R.E. Marshak Guide: Boxes 1-5

Guide to the Robert E. Marshak Papers
Boxes 1-5

Box 1:

Shelter Island Conferences on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1947- 1949)

Folders:

1-01: Correspondence from J. Robert Oppenheimer.
1-02: Photograph of the 1947 conference.

University of Rochester High Energy Physics Conference. Rochester, New York (December 16, 1950)

Folders:

1-03: Institutional sponsorship.
1-04: Invitations. Correspondence.
1-05: Attendees--lists.
1-06: Scientific program.
1-07: Administration.
1-08: Post-conference tour.
1-09: Post-conference correspondence--thank-you letters.
1-10: Public relations.
1-11: Manuscript proceedings and notes.

Second Annual Rochester Conference on Meson Physics. Rochester, New York (January 11-12, 1952)

Folders:

1-12: Invitations. Correspondence.
1-13: Attendees--lists.
1-14: Scientific program.
1-15: Administration.
1-16: Public events.
1-17: Post-conference correspondence--proceedings. Other correspondence.
1-18: Distribution list for proceedings.
1-19: Public relations.
1-20: Printed proceedings.
1-21: Photographs.

Third Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics. Rochester, New York (December 18-20, 1952)

Folders:

1-22: Institutional sponsorship--National Science Foundation.
1-23: Invitations. Correspondence.
1-24: Attendees--lists.
1-25: Administration. Budget.
1-26: Administration. Lodging and transportation.
1-27: Administration. Travel reimbursements.
1-28: Scientific program.
1-29: Public events.
1-30: Post-conference correspondence.
1-31: Sociological matters.
1-32: Public relations. Correspondence.
1-33: Public relations. Lists of countries represented, Nobel Laureates, etc.
1-34: Printed proceedings.
1-35: Photographs.

Fourth Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics. Rochester, New York (January 25-27, 1954)

Folders:

1-36: Institutional sponsorship--National Science Foundation.
1-37: Invitations. United States. Correspondence.
1-38: Invitations. United States invitees--lists.
1-39: Invitations. Foreign. Correspondence.
1-40: Invitations. Foreign invitees--lists.
1-41: Scientific program.
1-42: Administration. Budget.
1-43: Administration. Lodging and transportation arrangements. Lists.
1-44: Administration. Lodging and travel arrangement requests.
1-45: Administration. Local arrangements. Correspondence.
1-46: Public events--banquet and social program.
1-47: Post-conference correspondence--conference proceedings.
1-48: Sociological matters.
1-49: Public relations.
1-50: Printed proceedings.

Fifth Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics. Rochester, New York (January 31-February 2, 1955)

Folders:

1-51: Institutional sponsorship.
1-52: Invitations. United States invitations.
1-53: Invitations. Foreign invitations.
1-54: Invitations. Invitees--lists and notes.
1-55: Scientific Program.
1-56: Administration. Reservations.
1-57: Administration. Women's program.
1-58: Public events, including banquet.
1-59: Post-conference correspondence.
1-60: Sociological matters.
1-61: Public relations. Correspondence.
1-62: Public relations. Newspaper and magazine articles.
1-63: Printed proceedings.
1-64: Photographs.

Box 2:

Sixth Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics. Rochester, New York (April 3-7, 1956)

Folders:

2-01: Institutional sponsorship.
2-02: United States invitations.
2-03: United States invitations--industrial representatives.
2-04: United States invitations--lists. Includes lists of University of Rochester graduate students.
2-05: Foreign invitations.
2-06: Foreign invitations--lists.
2-07: Scientific program. Advisory board, tentative programs.
2-08: Scientific program. General correspondence.
2-09: Scientific program. Tuesday morning session--notes and correspondence.
2-10: Scientific program. Tuesday afternoon session--notes and correspondence.
2-11: Scientific program. Wednesday afternoon session--notes and correspondence.
2-12: Scientific program. Thursday morning session--notes and correspondence.
2-13: Scientific program. Thursday afternoon session--notes and correspondence.
2-14: Scientific program. Friday session--notes and correspondence.
2-15: Scientific program. Saturday morning session--notes and correspondence.
2-16: Scientific program. Saturday afternoon session--notes and correspondence.
2-17: Administration. Advisory committee.
2-18: Administration. Budget--general.
2-19: Administration. Budget--travel costs.
2-20: Administration. Local arrangements.
2-21: Public events.
2-22: Post-conference correspondence. General.
2-23: Post-conference. Proceedings.
2-24: Sociological matters. General, including MATS.
2-25: Sociological matters. Visas.
2-26: Sociological matters. Russian scientists.
2-27: Public relations. General.
2-28: Public relations. Television program. Everett M. Hafner correspondence.
2-29: Public relations. Press releases.
2-30: Public relations. Newspaper articles.
2-31: Printed proceedings.
2-32: Photographs.

Moscow Conference on High Energy Particles. Moscow, USSR (May 14-22, 1956)

Folders:

2-33: Invitation- correspondence.
2-34: Pre-conference correspondence.
2-35: Passport and visa- correspondence.
2-36: Atomic Energy Commission.
2-37: National Science Foundation.
2-38: Scientific program.
2-39: US publicity.
2-40: Post-conference correspondence.
2-41: Impressions of Western scientists- Aage Bohr, RE Marshak, KH Panofsky, VF Weisskopf.
2-42: Photographs.

