Department of Physics, Yale University, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 417
Scope and Contents
The records consist of reports and administrative files of the Yale Department of Physics documenting the Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory and the construction of the Sloane Physics Laboratory. Also included is a library circulation book. Accession 2014-A-0074 contains the records of David Allan Bromley, who was Associate Director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Lab from 1960 to 1963. He was the founder, and from 1963 to 1989, the Director, of Yale's A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Lab. From 1970 to 1977, he was Chairman of the Physics Department. In 1972, he was appointed the Henry Ford II Professor of Physics and was in this position until 1993.
Dates
- circa 1910-2005
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are partially restricted. See Collection Contents for details.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.
Extent
40 Linear Feet (23 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The records consist of reports and administrative files of the Yale Department of Physics documenting the Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory and the construction of the Sloane Physics Laboratory. Also included is a library circulation book. Accession 2014-A-0074 contains the records of David Allan Bromley, who was Associate Director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Lab from 1960 to 1963. He was the founder, and from 1963 to 1989, the Director, of Yale's A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Lab. From 1970 to 1977, he was Chairman of the Physics Department. In 1972, he was appointed the Henry Ford II Professor of Physics and was in this position until 1993.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 14-B (YRG 14-B), Records of departments and programs of the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
- Arthur W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory
- Bromley, David Allan (D. Allan)
- College buildings
- Laboratories
- Particle accelerators
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- Universities and colleges -- Departments
- Yale University -- Administration -- Administration
- Yale University -- Buildings
- Yale University. Physics Department
- Title
- Guide to the Department of Physics, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- March 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511