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Allis, William Phelps (1901-1999)
Papers, 1926-1989
MC 236

Atoms for Peace Awards
Records, 1944-1972
MC 10 Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Beranek, Leo Leroy (1914- )
Papers
MC 506

Bethe, Hans Albrecht (1906- )
Speech, 4 March 1969
MC 197

Bitter, Francis (1902-1967)
Papers, 1925-1967
MC 77
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Buechner, William Weber (1914-1985)
Papers, 1928-1978
MC 229

Buerger, Martin Julian (1903- )
Papers, 1910-1980s
MC 421

Bush, Vannevar (1890-1974)
Oral history, 1964
MC 143

Bush, Vannevar (1890-1974)
Papers, 1921-1974
MC 78

Charney, Jule Gregory (1917-1981)
Papers, 1936-1981
MC 184
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Clark, Joe Stearns (1913-1966)
Papers, 1949
MC 288

Clifford, Harry Ellsworth (1866-1952)
Lecture notes, 1897
MC 451

Cohen, Leonard Parker (1914- )
Student notes, 1934
MC 458

Collins, Samuel Cornet
Laboratory notebooks, 1946-1951
MC 441

Compton, Karl Taylor (1887-1954)
Audiotape
MC 238

Compton, Karl Taylor (1887-1954)
Papers, 1906-1961
MC 416 Finding aid (PDF)

Karl Taylor Compton Lectures
Records, 1959-1960, 1985
AC 175

Karl Taylor Compton Memorial Tribute
WGBH radio broadcast, 1954
MC 238

Cosman, Eric
Papers
MC 533

Cross, Charles Robert (1848-1921)
Papers, 1855-1913
MC 107

Demos, Peter T.
Papers
MC 530

Draper, Charles Stark (1901-1987)
Oral history
MC 134

Dresselhaus, Mildred (1930- )
Audiotape, 1989
MC 281

Deutsch, Martin (1917-2002)
Papers
MC 580

Eager, Marcy
Papers, 1940-1947
MC 406

Educational Services Inc. - Physical Sciences Study Committee – Education Development Center
Records, 1957-1971
MC 79

Educational Services Inc. - Physical Sciences Study Committee – Education Development Center
Oral histories
MC 602

Enge, Harald Anton (1920- )
Papers, 1950-1984
MC 313

Epstein, Gerald Lewis
Student notebooks, 1974-1978
MC 26

Evans, Robley Dunglison (1907-1996)
Papers
MC 80

Feld, Bernard Taub (1919-1993)
Papers, 1943-1990
MC 167
Finding aid (HTML)

Feshbach, Herman (1917-2000)
Papers
MC 484

Fisk, James (1910-1981)
Papers, 1931-1977
MC 433

Frisch, David Henry (1918-1991)
Papers, 1950-1990
MC 337

Goodwin, Henry Manly (1870-1949)
Papers, 1888-1936
MC 121

Guerlac, Henry Edward (1910-1985)
"History of Radar in World War II," 1947
MC 95

Harrison, George Russell (1898-1979)
Papers, 1916-1973
MC 60

Harrison, George Russell (1898-1979)
Biography of Karl Taylor Compton and background material, 1930-1961
MC 105

Hazen, Harold Locke (1901-1980)
Papers, 1920-1972
MC 106

High Voltage Engineering Corporation
Papers, 1933-1969
MC 153
Finding aid (PDF) | Finding aid (HTML)

Hill, Albert Gordon (1910-1996)
Papers, 1946-1981
MC 365
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Holman, Silas Whitcomb (1856-1900)
Papers, ca. 1875-ca. 1910
MC 46

Jackson, Shirley Ann
Papers
MC 195

Kaplan, Irving
Papers, 1961-1976
MC 191

Kelly, Harry
Oral history
MC 603

Kerman, Arthur K.
Papers, 1960s-1990s
MC 549

Kistiakowsky, Vera
Papers
MC 485

Kuhn, Thomas S. (1922-1996)
Papers, 1936-1987
MC 240

Laws, Frank A. (1867-1936)
Papers, 1902-1927
MC 329

Lax, Benjamin (1915- )
Papers, 1925-1975
MC 234

Livingston, M. Stanley
Papers
MC 244

Loomis, Alfred L.
Papers, 1940-1959
MC 264

MacVicar, Margaret
Papers
MC 338

Medicus, Heinrich Adolf, 1918-
Notes, 1958-1959, n.d.
MC 104

MIT Oral History Program
Women in Science and Engineering Oral History Collection
Papers, 1976-1977
MC 86
Includes interviews with Mildren Dresselhaus and Vera Kistiakowsky

