Description of the Collection
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
College Park, MD 20740
Samuel A. Goudsmit Papers, 1921-1979
30 linear feet
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham, 1902-
These papers document the career of Samuel A. Goudsmit, who served on the physics faculty at University of Michigan, and on the staff of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Goudsmit also served as head of the ALSOS mission, an American scientific intelligence combat unit whose main objective was to determine German progress in developing an atomic bomb. The papers consist primarily of correspondence (1921-1978) which documents his career from his discovery (with George Uhlenbeck) of the electron spin (1927), through his work as editor-in-chief at the American Physical Society (APS) (1951-1974), to his post as visiting professor at the University of Nevada (1974-1978).
See below for information on access and restrictions.
English
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-
Breit, Gregory, 1899-
Brillouin, Léon, 1889-
Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975.
Colby, Martha.
Colby, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1880-
Coster, Dirk, 1887-1956.
Dieke, Gerhard Heinrich, 1901-1965.
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Gamow, George, 1904-1968.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Kistemaaker, Jaap.
Kohn, John R.
Landé, Alfred, 1888-
Logan, Jonothan.
Mordy, Wendell.
Pauling, Linus, 1901-
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Rosbaud, Paul.
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-
Weber, Joseph.
Winterberg, Friedwardt, 1929-
Wulff, John.
Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943.
Alsos Mission (U.S.)
American Philosophical Society.
American Physical Society.
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
University of Nevada System--Desert Research Institute.
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
University of Leiden.
United States--War Dept--Alsos Mission.
University of Michigan.
University of Nevada, Reno.
Physical review.
Physical review letters.
Atomic bomb--Germany.
Atomic structure.
Atomic theory.
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
Crime and criminals.
Cyclotrons.
Egyptology.
Electrons.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Nuclear physics.
Nuclear physics--Research--Germany.
Parapsychology--Research.
Particle accelerators.
Physics--Publishing.
Postage-stamps--Collectors and collecting.
Quantum theory.
Radiation.
Radioactivity.
Spectroscopy.
Spectrum analysis.
Unidentified flying objects.
World War, 1939-1945--Science.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
Physicists.
Laboratory notebooks.
Biography of Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was born in The Hague, Netherlands on July 11, 1902. His mother, Marianne Gompers Goudsmit, ran a millinery shop and his father, Isaac, was a wholesale dealer in bathroom fixtures. Goudsmit studied theoretical physics at the University of Leiden (1919-1926), did experimental research at the University of Amsterdam (1923-1926), and received his Ph.D. in physics from Leiden in 1927. In that year he married Jaantje Logher and emigrated to the United States.
His first position in his adopted country was on the physics faculty at the University of Michigan. He remained there until World War II when he joined the staff of the Radiation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1944 to 1946 he was detailed to the War Department as Chief of Scientific Intelligence of the Alsos Mission which moved with the advancing Allied forces in Europe to investigate the German atomic bomb project. After the war Goudsmit was a professor of physics at Northwestern University (1946-1948) and then became senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1948-1970). He served as the Managing Editor and later Editor-in-Chief of the American Physical Society (1951-1974), founding its
Physical Review Letters in 1958. From 1975 until his death he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The discovery of electron spin in 1925 with fellow student George E. Uhlenbeck is generally considered Goudsmit's most significant contribution to physics. It led to the recognition that spin was a property of protons, neutrons, and most elementary particles and to a fundamental change in the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. For their groundbreaking work, they received Research Corporation Awards in 1953, Max Planck Medals in 1964, U.S. National Medals of Science in 1976, and were made Commanders in the Royal Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau in 1977.
Goudsmit also made the first measurement of nuclear spin and its Zeeman effect with Ernst Back (1926-1927), developed a theory of hyperfine structure of spectral lines, made the first spectroscopic determination of nuclear magnetic moments (1931-1933), contributed to the theory of complex atoms and the theory of multiple scattering of electrons, introduced the statistical random line problem (1940), and invented the magnetic time-of-flight mass spectrometer (1948).
Goudsmit was the recipient of many other awards and fellowships, lectured around the country and abroad, was a visiting professor at a number of universities including Harvard University and Rockefeller University, and was the author of
The Structure of Line Spectra with Linus Pauling (1930), Atomic Energy States with Robert F. Bacher (1932), Alsos (1947), Time with R. Claiborne and the editors of Life Magazine (1966), and numerous articles and editorials.
Goudsmit had one daughter from his first marriage, Esther Marianne, and in 1960 married Irene Bejach. He died in 1978.
