Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 12-384
National Museum of American History. Division of Medicine and Science
Curatorial Records, 1962-2011
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Museum of American History. Division of Medicine and Science |
Title: | Curatorial Records |
Dates: | 1962-2011 |
Quantity: | 15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 12-384 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the records of Paul Forman, Curator of modern physics, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Medicine and Science, and during the years when modern physics was part of the Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy, the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, and the Division of Information Technology and Society. Also includes some records which date prior to Forman's tenure at the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; Forman's lecture papers, articles, and book reviews; proposals; collections management information; photographs; professional society information in regard to grants, committees, and symposiums; newspaper clippings; fellowship and workshop information; floor plans; audio cassettes; and meeting agendas. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of Paul Forman, Curator of modern physics, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Medicine and Science, and during the years when modern physics was part of the Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy, the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, and the Division of Information Technology and Society. Also includes some records which date prior to Forman's tenure at the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; Forman's lecture papers, articles, and book reviews; proposals; collections management information; photographs; professional society information in regard to grants, committees, and symposiums; newspaper clippings; fellowship and workshop information; floor plans; audio cassettes; and meeting agendas.
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Name
- Forman, Paul
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information Technology and Society
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 12-384, National Museum of American History. Division of Medicine and Science, Curatorial Records
Container List
Box 1
A (general), 1992-1997
Aaboe, Asger
Aaserud, Finn, 1981-2010
Allen, Barbara
Allen, Jeanne Thomas, 1988
Allison, David, 1981
Arnold, Ken, 1987
Ash, Mitchell G., 1993
Assmus, Alexi, 1992-1993
Attis, David, 1997
Auyang, Sunny Y., 2004
B (general), 1988-1993
Badash, Lawrence, 1970
Baracca, Angelo, 1982
Barth, Kai-Henrik, 2004
Battimelli, Gianni, 1979-1998
Bazerman, Charles, 1987
Beatty, John, 1996
Belfield, Robert, 1980-1989
Beller, Mara, 1981-1985
Belloni, Lanfranco, 1977-1985
Bernstein, Herbert
Beyerchen, Alan D., 1969-1984
Beyler, Richard H., 2003
Biezunski, Michel, 1982-1985
Blackman, Allan, 1980-1992
Blackmore, John, 1980-1981
Bloor, David, 1978
Blyumen, Julia, 1989
Burgess, Pete
Bork, Alfred M., 1967-1968
Bornstein, Lawrence A., 1982
Brock, Bernhard vom, 1983
Broda, Engelbert, 1983
Bromberg, Joan Lisa, 1968-2010
Brown, Louis, 1979-1995
Brown, Richard, 1998
Brown, Theodore M., 1988
Brush, Stephen G., 1965-2010 (2 folders)
Bryant, John H., 1992
Bud, Robert, 2004
Byrne, Patricia H., 1979-1984
C (general), 1990-1995
Cahan, David, 1977-1984
Capshew, James H., 1986-1993
Carson, Cathryn, 2009-2010
Carson, John, 1987-1989
Cassidy, David, 1979-1998 (2 folders)
Cartwright, Nancy
China Colleagues, 1981-2001
Cini, Marcello
Clark, Terry N.
Coben, Stanley, 1979
Cohen, Gary B.
Cohen, I. Bernard
Cohn, Bertram, 1990
Cohn, Steven F.
Collins, Martin, 1991-1997
Cornell, Thomas D., 1978-1980
Cowan, Ruth S., 1982
Crelinsten, Jeffrey M., 1982
Cuff, Robert D.
Cywar, Alan
Box 2
Day, Richard, 1999
DeMaria, Michelangelo, 1979-1996 (2 folders)
Dennis, Michael A., 1989-1999
DeVorkin, David, 1985-1999
Doel, paul, 1987-1992
Dresden, Max, 1981
Dupree, A. Hunter, 1966-2010 (7 folders)
Earman, John, 1985
Eberlein, W. F.
Eberly, J. H., 1978
Ekert, Michael, 1988-1994
Edgerton, David, 1991-1994
Eldridge, Klaus, 1970
Etzkowitz, Henry
Eyde, Richard
F (general), 1989-1999
Feldman, Gerald D., 1970-1980
Fellows, Frederick, 1985
Feuer, Lewis S.
Filner, Robert
Filonovich, S., 1983
Fine, Arthur, 1979-1983
Fisher, Charles, 1969-1972
Fleming, James, 1991
Forssen, B., 1968-1970
Fox, Robert
Franklin, Allan, 1981-1983
Freire, Olival, 2001-2002
Frey, Susan, 1974-1976
Box 3
Friedman, Karie, 1994
Friedman, Robert Marc, 1982-1990
G (general), 1994-1996
Galambos, Louis, 1988-1994
Galison, Peter, 1983-1987
Gavroglu, Kostas, 1990-1991
Gieryn, Thomas, F.
