Finding Aid to the American Institute of Physics Physics Today Division records of Irwin Goodwin, 1983-1993.Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2008 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in May 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English Description of the CollectionAmerican Institute of Physics. Physics Today Division. American Institute of Physics Physics Today Division records of Irwin Goodwin, 1983-1993. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 6 linear feet(6 records boxes) AR200062 English This collection includes government reports, newspaper clippings and university reviews of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), otherwise known as “Star Wars,” and the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). 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.

Goodwin, Irwin. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. Virginia. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (U.S.) Directed-energy weapons. Science and state. United States. Superconducting Super Collider. Historical Note

Irwin Goodwin was editor of the Washington Bureau of Physics Today (1983 to 1993) and Senior Editor of Physics Today, until his retirement in 2000.

The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) was proposed by the subpanel on New Facilities of the Department of Energy’s High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) in 1983. The site outside Waxahachie, TX was selected in 1988 and construction began in 1991. The SSC was to have been the largest and most advanced particle accelerator in the world with a 54-mile long particle accelerator oval shaped loop. Due to budget problems, the project was abandoned in October 1993 with the site 20% completed.

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a satellite-based defense system, was announced by President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization was established in 1984 and headed by General James Abrahamson. Research by the SDI continued through the 1980s and eventually ended with the collapse of the USSR.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The papers of Irwin Goodwin contain his records pertaining to the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The SSC papers include government reports and environmental impact studies, testimonies before Congress and the House Science, Technology, and Space Committee, newspaper clippings, and notes by Irwin Goodwin. The SDI papers include government reports, newspaper clippings, expert reports and an interview of General James Abrahamson by Irwin Goodwin. Also included are papers about the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

Organized into the following series:

Series I: Superconducting Super Collider Series II: Strategic Defense Initiative Series III: Reports of High Energy Physics Projects

This collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

 Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

The bulk of this collection was donated to the Niels Bohr Library and Archives by Irwin Goodwin in 2000, upon his retirement from Physics Today. A small addition was later added and is shown as Series III: Reports of High Energy Physics Projects.

 Processing Information

Lara D'Agaro May 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Institute of Physics Physics Today Division records of Irwin Goodwin, 1983-1993. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Subseries A: SSC reports 11 Superconducting Super Collider #1, 1985-1988 12 Superconducting Super Collider #1, 1985-1988 13 Superconducting Super Collider #1, 1985-1988 14 Superconducting Super Collider #1, 1985-1988 15 Superconducting Super Collider #2, 1984-1989 16 Superconducting Super Collider #2, 1984-1989 17 Superconducting Super Collider #2, 1984-1989 18 Superconducting Super Collider #2, 1984-1989 19 Superconducting Super Collider #2, 1984-1989 110 Superconducting Super Collider #3, 1988-1990 111 Superconducting Super Collider #3, 1988-1990 21 Superconducting Super Collider #4, 1986-1989 22 Superconducting Super Collider #4, 1986-1989 23 Superconducting Super Collider #4, 1986-1989 24 Superconducting Super Collider #4, 1986-1989 25 Superconducting Super Collider #5, 1990-1994 26 Superconducting Super Collider #5, 1990-1994 27 Superconducting Super Collider #5, 1990-1994 28 Superconducting Super Collider #5, 1990-1994 Subseries B: Other SSC documentation 29 Superconducting Super Collider reference designs study group - draft II, 1984 210 Report of the HEPAP Subpanel on Advanced Accelerator R&D and the SSC, 1985 211 Site proposal - Ohio, 1985 212 Superconducting Super Collider Infopack, 1985 213 Site proposal - Colorado, 1985 214 Site proposal - Midwest, 1986 31 Superconducting Super Collider - an assessment of the antiproton-proton option for the Superconducting Super Collider, May 1986 32 Superconducting Super Collider conceptual design, 1986 33 Invitation for site proposals for the Superconducting Super Collider, 1987 34 Site proposal - Oregon, 1987 35 Site proposal - Tennessee, 1987 31 Site proposal - Arizona, 1987-1988 32 Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volumes I and III, IV appendix 4, August 1988 33 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 1-500, December 1988 34 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 501-1005, December 1988 35 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 1006-1503, December 1988 36 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 1504-2006, December 1988 37 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 2007-2508, December 1988 38 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 2509-3007, December 1988 39 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.1, pages 3008-3512, December 1988 310 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, A.3, December 1988 311 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, B (1 of 3), December 1988 41 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, B (2 of 3), December 1988 42 Final Environmental Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Volume II, B (3 of 3), December 1988 43 Risks and benefits of building the Superconducting Super Collider, 1988 44 Site Evaluations, 1988-1989 45 Draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Superconducting Super Collider, August 1990 46 Report on Superconducting Super Collider cost and schedule baseline, 1991 47 Superconducting Super Collider termination plan, 1994 Series II: Strategic Defense Initiative 49 Strategic Defense Initiative (1 of 4), 1983-1985 410 Strategic Defense Initiative (2 of 4), 1983-1985 411 Strategic Defense Initiative (3 of 4), 1983-1985 412 Strategic Defense Initiative (4 of 4), 1983-1985 413 Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator facility , 1983-1993 414 Southeastern Universities Research Association, 1983-1991 51 Strategic Defense Initiative Organization/Innovative Science and Technology University Review, 1985 52 Strategic Defense Initiative-on campus, 1985-1986 53 Strategic Defense Initiative (1 of 4), 1985-1987 54 Strategic Defense Initiative (2 of 4), 1985-1987 55 Strategic Defense Initiative (3 of 4), 1985-1987 56 Strategic Defense Initiative (4 of 4), 1985-1987 57 Strategic Defense Initiative - foreign participation, 1985-1987 58 Strategic Defense Initiative Institute, 1986-1988 59 Strategic Defense Initiative - American Physical Society study of Directed Energy Weapons, 1987 510 Strategic Defense Initiative (1 of 4), 1987-1988 511 Strategic Defense Initiative (2 of 4), 1987-1988 512 Strategic Defense Initiative (3 of 4), 1987-1988 61 Strategic Defense Initiative (4 of 4), 1987-1988 62 Strategic Defense Initiative spin-offs, 1987-1991 63 Strategic Defense Initiative - The First Five Years, 1988 64 Strategic Defense Initiative (1 of 3), 1988 65 Strategic Defense Initiative (2 of 3), 1988 66 Strategic Defense Initiative (3 of 3), 1988 67 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, 1990 68 Interview of General James Abrahamson (conducted by Irwin Goodwin), [undated] Series III: Reports on High Energy Physics Projects 69 Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator - preconceptual design report, 1985 610 Report of the 1985 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Study of the U.S. High Energy Physics Program for 1985-1995, 1985 611 Statement of Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director of Energy Research, before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Energy Development, 1986 612 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel-subpanel on future modes of experimental research in high energy physics, 1988 613 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel-subpanel on the U.S. High Energy Research Program for the 1990s, 1990 614 Superconducting Super Collider - laboratory status report, 1992 615 Superconducting Super Collider - media kits, news releases and clippings, 1992-1993 616 Joint hearing - Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate - Department of Energy’s Superconducting Super Collider, 1993 617 Department of Energy - High Energy Physics Advisory Panel - subpanel on vision for the future of high energy physics, 1994 618 Interview with Dr. Frank Press, President of the National Academy of Sciences (conducted by Irwin Goodwin), [undated]