Scope and Contents of Collection
This collection is primarily composed of correspondence and also includes notes, memoranda, articles, manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, audiotapes, microfilm, and some other materials. Most materials are in English, but many are in German, Dutch, or French. The collection documents Goudsmit's long and multifaceted career from his discovery with George Uhlenbeck of electron spin, through his role on the Alsos Missions, work at Brookhaven National Laboratory and as Editor-in-Chief of the American Physical Society, to his post as visiting professor at the University of Nevada. The APS material mostly concerns the editing and publishing of the
Physical Review and Physical Review Letters. Additional material includes lecture notes and related correspondence; Goudsmit's notebooks from lectures given by Paul Ehrenfest at the University of Leiden; reports and work on the attitudes of German scientists during the Nazi regime and papers concerning the publication of his book Alsos; and his research data from the University of Michigan and the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Scientific topics include atomic structure, cyclotrons, quantum theory, nuclear physics, and spectroscopy. Other areas covered include science and politics, Egyptology, criminology, World War II refugees, parapsychology, UFO's, and philately. Correspondents include: Robert F. Bacher, Gregory Breit, Léon Brillouin, Detlev W. Bronk, Walter and Martha Colby, Dirk Coster, Gerard Heinrich Dieke, Paul Ehrenfest, Enrico Fermi, George Gamow,Werner Heisenberg, Jaap Kistemaaker, Alfred Landé, Jonothan Logan, Wendell Mordy, Linus Carl Pauling, Harrison Randall, Paul Rosbaud, George Uhlenbeck, John H. Van Vleck, Joseph Weber, Friedwardt Winterberg, John Wulff, Pieter Zeeman, and many others.
Arrangement of Collection
It has been impossible to duplicate the original arrangement of these materials. Not only was the collection, which spans a period of nearly sixty years, deposited in parts, the processing of this collection has extended over more than a decade and has included the efforts of a number of people. Additionally, the 1921-1941 correspondence (Series II) was put into chronological order to accommodate the SHQP project.
However, Goudsmit's arrangement, or at least the spirit of Goudsmit's arrangement, has been retained to a considerable extent in many of the series. The largest series, Individuals, Institutions, and Subjects (III), seems to be a close reconstruction of Goudsmit's general correspondence files, although some folders have been retitled for clarity, some folders which were very full have been divided into two or more, and a few miscellaneous folders which fit here better than elsewhere were added to the series. The Alsos Mission series (IV) also seems to be material which he kept together and the old folder headings have been maintained to a large extent. However, as this material was split up and then obtained by the Center from a number of sources the original order has not been preserved. Subseries A (American Philosophical Society) and B (American Physical Society) of Series XI (Organizations) seem to be in roughly the same order they were found in after Goudsmit's death, as does Series XV, Writers' Files.
The arrangement of the series which largely contains articles and manuscripts, that is Writings by Goudsmit (X), Scientific Subject Files (XII), and Author Files (XIII) is more fabricated. However, even in these cases there has been an attempt to adhere to Goudsmit's arrangement, and folder headings have usually been retained. Series XII and XIII contain similar materials, but the materials were filed in distinct series because the materials in Series XII were originally in folders headed by subjects while the others were simply headed by paper title and/or author or were not foldered.
The researcher using this collection should realize that there is not necessarily only one logical place for any given document, and that when searching for a specific item or material pertaining to a particular topic, one should study the finding aid and explore different possible locations. (For example, the Alsos Mission series contains papers Goudsmit kept together under that heading. However, other Alsos related material may be found throughout the collection: correspondence and other papers may be in Series III under the names of specific individuals, related articles by Goudsmit are in Series X, and slides are in Series XVI.)
Alternate Formats of this Collection
Goudsmit's 1921-1933 correspondence is available on microfilm in the Niels Bohr Library and other Libraries of Deposit for theArchives for History of Quantum Physics, and there is an additional reel of 1933-1941 correspondence in the Niels Bohr Library.
Access to Collection
Open to approved researchers.
