Collection contains correspondence, clippings, reports, research notes, presentations, proposals, publications, reprints, and photographs relating to Dr. Richter's career at Stanford including his involvement with and participation in Stanford University governance; his work as an administrator and scientist at SLAC; his involvement in science policy development and review in the United States and abroad; and his participation in the development of storage ring physics at Stanford University and in the design and development of the SPEAR storage ring at SLAC. Other topics include: relationship with the Department of Energy, meetings and conferences, fusion, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), international committees and cooperation, the superconducting super collider, the Positron-Electron Project (PEP).