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Part I: Speech and Engagement File, 1948-2008 (continued)
1997-1998
(4 folders)
BOX 355 1999-2008, undated See also Oversize
(8 folders)
BOX 355-402 Part I: Writings, 1924-2000
Correspondence, articles, books, dissertation, thesis, speeches, drafts, page proofs, notes, calculations, contracts, background information, illustrations, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged into writings by Townes and a miscellaneous file and therein alphabetically by type of material and title of work with the numbered works largely arranged by Townes in chronological order.
BOX 355 By Townes
Articles
Bell Telephone Laboratories, unpublished, 1940, 1946-1947
"Light Scattering," unpublished, undated
"A Molecular Amplifier, Oscillator, and Frequency Standard," undated
"On the Maser Ether Drift Experiment," 1961
"Science and Freedom," 1954
Books
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Technological Series, 1990-1995
BOX 356 How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist
Contract, undated
Drafts, 1997-1998, undated
Chapters 1-6
(8 folders)
BOX 357 Chapter 7-9
(7 folders)
BOX 358 Edited text, 1998-1999
Chapters 1-10
(3 folders)
Copies of chapters 1-3
Front matter and illustrations
Notes, 1957-1960, 1982, 1995, undated
Possible titles, 1998, undated
Responses, comments, and corrections, 1995-2000
(3 folders)
BOX 359 (1 folder)
"The Invention of the Maser and the Laser," unpublished, 1963-1964
"Nonlinearites," unpublished
General
Correspondence, 1968-1970
(2 folders)
Original copy, 1968
Review, 1968-1970
Numbered files
No. 1, preliminary papers, 1969-1970, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 360 No. 2, present version, 1970-1971, undated
No. 3, associated papers, 1963-1971, undated
(3 folders)
No. 4, notes, undated
No. 5, duplicates, 1970, undated
(3 folders)
Dissertation, 1939
BOX 361 Numbered, 1938-1993
Index
Nos. 1-28
(31 folders)
BOX 362 Nos. 29-44
(22 folders)
BOX 363 Nos. 45-60
(22 folders)
BOX 364 Nos. 61-77
(24 folders)
BOX 365 Nos. 78-80
(13 folders)
BOX 366 Nos. 81-96
(19 folders)
BOX 367 Nos. 97-99
(7 folders)
BOX 368 Nos. 100-107
(14 folders)
BOX 369 Nos. 108-113
(11 folders)
BOX 370 Nos. 114-120
(11 folders)
BOX 371 Nos. 121-125
(9 folders)
BOX 372 Nos. 126-129
(10 folders)
BOX 373 Nos. 130-138
(13 folders)
BOX 374 Nos. 139-144
(7 folders)
No. 145
(2 folders)
BOX 375 (1 folder)
Nos. 146-152
(10 folders)
BOX 376 Nos. 153-158
(9 folders)
BOX 377 Nos. 159-163
(8 folders)
BOX 378 Nos. 164-165
(6 folders)
No. 166
(1 folder)
BOX 379 (1 folder)
Nos. 167-171
(8 folders)
BOX 380 Nos. 172-177
(8 folders)
BOX 381 Nos. 178-181
(7 folders)
No. 182
(1 folder)
BOX 382 (2 folders)
Nos. 183-189
(8 folders)
No. 190
(1 folder)
BOX 383 (1 folder)
Nos. 191-196
(8 folders)
BOX 384 Nos. 197-205
(12 folders)
BOX 385 Nos. 206-208
(8 folders)
BOX 386 Nos. 209-214
(10 folders)
BOX 387 Nos. 215-218
(8 folders)
No. 219
(2 folders)
BOX 388 (1 folder)
Nos. 220-222
(5 folders)
No. 223
(4 folders)
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