Restrictions on Use of Collection
Use of primary source material in the Niels Bohr Library requires prior approval through an Application for Access, which includes a statement of research purpose and the names and addresses of two scholars as references. Access applications can be obtained by contacting the Library (telephone 301-209-3177; or e-mail nbl@aip.org). The application can also be printed from our website.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
This large collection was received by the Center for History of Physics in a number of parts over the course of fifteen years. In the early 1970s Samuel Goudsmit made the decision to place his papers here, and before his death in 1978 he had deposited the 1921-1941 correspondence which comprises Series II and which was microfilmed in part in 1963 by the Joint Committee on the History of Theoretical Physics in the Twentieth Century of the American Physical Society and the American Philosophical Society and the rest later by arrangement with the AIP Center. The Center also received a few other miscellaneous materials during that period. The bulk of the collection was a bequest of Goudsmit's and arrived in 1979. Irene Goudsmit retained some papers at that time. In 1983 she donated one additional transfile. Those materials were primarily incorporated into what became the Alsos Mission series (IV); a few other of those folders concerned his work at Brookhaven and ended up in Series VII, and one folder on subversive organizations is in the Science and Government Security series (IX). At the same time Irene Goudsmit gave materials concerning the Holocaust to B'nai B'rith in New York City. The final deposit of two cartons of personal materials and German documents which Goudsmit obtained while on the Alsos Mission was made in 1986 by the United States Department of Energy, which had earlier obtained classified papers and materials related to his intelligence work. These documents became the bulk of the Alsos Mission series and a few folders were put in the Science and Government Security series. A few documents were not declassified. They were pulled from those boxes and not included in the deposit; they are listed at the end of this finding aid but are closed to the public until the year 2000. Four other cartons of declassified official correspondence relating to Goudsmit's activities in the employ of the federal government were deposited in the National Archives by the Department of Energy; there is a folder list of those papers in the AIP Center's Papers File. The old processing notes contain more details on the provenance of specific folders.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by
Marilyn Gisser
in June 1990.
While folder headings were often maintained, all the old folders were replaced with archival quality, acid free folders, and all materials were transferred to archival quality, acid free storage boxes.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Permission to cite from this collection is required in advance. Please cite as: Folder [Number], Box [Number], Samuel A. Goudsmit Papers. Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740.
Other Related Materials
A related collection in the Niels Bohr Library is the Samuel A. Goudsmit photograph collection which contains over 350 images of physicists, other individuals, and scenery.
Materials Separated from the Collection
In December 1986 approximately 4 linear feet of papers were sent to the U.S. Department
of Energy for inspection. Most of them were returned to the Niels Bohr Library. Those listed
below were sent to the National Archives and placed under classification review. Their
disposition is unknown.
Personal data - former jobs
- Goudsmit to I. I. Rabi, Jan. 25, 1955, 4 pp.
- J. Lansdale to Goudsmit, June 20, 1945, 1 p.
Personal
- A. Stone to Goudsmit, Nov. 3, 1949, 4 pp.
Miscellaneous papers
- M. G. White to Overseas Office, May 15, 1944, 2 pp.
- Goudsmit to M. G. White and I. I. Rabi, May 17, 1944, 3 pp.
- N. H. Bottomley to Goudsmit, June 8, 1945, 1 p.
- Proposed Functions, Divison Nine, n.d., 2 pp.
Paul Rosbaud material
- Handwritten notes, Aug. 26, 1945, 2 pp.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Sept. 2, 1945, 2 pp.
- Goudsmit toH. K. Calvert, Sept. 6, 1945, 1 p.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Sept. 14, 1945, 1 p.
- Rosbaud note re Henri Piatier, n.d., 1 p.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Feb. 19, 1946, 1 p.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Mar. 15, 1946, 2 pp.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Apr. 26, 1948, 2 pp.
- Goudsmit to J. Schlezinger, July 8, 1948, 3 pp.
- Goudsmit to Rosbaud, Oct. 13, 1948, 2 pp.
- Goudsmit to Rosbaud, Oct. 27, 1948, 3 pp.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, Nov. 7, 1948, 1 p.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, July 5, 1949, 4 pp.
- Goudsmit to Rosbaud, July 26, 1949, 1 pp.
- Rosbaud to Goudsmit, July 29, 1949, 3 pp.
German academic scientists and the war
- Report, Aug. 28, 1945, 24 pp.
German signal research, development and manufacture
- Goudsmit to G. R. Eckman, June 8, 1945, 1 p.
- Report, June 12, 1945, 13 pp.
- Routing slip, June 19, 1945, 1 p.
Personnel - Military
- W. H. Wright to M. Bohan, July 10, 1945, 1 p.
- T. E. Eckfeldt to Chief, Personnel, and Administration Branch, Nov. 7, 1945, 1 p.
- S. T. Adams to Personnel Branch, Nov. 13, 1945, 1 p.
