Finding Aid to the AIP Physics Today Division Bertram Schwarzschild Nobel prize files, 1954-2013Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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2016 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Amanda Nelson in 2016. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionAmerican Institute of Physics. Physics Today Division AIP Physics Today Division Bertram Schwarzschild Nobel prize files, 1954-2013 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 2.75 1 manuscript box 2 records boxes 1 tape box AR20161895 English Set of files and audio cassettes collected and curated by Bertram Schwarzschild for his work at Physics Today magazine for announcing and profiling Nobel winners in physics, chemistry, and medicine. Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the Niels Bohr Library & Archives catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Berg, Paul, 1926- Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005 Binnig, Gerd, 1947- Charpak, Georges Chu, Steven Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, 1933- Cormack, Allan Macleod, 1924-1998 Cronin, James W., 1931- Curl, Robert F., 1933- Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006 Englert, F. Giacconi, Riccardo Glashow, Sheldon L. Gore, Albert, 1948- Gross, D. (David Jonathan) Guth, Alan H. Higgs, Peter Ware. Hounsfield, Godfrey, 1919- Hulse, R. A. Klug, A. (Aaron), Sir, 1926- Kobayashi, M. Koshiba, Masatoshi, 1926- Kroto, H. W. Laughlin, Robert B. Lauterbur, Paul C., 1929-2007 Lederman, Leon M. Lee, T. D., 1926- Mansfield, P. Mather, John C. Nanbu, Yōichirō, 1921- Perl, Martin L., 1927-2014 Perlmutter, Saul Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948- Politzer, H. David (Hugh David), 1949- Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998 Richter, Burton, 1931- Riess, Adam G. Rohrer, Heinrich, 1933-2013 Rubbia, Carlo, 1934- Ruska, Ernst Schmidt, Brian Shechtman, Dan Smalley, Richard E. Smoot, George Stormer, Horst Taylor, Joseph H. (Joseph Hooton) Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939- Wilczek, Frank Zewail, Ahmed H. American Institute of Physics. Physics Today Division. Nobel Prize winners Nobel Prizes Biographical Note

A magazine for the physics community published since 1948 by the American Institute of Physics, PHYSICS TODAY brings to physicists articles on current issues and physics education, reports on meetings, book reviews, and news of research programs and professional activities.

Scope and Contents of Collection

Set of files collected and curated by Bertram Schwarzschild for his work at Physics Today magazine for announcing and profiling Nobel winners in physics, chemistry, and medicine. Files can include correspondence, annotated reprints, interview notes, and rough drafts of articles. Collection also includes a set of audio cassette tapes with a subset of the Nobel Prize winners written about in the paper files. Winners covered include: Allan M. Cormack, Godfrey N. Hounsfield; Paul Berg; Aaron Klug; Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binning, and Heinrich Rohrer; Georges Charpak; Russel A. Hulse, Joseph H. Taylor Jr.; Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines; Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto, and Richard E. Smalley; Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and William D. Phillips; Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Stormer, and Daniel C. Tsui; Ahmed H. Zewail; Raymond Davis Jr., Masatoshi Koshiba, and Riccardo Giacconi; Paul C. Lauterbur, Sir Peter Mansfield; David J. Gross, H. David Pulitzer, and Frnak Wilczek; John C. Mather, George F. Smoot; Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, and Toshihide Maskawa; Dan Schechtman; Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess; Francois Englert, Peter W. Higgs; Hans Bethe; James Watson Cronin; Sheldon Glashow; Al Gore; Alan Guth (only nonwinner); Leon Lederman; T. D. Lee; Burton Richter; Carlo Rubbia.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

Collection is organized into two series:

Series I. Nobel Prize files Series II. Nobel winner audio cassettes Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old.

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://aip.libwizard.com/f/ItemRequest.

 Provenance and Acquisition Information

Gift of Bertram Schwarzschild, 2015.

