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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
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New York, NY 10027, USA
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

George Braxton Pegram papers, 1903-1958

40.61 Linear Feet

Correspondence, manuscripts, and subject files on most aspects of Pegram's career. Also, a large quantity of research notes made by Lucy J. Hayner (1898-1971), Professor Emeritus of Physics at Columbia University, who was writing a history of Columbia's Physics Dept., 1905-1954, can be found in folders throughout the collection.

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Lucy Julia Hayner papers, 1919-1966

2.09 linear feet
This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes, diagrams, correspondence and reprints of the physicist Lucy Julia Hayner (1898-1971).
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Research materials on Leo Szilard, 1941-1964

500 items

Notes and correspondence of MacDuffie pertaining to the life of Szilard. The collection contains several letters written by Szilard, interviews by MacDuffie with Szilard, and two manuscripts concerning the early development of nuclear power. Also, a large number of clippings from magazines and newspapers describing Szilard's life and activities; and many of Szilard's publications.

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