Gillispie, Charles, 1988-1994
Gillmor, C. Stewart, 1974-1988
Gingras, Yves, 1980-1986
Glymour, Clark, 1979
Goldberg, Stanley, 1969-1996 (3 folders)
Goldstein, Bernard
Goodstein, David L., 1995
Gorelik, Gennady, 1992-1997
Gottfried, Kurt
Graham, Loren
Graham, Margaret, 1985
Grattan-Guinness, I., 1980
Grinnell, George, 1967-1982
Gruber, Carol, 1993
Grundmann, Von Siegfried
Guedon, Jean-Claude, 1985
H (general), 1986-1998
Hacker, B.
Hafner, E. M.
Hahn, Robert, 1965-1972
Halfman, Jost, 1986
Hanle, Paul A., 1973-1983
Harkness, Jon M., 1999
Harman, Peter, 1983-1984
Harwit, 1985-1986
Harwood, Jonathan, 1981
Haubold, Hans Joachim, 1986
Heilbron, John, 1970-2011 (3 folders)
Heims, Steve
Hentschel, Klaus
Hermann, Armin, 1969-1986
Herneck, Von Friedrich
Herschbach, Dudley, 1998
Hetherington, Norriss, 1970-1972
Hevly, Bruce, 1994-1996
Hiebert, Erwin N., 1982-1983
Hirosige, Tetu
Hoch, Paul, 1981-1991
Box 4
Hoddeson, Lillian, 1978
Hoffmann, Banesh, 1979
Hoffmann, Dieter
Hollinger, David, 1976-1991
Holmes, Frederic L., 1987
Holtfreter, Johannes
Holton, Gerald, 1969-1990
Hounshell, David, 1994
Howie, David, 1998-1999
Hufbauer, Karl, 1965-2010 (2 folders)
Hughes, Thomas
Ianniello, Maria-Grazia, 1993
Jacq, Francois, 1994
Jankovic, Vladimir, 1996
Jarausch, Konrad H., 1980
Jensen, Carsten, 1987-1988
Johnson, Jeffrey, 1982-1983
Joravsky, David, 1970-2008
Josephson, Paul, 1984-1995
Jurkowitz, Edward
K (general), 1995-1996
Kangro, Hans, 1969-1974
Kant, Horst, 1980-1984
Kay, Lilly, 1986-1996
Keller, Evelyn, 1988
Kellogg, Nelson, 1988-1998 (2 folders)
Kern, Stephen, 1996
Kevles, Daniel J., 1968-1998 (2 folders)
Klein, Martin, 1966-1985
Kleinert, Andreas, 1980-1981
Koczian, Elizabeth, 1984
Koffler, Richard, 1995
Koizumi, Kenkichiro, 1979-1980
Konno, Hiroyuki
Kostoula, Anna, 1972-2010
Kovacs, Laszlo, 1992-1994
Kowel, Stephen T., 1984-1999
Kojevnikov, Alexei, 1989-2009 (2 folders)
Box 5
Kojevnikov, Alexei, 1989-2009 (2 folders)
Kragh, Helge, 1993-2008
Krige, John, 1992-1993
Kubli, Fritz
Kuhn, Thomas, 1989-1996
Kwa, Chunglin
L (general), 1988-1995
LaFollette, Marcel, 1995-1999
Lampert, Zohra, 1987-1994 (3 folders)
Langerholc, John, 1987
Laudan, L. L., 1970
Law, John
Leary, David E., 1989
Lebadeva, Natalia, 1994
Lee, Mary H., 1996-2002
Leslie, Stuart W., 1993
Levine, Cornelia, 1982
Lichtenberg, Frank
Liebenau, Jonathan, 1985-1999
Liles, L., 1998
Lindquist, Svante, 1997-1998
Livingston, Katherine, 1987-1999
M (general), 1989-1996
MacKay, Alan L., 2004
MacKenzie, Donald, 1988
MacKinnon, Edward, 1980
MacLeod, Roy, 1969-1974
McCormmach, Russell, 1968-2007 (2 folders)
Macrakis, Michael S., 1989-1990
Mango, Susan, 1987
Marshall, Trevor W., 1984-1986
Martinez, Alberto A., 2004-2009
Marx, Otto, 1992
Maurice, Klaus, 1980
May, Kenneth, 1967-1972
Mayr, Otto, 1969-1999
Megill, Allan, 1991
Mehra, J.