- B. T. Pash to Chief, Foreign Branch, Nov. 16, 1945
- Routing slip, n.d., 1 p.
Lew Kowarski material
- Excerpt from report SR-149-51, May 23, 1951, 1 p.
- Excerpt from Arneson letter,June 15, 1951, 1 p.
- W. G. Wyman to Secretary of State,July 6, 1951, 1 p.
- E. C. Rowan to R. Grinnell, July 20, 1951, 2 pp.
Morris Berg material
- Goudsmit to Berg, Apr. 3, 1950, 1 p.
- Goudsmit to Berg, Nov. 5, 1953, 1 p.
Series Descriptions
Series I. Biographical Materials
Box 1
This small series includes biographical articles, reference book entries, and a few other miscellaneous materials such as retirement acknowledgments and Christmas cards.
Series II. Chronological Correspondence, 1921-1941
Boxes 2-4
This early correspondence, which is primarily personal and professional in nature rather than technical, was put into chronological order for the Archives for History of Quantum Physics project. Most of the 1921-1933 correspondence was microfilmed in 1963 (AHQP reels 60-65). The other correspondence in this series was also later microfilmed. Each microfilm reel contains an itemized chronological listing of correspondents. In addition, copies of Thomas Kuhn's cards listing the AHQP correspondence and a printout of the listing for the 1933-1941 correspondence can be found in the processing notes. There is also a list of pre-1933 correspondence on microfilm in this collection (see Series XVI). Researchers should also reference the correspondence between Goudsmit and Henry L. Woudhuysen in Series XVII (Box 75).
Series III. Individuals, Institutions, and Subjects
Boxes 5-24
This is Goudsmit's general file of correspondence and other papers arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject. A wide variety of mostly nontechnical topics are covered here, revealing the wide scope of Goudsmit's interests and activities. Items are usually filed under the name of an individual or institution involved rather than under a subject heading.
Series IV. Alsos Mission
Boxes 25-33
This series, containing correspondence and other papers, such as wartime publications, reports for the Alsos Mission, and Alsos book materials, is divided into seven subseries.
Subseries A. Alsos Mission material
Includes some administrative paperwork such as personnel information, travel orders and receipts, and also includes some reports and documents from the mission.
Subseries B. Paul Rosbaud
Contains manuscripts by and correspondence with Rosbaud, a German scientist who resisted the Nazis and maintained some contact with the allies.
Subseries C. Postwar and other Alsos related material
Includes correspondence and clippings on the mission, science in Germany, and Germany after the war.
Subseries D. Alsos book
Contains materials such as paperwork concerning publishing, royalties, distribution, and reviews and articles related to the book.
Subseries E. Reunions
Correspondence concerning reunions of people who worked on the mission.
Subseries F. Other Alsos Mission
Materials for a 1978 high school lecture on the mission.
Subseries G. Publications brought back from Alsos Mission and other wartime publications
Includes German scientific publications, address books, abstracts of German reports, American technical reports, and American laboratory directories.
Series V. Lectures Series
Boxes 33-37
This series contains correspondence and notes concerning arrangements for lectures given by Goudsmit and the content of the lectures themselves. The papers are chronological within three subseries.
Subseries A. Guest lectures
Primarily contains correspondence arranging talks Goudsmit gave from 1947-1978.
Subseries B. Lectures on Egyptology
Mostly lecture materials.
Subseries C. Course lectures
Contains notes, lecture materials, and related correspondence for lectures Goudsmit gave from 1934-1978 in conjunction with courses that he taught at universities including the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Rockefeller Institute, and the University of Nevada at Reno.
Series VI. University of Nevada. Desert Research Institute
Boxes 38-39
The Desert Research Institute was organized at the University of Nevada at Reno in 1960 to conduct fundamental and applied research. Wendell A. Mordy became its first director. Goudsmit was asked to comment on the first proposal for funding for the Institute from the Research Corporation foundation. He showed much interest in the Institute from its outset, but did not join its advisory board until 1965. The material in this series includes general information about the Institute, reports of its advisory committee, and correspondence with its directors and other committee members.
Series VII. Brookhaven and Other Positions
Boxes 39-40
This series contains information about some of Goudsmit's nonacademic jobs and consultantships. There are four folders on the Brookhaven National Laboratory, four on other jobs including work with the Navy, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Atomic Energy Commission, and one folder on job offers he declined.
Series VIII. Travel
Box 40
This series contains a selection of notes and correspondence on trips and arrangements, travel reports, and brochures. Other travel papers are interfiled elsewhere in the collection.
