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Register of the Edward Teller Papers, 1930-2003 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6x0nb1wg No online items Register of the Edward Teller Papers, 1930-2003 Processed by Linda Bernard Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Edward Teller 76074 1 Papers, 1930-2003 Register of the Edward Teller Papers, 1930-2003 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Processed by: Linda Bernard, revised Hoover Institution Archives Staff Date Completed: 1992 Date Revised: 1996, 2009 Encoded by: Hernán Cortés and Elizabeth Konzak © 1998, 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Edward Teller Papers, Date (inclusive): 1930-2003 Collection Number: 76074 Creator: Teller, Edward, 1908- Physical Description: 632 manuscript boxes, 20 oversize boxes, 1 cubic foot box, 1 card file box, 1 oversize folder, 2 album boxes, 11 slide boxes, 6 envelopes, 5 motion picture film reels, 6 phonorecords, digital files.(265 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, studies, memoranda, printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video tapes, sound recordings, and memorabilia, relating to chemical, molecular and nuclear physics; development of new energy resources; national energy research planning; space exploration; and national and international security issues, including nuclear weapons and arms control. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Edward Teller Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Register of the Edward Teller 76074 2 Papers, 1930-2003 Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Access Points Nuclear energy. Nuclear weapons. Energy policy--United States. Physics. United States--Politics and government. United States--Foreign relations. United States--Armed Forces. United States--Defenses. Arms control. Space sciences. Video tapes. Phonotapes. Phonorecords. Slides (Photography) Moving-pictures. 15 January Born, Budapest, Hungary 1908 1926-1928 Student, Karlsruhe Technical Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany 1928 Student, University of Munich, Germany 1929-1931 Research associate, University of Leipzig, Germany 1930 Ph.D., University of Leipzig 1931-1933 Research associate, Guttingen, Germany 1934 Married Augusta (Mici) Harkanyi Rockefeller fellow, Copenhagen, Netherlands 1934-1935 Lecturer, University of London, United Kingdom 1935-1941 Professor of physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1941 Naturalized, Washington, D.C. 1941-1942 Professor of physics, Columbia University, New York City 1942-1943 Physicist, University of Chicago, Illinois 1942-1946 Physicist, Manhattan Engineer District of Columbia 1943-1946 Physicist, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 1946-1952 Professor of physics, University of Chicago 1949 Author (with Francis Owen Rice), The Structure of Matter 1949-1952 Assistant director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1952-1953 Consultant, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 1953-1960 Professor of physics, University of California, Berkeley 1954-1958, Associate director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1960-1975 1958 Author (with Albert L. Latter), Our Nuclear Future 1958-1960 Director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1960-1970 Professor of physics-at-large, University of California 1962 Author (with Allen Brown), The Legacy of Hiroshima 1963-1966 Professor emeritus and chairman, Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis and Livermore 1968 Author (with Gerald W. Johnson, Wilson K. Talley, and Gary H. Higgins), The Constructive Uses of Nuclear Explosives 1969 Author (with Segre, Kaplan, and Schiff), Great Men of Physics Register of the Edward Teller 76074 3 Papers, 1930-2003 1970 Author, General Remarks on Electronic Structure and the Hydrogen Molecular Ion, and General Theory of Electron Structure 1970-1975 University professor, University of California 1972 Author, The Miracle of Freedom 1975 Author, Energy: A Plan for Action 1975- University professor emeritus, University of California Director emeritus and