Mehrtens, Herbert, 1982-2009 (2 folders)
Melcher, Horst, 1979-1988
Box 6
Meo, Michael, 1976-2008
Merton, Robert K.
Miller, Arthur I., 1984
Mirowski, Phillip, 1999
Misa, Thomas J., 1986
Molella, Arthur P.
Morgan, Richard, 1987-1995
Morton, Alan, 1981-2011
Motoyama, Shozo, 1980
Moyer, Albert E., 1980-1984
Mukherji, Visvapriya
Multhauf, Robert P., 1984-1997
N (general), 1989
Nadel, Edward, 1979
Narin, Francis, 1995
Nebeker, Frederik, 1993-1995
Needell, Allan A., 1993-1995
Neufeld, Michael J., 1990
Nikolic, Svetlana, 1982-2009 (2 folders)
Nisio, Sigeko
Noble, David, 1981-2007 (2 folders)
North, Joan, 1967-1970
Noyes, H. Pierre, 1973
Numbers, Ronald L., 1998-1999
Nybom, Thorsten, 2001-2005
Okamoto, Takuji, 2005
Olesko, Kathryn M., 1980-1988
Olwell, Russell, 1991-1992
Ortiz, Eduardo L., 1996
Overmann, Ronald J., 1980
Owens, Larry, 1988-1996
Pais, A.
Palter, Robert, 1987
Parekh, Bharat
Parshall, Peter, 2007
Paul, Charles, 1994
Pavicic, Mladen, 1988
Pechenkin, Alexander, 2000-2004
Pestre, Dominique
Petersen, Aage
Phippe, T. E., 1975
Pickering, Andrew, 1988-1998
Preston, David, 1970-1971
Price, Derek de Solla, 1975-1976
Proctor, Robert N., 2007-2011
Pyenson, Lewis, 1973-2010 (2 folders)
R (general), 1994
Rabkin, Takov M., 1986
Raman, V. V.
Ravetz, J. R., 1969
Rechel, Amelia (Cohn), 1980-1983
Reeves, Barbara, 1981-1985
Reif, F., 1964-1971
Rein, Alan, 1993
Box 7
Reingold, Nathan, 1968-1994
Remy, Joan, 1999
Renn, Jurgen, 2010
Renz, Peter, 1980-1983
Rhees, David, 1985-1987
Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg, 1992
Richter, Maurice N.
Richter, Steffen, 1971-1978
Rife, Patricia, 1999
Rigden, John S., 1986
Rip, Arie, 1994
Robertson, Peter, 1980-1981
Roseberg, Ulrich, 1983
Rosenberg, Charles E., 1968
Rosenberg, Robert
Rosenthal, Jack, 1983-1984
Ross, Sydney, 1970
Rossi, Arcangelo, 1980
Roland, Alex
Romanovskaya, Tatiana, 1991-1997
Russo, Arturo, 1981-1987
S (general), 1989-1995
Santos, 2006-2007
Savage, J. P., 1978
Scheer, Jens, 1983
Schlicker, Wolfgang, 1980
Schluepmann, Klass, 1999-2005
Schmitt, Charles
Schneider, Ivo
Schneider, Laurence Allen, 1984
Schoch, Russell, 1998
Schopman, Joop, 1986
Schweber, Silvan, 1989-2010 (2 folders)
Sebesta, Lorenza, 1995-1996
Segal, Sanford L., 1978-1985
Seidel, Robert, 1983-1995
Servos, John W., 1997
Serwer, Daniel, 1975-1999
Shils, Edward, 1972-1973
Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard, 1993-2005
Sigurdsson, Skuli, 1991-2005
Small, Henry, 1969-1981
Soederqvist, Thomas, 1993-1995
Stachel, John, 1980-1984
Stephan, Karl D., 1999
Stephenson, Reginald J., 1968-1971
Strebel, Donald E., 1982-1988
Stuewer, Roger H., 1969-1978
Sullivan, Daniel, 1983
Swenson, Loyd, 1970-1971
Szegedi, Peter, 1991
Szymborski, Krzysztof, 1981-1982
T (general), 1989-1990
Taylor, Cyrus C., 1994
Teichmann, Jurgen, 1985-1986
Thackery, Barbara, 1979
Tomas, David, 1979-1988
Thompson, Emily, 1988-1991
Tonietti,Tito M., 1979-1998
Tradozione Italiane, 1977-1985
Trenn, Thaddeus J., 1975-1978
Truesdell, Clifford, 1979-1980
Tsuneishi, Kei-ichi
Turner, Steven, 1987
Tympas, Aristotle, 1999
Vamos, Eva, 1999-2004
Veien, Karen, 1968-1972
W (general), 1990-1995
Waerden, B. L., 1969-1970
Walker, Mark, 1987-1996
Box 8
Wang, Jessica, 1993-2009
Watson, Richard, 1995
Weart, Spencer, 1973-1998
Weathers, Ward, 1995
Weimerskirch, P.
