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BANC MSS 84/82 cz
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Collection Title: Luis W. Alvarez papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-1988,
Date (bulk): bulk 1943-1987
Collection Number: BANC MSS 84/82 cz
Creators :
Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-1988
Extent:
Number of containers: 78 boxes, 3 cartons
Linear feet: 36.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Luis W. Alvarez papers include correspondence, research files, diaries, reports, and notes documenting Professor Alvarez's
accomplishments as a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a research associate
at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Projects documented include Alvarez's work as a member of the Manhattan Project,
his studies of hyperon events in balloon-flown emulsions, his contributions to the Pyramid Project, and his research on bubble
chambers. The collection also includes the draft for Alvarez's autobiography,
Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
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[Identification of item], Luis W. Alvarez Papers, BANC MSS 84/82 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Additional Notes on Collection:
The Luis W. Alvarez papers form part of the History of Science and Technology Collection at The Bancroft Library.
Luis W. Alvarez bubble chamber logs (BANC MSS 76/161 c).
Records of the Department of Physics (CU-68).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics
Nuclear physics
Hyperons
Pyramids--Egypt
Bubble chambers
Physics--Study and teaching--California
Faculty papers.
History of science and technology collection
The Luis W. Alvarez papers were given to the Bancroft Library by Janet Alvarez on January 23, 1984. Additions were received
in 1985 and in 1989. The collection was shipped to the Federal Records Center in San Bruno, CA, for classification review
on June 16, 1989. Originals were retained by the Pacific Sierra Branch, National Archives Records Administration, which provided
photocopies to the Bancroft Library. Research Notebook no. 1, 1932-1934, was received by the Bancroft Library in April 2006.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by staff of The Bancroft Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Luis W. Alvarez papers include correspondence, research files, diaries, reports, and notes documenting the research Professor
Alvarez performed while serving as a professor in the department of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and
as a research associate in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Projects documented include Alvarez' work as a member
of the Manhattan Project, his studies of hyperon events in balloon-flown emulsions, his pivotal role in the Pyramid Project,
and his research on bubble chambers. The collection also includes the draft for his autobiography,
Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist.
Won the Nobel Prize!
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