Finding Aid to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) reports, 1952-1993.

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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.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 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,
Box 1	Folder 1	The influence of developments in American nuclear science on the pioneers of CERN, 1983
	Folder 2	Elements sur la prehistoire du CERN, 1983
	Folder 3	Prehistory of CERN: the first suggestions (1949-June 1950), 1984
	Folder 4	Launching the European laboratory project: Britain’s importance to it, and the obstacles to her participation in 1950, 1984
	Folder 5	Germany’s part in the setting-up of CERN, 1985
	Folder 6	Britain’s physicists respond to the European laboratory project: January-June 1951, 1984
	Folder 7	Prehistoire du CERN: la fusion des initiatives juin 1950-decembre 1950, 1984
	Folder 8	The Italian scenario parts I and II, 1984
	Folder 9	Prehistoire du CERN: le temps d’un optimisme raisonnable decembre 1950-aout 1951, 1984
	Folder 10	Prehistoire du CERN: le temps des oppositions aout-decembre 1951, 1984
	Folder 11	The change in policy of British physicists towards the European laboratory and their governments reaction to it: July 1951-December 1952, 1984
	Folder 12	Prehistoire du CERN: la creation d’un conseil de representants des etats europeens decembre 1951-fevrier 1952, 1984
	Folder 13	Construction of the CERN synchro-cyclotron (1952-1957), 1984
	Folder 14	From the provisional organization to the permanent CERN May 1952-September 1954 I: a survey of developments, 1985
	Folder 15	Les attitudes francaises face au projet de laboratoire europeen de recherches nucleaires (1949-1954), 1984
	Folder 16	From the provisional organization to the permanent CERN May 1952-September 1954 II: case studies of some important decisions, 1985
	Folder 17	High-energy physics from 1945 to 1952/53, 1985
	Folder 18	Germany’s part in the setting-up of CERN, part II, 1986
	Folder 19	La seconde generation d’accelerateurs pour le CERN, 1956-1965, etude historique d’un processus de decision de gros equipment en science fondamentale, 1987
	Folder 20	The development of techniques for the analysis of track-chamber pictures at CERN, 1987
	Folder 21	The first six years of experimental work with the 28GeV CERN proton synchrotron, the bubble chamber experiments (1960-1965), 1987
	Folder 22	Organiser l’experimentation autour du synchrotron a protons, 1960-1965, la periode d’apprentissage, 1987
	Folder 23	The first six years of experimental work with the 28 GeV CERN proton synchrotron , electronics experiments (1960-1965), 1987
	Folder 24	Which firms got CERN contracts?, 1987
	Folder 25	The neutrino experiments at CERN: confronting the reality of big science (1960-1965), 1987
	Folder 26	The CERN system, its legislative and executive arms and some global statistics on how it functioned, 1988
	Folder 27	Some characteristic features of CERN in the 1950s and 1960s, 1989
	Folder 28	The relationship between CERN and its visitors in the 1970s, 1990
	Folder 29	Some socio-historical aspects of multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy physics at CERN between 1975 and 1985 , 1991
	Folder 30	The intersecting storage rings: the construction and operation of CERN’s second large machine and a survey of its experimental programme, 1992
	Folder 31	The development of electronic detectors at CERN (1966-late 1970s), 1992
	Folder 32	The SC: ISOLDE and nuclear structure, 1992
	Folder 33	Gargamelle and BEBC, how Europe’s last two giant bubble chambers were chosen, 1992
	Folder 34	The difficult decision, taken in the 1960s, to construct a 3-400GeV proton synchrotron in Europe, 1992
	Folder 35	Physics in the CERN theory division, 1993

Series II: Council sessions,
Box 1	Folder 36	CERN-Council sessions, 1952
	Folder 37	CERN-Council sessions, 1953
	Folder 38	CERN-Council sessions, 1954

Series III: Annual reports,
Box 1	Folder 39	CERN-annual reports, 1955
	Folder 40	CERN-annual reports, 1956
	Folder 41	CERN-annual reports, 1957
	Folder 42	CERN-annual reports, 1958
	Folder 43	CERN-annual reports, 1959
	Folder 44	CERN-annual reports, 1960
	Folder 45	CERN-annual reports, 1961
	Folder 46	CERN-annual reports, 1962
	Folder 47	CERN-annual reports, 1963
	Folder 48	CERN-annual reports, 1964
	Folder 48	CERN-annual reports, 1965

Series IV: Miscellaneous,
Box 2	Folder 1	The theory and design of an alternating-gradient proton synchrotron, 1953
	Folder 2	CERN-European organization for nuclear research-press releases, 1953-1955, 1959-1964, 1970-1973
	Folder 3	Laying of foundation stone, 1955
	Folder 4	CERN-European organization for nuclear research-publications, 1959-1973, 1982
	Folder 5	Report of the working party on the European high energy accelerator programme, 1963