Pegram, George Braxton. 1876-1958.
George Braxton Pegram papers, 1903-1958.
Correspondence, manuscripts, and subject files on most aspects of George Pegram's career as a nuclear physicist. Also, a large quantity of research notes made by Lucy J. Hayner (1898-1971), Professor Emeritus of Physics at Columbia University, who was writing a history of Columbia's Physics Dept., 1905-1954, can be found in folders throughout the collection.
Nuclear physicist, professor of physics, and Dean of Graduate Faculties at Columbia University. Pegram, a prominent nuclear physicist, conducted a great deal of defense-related research and was responsible for the famous meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and American nuclear scientists prior to World War II that eventually led to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.
Hayner, Lucy J., 1898-1971.
Pegram, George Braxton. 1876-1958.
Columbia University. Dept. of Physics -- History.
Columbia University -- Faculty.
Nuclear physics -- Research.
Women physicists -- New York (N.Y.)
College teachers. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
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Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA.