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Charles H. Townes papers, 1898-2014

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BOX CL 2 Part II: Classified, 2002
Charter.
Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which the item was removed.
BOX CL 2 Alphabetical File
BOX CL 2 Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, D.C., JASON Defense Advisory Group, 2000-2002
BOX CL 2 JASON Defense Advisory Group charter attached to email of 30 July 2002 (Container 428)
BOX OV 4 Part II: Oversize, 1982-2010
Posters and a blueprint.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Alphabetical File
Masers and lasers
History and the future, 2010
BOX OV 4 Posters of timelines (Container 431)
Grants and Projects
Office of Naval Research
N00014-82-C-0700, infrared spatial interferometer
Proposals, budgets, and awards, 1982
Folder 1 of 3
BOX OV 4 Blueprint of 60-inch infrared telescope attached to approval form (Container 444)
DF Part II: Digital Files, 1995-2008
Text files and audiovisual files relating to Townes's speeches and engagements and text files of draft chapters of his book How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Speech and Engagement File
2005-2006
2006, Apr. 18
Max Planck Research Group, Visiting Committee meeting, Erlangen, Germany, scientific report reprints (Container 453)
Digital ID: mss84413_174_002
2007
2007, May 22
"The Laser: Origin, Development and Future." Optical Society of Northern California, Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif. (Container 453)
Digital ID: mss84413_174_003
2008
2008, Sept. 10
"Science in My Life, and the Unpredictabiltiy of Discovery," talk given to SETI, location unknown (Container 454)
Digital ID: mss84413_174_004
2008, Oct. 31
Dedication of Charles H. Townes Center for Science, Furman Univeristy, Greenville, S.C. (Container 455)
Digital ID: mss84413_174_001
Writings
By Townes
Numbered
No. 301, How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist
Chapters 1-8, partial drafts, 1995 (Container 461)
Digital ID: mss84413_174_006
Digital ID: mss84413_174_007

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