Finding Aid to the John P. Blewett papers, 1821-2000Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2011 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2011. 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 CollectionBlewett, John P. (John Paul), 1910- John P. Blewett papers, 1821-2000 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 5 linear feet5 records boxes AR2009-896 English Collection of correspondence, notebooks and other manuscript material of Canadian physicist, John P. Blewett. 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.

Blewett, John P. (John Paul), 1910- Brittain, James E., 1931- Crease, Robert P. Goldhaber, Maurice, 1911- Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904- Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993 Lederman, Leon M. Ramsey, Norman, 1915- Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999- Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008 Vineyard, G. H. Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002 Wideröe, Rolf, 1902- Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997 Brookhaven National Laboratory. Brookhaven National Laboratory. AGS Dept. Accelerators. Nuclear energy. Renewable energy sources. Logs (records). Notebooks Biographical Note

Nuclear physicist (1910-2000). Ph.D, physics (Princeton, 1936). Senior physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory; consultant on accelerator technology to the French Atomic Energy Commission and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Research in particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation.

Scope and Contents of Collection

Collection of correspondence, notebooks and other manuscript material of John P. Blewett. Topics include: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and his work on the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS), Blewett's work with accelerators, Blewett's research in nuclear energy and other alternative energy sources. A significan portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence, including conversations with James Brittain, Robert Crease, Maurice Goldhaber, Leland Haworth, Donald Kerst, Leon Lederman, Norman Ramsey, Arthur Schawlow, Frederick Seitz, G. H. Vineyard, Victor Weisskopf, Rolf Wideroe, and Chien-Shiung Wu, among many others. Another significant portion of the collection includes notebooks documenting the subject matter of personal and professional phone converstations, as well as personal accounting books which reflect travel and daily life and work.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into eight series:

Series I: Correspondence Series II: Autobiographical and Blewett family material Series III: Brookhaven National Laboratory Series IV: Writings Series V: Personal accounting books and notebooks Series VI: Telephone log books Series VII: Audio and visual material Series VIII: 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

Gift of Tandy Warnow, daughter of Blewett, 2008.