Series IX. Science and Government Security
Boxes 40-41
This series includes notes, correspondence, and other papers concerning security clearance, visa problems, travel restrictions, the McCarthy hearings, and other issues related to the interaction between science and politics. Individuals who are particular foci here are Morris Berg, Joan Hinton, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Lew and Kate Kowarski, and Johannes M. Burgers.
Series X. Writings by Goudsmit
Boxes 42-46
Goudsmit was a prolific writer. This series of his written work contains four subseries.
Subseries A. Unpublished manuscripts, published articles, reports, and a patent
This is the largest subseries, and is arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetized by title within years. Most of this work is on scientific topics, but there is also work on science and government, World War II, and German science, and some papers reflect his other interests such as archeology and Egyptology. Multiple language versions of papers are grouped together under English title (if it exists). Related notes and correspondence are also in some files.
Subseries B. Letters to the editor of various publications
Includes some letters which were not published. They are arranged chronologically by the publication date if there was one and it is known, otherwise by the date they were written.
Subseries C. Obituaries
Subseries D. Book reviews
Arranged chronologically by review date.
Series XI. Organizations
Boxes 47-55
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and other papers related to Goudsmit's involvement with various organizations.
Subseries A. American Philosophical Society
Subseries B. American Physical Society
This subseries is the bulk of the series. Some of these papers concern Goudsmit's committee work and general involvement in APS. Most are from his job as editor and relate to topics such as editorial policies, administration, and policies such as the exchange of copies with other journals, page charges, and distribution of complimentary copies.
Subseries C. Other organizations
This subseries reflects some of Goudsmit's other involvements. The American Institute of Physics, the National Academy of Sciences, and other organizations are represented.
Series XII. Scientific Subject Files
Boxes 56-60
This series contains notes, articles and manuscripts by other people, and some photographs and drawings arranged by subject. There is a lot of material on spectroscopy and related subjects.
Series XIII. Author Files
Boxes 60-62
This series contains reprints and papers arranged by author. In some cases there is also material such as reviews of works of those authors.
Series XIV. Notebooks
Boxes 63-64
This series contains a few student notebooks, research notebooks on specific topics, binders of notes on different topics, and a few very small notebooks with information such as addresses and expenses.
Series XV. Writer's Files
Boxes 65-66
The writers' files contain chronologically arranged copies of letters by Goudsmit. The letters cover a wide range of subjects, primarily concerning written work by Goudsmit and others, the publication of journals (editorial and administrative issues), and speaking engagements.
Writers' files from 1951-1968 are only on microfilm (see Series XVI. Audio-visual materials, subseries A. Microfilm). Unfortunately the quality is bad and difficult to read.
Series XVI. Audio-Visual Materials
Boxes 67-72
Subseries A. Microfilm
This subseries contains six reels of microfilm of Goudsmit's papers, including three reels of film of his early "Writers' files" from 1951-1968, the originals of which probably no longer exist. Unfortunately those three reels are very difficult to read.
Subseries B. Slides
Contains about one hundred slides with various subjects including Alsos related images, American Physical Society editorial staff, and images for Goudsmit's 1976 Max Planck lectures. Many images were identified by Jonothan Logan in 1977 and captions by him accompany the slides.
Subseries C. Negatives, motion picture footage, and a filmstrip
This subseries includes 62 rolls of negatives, a few miscellaneous flat negatives, and some strips of 35mm negatives. Many were not labeled. A few were wrapped in paper with descriptive notes. Copies of those notes are in a folder in the box with the negatives; the notes are numbered and the corresponding numbers are written on the film wrappers. Most of the images are experimental data. Three rolls have non-experimental images such as people and scenery; they are labeled: "Harvard 1941," "Geneva 195?" and "Holland '45 (Alsos)." The strip negatives are Alsos-related images. There is also motion picture footage of Franklin Roosevelt and an unidentified filmstrip.
Subseries D. Photographs
Over 300 photographs, all of which are experimental data. Some are labeled.
Subseries E. Audio tapes
Four miscellaneous tapes.
Subseries F. Lantern slides
Contains 26 3½" x 4" slides. 18 are on mass spectrometer history and include images of charts and equipment. Eight slides are chemical work on mass spectroscopy.
Series XVII. Correspondence with Henry L. Woudhuysen (Goudsmit's brother-in-law)
Box 75
Contains correspondence between Goudsmit and Woudhuysen regarding personnel issues at Pergamon Press.
