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Submit a Photo to the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives

Thank you for considering a donation to the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives!

We collect visual documentation of the personal and professional lives of physical scientists. Our collection is currently richest in portraits and snapshots of modern American physicists, astronomers, and geophysicists but includes many other scientists as well as photos and illustrations of laboratories, telescopes, accelerators, and other instruments, objects, and places. The collection is named in honor of Emilio Segrè , who is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning work in nuclear and high-energy physics but was also an avid photographer and author of books on the history of modern physics.
In general, we collect photos related to work in the physical sciences, including:

  • Formal and informal portraits of physical scientists
  • Photographs illustrating the professional and personal dimensions of physical scientists’ lives, including at work, attending events and conferences, engaged in leisure activities, etc.
  • Photographs of physical science instruments, preferably identified
  • Photographs of physical science research and educational settings with or without people

Please note that we may not accept everything that is offered because of staff and space constraints.

To submit a photo for donation to the ESVA, please use the form below.

Submit a Photo to the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
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Agreement and Signature
I hereby give to the American Institute of Physics this photo for AIP’s Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

I acknowledge that the location, retention, cataloging, preservation, and disposition of donated materials will be conducted at the Library’s sole discretion, in accordance with the Library’s policies. 

I understand that common discretionary uses include, without limitation, exhibition, display, digitization for preservation and access, and making works available for research and scholarship, or any other use consistent with AIP’s not-for-profit purposes. 

I understand that items not retained by the Institute shall be disposed of at the Institute’s discretion.

I agree that if restrictions are placed on use of the materials, and I or my designee do not respond within 60 days to a request for permission from the contact provided, the requestor may proceed with the requested use. 

AIP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible. However, AIP and the staff of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives are not permitted to furnish appraisals. This gift is provided to AIP on a payment- and royalty-free basis. This Agreement replaces and supersedes any prior agreement or representations made in connection with the Donated Materials. 

The parties have executed this Donation and Transfer Agreement upon the Date of Gift.
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