Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of George Gamow, physicist, astronomer, and author, and his wife, Barbara Gamow, editor and translator, were given to the Library of Congress by the Gamows and others, 1964-2009.
Processing History
The papers received by the Library in 1964-1968 were processed in 1968. The collection was expanded and revised in 1975, 1980, and 2016, and the finding aid was revised in 2009 and 2016.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Phonograph records and audiotapes have ben transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Gamow collection.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.