Container List
Series I. Biographical Materials
Box 1
Folders 1-2
Biographical articles and entries 1954-1978
Box 1
Folder 3
Bibliographies n.d.
Box 1
Folder 4
Transcript of interview with Edwin Seaver on Alsos 1947
Box 1
Folder 5
Transcript of interviews with Michael Amrine on Alsos Mission 1947, 1949
Box 1
Folder 6
Interview for Brazil TV and statement on pyramid power 1976
Box 1
Folders 7-8
Clippings and articles on Goudsmit, his work, and ideas 1945-1965
Box 1
Folder 9
New Yorker profile of Goudsmit 1953
Box 1
Folder 10
Articles from Der Spiegel (German magazine) 1957, 1967
Box 1
Folder 11
Dutch newspaper article on Goudsmit 1971
Box 1
Folder 12
Article on Goudsmit for Rockefeller University publication 1972
Box 1
Folder 13
Retirement acknowledgments 1974-1975
Box 1
Folder 14
Autograph requests 1975-1978
Box 1
Folder 15
Certificates, passes, etc. from World War II ca. 1944
Box 1
Folder 16
Christmas cards 1960-1969
Box 1
Folder 17
Personal financial information, n.d. & 1953
Series II. Chronological Correspondence, 1921-1941
Box 2
Folders 1-31
Chronological correspondence 1921-1930
Box 3
Folders 32-46
Chronological correspondence 1930-1936
Box 4
Folders 47-53
Chronological correspondence 1937-1941
Series III. Individuals, Institutions, and Subjects
Box 5
Folder 1
A-Am 1939-1979
Box 5
Folder 2
An-Ay 1943-1978
Box 5
Folder 3
Alvarez, Luis W. 1954-1976
Box 5
Folder 4
American University of Beirut 1966-1974
Box 5
Folder 5
American University in Cairo 1967-1969
Box 5
Folder 6
American University in Cairo: Catalog 1967-1968
Box 5
Folder 7
Amrine, Michael, Marcella, and Renee 1949-1974
Box 5
Folder 8
Anti-Nazi League 1940
Box 5
Folder 9
Art and Authenticity: foreword by Goudsmit to book by Stuart J. Fleming 1975
Box 5
Folder 10
Astin, Allen V.: concerning United States. National Bureau of Standards and Federation of American Scientists 1953-1961
Box 5
Folder 11
Ba-Bel 1937-1978
Box 6
Folder 12
Bem-Big 1947-1978
Box 6
Folder 13
Bit-Bren 1950-1978
Box 6
Folder 14
Bren-Bus 1947-1978
Box 6
Folder 15
Bacher, Robert F. 1947-1977
Box 6
Folder 16
Bahlsen, Werner (cookies) 1965
Box 6
Folder 17
Bar-Zohar, Michael: re Alsos Mission 1964-1965
Box 6
Folder 18
Basic Books: correspondence with Leon Svirsky l958-61
Box 6
Folder 19
Berg, Morris, and family 1962-1976
Box 6
Folder 20
Bernstein, Jeremy 1961-1971
Box 6
Folder 21
Bethe, Hans A. 1942-1975
Box 6
Folder 22
Bishay, Adli M. 1968-1977
Box 6
Folder 23
Bistany, Harvey 1958-1965
Box 6
Folder 24
Blackett, P. M. S. 1954-1963
Box 6
Folder 25
Bohan, Mary F. (Goudsmit's secretary) 1946-1955
Box 6
Folder 26
Bohr, Niels, and family 1930-1966
Box 6
Folder 27
Bok, Bart J. & Priscilla 1949-1974
Box 6
Folder 28
Born, Max 1951-1952
Box 6
Folder 29
Breit, Gregory 1948-1975
Box 6
Folder 30
Broda, Engelbert 1948-1949
Box 7
Folder 31
Bronk, Detlev W. 1958-1969
Box 7
Folder 32
Burgers, Johannes M. 1950-1962
Box 7
Folder 33
Bush, Vannevar 1947-1952
Box 7
Folder 34
Ca-Coc [1935]-1978
Box 7
Folder 35
Coh-Cs 1949-1976
Box 7
Folder 36
Casimir, Hendrik B. G. 1958-1975
Box 7
Folder 37
"Cellastic": correspondence with Arie de Graff Jr. 1968
Box 7
Folder 38
Cohen, E. G. D. (Eddie) 1968-1975
Box 7
Folder 39
Cohen, I. Bernard 1947-1966
Box 7
Folders 40-44
Colby, Walter and Martha 1926-1948
Box 8
Folder 45
Condon, Edward U. 1948, 1964
Box 8
Folder 46
Da-Deb 1956-1976
Box 8
Folder 47
Dec-Dick 1947-1977
Box 8
Folder 48
Dict-Dy 1925-1978
Box 8
Folder 49
de Vries, H. 1949-1950
Box 8
Folder 50
Dieke, Gerhard H. 1925-1927
Box 8
Folder 51
DuBridge, Lee A.: end the war legislation 1970
Box 8
Folder 52
Dutch Radio 1973
Box 8
Folder 53
Ea-Eh 1948-1976
Box 8
Folder 54
Ei-Ey 1948-1976
Box 8
Folder 55
Egypt: technical assistances 1976-1978
Box 8
Folder 56
Egypt trip, 1977 1976-1977
Box 8
Folder 57
Egypt trip, 1977: report data 1976-1977
Box 8
Folder 58
Egyptian hieroglyphics: book proposal 1965
Box 8
Folders 59-61
Ehrenfest, Paul, and family 1924-1977
Box 8
Folder 62
Einstein, Albert 1947-1954
Box 9
Folder 63
El Nadi, Mohamed 1968-1978
Box 9
Folder 64
"Ellery Queen" 1950-1951
Box 9
Folder 65
Emelyanov, Vasily S. 1959-1967
Box 9
Folder 66
Encyclopedia Britannica 1971-1975
Box 9
Folder 67
ESP and parascience 1939-1976
Box 9
Folder 68
Fa-Form 1946-1978
Box 9
Folder 69
Forr-Fu 1947-1977
Box 9
Folder 70
Fermi, Enrico and Laura 1936-1958
Box 9
Folder 71
Fisher, Russell A. 1949-1972
Box 9
Folder 72
Flanagan, Dennis (Scientific American) 1948-1971
Box 9
Folder 73
Flying Saucers 1952-1972
Box 9
Folder 74
Ford Foundation 1954-1971
Box 9
Folder 75
Franck, James 1945-1950
Box 9
Folder 76
Frenkel, Victor J. 1971-1977
Box 9
Folder 77
Ga-Golda 1946-1978
Box 9
Folder 78
Goldi-Gu 1947-1973
Box 9
Folder 79
Gamow, George 1933-1934
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Gildart, Lee 1948-1964
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Goldschmidt-Clermont, Yves 1950-1954
