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Description of Collection Biographical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: Sidney Dancoff papersSidney M. Dancoff papers, 1949-1951
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Dancoff, Sidney M.
Size of collection
0.25 linear feet
1 half manuscript box
Short description of collection
The papers of Sidney Dancoff include correspondence, notes, typescripts, and reprints.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR289
Biographical Note
Physicist (quantum mechanics). National Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, 1941; on physics faculty at the University of Illinois from 1942.
Scope and Contents of Collection
The papers of Sidney Dancoff include correspondence, notes, typescripts, and reprints. Correspondence is primarily with radiobiologist Henry Quastler, concerning genetics and information theory applied to biophysics. The related notes and data, typescripts by Dancoff and by Dancoff with Murray Gell-Mann, and reprints pertain to evolution and mutation. Other correspondents include Salvador E. Luria, Alvin Novick, and Tracy M. Sonneborn.
Restrictions on Use and Access
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.
Selected Search Terms
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
Dancoff, Sidney M., 1913-1951
Gell-Mann, Murray.
Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-
Novick, Alvin.
Quastler, Henry.
Sonneborn, T. M. (Tracy Morton), 1905-
Subject terms
Biophysics
Evolution.
Genetics.
Mutation (Biology).
Radiobiology.
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Sidney Dancoff papers
This series is arranged chronologically.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Received from Dr. Leroy Augenstein with the approval of Mrs. Martha Friedman, Dancoff's widow, in 1964.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Sidney M. Dancoff papers, 1949-1951. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Sidney M. Dancoff papers, 1949-1951
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2013
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie Mueller in 2013. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Sidney Dancoff papers
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Correspondence with Salvador Luria and Henry Quastler concerning mutations and anti-mutation mechanisms, 1949-1950 |
| Folder 2 | Correspondence with Henry Quastler, Alvin Novick and others concerning radiation induced mutation, paramecia, autogamy and micro- and macro-organisms, 1950-1951 |
| Folder 3 | Notes and data, undated |
| Folder 4 | Manuscript articles: "Modulo checking" (by Murray Gell-Mann and Sidney Dancoff) and "Scientific Thought and Entropy" (by Sidney Dancoff), undated |
| Folder 5 | Reprints and typescript copies of articles by various authors, relating to evolution and mutation, undated |