 Processing Information

Amanda Nelson 2016.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], AIP Physics Today Division Bertram Schwarzschild Nobel prize files, 1954-2013. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Nobel Prize files 11 1979 Medicine prize - Allan M. Cormack and Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 1963-1979 12 1980 Chemistry prize - Paul Berg, 1977-1980 13 1982 Chemistry prize - Aaron Klug, 1982 14 1986 Physics prize - Ernst Ruska & Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, 1957-1988 15 1992 Physics prize - Georges Charpak, 1968-1992 16 1993 Physics prize - Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., 1974-1993 17 1995 Physics prize - Martin L. Perl and Frederick Reines, 1975-1995 18 1996 Chemistry prize - Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto, and Richard E. Smalley, 1991-1996 19 1997 Physics prize - Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and William D. Phillips, 1980-1997 110 1998 Physics prize - Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Stormer, and Daniel C. Tsui (folder 1 of 2), 1979-1998 111 1998 Physics prize - Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Stormer, and Daniel C. Tsui (folder 2 of 2), 1979-1998 112 1999 Chemistry prize - Ahmed H. Zewail, 1982-1999 113 2002 Physics prize - Raymond Davis, Jr. and Masatoshi Koshiba, 1989-2002 114 2002 Physics prize - Raymond Davis, Jr. & Masatoshi Koshiba and Riccardo Giacconi, 1990-2002 115 2003 Medicine prize - Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield (folder 1 of 3), 1971-2003 21 2003 Medicine prize - Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield (folder 2 of 3), 1971-2003 22 2003 Medicine prize - Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield (folder 3 of 3), 1971-2003 23 2004 Physics prize - David J. Gross, H. David Pulitzer, and Frank Wilczek (folder 1 of 2), 1954-2004 24 2004 Physics prize - David J. Gross, H. David Pulitzer, and Frank Wilczek (folder 2 of 2), 1954-2004 25 2006 Physics prize - John C. Mather and George F. Smoot (folder 1 of 2), 1986-2006 26 2006 Physics prize - John C. Mather and George F. Smoot (folder 2 of 2), 1986-2006 27 2008 Physics prize - Yoichiro Nanbu & Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa (folder 1 of 2), 1958-2008 28 2008 Physics prize - Yoichiro Nanbu & Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa (folder 2 of 2), 1958-2008 29 2011 Chemistry prize - Dan Shechtman, 1975-2011 210 2011 Physics prize - Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess (folder 1 of 4), 1997-2011 211 2011 Physics prize - Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess (folder 2 of 4), 1997-2011 212 2011 Physics prize - Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess (folder 3 of 4), 1997-2011 31 2011 Physics prize - Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess (folder 4 of 4), 1997-2011 32 2013 Physics prize - Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs (folder 1 of 2), 1964-2013 33 2013 Physics prize - Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs (folder 2 of 2), 1964-2013 Series II: Nobel winner audio cassettes 41 Bethe, Hans on solar neutrinos, undated 42 Charpak, Georges, 1992 43 Chu, Steven, undated 44 Cronin, James Watson, undated 45 Giacconi, Riccardo, undated 46 Glashow, Sheldon Lee, undated 47 Gore, Al - chair of Senate Hubble mirror hearing, undated 48 Gross, David J., 2004 49 Guth, Alan - Nobel to come, undated 410 Hulse, Russell A., undated 411 Koshiba, Masatoshi, 2002 412 Lauterbur, Paul C., undated 413 Lederman, Leon, undated 414 Lee, T. D., June 1991 415 Mather, John C., 2006 416 Perl, Martin L. and Laughlin, Robert, 1998 417 Politzer, H. David, undated 418 Richter, Burton, May 23, 1989 419 Richter, Burton, 2007 420 Rubbia, Carlo, January 1993 421 Smalley, Richard E., 1996 422 Smoot, George F., 2006 423 Stormer, Horst L., 1998 424 Taylor, Joseph H., Jr., undated 425 Tsui, Daniel C., 1996 426 Wilczek, Frank, 2004 427 Zewail, Ahmed H. - D. Hirshbach on A. Zewail, undated