Finding Aid to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) reports, 1952-1993.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
2009 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 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 CollectionEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) reports, 1952-1993. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 1.25 linear feet1 half manuscript box, 1 records box AR226 English French Records of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). 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.

Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire. European Organization for Nuclear Research. Nuclear physics. Particle accelerators. Physical laboratories. Physics. International cooperation. Historical Note

$aThe European Organization for Nuclear Research/Organisation europénne pour la recherche nucléaire, widely known as CERN, was established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1954 to coordinate and perform research on fundamental particles. The member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The studies in CERN History Series consist of a collection of preliminary reports which examine the pre-history, founding, and individual member states' early involvement. Minutes of CERN Council sessions (1952-1954) with reports to member states and supplementary agreements which discuss the founding of the organization, and its purpose and course of action. Annual reports (1955-1965) issued for public disclosure of the yearly actions of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Press releases (1954-1972) focus on international policy and research in nuclear physics. Publications include miscellaneous copies of the CERN Courier, the organizational newsletter, and various published studies supported by CERN on nuclear research.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into four series:

Series I: Studies in CERN history Series II: Council sessions Series III: Annual reports Series IV: Miscellaneous

Each series is arranged chronologically.

 Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

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Provenance and Acquisition Information

 Processing Information

Lara D'Agaro 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) reports. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Studies in CERN history, 11 The influence of developments in American nuclear science on the pioneers of CERN, 1983 12 Elements sur la prehistoire du CERN, 1983 13 Prehistory of CERN: the first suggestions (1949-June 1950), 1984 14 Launching the European laboratory project: Britain’s importance to it, and the obstacles to her participation in 1950, 1984 15 Germany’s part in the setting-up of CERN, 1985 16 Britain’s physicists respond to the European laboratory project: January-June 1951, 1984 17 Prehistoire du CERN: la fusion des initiatives juin 1950-decembre 1950, 1984 18 The Italian scenario parts I and II, 1984 19 Prehistoire du CERN: le temps d’un optimisme raisonnable decembre 1950-aout 1951, 1984 110 Prehistoire du CERN: le temps des oppositions aout-decembre 1951, 1984 111 The change in policy of British physicists towards the European laboratory and their governments reaction to it: July 1951-December 1952, 1984 112 Prehistoire du CERN: la creation d’un conseil de representants des etats europeens decembre 1951-fevrier 1952, 1984 113 Construction of the CERN synchro-cyclotron (1952-1957), 1984 114 From the provisional organization to the permanent CERN May 1952-September 1954 I: a survey of developments, 1985 115 Les attitudes francaises face au projet de laboratoire europeen de recherches nucleaires (1949-1954), 1984 116 From the provisional organization to the permanent CERN May 1952-September 1954 II: case studies of some important decisions, 1985 117 High-energy physics from 1945 to 1952/53, 1985 118 Germany’s part in the setting-up of CERN, part II, 1986 119 La seconde generation d’accelerateurs pour le CERN, 1956-1965, etude historique d’un processus de decision de gros equipment en science fondamentale, 1987 120 The development of techniques for the analysis of track-chamber pictures at CERN, 1987 121 The first six years of experimental work with the 28GeV CERN proton synchrotron, the bubble chamber experiments (1960-1965), 1987 122 Organiser l’experimentation autour du synchrotron a protons, 1960-1965, la periode d’apprentissage, 1987 123 The first six years of experimental work with the 28 GeV CERN proton synchrotron , electronics experiments (1960-1965), 1987 124 Which firms got CERN contracts?, 1987 125 The neutrino experiments at CERN: confronting the reality of big science (1960-1965), 1987 126 The CERN system, its legislative and executive arms and some global statistics on how it functioned, 1988 127 Some characteristic features of CERN in the 1950s and 1960s, 1989 128 The relationship between CERN and its visitors in the 1970s, 1990 129 Some socio-historical aspects of multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy physics at CERN between 1975 and 1985 , 1991 130 The intersecting storage rings: the construction and operation of CERN’s second large machine and a survey of its experimental programme, 1992 131 The development of electronic detectors at CERN (1966-late 1970s), 1992 132 The SC: ISOLDE and nuclear structure, 1992 133 Gargamelle and BEBC, how Europe’s last two giant bubble chambers were chosen, 1992 134 The difficult decision, taken in the 1960s, to construct a 3-400GeV proton synchrotron in Europe, 1992 135 Physics in the CERN theory division, 1993 Series II: Council sessions, 136 CERN-Council sessions, 1952 137 CERN-Council sessions, 1953 138 CERN-Council sessions, 1954 Series III: Annual reports, 139 CERN-annual reports, 1955 140 CERN-annual reports, 1956 141 CERN-annual reports, 1957 142 CERN-annual reports, 1958 143 CERN-annual reports, 1959 144 CERN-annual reports, 1960 145 CERN-annual reports, 1961 146 CERN-annual reports, 1962 147 CERN-annual reports, 1963 148 CERN-annual reports, 1964 148 CERN-annual reports, 1965 Series IV: Miscellaneous, 21 The theory and design of an alternating-gradient proton synchrotron, 1953 22 CERN-European organization for nuclear research-press releases, 1953-1955, 1959-1964, 1970-1973 23 Laying of foundation stone, 1955 24 CERN-European organization for nuclear research-publications, 1959-1973, 1982 25 Report of the working party on the European high energy accelerator programme, 1963