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Graham, Robert A.: on Pope Pius XII's 1943 warnings about the atomic bomb in 1943 1972
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Gropper, Leon 1932-1942
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Groth, Wilhelm 1963
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Hab-Hart 1931-1978
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Harv-Hen 1961-1978
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Her-Hil 1951-1975
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Hin-Hur 1948-1978
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Halik, Eugene E. 1968
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Halpern, Otto 1950-1962
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Harteck, Paul 1950-1954
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Hays, Earl 1948-1976
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Heisenberg, Werner: clippings and correspondence 1945-1948
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Heisenberg, Werner: clippings and reprints 1946-1977
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Folders 95-96
Heisenberg, Werner: correspondence 1940-1954
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Folder 97
Heisenberg, Werner: Memorial by Neville F. Mott and Rudolf E. Peierls and correspondence with them and with Heisenberg 1968-1977
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Folder 98
Heisenberg, Werner: re his activities in Germany; includes copies of letters from H. Himmler to Heisenberg 1938-1976
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Heisenberg, Werner: obituaries 1976-1977
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Hermann, Armin: correspondence re Heisenberg 1956-1976
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Hinton, Joan: clipping 1978
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Folder 102
History of the Bomb: television film 1964-1966
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Folder 103
History of physics: articles, reports 1932-1974
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Hughes, Donald J. 1949-1955
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Huygens, Christiaan 1963
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I 1951-1977
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Folder 107
Information retrieval 1962-1974
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Folder 108
Invitations turned down 1970-1976
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Folders 109-110
Irving, David 1966-1977
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Folder 111
Israel: trip 1965
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J 1948-1976
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JASON: correspondence 1973
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JASON: survey by E. H. S. Burhop and replies 1973
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Johnson, Thomas M. 1948-1968
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Jost, Wilhelm 1963-1966
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Folders 117-118
Jungk, Robert 1956-1958
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Ka-Kl 1949-1978
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Folder 120
Kn-Ku 1947-1977
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Kaempffert, Waldemar (science editor, New York Times) 1947-1952
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Karlsruhe study of the Non-Proliferation Treaty 1967-1968
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Folders 123-125
Katcher, David A. 1948-1978
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Folders 126-129
Kistemaker, Jaap: clippings and correspondence 1948-1978
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Folder 130
Klein, Martin J. 1955-1977
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Folder 131
Kline, Nathan S. 1958-1977
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Kohr, John R. 1948-1967
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Kowarski, Lew 1955-1960
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Kramish, Arnold 1955-1978
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La-Leo 1941-1978
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Lep-Lik [1940]-1970
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Lin-Ly 1947-1971
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Ladenburg, Rudolph W. 1945-1948
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Lang, Daniel 1973-1978
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Lange, Ruth 1968-1976
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Laporte, Otto 1962-1972
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Laue, Max von 1947-1950
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Lecture notes (not Goudsmit lectures) n.d.
