Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings,
1968-1997
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Segrè, Emilio.
Size of collection
2.25 linear feet
2 records boxes;
1 half manuscript box
Short description of collection
Collection of audio, video and film recordings of Emilio Segrè.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR2010964
Emilio Gino Segrè (1905-1989), Italian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. University of Rome, Ph.D. (physics), 1928, studying under Enrico Fermi. Assistant professor of physics, University of Rome (1932-1936); director of the Physics Laboratory, University of Palermo (1936-1938); research assistant, Berkeley Radiation Lab and lecturer in the physics department, University of California, Berkeley; Los Alamos National Laboratory, group leader for the Manhattan Project (1943-1946); professor of physics and history of science, University of California, Berkeley (1946-1972); University of Rome, professor of nuclear physics (1974- ). Discoverer of the element technicium, co-discoverer of astatine adn the isotope plutonium-239, and co-discoverer, along with Owen Chamberlain, of antiprotons. Segrè was also an active photographer and took many photos documenting events and people in the history of modern science. The American Institute of Physics named its photographic archive of physics history in his honor.
This collection contains audio, film and video recordings of lectures given by and interviews with Emilio Segrè, as well as some informal and/or family recordings. The collection also includes recordings of Emilio Segrè Memorial Lectures, given by physicists such as Wolfgang Panofsky, Hans Bethe, McMillan, Rutherford, and Joseph Taylor.
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Bethe, Hans Albrecht, 1906-2005
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Segrè, Emilio.
Genre terms
Lectures.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.
This collection is organized into two series:
- Series I: Audio tape
- Series II: Video tape and film
Each series is arranged chronologically.
This collection was processed by
Melanie J. Brown in
2010.
Box [number], Folder [number], Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings, . American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings, 1968-1997
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2010
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2010. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Documents accompanying audio tape reels, undated |
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Folder 2 |
"The Adventurous Discovery of Technetium," Emilio Segrè, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Society of Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Lecture Series - "Dr. Enric Fermi," by Emilio Segrè, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 2 and 3, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 4 and 5, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 7, undated |
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Folder 7 |
Concerto at 36 Crest Rd, Kamen, T. Ury, Stross: Mozart, undated |
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Folder 9 |
Nena e mi fiestas, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Familia e Serrat, undated |
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Folder 11 |
Bern, mama, issi, musica, felicidades, undated |
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Folder 12 |
Unlabeled audio tape reels, undated |
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Folder 13 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 4 (Rutherford) and 5 (neutrons, D, etc.), 1967 |
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Folder 14 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 1, 1968 |
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Folder 15 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 6 - McMillan on accelerators, 1968 |
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Folder 16 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 7 - highlights of nuclear physics, 1968 |
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Folder 17 |
"Triumphs and Tribulations of High Energy Physics," by Emilio Segrè, 1968 |
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Folder 18 |
Dia padre, Ri, etc., 1969 |
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Folder 19 |
Emilio Segrè lecture 4, 1970 |
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Folder 21 |
Saludos varios - "antes de Europa"; canciones varias, 1972 |
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Folder 22 |
Unlabeled audio tape reels, 1972 |
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Folder 23 |
"Nuclear History" (J.J. Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, Einstein, Fiech, Hahn); "Atomic Physics" (Rutherford); "The Nucleus" (Fermi), 1973 |
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Folder 24 |
Emilio Segrè and Isidor Rabi, portraitfesprach, 1980 |
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Folder 25 |
"Memoria e Scenario," Emilio Segrè, 1987 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Interview, Emilio Segrè, 1988 |
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Folder 2 |
Emilio Segrè memorial - part 1 and 2, 1989 |
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Folder 3 |
Unlabeled cassettes, 1994, undated |
| Box 3 |
Emilio Segrè, undated |
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Elettricita: una chiave per il futuro, undated |
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Megawatt - special unipede, undated |
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Dr. Edgardo Macorini interviews Emilio Segrè, Milano, 1985 |
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"Die Stillen Stars," Dr. Emilio Segrè, 1985 |
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"The Nobel Tradition at Berkeley," University of California, Berkeley, 1986 |
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Elettricita: energia per lavita, 1988 |
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Emilio Segrè - interviewed, 1989 |
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Emilio Segrè lecture - "Binary Pulsars and Relativistic Gravity" - Joesph Taylor, Princeton, 1993 |
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"The Supernova Mechanism" - Hans Bethe, Emilio Segrè lecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 |
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"When Atoms Behave as Waves: Bose Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser" - Emilio Segrè lecture, Wolfgange Ketterle, 1997 |
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"The Physical Heritage of the Cold War" - Emilio Segrè lecture, Wolfgang Panofsky, 1996 |
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"Quantum Mechanics and Electrons in Strong Magnetic Fields" - Emilio Segrè lecture, Bertrand Halperin, 1995 |
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"Hydrogen and Fundamental Physics" - Emilio Segrè lecture, Theodore Hansch, 1994 |
