Department of Physics records, 1870-1983

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Series IV: Nevis Cyclotron Laboratory

This short series, in record cartons 28–29, contains primarily of blueprints, photos, and photo negatives. These are organized in three groups. A first group, folders 28.34–29.11, consists of undated photos and photo negatives, organized by the physics researcher who ordered them. They are, for example, charts and diagrams prepared as figures in published research papers; in no case, however, is a record of their intended use preserved. A second group, folders 29.12–29.21, consists of blueprints organized by subject. Representative is a blueprint for "Plunger Assembly, H2 Bubble Chamber." The third group, folders 29.22–29.25, consists of blueprints, together with related correspondence, reports, and notes, related to the construction of a neutron velocity spectrometer at Nevis Laboratory, Irvington-on-Hudson, in the late 1950s.


Diagram Files



Box 28 Folder 34 Baliga, undated


Box 28 Folder 35 Des Jardins, undated


Box 28 Folder 36 Fischer, undated


Box 28 Folder 37 Gallagher, undated


Box 28 Folder 38 Havens/Safford/Melkonian, undated


Box 28 Folder 39 Kruse, undated


Box 28 Folder 40 Michell/Weinberg, 1964



Box 29 Folder 1 Namenson, undated


Box 29 Folder 2 Nessin/Engleke, undated


Box 29 Folder 3 Nikolic, undated


Box 29 Folder 4 Padawer, undated


Box 29 Folder 5 Rosen, undated


Box 29 Folder 6 Sayres, undated


Box 29 Folder 7 Smotrich/McDermott, undated


Box 29 Folder 8 Tatcher, undated


Box 29 Folder 9 Wu, Chien-Shiung, undated


Box 29 Folder 10 Wu, Mo Lee, undated


Box 29 Folder 11 Ying, Lee, 1963


Box 29 Folder 12 Chamber Drawings, 1957-1958


Box 29 Folder 13 Counters, 1953


Box 29 Folder 14 Electronics, undated


Box 29 Folder 15 Equipment Tags, 1964


Box 29 Folder 16 Double-Delay Line Amplifier, undated


Box 29 Folder 17 Meyer's Chamber, 1956-1958


Box 29 Folder 18 Miscellaneous Diagrams, undated


Box 29 Folder 19 Miscellaneous Spectra, 1953


Box 29 Folder 20 Neutron Choppers, 1953


Box 29 Folder 21 Ten Channel Pulse Height Analyzer, 1950


Neutron Velocity Spectrometer


Box 29 Folder 22 Architectural Plans, 1958-1959


Box 29 Folder 23 Architectural Specifications, 1958-1961


Box 29 Folder 24 Preliminary Planning, 1958


Box 29 Folder 25 Construction and Design, 1959


Contract Progress Reports

(Atomic Energy Commission contract AT(30-1)-1932 and Contract N6-ori-110-Task Order #1)



Box 43 Folder 2 Progress Reports Nos. 41-51, 1949 November-1950 September


Quarterly Progress Reports


Box 43 Folder 3 1950 December


Box 43 Folder 4 1951 September

(James Rainwater, Director)


Box 43 Folder 5 1951 December

(James Rainwater, Director)


Box 43 Folder 6 1953 July

(Under the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and Atomic Energy Commission. James Rainwater, Executive Director)


Box 43 Folder 7 1954 January

(E.T. Booth, Director)


Box 43 Folder 8 1955 April

(E.T. Booth, Director)


Box 43 Folder 9 1955 July

(James Rainwater, Director)


Box 43 Folder 10 1957 May

(James Rainwater, Director)


Box 43 Folder 11 1957 July


Box 43 Folder 12 1957 October


Box 43 Folder 13 1958 January


Box 43 Folder 14 1958 April


Box 43 Folder 15 1958 July


Box 43 Folder 16 1958 October


Box 43 Folder 17 1959 March


Box 43 Folder 18 1959 September

(Warren F. Goodell, Jr.)


Box 43 Folder 19 1960 March

(Warren F. Goodell, Jr.)