 Container List Box 6 Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Review Committee 1963-1969 Box 6 C 1965-1970 Box 6 California Scientist 1968 Box 6 Carnegie-Mellon University--Honorary Doctorate Degree 1968 Box 7 D-H 1965-1970 Box 7 Hertz Award 1964-1968 Box 8 I-K 1965-1970 Box 8 Kenyon College--Honorary Degree 1969 Box 8 Kittel Committee 1962 Box 8 L-M 1965-1970 Box 9 Michelson Award 1965-1966 Box 9 N-O 1965-1970 Box 9 Office of Science and Technology (OST) 1961-1965 Box 9 OST Travel 1965-1970 Box 9 P 1965-1970 Box 10 R-S 1965-1970 Box 11 T-U 1965-1970 Box 11 USC, UC Davis 1965-1970 Box 11 V-Z 1965-1970 Box 11 Edited draft, " The Certification of Three Old Cosmic Ray Emulsion Events as O- Decays and Interactions" Undated Box 11 "Alvarez the Nobelist" (Physics 1968) by Chuck Levym p 10-18, California Monthly Jan-Feb 1969 Box 11 O- Manuscripts/worksheets 1954-1972 Box 11 O- Paper Correspondence 1972-1973 Box 11 Miscellaneous papers and reprints 1953-1961 Box 12 R.C. Cameron Correspondence 1967-1973 Box 12 Travel - Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) 1966-1970 Box 12 STAC Winter Study 1968 Box 12 STAC 1970 Box 13 NASA-STAC 1966-1969 Box 13 NASA 1963-1970 Box 13 Travel - NASA Physics Committee 1964-1969 Box 13 President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) 1971-1973 Box 13-23 Correspondence and Reports Undated Box 13 Joe Weber Correspondence 1969-1974 Box 14 Frederick Reines Correspondence 1969-1974 Box 14 Luis W. Alvarez (LWA) Travel - Colorado State University 1974-1975 Box 14 Travel - Wellesley, Notre Dame, Indiana 1969-1970 Box 14 Travel - Space Science Board 1965-1968 Box 14 Space Science Board publications, including membership, draft meeting minutes, draft Space Biology Summer Study report 1967-1969 Box 14 Space Science Board, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports 1964-1969 Box 15 Draper, Gaither, Anderson 1962 Box 15 Il Nuovo Cimento excerpts 1963-1965 Box 15 Argonne National Lab 1962-1965 Box 15 R. L. S. Woolcott (thesis) 1964-1967 Box 15 NOTS - China Lake (U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station) 1963-1967 Box 15 "Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics" 1966 Box 15 Clyde Wiegand nomination for California Scientist of the Year Award 1970 Box 15 Outside Employment [of LRL employees] 1961-1962 Box 15 Bubble Chamber Operating Condition 1955-1966 Box 15 5-meter Chamber correspondence and reports 1963-1968 Box 16 Pyramid File 1963-1973 Box 16 Pyramid File--Articles 1965-1969 Box 16 A 1971-1974 Box 16 American Institute of Physics (AIP) 1976-1974 Finding Aid to the Luis W. Alvarez BANC MSS 84/82 cz 4 Papers, 1932-1988, bulk 1943-1987 Container List Box 16 "Anti-Oxygen" 1971 Box 16 American Physical Society (APS), Miscellaneous 1971 Box 17 B 1971-1974 Box 17 Arthur H. Compton 1970 Box 17 C 1971-1974 Box 17 D 1971-1974 Box 18 Document Receipts 1959-1971 Box 18 E-L 1971-1974 Box 19 M 1971-1974 Box 19 Moravcsik, Michael Julius 1971-1974 Box 19 N 1971-1974 Box 19 XVI International Conference on High Energy Physics (HEP) - NAL 1971 Box 19 O-R 1971-1974 Box 19 Accelerator for Diagnostic Radiology Discussion 1974 Box 20 S-Z 1971-1974 Box 21 Alvarez--Personal 1945-1962 Box 21 Alvarez - Special travel and conferences 1966-1967 Box 21 Bubble Chamber Correspondence 1953-1959 Box 21 American Institute of Physics (AIP) Visiting Scientist Program 1957-1959 Box 21 Baker Panel 1956-1958 Box 21 University of Chicago Reunion 1957 Box 21 Joint Committee of Congress - Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Hearings 1958 Box 21 Modern Physics for the Engineer (lecture series & book) 1957-1961 Box 21 [Edwin] McMillan letter - Accelerators 1959 Box 21 Radio Astronomy Advisory Committee 1957-1960 Box 21 Space Science Committee 1958 Box 21 General Correspondence 1957-1964 Box 21 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Summer Students 1965 Box 21 Don Gow, London trip 1958 Box 22 Australia - New Zealand Trip 1964 Box 22 Conference on Nucleon Structure - Stanford 1963 Box 22 Instrumentation Conference 1960 Box 22 International Conference on High Energy Physics - C.E.R.N. 1962 Box 22 International School of Physics - Varonna 1964 Box 22 Fallout Meter 1961-1962 Box 22 Fallout Meter 1962-1963 Box 22 Bubble Chamber Undated Box 23 Spiral Reader 1963 Box 23 SMP [scanning and measuring projector] 1963 Box 23 Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Undated Box 23 Data Reduction Meeting Minutes 1959-1964 Box 23 Monday Noon Meeting Minutes 1956-1966 Box 24-28 Correspondence: Incoming and Outgoing Undated Box 24 A-K 1975-1977 Box 25 L 1975-1977 Box 25 M 1975-1977 Box 25 Mc 1975-1977 Box 25 N 1975-1977 Box 25 O 1975-1977 Box 25 P 1975-1977 Box 25 Q 1975-1977 Box 25 R 1975-1977 Box 25 S 1975-1977 Box 25 David Saxon re: U.
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