Weiner, Charles, 1966-1971
Weingart, Peter, 1998
Weiss, Borghard, 1981
Weiss, Gus
Weiss, Steve, 1996-1998
Werskey, Paul Gary
Wessels, Linda, 1980
Westfall, Richard, 1970-1986
Westwick, Peter, 1998
Wheaton, Bruce, 1978
Williams, L. Pearce
Wise, Norton, 1979-1997
Wolters, Gereon
Wright, Susan, 1968-1989
Yaes, Robert
Yagi, Eri, 1968-2009
Yan, Kangnian, 1990
Young, Robert M.
Zhn, Yuelin, 1994
Ziegler, Charles, 1987-1998
Ziman, John, 1995
Correspondence (general), 1965-2004 (10 folders)
Box 9
Edinburgh University, 1974-1976
Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, 1978
History of the History of Modern Physics
Universitat Bielefeld, 1977
American Association of Physics Teachers, 1983
The American Physical Society, 1982
British Society for the History of Science (Cambridge, England), 1982
History of Space Sciences, 1981
Austin Symposium, 1980-1981
National Science Foundation: Support for the Italian Connection, 1967
Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 1980-1981
Seminar in the History of Physics, 1979-1980
Bromberg Seminar, 1979
International Conference: Florence and Rome, 1980
Workshop on the Growth of Quantum Mechanics (Lesse, Italy), 1979
International School of History and Science (Erice, Italy), 1979
Society of Physics Students, 1980
Einstein Centennial Symposium (Jerusalem, Israel), 1978-1979
Einstein Centennial Program (Rochester, New York), 1979
Stanford University Lecture on the History of Science, 1979
American Historical Association: Einstein Session, 1978-1979
Princeton University David Center Seminar, 1978
McGill University Conference, 1977
International Union of the History of Philosophy and Science, 1975-1977
Bochumer Symposium, 1973
University of California (Irvine) Visiting Scholar, 1981
University of Cambridge, 1974
Association of Museum Specialists, Technicians and Aides, 1977
Committee for ISIS, 1970-1974 (2 folders)
Burke's Einstein Monument, 1979
National Museum of American History (NMAH): History of Science Colloquiums, 1981-1984
Workshop on Historical Applications of Citation Data, 1982
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, 1978-1986
Symposium on Quantitative Methods in the History of Science, 1976
University of Rome, 1986
University of Pennsylvania, 1986
Precise Time and Time Interval: Applications and Planning Meeting, 1985
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1984-1985
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984-1985
Search Committee for the Editor of "Science," 1983
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1978-1983
Foreman, Paul: "Kausalitat, Anschaulichkeit, and Individualitat," 1982
Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Physical Sciences, 1974-1983
State University of New York at Buffalo, 1983
Princeton University, 1987
Cornell University, 1989
New York University, 1988-1992
Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988-1991
New School for Social Research, 1988-1991
History of Science and Technology in New York City, 1988
Einstein Conference (North Andover), 1990
Forman, Paul: Book Reviews, 1990-1991
Center for Historical Studies, 1987
NMAH Fellowships, 1973-1988
"Fifty Years of Atom Smashers" Exhibition, 1977
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000-2011
Box 10
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000-2011 (2 folders) [includes cassette tapes]
Soviet-American Exchange on the History of the Organization of Science, 1988-1989
International Conference (Rome, Italy), 1988
Brandeis University, 1988
University of Toronto, 1988
Correspondence with Russian Historians, 1989-1991
Fiftieth Anniversary with Nuclear Fusion, 1987
International Congress of History Science (Hamburg/Munich, Germany), 1987-1989
History of Science Society Annual Meetings, 1990-1991
University of California (San Diego, California), 1991-1992
Burndy Library, 1988
Society for the Social Studies of Science (Goteborg, Sweden), 1991-1992
Academic Knowledge and Political Power Conference, 1992
Philosophisches Seminar (Berlin, Germany), 1992
Kastler Archives, 1992
American Historical Association, 1991-1992
Scripts for the Hall of Nuclear Energy, 1962-1963
Floor Plan for the Hall of Nuclear Energy, 1962-1963
Steering Committee for the History of Science and Technology, 1975-1978
