Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Office of the Director logbooks of Donald Cooksey,
Undated
Repository
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Archives and Records Office
1 Cyclotron Rd. MS: 69R0102
Berkeley, California 94720
USA
https://commons.lbl.gov/display/aro/Archives+and+Records
aro@lbl.gov
Papers created by
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Office of the Director.
Size of collection
5 linear feet
4 records boxes
Short description of collection
These log books document the incoming and outgoing correspondence from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) Office of the Director.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
ARO-1544
The laboratory was founded as the University of California Radiation Laboratory in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a University of California Berkeley physicist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that opened the door to high-energy physics. It is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory, operated by the University of California. The name of the laboratory has evolved since its founding: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (1931-1958), the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1959-1995), and currently the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1995-present).
Donald Cooksey (1892-1977) was a fellow physicist and close friend of Ernest Lawrence, founder of the Radiation Laboratory of the University of California (now the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Cooksey spent the early years of the laboratory designing cyclotron chambers (in 1937 he was the chief designer of the 37-inch cyclotron) and was the first person to hold the position of assistant director. He was then named associate director when the position was created in 1943 and remained in that role until his retirement in 1959 from the laboratory.
These log books document the incoming and outgoing correspondence from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) Office of the Director. The log books are referred to in the inventory as 'DC Files' as they were maintained by Donald Cooksey, who was a scientist and the first business manager of the lab under Ernest O. Lawrence. George Pappas later took over the administrative duties after Cooksey, under the directorship of Edwin McMillan and Andrew Sessler. The correspondence subjects relate to lab management, program planning, and early accelerator experiments. The logs list the document number, date of the letter, date received, description of the subject matter of the letter, to whom the letter was addressed, the author, the classification status of the letter (secret, classified, unclassified, restricted), and the filing category. The logs were declassified and some pages have been censored by cutting out portions of pages.
This collection requires permission for access. Please contact the repository for more information, via email at aro@lbl.gov.
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
Cooksey, Donald
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Institutions
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Office of the Director.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Subject terms
Accelerators.
Physics. Administration.
Genre terms
Logs (records).
The log books are arranged chronologically and by document number.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Office of the Director administrative files of Donald Cooksey, 1946-1957 (26 records boxes).
Filing code: ARO-1537. Finding aid
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Office of the Director administrative files of Donald Cooksey, 1958-1963 (18 records boxes). Filing code: ARO-1538. Finding aid
Title
Finding Aid to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Office of the Director logbooks of Donald Cooksey, 1945-1980
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2012
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2012. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
XLID Reports Issued, March 2 - August 4, 1945 |
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Folder 2 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 1 - 1660, October 1945 - August 1946 |
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Folder 3 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 1661 - 3140, August 1946 - February 1947 |
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Folder 4 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 3141 - 4939, February - October 1947 |
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Folder 5 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 6668 - 8553, June 1948 - February 1949 |
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Folder 6 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 4940 - 6667, November 1947 - June 1948 |
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Folder 7 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 8554 - 10,064, February - August 1949 |
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Folder 8 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 10,065 - 11655, August 1949 - January 1950 |
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Folder 9 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 11,655 - 13183, January - May 1950 |
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Folder 10 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 13,184 - 14,780, May - September 1950 |
