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Finding Aid to the Otto Stern papers, circa 1888-1969
BANC MSS 85/96 c
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Collection Title: Otto Stern papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1888-1969
Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/96 c
Correspondent:
Stern, Otto, 1888-1969.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Segrè, Emilio.
Extent:
5 cartons, 1 volume, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (circa 6 linear feet)
298 digital objects (12589 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, German
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
[Identification of item], Otto Stern papers, BANC MSS 85/96 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternative Form of Materials Available
Cartons 1-4: also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3429.
Removed or Separated Material
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1988.070--PIC).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 -- Correspondence.
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Correspondence.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physicists -- Correspondence.
Physicists.
Physics -- Research.
Quantum theory.
Segrè, Emilio -- Correspondence.
Segrè, Emilio.
Stern, Otto, 1888-1969 -- Archives.
Stern, Otto, 1888-1969 -- Correspondence.
Stern, Otto, 1888-1969.
Archives.
Records and correspondence.
Gift; 1985.
Additions: Gift; Templeton Killen, Diana & Alan Templeton; 2010.
One addition in 2010.
No further additions are expected.
Biography/Organization History
Otto Stern was born in Germany, on February 17, 1888. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Breslau in 1912. In 1930
he was awarded an LL.D. by the University of California. In 1933 he moved to the United States where he was appointed a Research
Professor of Physics at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh where he remained until 1945. His work was in the
field of theoretical experimental physics, especially statistical thermodynamics and quantum theory, on which he has published
important papers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1943 "for his contribution to the development of the molecular
ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton." He was also one of several Nobel winning physicists who
helped construct the first atomic bomb. Stern died in 1969.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, notes, and manuscripts of German émigré physicist Otto Stern whose work encompassed both theoretical
and experimental physics in Germany and the United States. Photos and awards are included. Correspondents include Albert Einstein,
Niels Bohr, and other prominent physicists.
Carton 1: Correspondence "A-L"; Carton 2: Correspondence "L-Z," miscellaneous publications, manuscripts, and notes (arranged
alphabetically by topic, "D-E"); Carton 3: Notes "E-O"; Carton 4: Notes "S-Z", notebooks, and personalia; Carton 5: Reprints;
Volume 1: Nobel Prize scrapbook; Oversize box 1: Diplomas, awards, and honors; Oversize folder 1: Miscellaneous newspaper
clippings and memorabilia.