1868 - ca. 1900
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- Early Campus View with Watchman's Cottage by J. D. Strong, 1874 - page 1
- Campus View by Carleton Watkins, 1874 - page 1
- Campus View from Dana Street with Horse and Carriage, 1897 - page 1
- Postcard
Panorama, 1903
from left: Mechanics Building, A Portion of the Hearst Mining Building, North Hall, Mechanical Arts Building and Annex, Bacon Art and Library, Botany Building, South Hall, a Portion of Budd Hall - page 1 - Cadets Drilling Near North Hall, 1900 - page 1
- Campus View from South with Tents for Instructional Purposes, ca. 1899 - page 1
- John LeConte (1818-1891) By Ormsby, ca. 1885 - page 2
- Three
Months Personal Experience During the Last Days of the Confederacy,
Journal of John LeConte, 1864 [page 48 detail] - page 2 - Three
Months Personal Experience During the Last Days of the Confederacy,
Journal of John LeConte, 1864 [pages 1-2] - page 2 - Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) By Bradly & Rulofson, ca. 1874 - page 2
- Frederick Slate (1852-1930), ca. 1882 - page 2
- Physics Students in the Laboratory ("Little Joe" Second From Left), ca. 1890 - page 2
- Advanced Laboratory Notebook, Joseph N. LeConte, ca. 1890 pages shown [cover, 1] additional [2, 3, 4] - page 2
- Internal
Combustion Engine Used as a Pedagogical Tool, ca. 1890
Courtesy Department of Physics - page 2 - Steam Boiler Design Notebook, Joseph N. LeConte, ca. 1892 pages shown [1, 2] additional [title] - page 2
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Letter from Benjamin I. Wheeler to Professor Frederick Slate, March 12, 1901
Courtesy Department of Physics - page 3 -
Variable Electrical Resistance Meter Used as a Pedagogical Tool, ca. 1889
Courtesy Department of Physics - page 3 -
Pedagogical Tool Demonstrating Conservation of Energy and Motion, ca. 1890
Courtesy Department of Physics - page 3 -
View of Buildings at Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton
By Edwin R. Jackson, 1891 - page 3 - Transit
Instrument at Lick Observatory, ca. 1900
Courtesy Department of Physics - page 3 - View of Base of Elevating Floor for Main Dome by H. E. Matthews, ca. 1890 - page 3
1900 - ca. 1930
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- View of the East Façade of LeConte Hall with Bacon Hall and the Campanile in Background by McCurry, ca. 1926 - page 1
- Raymond T. Birge, ca. 1955 - page 1
- Raymond T. Birge in his Office (South Hall?), ca. 1920 - page 1
- "Probable Values of the General Physical Constants (as of January
1, 1929)," by Raymond T. Birge.
The Physical Review Supplement, Vol 1, Number 1, July 1929
pages shown [title, 59] - page 1 - "The Balmer Series of Hydrogen, and the Quantum Theory of Line Spectra," by Raymond T. Birge, Reprinted from the Physical Review, Vol. XVII, No. 5, May 1921 pages shown [cover, page 1] - page 1
- Civil Engineering Testing Laboratory, The Future “Rad Lab, ” ca. 1925 - page 2
- “’Centers of Research,’ a Reply” By Leonard
B. Loeb, Karl T. Compton, Raymond T. Birge
Reprinted from Science, Vol LXVIII, No. 1757, August 31, 1928
pages shown [1, 2-3] - page 2 - Physics Classroom, LeConte Hall, ca. 1930 - page 2
- Announcement of Courses, 1903-1909, University of California, Berkeley. pages shown [cover, 92-93] - page 2
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, ca. 1930 Courtesy Department of Physics, Physics and Astronomy Library - page 3
- Notes on Quantum Mechanics (Physics 221, Oppenheimer, 1939) By B. Peters. pages shown [ title, toc-1] additional [toc-2, 3, 4] - page 3
- Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to E. O. Lawrence, [January 1932?] - page 3
- Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to His Brother Frank, October 14, 1929 - page 3
ca. 1930-1950
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- Aerial View of the Campus, 1919 - page 1
- Aerial View of the Campus, 1931 - page 1
- Letter from Oppenheimer to Birge Recommending Richard Feynman for a
Position at Berkeley, November 4, 1943
pages shown [1, 2] - page 1 - Oppenheimer, Fermi, and Lawrence in Front of the Emergency Classroom Building (now Minor Hall), 1940 - page 1
- E. O. Lawrence, A. Compton, J. Conant, V. Bush, K. Compton, A. Loomis in the Radiation Laboratory, 1940 - page 1
- "Ueber Ein Neues Prinzip Zur Herstellung Hoher Spannungen,"
Von Rolf Wideroee
Archiv Fuer Elektrotechnik, Band XXI, Heft 4, Dezember 17, 1928
pages shown [390, 391] additional [ cover] - page 2 - "Prinzip Einer Methode Zur Herstellung Von Kanalstrahlen Hoher
Voltzahl," Von Gustav Ising
Arkiv Fuer Matematik, Astronomi Och Fysik, Band 18, Haefte 4, 1928
pages shown [1, 2-3] additional [cover] - page 2 - Model for Cyclotron Chamber, 1931. Courtesy Lawrence Hall of Science - page 2
- Glow from 11" Cyclotron Beam - page 2
- Lawrence and Colleague Beside the 27" Cyclotron, 1932. Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 3
- Lawrence at Work on the 37" Cyclotron, 1937 - page 2
- McMillan and Lawrence Check the Control Panel for the 60" Cyclotron, 1939 Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 2
- 184" Cyclotron Before Installation of Fifteen-Foot-Thick Concrete Shielding, ca. 1940 - page 2
- Lawrence Above 184" Cyclotron Building, ca. 1941. By Richard F. Hoosn - page 2
- Scale Used to Measure Early Radioactive Pellets - page 3
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, ? - page 3
- Telegrams between Lawrence and Compton, October 1941 [to Compton, to Lawrence] - page 3
- Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Ernest Lawrence, October 27, 1944, seeking more staff for Los Alamos - page 3
- Telegram from Lawrence to Oppenheimer, May 17, 1944 - page 3
- Sinclair Lewis and Herbert M. Evans at the Rad Lab, ca. 1950 - page 3
- Lawrence and Mexican Artist Diego Rivera at the Rad Lab, ca. 1948 - page 3
ca. 1950-1968
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- Aerial View of Campus, 1967 - page 1
- History of the Physics Department, Volumes I – V, 1868-1950, By
Raymond T. Birge, Berkeley, 1966-[1975?]