The Wilson Quarterly: "Einstein on Newton," 1978
The Joys of Research Colloquium, 1979-1980
Advisory Committee on the Documentation of Postwar Science, 1978
Conference on Science, War and Nationalism (University of California, Berkeley), 1970
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 1966-1975
Council of the History of Science Society, 1971-1974
Paul Forman: Correspondence (general), 1971-1995 (7 folders)
Box 11
Bjorken, 2007
Terry Shinn, 2010-2011
Tian Cao, 1998-2000 (3 folders)
Robert P. Multhauf Memoir, 2004
Susan Mango, c. 2003-2011 (3 folders)
Paul Forman: Book Reviews, 1968-1995
Paul Forman: Articles, 1968-2010 (4 folders)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Symposium, 2003
AAAS Symposium Proposal: "The Research Museum," 2001
Box 12
Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2007
Community Studies Task Force, 1993-1994
Remaking the National Museum of American History, 2001
Brent Glass, 2003-2004
Curator's Association, 1981-1985
Research Review Committee, 1990-1992
"American Experience" Idea Fair, 2010
Contemporary History Colloquium, 2008-2009
Michael Behrent, 2010
Seminar on the History of Modern Physical Sciences, 1992
Six-Month Scholarly Leave, 2004-2005
Scholarly Studies Program Proposal, 2008
Kenneth Slowik Nomination, 2007-2010
David Allison and Supervision, 2009
Jose Manuel Sanchez Ron, 1982-2010 (6 folders)
X-Ray Spectrometers and Spectrometry Log (F. Geiger), 1978-1979
Einstein and Atomic Clocks Log (F. Geiger), 1979
Atomic Clocks Log (F. Geiger), 1979-1981
Box 13
The Cultural Alchemy Conference (Vancouver, B.C.), 2007
Alexi Kojevnikov and Springer, 2009
Commentary on "The Primacy of Science," 2007
Harvard Presentation, 2007
Judson Center, 2001
Curatorial Activity (general), 1989-1993
Curatorial Correspondence, 1987-2009
Melvin L. Welch, 1989
Merav Katz Research Proposal, 2005
Masakatsu Yamazaki, 1994-2000
Division of Electricity and Modern Physics: Collections Management, 1990-1999
Paul Forman: Correspondence (general), 1994-2011 (7 folders)
Institute for Advanced Study, 2005-2011
Paul Forman et son apport a la discipline de l' histoire des sciences, 1992
Paul Boyer Book, 1986
Book Review of Mehra for "Science," 1983
Scientific Internationalism and the Weimar Physicists, 1970-1973
Lande and the AZE (1919-1921), 1969-1970
Schrodinger Publication, 1968
Discovery of X-Ray Diffraction by Crystals, 1968-1970
Box 14
Review of "Nuclear Physics in Retrospect," 1980
The Philosophical Society of Washington, 1976
Prosopography
University of Montreal, 1976
Campaign to Save Overmann Project, 1981
Department of Energy: Accelerator Pamphlet, 1980
Committee to Plan the American Institute of Physics' 50th Anniversary, 1979
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Symposium, 1977-1978
Publishing Task Force, 1978
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Symposium, 1980
Paul Forman: Thesis Issues, 1964-1972
Fellowship Research Programs, 1972-1973
American Philosophical Society Grant, 1968
The University of Rochester, 1969-1972 (2 folders)
Twelfth International Congress (Paris, France), 1968
The American History Review, 1970
Central European History, 1970
Paul Forman: Correspondence (general), 1964-1972
Committee on ISIS, 1967-1970
Pfizer Prize Committee, 1971
Chronologic Bibliography of Quantum Mechanics, 1962
National Science Foundation: Grant Proposal, 1967-1970
Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus, c. 1981-2011 (7 folders)
Box 15
Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus, 1992-2011
Professional Societies Correspondence, 1965-1970
Colloquium on "Science as an Activity," 1967
American Philosophical Society Grant, 1968-1970
Center for the History of Science and Technology, 1977
University of Chicago, 1972
Cornell University, 1968-1972
Paul Forman: Political Correspondence, 1963-1968
Albert Einstein Papers Project, 1975-1981 (2 folders)
Alfred Lande, 1966-1980
Miriam and Bud Diamond, 1996-1999
Kenneth Snelson, 1981-2011
Imre Lakatos, 1964-1969
Vito Victor, 1988-1990
Doublet Riddle, 1966-1967
Sciences in America (Nathan Reingold), 1977
Pfizer Award Committee, 1978
Correspondence to Answer, 1971-1973
History of Science Society: ISIS, 1967-1972
Smithsonian Issues, 2001-2008
Paul Forman: Photographs, c. 1977-1980
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