Collection information

Provenance

Initially purchased and accessioned, 1967. See in-house shelf list for additional dates and sources.

Location of originals:

Originals of part of this collection are in: Niels Bohr Archives, Universitets Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Copenhagen.

Other finding aids

The collection is also described and analyzed in: Kuhn, Thomas S.; Heilbron, John L.; Forman, Paul; and Allen, Lini; eds., Sources for the History of Quantum Physics: An Inventory and Report, (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1967).

General physical description

12,500 items on 300 microfilm reels; 107 recordings.

Related material

For transcripts of the oral history interviews, as well as the working papers of the Committee which includes correspondence with famous figures in physics, with some memoirs, photographs, lectures, etc., see Mss 530.1 Ar2.5.



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