page shown [ vol 1-3 cover] additional [Table of Contents vol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5(2)] - page 1 - Birge Hall, North and West Facades, 1975 by J. C. Catton - page 1
- John H. Lawrence (1903-1991) January 1956 - page 2
- John H. Lawrence; Nuclear Medicine Pioneer and Director of Donner Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley
An Interview Conducted by Sally Smith Hughes, Ph. D., in 1979 and 1980 Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office, 2000
pages shown [34-35] additional [title] - page 2 -
Discoverers of the Antineutron: Wenzell, Cork, Lambertson, Piccioni, 1956
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 2 -
Three of the Discoverers of Element 102: Ghiorso, Sikkeland, Walton, May 1958
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 2
- Owen Chamberlain and Others Listen to Steven Rock Discuss the "Time-Reversal Invariance" for His Ph. D. Qualifying Exam, 1970 - page 3
- Physics Journal Club Presentation, N.D. Birge Lecturing; seated at left: Lawrence and Oppenheimer - page 3
- G. F. Chew About to Deliver a Talk on "Pionic Charge of the Nucleon," ca. 1955 - page 3
- Delivery of Radioactive Material to Campus, Vicinity of Memorial Stadium, ca. 1950 - page 4
- Single Axis Rotatable Goggles - page 4
- Letter from Sixth Grade Student Peggy Fein, May 13, 1957
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
pages shown [1, 2] - page 4 -
Lawrence to Sixth Grade Student Peggy Fein, May 17, 1957
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 4 - “Nuclear Plants – Forum and Againstsum …” in
Central Coast Times, Number 63, October 23, 1975.
page shown [cover], additional [article 1, 2, 3] - page 4 - John Gofman at Donner Lab, Berkeley, ca. 1950 - page 4
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Lawrence Polishing His Serve, Berkeley Tennis Club, ca. 1955.
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 5 -
Fishing Trip on Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, ca. 1955. Otto Hahn,
E. O. Lawrence, Donald Cooksey at Pt. Lobos
by Hanno Hahn, November 1955. Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 5 - Physics Professor Relaxing in His Office, 1944. Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 5
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Party at DiBiasi's Restaurant, Albany, [1939?]
Back Row Standing from Left: Bob Cornog, Ernest Lawrence, Luis Alvarez, Molly Lawrence, Emilio Segre; (Second Row): Jerry Alvarez (seated), Betty Thornton, Paul Aebersold (standing), Iva Dee Hiatt, Edwin McMillan, Bill Farley; (First Row): Donald Cooksey, Robert Thornton and Bob Sihlis (Celebrant)
Courtesy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - page 5
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- Alfred
Nobel, Enrico Fermi, Sylvanus Thayer Birge, American Cancer Society Medal
Replicas
Courtesy Lawrence Hall of Science - table of contents
- Ernest O. Lawrence - page 1
- Edwin M. McMillan - page 1
- Owen Chamberlain - page 1
- Emilio Segrè - page 1
- Donald A. Glaser - page 1
- Charles H. Townes - page 1
- Luis W. Alvarez - page 1
- Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb [8 streaming RealVideo clips] - page 2
- Draft letter from Chamberlain to President Sproul [November 21, 1949], page shown [1], additional [2] - page 3
- Chamberlain at Rally for Anti-War Presidential Candidate Eugene McCarthy, Berkeley, 1968 - page 3
- Letter from Chamberlain to Colleagues, February 22, 1968 - page 3
- The Federation of American Scientists Brochure pages [cover-back, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6] - page 3
- Letter from Chamberlain to Jeremy J. Stone, [July 1986?] "Hostages for Peace" - page 3
- Painting of Emilio Segrè, by June Chamberlain - page 4
- Letters exchanged between Lawrence and Segrè , 1937; to Segre, to Lawrence [1, 2] - page 4
- Letter from President Sproul to Segrè, July 26, 1929 - page 4
- The Momentum Distribution of Charged Cosmic Ray Particles Near Sea Level.
Thesis by Donald Arthu Glaser,
Pasadena, California Institute of Technology, 1950
pages shown [title, table of contents, abstract] - page 5 - “Methods of Particle Detection for High-Energy Physics Experiment,” by H. Bradner and D. A. Glaser - page 5
- Letter from W. W. Drake to Donald A. Glaser, November 9, 1950 - page 5
- 10" Bubble Chamber Log Vol. III
pages shown [cover, 80, 81] - page 6 - Letter from Lawrence to Alvarez Proposing a New Type of Linear Accelerator,
1945
pages shown [1, 2] - page 6 - Alvarez to Lawrence, Critiquing Proposed Modifications, 1945
pages shown [1, 3] additional [2, 4] - page 6 - "The Winner of the Collier Trophy," Collier's, December 21, 1946 - page 6