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Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:

William A. Fowler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 10070-MS
Abstract These papers document the career of William A. Fowler, who served on the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology from 1939 until 1982. Focusing heavily on nuclear physics and astrophysics, the Fowler papers form a rich and important collection for the history of physics, and illustrate the politics and sociology of science in the twentieth century. They also contain substantial material on Caltech's World War II rocket developments, plus documents on Project Vista, a Cold-War...
Dates: 1917-1994

Frank E. Marble Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2015-00036

Frank Earl Marble Papers

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-09-01-000001

Fredric (Fred) Raichlen papers (1932-2014)

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2017-00021

Fredrik Zachariasen Papers 1948-1999

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000219

Fredrik Zachariasen Papers 1948-1999

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2000-00289

G. W. Housner Papers 1926-1999

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000234

GALCIT Records

 Collection
Identifier: Galcit
Dates: Majority of material found in Unknown

GALCIT records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019-00001

Murray Gell-Mann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GellMannM
Scope and Contents

The scientific and personal correspondence, organizational and government files, technical and teaching notes, writings and talks, civic and social action files, biographical and family papers, and a small collection of audiovisual material of Murray Gell-Mann form the Murray Gell-Mann Papers.

Dates: 1931-2001; Majority of material found within 1955-1993

George Ellery Hale Collection of Journals

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2017-00002
Dates: Majority of material found within 1890-1935

George W. Housner papers - Supplement

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2013-00034

George Wells Beadle Papers, 1908-1984

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000270

Gerald J. Wasserburg Papers 1927-2011

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000194

Horace N. Gilbert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 10011-MS
Abstract The correspondence, manuscripts, published papers, course lecture notes and special wartime (World War II) and postwar working documents of Horace N. Gilbert (1901-1990) form the collection known as the Horace N. Gilbert Papers in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Gilbert was professor of business economics at Caltech from 1924 until his retirement in 1969. During World War II he worked for the US Air Force in materiel production. In the postwar period he...
Dates: 1923-1987

Donald A. Glaser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GlaserDA
Abstract Donald Arthur Glaser (1926–2013) earned his PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1950 and won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber. He then changed his research focus to molecular biology and went on to co-found Cetus Corporation, the first biotechnology company. In the 1980s he again switched his focus to neurobiology and the visual system. The Donald A. Glaser papers consist of research notes and notebooks,...
Dates: 1918-2016; Majority of material found within 1949-2003

Gnome Club Records 1897-2007

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000214

Marvin L. Goldberger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 10090-MS
Abstract Marvin L. Goldberger (1922-2014) became Caltech’s fifth president in 1978. Goldberger was a particle physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later became deeply involved in arms control and defense analysis. His papers document mainly his nine years as Caltech’s president (1978-1987) but include some files from his predecessor at Caltech, Harold Brown (Caltech’s president, 1969-1976). The papers include personal and general correspondence, documents relating to the administration...
Dates: 1959-1987, bulk 1969-1987

Gordon J. Stanley Papers 1942-1994

 Digital Record
Identifier: 2016-02-17-000182

Gordon J. Stanley Papers 1942-1994

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2012-00177