Gowing, Margaret.
Margaret Gowing papers, 1932-[ongoing].
Personal, professional, and academic papers, including correspondence, lectures, collected research material, etc. (excluding papers as official historian in the Cabinet Office & the Atomic Energy Authority). They concern chiefly the history of modern physics & especially atomic physics, the atomic bomb, political & economic aspects of modern science, & the preservation of public & scientific archives. Correspondents (physicists) include: Sir James Chadwick, Sir Alan Cottrell, P. V. Danckwerts, Lord (Brian) Flowers, Nicholas Kurti, Sir Nevill Mott, Sir Mark Oliphant, Sir Rudolf Peierls. Correspondents (other scientists, historian, public figures) include: Lord (Eric) Ashby, John M. Ashworth, Lord (Edward) Boyle, Lord (Alan) Bullock, D. S. L. Cardwell, Lord Carver, Leonard Cheshire, A. H. Halsey, Sir W. Keith Hancock, Peter Hennessy, Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir Michael Howard, R. V. Jones, Lord (Rodger) Sherfield, Sir Crispin Tickell, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Joan Warnow, Charles Webster, Sir Duncan Wilson, Lord Zuckerman. There are also some tape recordings of lectures, discussions, & reminiscences by scientists & by historians of science.
Historian, born 1921; C.B.E., F.R.S., F.B.A., etc.; Professor of the History of Science, Oxford, 1973-1986. Historian in the U.K. Cabinet Office 1945-1959; Historian & Archivist of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority 1959-1966; Reader in Contemporary History, University of Kent, 1966-1972; Director of the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre 1972-1986.
Chadwick, James, 1891-1974
Cottrell, Alan Howard, Sir, 1919-
Kurti, Nicholas
Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis), Sir, 1905-
Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Atomic bomb -- History.
Historians of science.
Nuclear physics -- History.
Physics -- History.
Public records -- Preservation.
Science -- Economic aspects.
Science -- Political aspects.
Scientific archives -- Preservation.
Scientists
Lectures lcgft
Reminiscences. aat
Historians of science. lcsh
Ashby, Eric, Lord.
Ashworth, John M.
Boyle, Edward, Lord.
Bullock, Alan, Lord.
Cardwell, D. S. L.
Carver, Lord.
Cheshire, Leonard.
Danckwerts, P. V.
Flowers, Brian, Lord.
Halsey, A. H.
Hancock, W. Keith, Sir.
Hennessy, Peter.
Hodgkin, Dorothy, 1910-1994
Howard, Michael, Sir.
Jones, R. V.
Sherfeild, Roger, Lord.
Tickell, Crispin, Sir.
Trevor-Roper, Hugh.
Warnow-Blewett, Joan, 1931-
Webster, Charles.
Wilson, Duncan, Sir.
Zuckerman, Lord.
AIP-ICOS
Museum of the History of Science. Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