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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Physics Betatron Project correspondence, 1938-1970.
Betatron correspondence of the Physics department, including the employment records for Donald W. Kerst, director of the Betatron accelerator project (1943-1957), and correspondence of Kerst about the development of the magnetic induction accelerator, design improvements, betatron experimentation, plans for a new laboratory, publicity and funding of betatron projects, Allis-Chalmers Company, relations with other laboratories, patent rights, staffing and Kerst's leaves of absence at the General Electric laboratory in Schenectady (1940-41), Los Alamos (1943-45) and the Midwest Universities Research Association (1955-1957). Main correspondents are F. Wheeler Loomis, P. Gerald Kruger, William D. Coolidge, Gerald M. Almy, Robert Oppenheimer, Melvin L. Enger, Lyle W. Phillips, Arthur Compton, James B. Conant, Ralph F. Flora, Gail D. Adams, and Arthur C. Willard. The series includes a copy of a paper entitled "An Account of the Historical Investigations that Led to the Development of the Betatron" (1945).
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Adams, Gail Dayton, 1918-
Almy, Gerald Marks, 1904-
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975-
Enger, Melvin L.
Flora, Ralph F.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Kruger, P. Gerald.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Phillips, Lyle Winston, 1910-1980.
Willard, Arthur C.
Allis-Chalmers Company.
General Electric Laboratories (Schenectady, N. Y.)
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Midwestern Universities Research Association
Betatrons -- Experiments.
Betatrons -- History.
Physical laboratories -- Planning.
Personnel records. aat
Patents aat
Accelerators (High-energy physics) -- Design.
AIP-ICOS
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