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Box 59

 Container

Contains 51 Results:

High Energy Phenomena, 1953

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains Bethe’s consulting and research work on energy. Specifically, it includes correspondence, research, reports and papers related to Bethe’s consulting for the nuclear energy industry. It includes material regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Oak Ridge National Lab, Avco, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and other institutions. Topics include reactor safety, Fission-Fusion reactors, fusion hybrids, Breeder reactors (LMFBR), Mirror fusion, Laser isotope...
Dates: 1953

Corson, Energy Studies at Cornell, 1975

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Records related to Cornell University, the faculty, and Bethe’s participation in both. Includes memoranda and clippings. Clipping topics range from Bethe himself, to events at Cornell and/or in the Ithaca Community, such as the Great Pumpkin Prank of 1997. Includes material on the student take-over of the Willard Straight Student Union in 1969.

Dates: 1975

Cornell 1969, Bethe Committee: Academic Responsibilities of the Faculty, 1969

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Records related to Cornell University, the faculty, and Bethe’s participation in both. Includes memoranda and clippings. Clipping topics range from Bethe himself, to events at Cornell and/or in the Ithaca Community, such as the Great Pumpkin Prank of 1997. Includes material on the student take-over of the Willard Straight Student Union in 1969.

Dates: 1969

Bethe's 80th Birthday Volume of Talks, 1986

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Records related to Cornell University, the faculty, and Bethe’s participation in both. Includes memoranda and clippings. Clipping topics range from Bethe himself, to events at Cornell and/or in the Ithaca Community, such as the Great Pumpkin Prank of 1997. Includes material on the student take-over of the Willard Straight Student Union in 1969.

Dates: 1986

The German Uranium Project, 2000

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes material on controversies surrounding Soviets, Germans and others. Includes several files on the Sudoplatov controversy, in which a former Soviet spy claimed that Oppenheimer and other prominent Manhattan Project participants had shared classified information with the Soviets. Also includes material on the controversy over whether the German physicist Heisenberg intentionally sabotaged Nazi efforts to create an atomic bomb, including discussion surrounding the Farm Hill...
Dates: 2000

Farm Hall, Bohr, Heisenberg, 1991, 1992

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes material on controversies surrounding Soviets, Germans and others. Includes several files on the Sudoplatov controversy, in which a former Soviet spy claimed that Oppenheimer and other prominent Manhattan Project participants had shared classified information with the Soviets. Also includes material on the controversy over whether the German physicist Heisenberg intentionally sabotaged Nazi efforts to create an atomic bomb, including discussion surrounding the Farm Hill...
Dates: 1991; 1992

Russian Money, 1991

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes material on controversies surrounding Soviets, Germans and others. Includes several files on the Sudoplatov controversy, in which a former Soviet spy claimed that Oppenheimer and other prominent Manhattan Project participants had shared classified information with the Soviets. Also includes material on the controversy over whether the German physicist Heisenberg intentionally sabotaged Nazi efforts to create an atomic bomb, including discussion surrounding the Farm Hill...
Dates: 1991

Soviet Science, 1962

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes material on controversies surrounding Soviets, Germans and others. Includes several files on the Sudoplatov controversy, in which a former Soviet spy claimed that Oppenheimer and other prominent Manhattan Project participants had shared classified information with the Soviets. Also includes material on the controversy over whether the German physicist Heisenberg intentionally sabotaged Nazi efforts to create an atomic bomb, including discussion surrounding the Farm Hill...
Dates: 1962

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, 1995

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Series: At various times, Bethe collected documents related to the history of science and of physics, including events in which he participated, such as the development of the Atomic Bomb. This material was gathered after the events, rather than as they were unfolding. Files include articles on and obituaries for Bethe’s physicist colleagues, some of which Bethe wrote, and includes photocopies of old documents sent to Bethe, such as his earlier correspondence with figures such as P.P. Ewald....
Dates: 1995

Enrico Fermi in Rome, 2002

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Series: At various times, Bethe collected documents related to the history of science and of physics, including events in which he participated, such as the development of the Atomic Bomb. This material was gathered after the events, rather than as they were unfolding. Files include articles on and obituaries for Bethe’s physicist colleagues, some of which Bethe wrote, and includes photocopies of old documents sent to Bethe, such as his earlier correspondence with figures such as P.P. Ewald....
Dates: 2002