 Processing Information

Melanie J. Brown 2011.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], John P. Blewett papers. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Correspondence Suberseries A: Out-going correspondence 11 Letterbook (Yvonne Winterbottom), 1963-1975 12 Letterbook, April 1967-December 1967 13 Letterbook, January 1968-May 1968 14 Letterbook, June 1968-September 1969 15 Letterbook, September 1969-December 1970 16 Letterbook, January 1971-November 1972 17 Letterbook, 1973 18 Letterbook - Accelerator Department, 1973-1976 19 Letterbook - Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1974-1975 110 Letterbook - personal letters to editors and authors, 1974-1987 Subseries B: General correspondence 21 A, 1971 22 Anderson, R.C., 1977 23 Archer, Jeanne, 1980-182 24 B, 1952-1989 25 Baldwin, George, 1975 26 Beck, Herb, 1992-1993 27 Beiersdorf, Herman, 1975-1978 28 Blewett family (to Blewett's mother and sister), 1950-1979 29 Blewett, Hildred, 1983-1991 210 Brechna, Hab, 1973 211 Brittain, James E., 1985-1986 212 Brodeur, Paul, 1993 213 C, 1950-1995 214 Carbon, Max, 1969 215 Clark, John, 1986 216 Cole, Francis T., 1989-1990 217 Coleman, John (Jack), 1990 218 Crease, Robert, undated 219 Crewe, Al, 1970-1971 220 D, 1974-1991 221 Dahl, Per and Eleanor, 1988-1999 222 Demos, Peter, 1977 223 F, 1974 224 G, undated 225 Goldhaber, Maurice, 1965-1969 226 Green, Peggy, 1996-2000 227 Grunder, Herman, 1975 228 H, 1946-1999 229 Halperin, I., 1946 230 Hau, Grace, 1980-1982 231 Hawkes, P.W., 1985 232 Haworth, Leland, 1952-1974 233 Heinz, Werner, 1969-1977 234 Herminghaus, Helmut, 1969 235 Herring, Conyers, 1947 236 Hirsch, E.E., 1974 237 J, 1956-1992 238 Jacobus, Elinor, 1995-1998 239 Johnsen, Kjell and Aase, 1952-2000 240 K, 1975-1993 and undated 241 Kapitza, Sergei, 1964-1978 242 Katy, Leon, 1975 and undated 243 Kerst, Donald, 1974-1989 244 Kinney, Herb, 1986-1996 245 re: Knapp, Edward, 1974 246 Krieger, Robert, 1978 247 re: Kukkonen, Jorma, 1967-1977 248 Kumagai, Hiroo, 9176-1977 249 L, 1975-1989 and undated 250 Lancaster, John and Phyllis, 1996-2000 251 Lapostolle, Pierre, 1970-1993 252 Lawson, J.D. (John David), 1978-1996 253 Lederman, Leon, 1969-1979 254 Le Duff, Joel, 1989-1995 255 Leppard, Leon, 1993-1996 256 Livingston, M. Stanley, 1952-1997 257 Lubkin, Gloria, 1986 and undated 258 M, 1980-1992 and undated 259 Maglich, Bogdan, 1972-1997 260 re: McInturff, Al, 1974-1996 261 Mills, Fred, 1988 262 N, 1975-1987 263 Nagorski, Zygmunt, 1990 264 Nishikawa, Tetsuji, 1972-1989 265 Nixon, Richard, 1968 266 O, 1978 267 Oliphant, M.L., 1955 268 O'Neal, John, 1982-1996 269 re: Orlov, Uri, 1977 270 P, 1953-1995 and undated 271 Page, Ralph, 1972 272 Panofsky, W.K.H., 1969-1978 273 Paulus, Kurt, 1978 274 Phillips, Melba, 1947 and undated 275 Pike, Otis G. , 1965 276 Pollock, Herbert C., 1947-1982 277 R, 1970-1998 and undated 278 Ramo, Simon, 1990 279 Ramsey, Norman, 1947-1965 280 Reiser, Martin, 1977-1989 281 Richardson, J.R., 1971-1974 282 Riddiford, L., 1977 283 Robertson, David, 1994-1995 284 Robertson, David (re: Anglo-Australian Telescope Observatory), 1975-1979 285 Rojansky, V., 1967 286 Rosner, C.H., 1976 287 Ruark, John P., 1967 288 S, 1946-1996 and undated 289 Sampson, Milo, 1945-1946 290 Schawlow, Arthur, 1974 291 Schmeltzer, Chris, 1988-1997 292 Seitz, Frederick, 1978-1999 293 Slack, Lewis, 1996 and undated 294 Smith, Peter, 1972 295 Southworth, Brian, 1972-1977 296 Spiro, Julius, 1986-1987 297 Stockton, Anne, 1971 298 Stuart, Brenda, 1996 299 Susini, Alfredo, 1971 2100 T, 1969-1989 31 Taylor, C.S., 1974 32 Trott, Betty, 1981-1982 33 Tunnicliffe, P.R., 1976 34 Van Steenbergen, A., 1972-1979 35 Veluts, Larissa, 1964-1975 36 Vineyard, G.H., 1970-1976 37 W, 1952-1993 and undated 38 Wainwright, Stuyvesant, 1959 39 Wang, Chia, 1989-1990 310 Weiss, Peter R., 1971 311 Weisskopf, V.F., 1971-1974 312 Welsh, Harry Lambert, 1984 and undated 313 Westfall, Catherine, 1987-1988 314 re: Wheeler, George, 1977-1981 315 Wideroe, Rolf, 1967-1992 316 Wilson, E.J.N., 1996 317 Wilson, Robert, 1965-1967 318 Winter, Stanley, 1983-1996 319 re: Winterbottom, Yvonne, 1968-1973 320 Woodsworth, Charles and Julie, 1995-1996 321 Wouk, Victor, 1987 322 Wu, Chien-Shiung, 1975-1996 323 Y, 1996 324 Zapolsky, Harold, 1974 325 Miscellaneous unknown correspondents, 1952-2000 and undated Series II: Autobiographical and Blewett family material 326 Joan Warnow Blewett biographical material, undated 327 Blewett family papers - ladies pocket memorandum booklet with notes, 1821 328 Biographical research - George John Blewett (father of J.P. Blewett), 1900-1994 and undated 329 Autobiographical material, 1921-1998 and undated 330 Autobiographical material, 1933-1986 and undated 331 Autobiographical material, 1952-1980 and undated 