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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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Philip Hauge Abelson Papers

Identifier: MSS84803
Abstract

Nuclear physicist, chemist, and editor. Correspondence, notes, reports, speeches and writings, and other papers documenting Abelson's contribution to scientific policy-making through committees, organizations, and publications.

Dates 1924-2002; Majority of material found within 1954-1989
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Lloyd V. Berkner Papers

Identifier: MSS54403
Abstract

Physicist, engineer, and administrator. Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to Berkner's career as an engineer and physicist and to the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.

Dates 1928-1967; Majority of material found within 1946-1967
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Elizabeth H. Blackburn Papers

Identifier: MSS86091
Abstract

Molecular biologist, biochemist, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, laboratory notebooks, research files, notes, charts, speeches, writings, teaching files, organization files, biographical material, photographs, transparencies, slides, negatives, clippings, printed matter, and other material in both physical and digital formats documenting Blackburn's career as a scientist and educator.

Dates 1932-2015; Majority of material found within 1978-2012
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Charles Albert Browne Papers

Identifier: MSS14134
Abstract

Chemist, food technologist, and historian of science. Correspondence, writings, accounts of foreign travel, autographs of past luminaries, and research material relating primarily Browne's work in the history of chemistry and agriculture.

Dates 1783-1947; Majority of material found within 1909-1945
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Carl Eckart Papers

Identifier: MSS65557
Abstract

Physicist, oceanographer, and educator. Correspondence, writings, lectures, subject files, biographical information, printed material, photographs, and other material relating to Eckart's career as oceanographer and physicist.

Dates 1921-1973; Majority of material found within ( 1935-1970)
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Peter Force Papers and Collection

Identifier: MSS20990
Abstract

Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. Chiefly Force's personal papers and papers he collected for his nine-volume American Archives. Force's personal papers document his career as a Washington printer, newspaper editor, compiler, and collector. The collection records political, military, scientific, and social aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century America.

Dates 1492-1977; Majority of material found within 1750-1868
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Leland J. Haworth Papers

Identifier: MSS59956
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Physicist, educator, and research director. Diary, correspondence, subject files, speeches, writings, telephone logs, minutes of meetings, appointment books, newspaper clippings, biographical material, and photographs primarily related to Haworth's career as director of the National Science Foundation and as special assistant to the president of Associated Universities, Inc.

Dates 1944-1977; Majority of material found within ( 1963-1969)
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Harry C. Oberholser Papers

Identifier: MSS35071
Abstract

Ornithologist. Chiefly correspondence with ornithologists and other scientists on bird life and bird specimens of the United States and other countries, Oberholser's work with scientific organizations, and publication of his books and articles.

Dates 1856-1960; Majority of material found within 1920-1945
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J. Robert Oppenheimer Papers

Identifier: MSS35188
Abstract Physicist and director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, writings, desk books, statements, scientific notes, and photographs chiefly comprising Oppenheimer's personal papers while director of the Institute for Advanced Study but reflecting only incidentally his administrative work there. Topics include theoretical physics, development of the atomic bomb, the relationship between government and science, nuclear energy,...
Dates 1799-1980; Majority of material found within 1947-1967
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Vera C. Rubin Papers

Identifier: MSS84805
Abstract

Astronomer. Correspondence, writings, lecture notes and illustrations, observation logs, astronomical data, photographs, reports, and other papers relating to Rubin's career as an astronomer specializing in the movement of galaxies and in the existence of dark matter in the universe as well as her involvement in professional organizations and her efforts to promote women in science.

Dates 1781-2014; Majority of material found within ( 1945-2010)
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The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive

Identifier: MSS85590
Abstract Astronomer, author, and educator (Carl Sagan). Author and television producer (Ann Druyan). Correspondence, memoranda, scripts, notes, subject files, course files, articles, book drafts and resource material, reports, organization files, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, slides and transparencies, photographs and negatives, electronic files, and other material documenting Sagan's career as a scientist and educator and the collaboration of Sagan and Druyan on articles, books,...
Dates 1860-2004; Majority of material found within 1962-1997
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Merle Antony Tuve Papers

Identifier: MSS43448
Abstract

Physicist. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, laboratory and personal notebooks, notes, personnel records, printed material, blueprints, diagrams, photographs, and other papers relating to Tuve's administration of government-sponsored scientific projects such as the development of the proximity fuze for the United States Navy during World War II.

Dates 1901-1982; Majority of material found within ( 1941-1966)
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Alan Tower Waterman Papers

Identifier: MSS54197
Abstract

Physicist and science administrator. Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, and biographical material chiefly relating to Waterman’s activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the United States Office of Naval Research and as director of the United States National Science Foundation.

Dates 1912-1967; Majority of material found within 1940-1963