Morrison, Philip (1915- )
Papers, 1934-1963
MC 52

Morrison, Philip (1915- )
"The Nature of Things," filmed interview, 1981
MC 443

Morrison, Philip (1915- )
"The Worlds of Philip Morrison," symposium, 1986
AC 199

Morse, Philip McCord (1903-1985)
Papers, 1927-1980
MC 75
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation
Records, 1965-1988
AC 135

Norton, John T.
Papers, 1936-1966
MC 415

Nottingham, Wayne Buckles (1899-1964)
Papers, 1923-1964
MC 241

Oppenheimer, John Robert (1904-1967)
Oral history Collection, 1975-1976.
MC 85
Transcripts of interviews by Alice Kimball Smith and Charles Weiner in preparation for the publication of Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and Recollections (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980).

Parish, William
Papers
MC 494

Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919)
Papers, 1867-1869
MC 457

Pless, Irwin A.
Papers, 1964-1994
MC 604

Rocket Research Society
Records, 1951-1962
MC 309

Rossi, Bruno Benedetto (1905-1993)
Papers, 1927-
MC 166

Scoville, Herbert
Papers, 1971-1985
MC 224

Slater, John Clarke (1900-1976)
"A Physicist of the Lucky Generation," ca. 1975
MC 189
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Smith, Alice Kimball (1907- )
Papers, 1944-1993
MC 369

Smullin, Louis Dijour (1916- )
Papers, 1950-1952
MC 216

Stewart, Herbert R.
Papers, 1920-1985
MC 211

Stratton, Julius Adams (1901-1994)
Papers, 1928-1983
MC 431

Trowbridge, Arthur
Student notebooks, 1906
MC 203

Union of Concern Scientists
Papers, 1964-1986
MC 434

United States. National Defense Research Committee. Division 7,
Section 7.2
Chronological file, 1941-1944
MC 103

Universities and the Military-Industrial Complex
Panel discussion, 1989
AC 202

Valley, George E., Jr. (1913-1999)
Papers
MC 294

Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison (1901-1967)
Papers, 1928-1948
MC 45
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Von Hippel, Arthur (1898-2004)
Papers
MC 321

Warren, Bertram E.
Papers
MC 340

Waugh, David F.
Papers, 1932-1985
MC 255

Weeks, Dorothy (1893? - 1990)
Papers, 1940-1980
MC 400

Wiener, Norbert (1894-1964)
Papers, 1898-1964
MC 22
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Weiss, Rainer
Papers
MC 517

Weisskopf, Victor Frederick (1908-2002)
Papers, 1922-2002
MC 572
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

Wiesner, Jerome Bert (1915-1994)
Papers
MC 420

Woodbridge, Samuel Homer (1848-1926)
Course notes, 1893, 1900
MC 61

Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach (1905-1986)
Papers, 1912-1986
MC 31

Zisman, William A.
Papers
MC 232

Archives Collections: Institute Records

MIT. Office of the President
Records, 1930-1959
AC 4
Finding aid (HTML)

MIT. School of Science. Office of the Dean
Records, 1959-1989
AC 104

MIT. Ad Hoc Committee on the Military Presence at MIT
Records, 1985-1986
AC 150

MIT. Center for Space Research. Apollo 17. Surface Electrical Properties Experiment
Records, 1970-1973
AC 110

MIT. Convocation in Commemoration of Karl Taylor Compton.
Memorial tribute, 1954
AC 171

MIT. Department of Physics
Curriculum materials, 1869-1971
AC 74

MIT. Department of Physics
Records, 1875-1901
AC 68

MIT. Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory
Records, 1957-1982
AC 152

MIT. Industrial Liaison Program
Records, 1974-1989
AC 141

MIT. Industrial Liaison Program
Records of member companies, 1948-
AC 265

International Polymode Program
Records, 1973-1981
AC 321
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

MIT. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Records
AC 217

MIT. Midcentury Convocation
Records, 1949
AC 172

Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
Records, 1970-1976
AC 42
Finding aid (PDF) (HTML)

March 4 Teach-in
Recording, 1989
AC 212

MIT. Office of the Vice President, 1932-1938 (Bush)
Records, 1932-1938
AC 333

MIT. Patent, Copyright, and Licensing Office
Records, 1970-1986
AC 67

Radioactivity Center
Records, 1942-1981
AC 386

MIT. Radiation Laboratory
Records, 1942-1945
AC 185

Records of Advanced Physics, 1874-1879
Minutes of the meetings of the class in Advanced Physics,
3 March 1874 - 10 May 1879
AC 74

MIT. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Records, 1945-1969
AC 186

MIT. Standing Committee on Special Laboratories
Records, 1969-1972
AC 128