consultant, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Senior research fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford, California 1977 Author, Nuclear Energy in the Developing World 1979 Author, Energy from Heaven and Earth 1980 Author, The Pursuit of Simplicity 1987 Author, Better a Shield than a Sword: Perspectives on Defense and Technology 1989 Presidential Citizens Medal, 1991 Author, Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics 1998 Awarded a Magyarsag Hirneveert Dij, the highest official Hungarian government award 2001 Author, Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics 2002 Department of Energy Gold Award July 2003 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 9 September Died at his home on Stanford campus 2003 Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, studies, memoranda, printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video tapes, sound recordings, and memorabilia, relating to chemical, molecular and nuclear physics; development of new energy resources; national energy research planning; space exploration; and national and international security issues, including nuclear weapons and arms control. Box 1 Biographical File, 1954-1989 Scope and Content Note Article, correspondence, get-well cards, schedules, clippings, and guest book, arranged alphabetically by physical form Box 1, Folder 1 Article on Edward Teller by Robert Coughlan, 1954 July 27. Typescript (intended for publication in Life Magazine) Folder 2 Guest book of event honoring Edward Teller's 75th birthday Folder 3 Get-well cards, 1989 April Folder 4 Subject file - Australia. Correspondence, schedules, and clippings relating to Edward Teller's trip to Australia and visit with Lang Hancock in June 1981 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Boxes 2-4 Correspondence File, 1954-1987 Scope and Content Note Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent Box 2, Folder 1 General Folder 2 Adams, Lofty A., 1982-1983 Folder 3 Antonelli, John W., Jr., 1977-1978 Folder 4 Applegath, Albert W., 1979-1984 Folder 5 Bandtel, Kenneth C., 1979-1984 Folder 6 Bethe, Hans A., 1954 Folder 7 Billman, Kennteh W., 1979 Folder 8 Black, Edwin F., 1984-1985 Folder 9 Bund Gegen Anpassung, 1989 Folder 10 Courant, R., 1954 Folder 11 Davenport, James F., 1980-1983 Register of the Edward Teller 76074 4 Papers, 1930-2003 Correspondence File, 1954-1987 Folder 12 Fercsey, John, 1980 Folder 13 Fermi, Laura, 1954 Folder 14 Glanzberg, Al (New Mexican), 1955-1963 Folder 15 Harrison, Donald C., 1986-1987 Folder 16 Hefner, Robert A., III, 1978-1982 Folder 17 Heppenheimer, Thomas A., 1984-1985 Folder 18 Hickey, Jack, 1984 Kearny, Cresson H. Folder 19 1980 Folder 20 1981-1983 Box 3, Folder 1 1984-1986 Folder 2 Konnyu, Ernest L., 1985 Folder 3 Libby, Leona M., 1974-1984 Folder 4 Makk, Americo, Eva, and A. B., 1983-1985 Folder 5 Mehnert, Klaus, 1978-1983 Folder 6 Menges, Constantine C., 1980 Folder 7 Metzger, H. Peter, 1978-1980 Folder 8 Mizuki, Mikiso, 1984 Folder 9 Owens, Gwinn, 1975-1983 Folder 10 Rainsbury, Rebecca, 1976 Folder 11 Renz, Peter, 1984 Folder 12 Rockefeller, Nelson A., 1975-1979 Box 4, Folder 1 Seifritz, Walter, 1980-1982 Folder 2 Stewart, G. W., 1954 Folder 3 Strauss, Lewis L., 1954 Folder 4 Symons, William, Jr., 1978 Folder 5 Younger, Evelle J., 1978-1980 Folder 6 Zakkay, Victor, 1980 Boxes 4-10 Speeches and Writings, 1954-1987 Scope and Content Note Articles, book drafts and manuscripts, interviews, and speeches, arranged chronologically by title Box 4, Folder 7 "The Development of the Hydrogen Bomb," 1954 October 7. Typescript Folder 8 Appearance, Youth Wants to Know, National Broadcasting Corporation radio broadcast, 1955 August 7. Printed copy of transcript Folder 9 Our Nuclear Future (with Albert L. Latter), 1958. Typescript of draft entitled "Atoms on the Loose" Folder 10 "Outer Space Travel: What Is and Is not Possible?" 1960 October 19. Typed first page of book draft Box 5, Folder 1 The Legacy of Hiroshima, 1962. Typescript Folder 2 Commencement speech, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1962 June 10. Typescript Folder 3 "Needed
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