Finding Aid to the Burton J. Moyer Papers
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Title: Burton J. Moyer papers
Creator:
Moyer, Burton J., 1912-1973
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 74/89 c
Physical Description:
5.4 linear feet
(4 cartons, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1861-1973
Date (bulk): 1933-1973
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on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lela B. Moyer, September 1973.
Biographical / Historical
Burton J. Moyer was born February 24, 1912 in Greenville, Illinois; attended school in Fargo, N.D.; received a bachelor's
degree in mathematics from Seattle Pacific College in 1933 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1939. Moyer was
on the faculty of mathematics and physics at Greenville College from 1939 to 1942. He joined the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
at Berkeley, California in 1942, working on the Manhattan Project at Berkeley and Oakridge, Tennessee. At the laboratory,
Moyer worked on the separation of uranium isotopes; his research eventually encompassed topics in both nuclear and high-energy
physics. He would become one of the leading high energy physicists in the world, known best for his paper entitled "High Energy
Photons from Proton Nucleon Collisions" (1950), which announced the discovery of the neutral p meson, a milestone in the field
of particle physics. Moyer was a faculty member in the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley until 1971 and then served as
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Oregon from 1971 to 1973. Moyer died on April 21, 1973
Preferred Citation
Burton J. Moyer papers, BANC MSS 74/89 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Content Description
Contains correspondece, teaching materials, conference materials, biographical materials, manuscript materials, and subject
files on nuclear physics.
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Processing Information
Processed minimally by Bancroft Library staff. Finding aid created from preliminary listing created during accessioning of
the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Moyer, Burton J., 1912-1973 -- Archives
carton 1, folder 1
Correspondence-India
1965-1966
carton 1, folder 2
General Correspondence
1960-1973
carton 1, folder 3
Internal System Fundamentals
1955
carton 1, folder 4
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
1971
carton 1, folder 5
Lawrence Hall of Science Mechanics Letter
1950-1973
carton 1, folder 8
National Council for Protestant Church
1946
carton 1, folder 9-14
Personal letters
1966-1973
carton 1, folder 16
π+ π- Lifetime Comparisons
1967
carton 1, folder 17
Seattle Pacific College
1967
carton 1, folder 18
University of California
1972-1973
carton 1, folder 19
University of California, Berkeley
1972
carton 1, folder 20
UCB-Lawrence Laboratory-Correspondence
1972
carton 1, folder 20
Notes on Progress
undated
carton 1, folder 21
University of Oregon
1970-1971
carton 1, folder 23-39
Teaching Materials
1936-1961
carton 2, folder 1-14
Teaching Materials
1962-1973
carton 3, folder 1-20
Conference Materials
1950-1970
carton 3, folder 21-24
Professional Association
1970
carton 4, folder 26-43
Biographical Materials
1861-1973
