Description
The W. K. H. Panofsky Papers consist of extensive administrative and professional correspondence and memoranda, subject files,
minutes and reports, and other materials relating to Dr. Panofsky's responsibilities as Director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center (SLAC) and as an advisor to government and academia regarding high energy physics and arms control. Official records
also include experiment proposals, contracts, budgets, and personnel materials. The collection also includes files from Dr.
Panofsky's early years as a student, research physicist and professor of physics at Caltech, the University of California,
Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Background
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky was a widely respected physicist, science advisor, Stanford University professor, and founding director
of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. This energetic, unusually accessible scientist and administrator combined knowledge
of high energy physics with detailed, first hand understanding of the technology of accelerators. In 1984, SLAC paid tribute
to its retiring director with a two day "Pief-Fest." The diversity of participants from all ranks of university, laboratory
and scientific life was emblematic of the range of Panofsky's contributions and reflected great affection for a man whose
life had been so closely tied to the evolution of SLAC. Additional biographical information and resources can be found at:
https://www.slac.stanford.edu/history/bios/panofsky_pief.shtml
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Archivist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road MS97, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Consent is given on behalf
of the SLAC Archives, History & Records Office as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner, if the material is copyrighted. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner,
heir(s) or assigns. See: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/history/rules.shtml and also http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-our-collections/permission-publish.
Availability
The US government materials are restricted until they are 30 years old; Stanford administrative records are restricted until
20 years old. Portions of this collection are open for research; materials must be requested at least 5 working days in advance
of intended use. Unprocessed records are open only to the records creators. Other restrictions on access may apply to records
of a sensitive or confidential nature, or to records relating to ongoing research programs and activities.