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Folder 11 |
DC File Records DC Numbers 14,781 - 16,378 to, September 7 - December 4, 1950 |
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Folder 12 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 16379 - 1061, December 1950 - February 1951 |
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Folder 13 |
DC File Record DC Numbers 1062 - 2587, February - May 1951 |
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Folder 14 |
DC File Records DC Numbers 2588 to 4218, May - August, 1951 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
DC File Record 4219 - 5887, August - December, 1951 |
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Folder 2 |
DC#-5888 to DC#1-5928; DC#2-5929 to DC#2-7535, December 1951 - May 1952 |
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Folder 3 |
DC#7536 to DC#9351, May 1952 - November 1952 |
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Folder 4 |
DC#9352 to DC#9802; DC#3-1 to DC#3-1341, November 1952 - April 1953 |
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Folder 5 |
DC File Record Numbers: DC3-1342 to DC3-3209, April - September 1953 |
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Folder 6 |
B3-1 to B3-277; B4-278 to B4-350, July 1953 - February 1954 |
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Folder 7 |
DC#3-3210 to DC#3-4024; DC#4-4025 to DC#4-5154, September 1953 - May 1954 |
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Folder 8 |
Log Book List Of UCRL Numbers, July 7, 1954 - October 30, 1956 |
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Folder 9 |
Log Book Note And Return Documents, March 31, 1954 - January 24, 1957 |
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Folder 10 |
DC#4-5155 - DC#55-406, May 1954 - April 1955 |
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Folder 11 |
DC55-407 to DC56-222, April 12, 1955 - March 19, 1956 |
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Folder 12 |
DC56-223 to DC57-428, March 1956 - April 1957 |
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Folder 13 |
DC57-429 to DC58-624, April 1957 - July 1958 |
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Folder 14 |
DC 58-625 to DC 60-175, July 1958 - March 1960 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
DC 60-176 to DC 61-477, March 1960 - June 1961 |
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Folder 2 |
DC 61-477-DC 62-400, June 1961 - April 1962 |
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Folder 3 |
DC 62-401 - DC 63-262, April 1962 - February 1963 |
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Folder 4 |
DC 63-263 - DC 63-1359, February - December 1963 |
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Folder 5 |
DC 63-1360 - DC 64-1050, December 1963 - August 1964 |
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Folder 6 |
DC 64-1051 - DC 65-656, August 1964 - June 25, 1965 |
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Folder 7 |
DC 65 - 657 - DC 66-363, June 23, 1965 - March 18, 1966 |
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Folder 8 |
DC 66-364 - DC 66-1493, March 21 - December 27, 1966 |
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Folder 9 |
DC 66-1494 - DC 67-1178, December 27, 1966 - November 9, 1967 |
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Folder 10 |
DC 67-1179 - DC 68-1059, November 10, 1967 - December 2, 1968 |
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Folder 11 |
DC 68-1060 - DC 69-1111, December 3, 1968 - November 3, 1969 |
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Folder 12 |
DC 69-1112 - DC 70-1048, October 31, 1969 - November 9, 1970 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
DCS Log Book, May 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, January 1971 |
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Folder 2 |
DC 70-1049 - DC 71-651, November 2, 1970 - June 29, 1971 |
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Folder 3 |
DC 71-652 - DC 72-200, June 29, 1971 - March 1, 1972 |
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Folder 4 |
DC 72-201 - DC 72-1019, March 1 - November 13, 1972 |
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Folder 5 |
DC 72-1020 - DC 73-1064, November 14, 1972 - November 16, 1973 |
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Folder 6 |
DC 73-1065 - DC 74-891, November 19, 1973 - July 2, 1974 |
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Folder 7 |
DC 74-892 - DC 74-2495, July 2 - December 27, 1974 |
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Folder 8 |
DC 74-2496 - DC 75-799, December 4, 1974 - May 5, 1975 |
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Folder 9 |
Sessler Log Book No. 1 #1 - #1220, February 4, 1974 - May 5, 1975 |
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Folder 10 |
Sessler Book No. 2 Sessler19s #1221 - #2597, May 8, 1975 - January 31, 1976 |
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Folder 11 |
DC - 76 1216 - DC 77-1002, December 13, 1976 - August 4, 1977 |
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Folder 12 |
DC 76-635-1615, May 14, 1976 - December 10, 1976 |
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Folder 13 |
DC 77-1003-DC-78-378, August 4, 1977 - April 1978 |
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Folder 14 |
(Part of label missing from record log book) Book, April 6, 1978 - December 14, 1979 |
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Folder 15 |
EEOC, November 28, 1979 - January 18, 1980 |