332 Autobiographical material, 1970-1978 and undated 333 Awards, 1986-1993 334 Symposium - John P. Blewett's 90th birthday, 1999-2000 Series III: Brookhaven National Laboratory, undated 335 1963 Brookhaven Summer Study, undated 336 A.D.D. Bugle - mock newspaper re: Electron Analysis Group, 1955 337 A.A.D.D. party (photos), 1964 338 Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) injection booster - calculations, meetings, notes, 1966 339 Transport of super energy beams from an accelerator on Brookhaven's south tract to experimental areas on Brookhaven's north tract, 1970 340 History of Brookhaven National Laboratory (Robert Crease), 1972-2000 341 History of accellerators, 1972-1974 342 Brookhaven Accelerator Department - correspondence, 1973 343 Solar Research and Developments Coordinating Group - meetings, 1974 344 Log of Brookhaven National Laboratory energy program, 1974-1975 345 Brookhaven proposal - solar powered steam generator, 1975 346 Brookhaven's energy program - talk at Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) Nuclear Data Committee, 1975 347 International Conference on Particle Accelerators in Radiation Therapy (P.A.R.T. II and P.A.R.T. III) - Brookhaven correspondence, 1975-1976 348 Reminisciences about Accelerators: Brookhaven lecture, 1980 349 The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven, 1980 350 Historical accounts of Brookhaven Naitonal Laboratory and the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS), 1987-1990 and undated Series IV: Writings 41 The relativistic magnetron: analysis of the static state, a positive ion megnetron for fusion experiments, undated 42 Electron linear accelerators, undated 43 Possible energy programs, 1973 44 Beam connector design details, 1990 45 Magnetic quadrupole triplet lenses, 1990 46 Field pattern in an electron lens, 1990 47 Generation of electron beams, 1991 48 Electron orbits in a magnetic lens, 1991 49 Light in early China, 1993 410 Accelerators, history of particle (article for MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics) - draft and final, 1994 Series V: Personal accounting books and notebooks 411 Notebook - M.H. Blewett, J.P. Blewett, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, 1936 412 Personal accounts log, 1941-1947 413 Personal accounts log, 1948-1955 414 Notebook - European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1953 415 Personal accounts log, 1956-1964 416 Personal accounts log, 1964-1972 417 Personal accounts log, 1972-1978 418 Personal accounts log, 1979-1983 419 Personal accounts log, 1984-1989 420 Personal accounts log, 1987-1990 Series VI: Telephone log books 421 Telephone log, 1961-1664 422 Telephone log, 1964-1968 423 Telephone log, 1968-1969 424 Telephone log, 1969-1971 425 Telephone log, 1971-1973 426 Telephone log, 1974-1975 427 Telephone log, 1975-1979 428 Telephone log, 1977-1980 429 Telephone log, 1979-1980 430 Telephone log, 1980-1981 431 Telephone log, 1981-1982 51 Telephone log, 1981-1985 52 Telephone log, 1984-1985 53 Telephone log, 1991-1992 54 Telephone log, 1992-1993 55 Telephone log, 1993-1994 56 Telephone log, 1994-1996 Series VII: Audio and visual material 5 Slides of cosmos and people, 1970s and undated 57 Video recordings: "My life with the accelerator" (Betamax tape) and "Autobiographical talk" (VHS tape), 1978 58 Audio recording: "R.R. Wilson Prize lecture: adventures with accelerators" (cassette), 1993 Series VIII: Miscellaneous 59 Notes - nuclear physics, undated 510 Calculations, undated 511 Calculations and notes, undated 512 Untitled book reviews, undated 513 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) - correspondence, notes, reports, 1952-1979 514 Canadian research, 1963-1997 515 Notes taken on Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) hearings, 1965 516 Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA), 1965 517 Rand Corporation - consulting, contracts, 1969-1970 518 Helium, 1970-1971 519 Soviet physicists, 1972-1975 520 U.S. energy dependency, alternate energy, nuclear, solar, 1974-1979 521 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): a brief history, 1979 522 Taiwan, Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (SRRC) - correspondence, 1984-1989 523 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), 1985-1987 524 Biographical introduction - Mark Barton, 1986 525 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 1988-1989 526 Note on visits to Cambridge and Acton, 1990 527 Robert A. Jameson - reference, 1991 528 American Physical Society Robert R. Wilson prize - correspondence, speeches, 1993 529 Nanodynamics - correspondence, 1993 530 Biographical paper - Odd Dahl, 1994 531 Nanodynamics - correspondence, drawings, plans, reports, 1994 532 Nuclear waste - notes, 1999