This series contains materials generally associated with activities of the Department of Physics. Materials include exhibition labels, histories of the department, photographs, correspondence, catalogs, event planning documents, correspondence, and some departmental records. Of particular interest are press releases and photographs concerning the original cyclotron in Pupin and its removal in 1965.
This series consists of materials related to individual faculty members and other individuals with ties to the Department of Physics, usually as a guest lecturer. Materials include original correspondence between prominent physicists from within and outside the Columbia University community, photographs, negatives, notes, and lecture announcements. Files are arranged alphabetically by last name of the individual. Much of the correspondence from these individuals is with Dean George B. Pegram. Of particular interest are two notebooks of George B. Pegram from when he was a student at Columbia in 1899 as well a notebook of lectures by Professor McCullogh as transcribed by Peter A. Jay in 1862. Files containing correspondence have date ranges noted; those with just photographs are almost always undated.
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Aston, F.W., 1922
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Bethe, Hans Albrecht
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Bjerknes, Vilhelm, 1905-1925
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Bohr, Aage
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Bohr, Niels, 1923 1985, 1923, 1985
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Booth, Eugene T.
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Born, Max, 1925-1926
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Bragg, William Henry, 1914
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Bragg, William Lawrence, 1924
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Cooper, Leon N.
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Davis, Bergin -- Letters from Famous Physicists, 1905-1949
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Debye, Peter J.W., 1924-1925
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Ehrenfest, Paul, 1923-1924
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Einstein, Albert, 1912-1933 1970, 1912-1933, 1970
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Fermi, Enrico, 1935 1954, 1935, 1954
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Fermi, Lawrence, and Rabi at Los Alamos-Photograph, 1945
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Fitch, Val. L.
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Fitch, Val and Rainwater, James, 19531991
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Foreign Lecturers, 1897-1913 undated, 1897-1913, undated
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Gell-Mann, Murray
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Goeppert-May er, Maria
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Hadamard, Jacques, 1911
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Hahn, Otto, 1907
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Hallock, William, 1903-1913
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Hayner, Lucy, 1963
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Heymans, Paul, 1925-1926
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Ihlseng, Magnus C., 1921
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Kusch, Polykarp, 1952-1993
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Lamb, Willis E., 1947-1961
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Langmuir, Irving and Levene, P.A., 1924
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Larmor, Joseph, 1906-1907
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Lawrence, Ernest O., 1935
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Lederman, Leon M.
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Lorentz, Hendrik A., 1906-1907 1922, 1906-1907, 1922
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Lummer, Otto, 1905-1908
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McCulloh (Richard Sears) Lecture Notes by Peter A. Jay, 1862
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Millikan, Robert A., 1912-1916 1992, 1912-1916, 1992
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Pegram, George B. -- Biographical info and photographs, 1947-1959
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Pegram, George B.-Correspondence, 1907-1935
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Pegram, George B.-Notebooks, 1899
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Pegram, George B.-Postcards, 1897-1914
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Penzias, Arno A.
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Perrin, Jean, 1913
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Planck, Max, 1908-1909
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Pupin, Michael I., 1938-1945
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Quimby, Shirley L., 1930s 1988, 1930s, 1988
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Rabi, Isidor I., 1947-1975
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Rainwater, James,1983
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Ramsey, Norman
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Rubbia, Carlo
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Runge, Carl, 1913
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Schawlow, Arthur L.
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Schwartz, Melvin, 1962-1988
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Schwinger, Julian S., 1978
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Serber, Robert, 1965
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Siegbahn, Manne, 1924-1925
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Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1922-1923
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Steinberger, Jack
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Szilard, Leo, 1945-1987
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Ting, Samuel C.C. (Chao-chung)
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Townes, Charles H., 1954
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Urey, Harold C., 1933-1965
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Weinberg, Stephen
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Wien, Wilhelm, 1912-1913
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Wick, Gian Carlo1950-1992
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Wien, Wilhelm ("Willy"), 1954
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Wu, C.S.(Chien-shiung) -- Biographical Info and Photographs, 1957-1992
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Wu, C.S. (Chien-shiung)-Correspondence, 1992-1997
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Yukawa, Hideki, 1949-1954
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Unidentified Faculty Photographs and Negatives
This series consists of copies of published books and brochures maintained by the Department of Physics over the years. Some books that came in the original accession have been added to the rare books collection at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Books that were found to be housed in other parts of the Columbia Libraries were returned to the Department in summer 2014.
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Addresses after a Dinner tendered to Edward Dean Adams
, 1925
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Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Pupin Laboratires
, 1977
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Department of Physics, Columbia University
, 1990s
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Deschanel's Natural Philosophy. By Professor Everett. Part I: Mechanics, Hydrostatistics, and Pneumatics
, 1881
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Deschanel's Natural Philosophy. By Professor Everett. Part II: Heat
, 1883
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Deschanel's Natural Philosophy. By Professor Everett. Part III: Electricity and Magnetism
, 1883
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Deschanel's Natural Philosophy. By Professor Everett. Part IV: Sound and Light
, 1883
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Kaogu Xuebao
, 1965
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Nueure Problems der Theoretsichen Physik by W. Wien, E.K. Adams Fund Publications, No. 7, 1913
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Physical Laboratory Notes Prepared for the Use of the Students in the School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry, Columbia University in the City of New York
, 1913