The Gertrude Goldhaber papers consist of mainly professional papers of nuclear physicist Dr. Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber (1911-1998), who made significant discoveries in physics, helped to advance the field of nuclear and particle physics for women, and developed educational opportunities for students and early-career scientists. The collection is comprised of professional correspondence with other scientists as well as government officials, research files, materials related to conferences and lectures, including notes, agendas, pamphlets, programs, and financial and travel materials, applications, clippings and article reprints, Dr. Goldhabers research notes, meeting minutes, charts and graphs, diagrams, forms, transparencies, photographs, glass slides, manuscripts and publications by Dr. Goldhaber and others, and materials related to various organizations with which she was involved. Most of the collection concerns Dr. Goldhabers professional life as a research physicist, lecturer, and member of various scientific organizations, such as the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, the National Science Foundation, and National Academy of Sciences. Additionally, the collection contains a few folders of Maurice Goldhabers professional papers. There are also some personal materials, including correspondence, calendars and diaries, expired passports, educational records, notebooks, and the contents of two card indexes, one for social engagements that the Goldhabers hosted and were invited to, and one for books. Part of the collection dates from her life and career in Germany, where she completed her primary schooling and Ph.D., and in England, where she did post-doctoral work. The majority of the collection materials date from after her immigration to the United States in 1939, particularly after the family moved to Long Island and Gertrude had a regular paid job at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.