Samuel A. Goudsmit Papers, 1921-1979
Due to the nature of the materials, this series was not digitized and is the only series not available online.
Series XVI. Audio-Visual Materials
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 these three reels are very difficult to read.
Subseries B. Slides
Contains approximately one hundred slides on 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.
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 these three reels are very difficult to read.
Subseries B. Slides
Contains approximately one hundred slides on 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.
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| Subseries A. Microfilm | |||||||||||
| Box 67 | Writer's files 1951-1959 | ||||||||||
| Writer's files 1960-1968 | |||||||||||
| Writer's files (APS editor-in-chief) 1955-1967 | |||||||||||
| Archives for History of Quantum Physics pre-1933 correspondence listing 1921-1933 | |||||||||||
| Correspondence (same as Goudsmit microfilm in NBL) 1933-1941 | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous: permission requests 1964-1968; APS common publishing policies (Slater, 1955); Condon affair; NSF publishing study proposals, 1956; NSF grant correspondence; Physical Review editors correspondence, 1952-1962; Physical Review history and policy; Nucleonics, 1955-1968 1952-1968 | |||||||||||
| Subseries B. Slides | |||||||||||
| Slide lists from Jonothan Logan's list. | |||||||||||
| Note: Slides on his list but no longer present in the collection are not included. Original negatives are at Brookhaven National Laboratory; numbers refer to the Brookhaven identifier. For Logan's complete lists see processing notes. | |||||||||||
| Alsos Mission | |||||||||||
| Box 68 | Keitel declines (letter) | ||||||||||
| Program of secret meeting | |||||||||||
| Budget letter | |||||||||||
| Thurber cartoon | |||||||||||
| Gerlach letter - size | |||||||||||
| Gerlach letter on deferment | |||||||||||
| Mentzel letter - bragging | |||||||||||
| RFR envelope | |||||||||||
| Switch yard diagram | |||||||||||
| Invitation to secret meeting | |||||||||||
| Diagram of German pile sphere | |||||||||||
| Registered letter clue | |||||||||||
| S. S. letter | |||||||||||
| Trip ticket | |||||||||||
| Uranium club organization | |||||||||||
| Dismantling German piles | |||||||||||
| Cave entrance to German pile | |||||||||||
| First experimental bunker | |||||||||||
| Berlin underground laboratory | |||||||||||
| German pile sphere | |||||||||||
| Menu of secret meeting | |||||||||||
| Atomic Toothpaste | |||||||||||
| Cube reactor | |||||||||||
| Map (Gauleiten) | |||||||||||
| Hahn Capture | |||||||||||
| Secret research reports 1 | |||||||||||
| Secret research reports 2 | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Box 68 | Berkeley outing, 1925 | ||||||||||
| Physical Review Letters multiple authors | |||||||||||
| Rejection letter | |||||||||||
| Woudhuysen viscogram | |||||||||||
| Hahn table, 1939 | |||||||||||
| Berkeley Cyclotron, 1939 | |||||||||||
| APS membership graph | |||||||||||
| Histogram, diurnal gap | |||||||||||
| Histogram, two peaks | |||||||||||
| Scatter diagram | |||||||||||
| Table | |||||||||||
| Table | |||||||||||
| From P and G | |||||||||||
| Table | |||||||||||
| Diagram | |||||||||||
| Diagram | |||||||||||
| Max Planck Lectures | |||||||||||
| Box 68 | Ro | ||||||||||
| NNV Philips, Jan. 1924 | |||||||||||
| Birdnest | |||||||||||
| Spectra | |||||||||||
| H levels | |||||||||||
| Heisenberg letter part 1 | |||||||||||
| Heisenberg letter part 2 | |||||||||||
| Bohr, Einstein | |||||||||||
| Roof, Copenhagen | |||||||||||
| Pauli, Copenhagen | |||||||||||
| Pauli post card | |||||||||||
| Same as above | |||||||||||
| Thomas letter | |||||||||||
| Editorial | |||||||||||
| Box 68 | 1956 editorial secretaries | ||||||||||
| 1972 editorial secretaries | |||||||||||
| Some of our exhaustive files | |||||||||||
| Sorting a morning's mail | |||||||||||
| Phrases and sentences encountered by staff in handling manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Physical Review Letters production typist at work | |||||||||||
| Typist positioning Typit key | |||||||||||
| Complete set of Typit keys (contains Greek alphabet,two sizes, italic and Roman keys for subscripts and superscripts, and miscellaneous keys such as hbar) | |||||||||||
| The keyboard (used for computer composition and office automation) | |||||||||||
| Left to Right: two teletypes (models ASR35 and KSR37), computer (Hewlett-Packard 2116A), tape reader (H-P 2748A), keyboard, magnetic tape unite (H-P 2020) | |||||||||||
| Patterns | |||||||||||
| Box 68 | Egyptian borders | ||||||||||
| Seventeen borders | |||||||||||
| Egyptian designs | |||||||||||
| Allah | |||||||||||
| Seven borders | |||||||||||
| Coptic borders | |||||||||||
| Greek borders | |||||||||||
| Ardebil mosque | |||||||||||
| Aztec pattern | |||||||||||
| Egyptian and Arabic | |||||||||||
| Coptic | |||||||||||
| Point pattern | |||||||||||
| Alphabet | |||||||||||
| Mosque parapets | |||||||||||
| Seven borders | |||||||||||
| Mexican serapi | |||||||||||
| Escher patterns | |||||||||||
| Subseries C. Negatives, motion picture footage, and a filmstrip (box 68) | |||||||||||
| Subseries D. Photographs (boxes 69-70) | |||||||||||
| Subseries E. Audio tapes | |||||||||||
| Box 71 | German television show, "Die emigrierte Bomb: Eine Bericht ber die Beteiligung eurpishecr Kernwissenschaftler am Bau der ersten Atombombe." Anniversary of the A-bomb 1970 | ||||||||||
| Enrico Fermi's last dictation | |||||||||||
| Cooper Union lecture, 2 tapes | |||||||||||
| Subseries F. Lantern slides (box 72) | |||||||||||