Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898-1974
Fritz Zwicky papers.
Bulk of the collection contains correspondence (over 10,000 items) with 2140 correspondents, including Horace W. Babcock (1937-1973), Watson Davis (1934-1958), George H. Herbig (1941-1968), Willem J. Luyten (1940-1973), Nicholas U. Mayall (1937-1966), Harlow Shapley (1933-1959), and John T. Tate (1931-1946). Collection also includes ca. 100 subject files, 100 diaries (often more than one per year), more than 200 manuscripts, and slides, photographs, tapes, etc.
Fritz Zwicky (1898-1974). Astrophysicist (spuernovae, galaxies and intergalactic matter, patents for jet propulsion). Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Ph.D., 1922; Assistant then Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1927-1942, Full Professor of Astrophysics 1942-1968; Astronomer of the Wilson and Mt. Palomar Observatories; Scientific Director of Aerojet Engineering Company, 1943-1949; Medal of Freedom, 1949; Honorary Member of the American Rocket Society, 1950; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1972.
Mayall, N. U. (Nicholas Ulrich), 1906-1993-
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
Astrophysics
Diaries lcgft
Slides (photographs). aat
Photographs. aat
Sound recordings lcgft
Astrophysicists lcsh
Babcock, Horace W.
Davis, Watson.
Herbig, G. H. (George H.)
Luyten, Willem Jacob, 1899-1994
Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950
AIP-ICOS
Landesbibliothek Glarus. Fritz-Swicky-Bibliothek. CH-8750 Clarus, Switzerland