Audio and video interviews about the life and work of Richard Garwin,
2004-2012
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Garwin, Richard L.
Size of collection
0.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Audio interviews from unwritten biography about Richard Garwin and video interviews from "Garwin: The Movie" documentary.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR20172418
Richard Garwin: Born 1928. Physicist; received Ph.D. in 1949, University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi. On Fermi's invitation, Garwin went to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1950. At this time appointed faculty position at University of Chicago. According to Edward Teller, was instrumental in creating the first hydrogen bomb. In 1952 Garwin joined IBM's Watson Laboratory at Columbia University in a research capacity (until 1970), while consulting at Los Alamos and for the U.S. government on issues of military technology and arms control. Also an adjunct professor in physics at Columbia University, and a professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Member of the President's Science Advisory Committee, the Defense Science Board, and the National Academy of Science; Fellow of the American Physical Society.
This collection consists of audio recordings and corresponding transcripts for interviews of Harold Agnew, Paul Doty, Charles "Bert" Fowler, Edward Frieman, John "Mike" Cornwall, Malvin Ruderman, Jeffrey Garwin, Lois Garwin, Richard Garwin, Murray Gell-Mann, Marvin "Murph" Goldberger, Marguerite Goldfarb, Ralph Gomory, Gerald Holton, Jonathan Katz, Carl Kaysen, Robert Kohler, Conrad Longmire, Richard Muller, Walter Munk, W. K. H. "Pief" Panofsky, Norman Ramsey, Jack Ruina, and Herbert York, conducted by Daniel Ford. It also includes video interviews with Harold Agnew, Luis Bettencourt, Robert Budnitz, Jonathan Katz, Harris Mayer, Walter Munk, Per Peterson, William Press, Roy Schwitters, and Frank von Hippel conducted by Richard Breyer and Anand Kamalakar for their 2014 documentary, "Garwin: The Movie." In these interviews, the subjects discuss the life and work of physicist Richard Garwin. Online components of the collection can be found at https://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:AR20172418.
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These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Agnew, Harold M.
Bettencourt, Luis
Budnitz, Robert J.
Cornwall, John M.
Doty, Paul M., 1920-2011
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Fowler, Charles A., 1920-2016
Frieman, E. A.
Garwin, Jeffrey L.
Garwin, Lois E.
Garwin, Richard L.
Gell-Mann, Murray.
Goldberger, Marvin L.
Goldfarb, Marguerite
Gomory, Ralph E.
Holton, Gerald James.
Katz, Jonathan I.
Kaysen, Carl
Kohler, Robert J.
Longmire, Conrad L.
Mayer, Harris L.
Muller, R. (Richard)
Munk, Walter H. (Walter Heinrich), 1917-
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Peterson, P. F.
Press, William H.
Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011
Ruderman, Malvin A.
Ruina, J. P. (Jack P.)
Schwitters, Roy F.
Von Hippel, Frank
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank).
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
JASON Defense Advisory Group.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
United States. Department of Defense
United States. Department of Energy.
United States. President's Science Advisory Committee
University of Chicago.
Subject terms
Hydrogen bomb
Nuclear physics
Genre terms
Interviews.
Transcripts.
The collection is arranged into two series. Online digitized content from Series I-Subseries IB and Series II can be found via the links below. Series I-Subseries IA can be accessed by contacting nbl@aip.org
Gift of Richard Garwin, 2017.
This collection was processed by
Sarah Cochrane in
2017.
Box [number], Folder [number], Audio and video interviews about the life and work of Richard Garwin, 2004-2012. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Audio and video interviews about the life and work of Richard Garwin, 2004-2012
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2017
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Sarah Cochrane in 2017. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Subseries IA: Recordings
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Audio interviews conducted by Daniel Ford, 2004-2007 |
Subseries IB: Transcripts
| Box 1 |
Folder 2 |
Harold M. Agnew, February 15, 2007 |
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Folder 3 |
Paul Doty, December 2004 |
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Folder 4 |
Paul Doty (1), December 2004 |
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Folder 5 |
Paul Doty (2), December 2004 |
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Folder 6 |
Paul Doty (3), December 2004 |
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Folder 7 |
Charles A. (Bert) Fowler, Nov. 30, 2004 |
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Folder 8 |
Edward A. Frieman, John (Mike) Cornwall, and Malvin A. Ruderman, June 2004 |
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Folder 9 |
Jeffrey L. Garwin, January 16, 2007 |
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Folder 10 |
Lois Garwin, July 1, 2004 |
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Folder 11 |
Richard L. Garwin (1), June 26, 2004 |
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Folder 12 |
Richard L. Garwin (2), June 27, 2004 |
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Folder 13 |
Richard L. Garwin (3), June 28, 2004 |
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Folder 14 |
Richard L. Garwin (4), July 3, 2004 |
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Folder 15 |
Richard L. Garwin (Starfish), September 11, 2004 |
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Folder 16 |
Murray Gell-Mann (1), January 15, 2007 |
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Folder 17 |
Murray Gell-Mann (2), January 15, 2007 |
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Folder 18 |
Marvin L. (Murph) Goldberger, June 2004 |
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Folder 19 |
Marguerite (Margie) Goldfarb (nee Schwartz), October 2004 |
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Folder 20 |
Ralph E. Gomory, September 12, 2004 |
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Folder 21 |
Gerald Holton (1), November 30, 2004 |
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Folder 22 |
Gerald Holton (2), November 30, 2004 |
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Folder 23 |
Jonathan I. Katz, August 30, 2007 |
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Folder 24 |
Carl Kaysen, December 2004 |
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Folder 25 |
Carl Kaysen (1), December 2004 |
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Folder 26 |
Robert Kohler, July 2004 |
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Folder 27 |
Conrad L. Longmire, 2004 |
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Folder 28 |
Richard A. Muller (1), June 4, 2004 |
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Folder 29 |
Richard A. Muller (2), June 2004 |
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Folder 30 |
Walter H. Munk and Edward A. Frieman, July 2, 2004 |
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Folder 31 |
W. K. H. (Pief) Panofsky (1), December 7, 2004 |
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Folder 32 |
W. K. H. (Pief) Panofsky (2), December 7, 2004 |
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Folder 33 |
Norman F. Ramsey, December 2004 |
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Folder 34 |
Norman F. Ramsey (1), December 2004 |
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Folder 35 |
Norman F. Ramsey (2), December 2004 |
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Folder 36 |
Norman F. Ramsey (3), December 2004 |
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Folder 37 |
Jack P. Ruina, December 2004 |
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Folder 38 |
Jack P. Ruina (1), December 2004 |
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Folder 39 |
Herbert F. York, July 2004 |
| Box 1 |
Folder 40 |
Video interviews conducted by Breyer and Kamalakar, c. 2012 |