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Folder 144
Leifson, Olaf 1961-1975
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Logan, Jonothan 1973-1978
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Folders 146-147
Lhde, Wolfgang 1972-1973
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Ma-Mar 1947-1978
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Mas-Mc 1946-1978
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Me-Mi 1943-1978
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Mo-Mu 1946-1978
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Maddox, John 1966-1975
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Mader, Julius 1962-1974
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Mawardi, Osman and Betty 1947-1974
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Folders 155-156
Max-Planck-Institut (medal): some correspondence with Heisenberg 1963-1978
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Maxwell, Robert 1956-1976
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McConnell, Robert 1951-1974
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McGraw Hill Publishing Co. 1946-1972
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Middle East politics (Harry J. Lipkin) 1970-1976
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Na-Ni 1948-1978
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No-Nu 1948-1978
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Netherlands. Embassy (U.S.) (Hans Polak) 1949-1957
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Netherlands-America University League 1947-1956
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Netzorg, David 1937-1961
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Neubert, D. 1969
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Newman, Morris 1948-1977
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Oa-Of 1972-1978
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Ok-Os 1949-1975
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Olphen, H. van 1972
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Folders 171-172
Ovshinsky, Stanford B. 1968-1978
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Pa-Pe 1940-1978
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Ph-Pl 1957-1977
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Po 1947-1978
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Pr-Pu 1950-1977
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Pais, Abraham 1949-1978
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Pash, Boris T. 1967-1977
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Pauli, Wolfgang and Franca 1957-1972
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Perrin, Michael 1948-1967
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Physics Today 1976
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Folder 182
Physikalische Blatter 1965
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Previti, Marte and Elisabeth 1950-1976
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Folders 184-188
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 1973-1976 & n.d.
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Folders 189-190
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 1975-1977 & n.d.
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Folder 191
Quantum Physics History Project (Thomas S. Kuhn): autographs on Leiden Wall, photos and correspondence 1963-1964
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Quantum Physics History Project (Thomas S.Kuhn): correspondence and articles 1961-1971
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Quantum Physics History Project (Thomas S. Kuhn): excerpts from selected interviews 1962-1963
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Ra 1946-1978
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Re-Ri 1966-1978
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Ro-Ros 1946-1977
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Rot-Ry 1952-1976
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Razouk, Rashid I. 1967-1968
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Recommendations 1932-1972
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Rice University (G. K. Walters) 1976
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Richards, Paul I. 1950-1964
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Rickover, Hyman 1951-1967
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Ridenour, Louis 1946-1959
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Robinson, Howard A. 1958-1969
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Folders 205-208
Rockefeller University Press 1965-1971
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Roos, Allan, Michael, and Beatrice 1951-1965
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Rosenfeld, Lon 1971
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Rothstein, Jerome 1954
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Sa [1939]-1978
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Sc-Se 1947-1977
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Sh-Sl 1949-1978
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Sm-Sp 1935-1978
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Sta-Ste 1948-1978
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Sti-Sz 1944-1978
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Schler, H. 1947-1955
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Science and communications: articles 1955-1974
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Folders 220-221
Science, technology, and society 1971-1976
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Folders 222-224
Scott, William T. 1953-1978
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Segrè, Emilio 1951-1978
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Seitz, Frederick 1947-1976
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Shankland, Robert S. 1952-1970
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Shockley, William 1948-1970
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Siegert, Arnold 1946-1976
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Sill, Richard C. 1960-1977
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Sinclair, Upton 1948-1958
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Singer, S. Fred 1952-1975
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Soviet Union: address by Petr L. Kapitsa on the organization of scientific work in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute for Physical Problems 1943-1945