Seventh Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics. Rochester, New York (April 15-19, 1957)

Folders:

2-43: Institutional Sponsorship. Agencies.
2-44: Institutional sponsorship. Industries.
2-45: Invitations. United States.
2-46: United States invitees- lists.
2-47: Foreign invitations.
2-48: Foreign invitees- lists.
2-49: Scientific program. Correspondence.
2-50: Scientific program. Program copies.
2-51: Administration. Attendance lists.
2-52: Administration. Advisory committee.
2-53: Administration. International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
2-54: Administration. Local arrangements.
2-55: Administration. Local transportation.
2-56: Administration. Finances.
2-57: Administration. Travel arrangements.
2-58: Public events. Banquet.
2-59: Public events. panel.
2-60: Public events. "The Press Meets the Scientist." Correspondence.
2-61: Public events. "The Press Meets the Scientist." Press release, questions, transcript.

Box 3:

Folders:

3-01: Post-conference tour. Correspondence.
3-02: Post-conference tour. Itineraries.
3-03: Post-conference correspondence. General.
3-04: Post-conference correspondence. Proceedings.
3-05: Post-conference correspondence. Thank-you letters.
3-06: Sociological matters. MATS.
3-07: Sociological matters. Visas.
3-08: Sociological matters. Russian and Eastern bloc scientists.
3-09: Public relations. General.
3-10: Public relations. News releases.
3-11: Public relations. Newspaper articles.
3-12: Printed proceedings.
3-13: Photographs.

Eighth Annual International Conference on High Energy Physics. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (June 27-July 5, 1958)

Folders:

3-14: Advisory committee.
3-15: Review committee.
3-16: United States invitations.
3-17: Scientific program.
3-18: General correspondence.
3-19: Photograph.

Ninth Annual International Conference on High Energy Physics. Kiev, USSR (July 15- 25, 1959)

Folders:

3-20: Invitations. Western invitees- Robert E. Marshak correspondence.
3-21: Invitations. Western invitees- Robert E. Marshak and Wolfgang KH Panofsky joint correspondence.
3-22: Invitations. Western invitees- Wolfgang KH Panofsky correspondence.
3-23: Invitations. Western invitees- CJ Bakker correspondence.
3-24: Invitations. Western invitees- Clifton T. McCleod correspondence.
3-25: Invitations. American invitees- lists.
3-26: Invitations. Lists of invitees by country, state.
3-27: Scientific program. Correspondence.
3-28: Scientific program. Program copies.
3-29: Administration. General, including correspondence with Soviet scientists.
3-30: Administration. Travel.
3-31: Documents on Soviet science and scientific institutions.
3-32: Public relations. General. Includes correspondence on a 1964 New York Times article by Marshak.
3-33: Public relations. Requests for information.
3-34: Proceedings- correspondence.
3-35: Printed proceedings- volume 1.
3-36: Printed proceedings- volume 2.
3-37: Photographs.

Tenth International Conference on High Energy Physics. Rochester, New York (August 25-September 1, 1960)

Folders:

3-38: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. General.
3-39: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
3-40: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. Atomic Energy Commission. Includes PSAC, AEC report, "Explanatory Statement on Particle Physics and a Proposed Federal Program in Support of High Energy Accelerator Physics."
3-41: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. IUPAP.
3-42: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. National Academy of Science.
3-43: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. National Science Foundation.
3-44: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. Office of Naval Research.
3-45: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. Office of Ordnance Research.
3-46: Institutional and industrial sponsorship. Industry.
3-47: Invitations. United States invitations.
3-48: Foreign invitations.
3-49: CERN invitees.
3-50: Soviet and Eastern bloc invitations.
3-51: Foreign invitees- lists.
3-52: Invitations. Lists of participants.

Box 4:

Folders:

4-01: Scientific program. General.
4-02: Scientific program. Correspondence.
4-03: Administration. General.
4-04: Administration. Organizing committee.
4-05: Administration. Pre-conference- Theoretical Institute.
4-06: Administration. Post-conference tour.
4-07: Administration. Translators.
4-08: Administration. Transportation for foreign attendees.
4-09: Administration. Women's programs.
4-10: Public events- banquet.
4-11: Post-conference correspondence.
4-12: Sociological matters. International Atomic Energy Association.
4-13: Sociological matters. MATS.
4-14: Sociological matters. Russian and East European scientists.
4-15: Sociological matters. Visas.
4-16: Public relations. Requests for information.
4-17: Public relations. Press releases.
4-18: Public relations. Newspaper and magazine articles.
4-19: Photographs.

Eleventh International Conference on High Energy Physics. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (July 4-11, 1962)

Folders:

4-20: Invitations. American Advisory Committee- US invitees. Robert E. Marshak correspondence.
4-21: American Advisory Committee- US invitees. William A. Jamison correspondence.
4-22: American Advisory Committee- US invitees. Edwin H. McMillan correspondence.
4-23: Lists of Western invitees.
4-24: Scientific program.
4-25: Administration.
4-26: Public relations. Correspondence of William A. Jamison.

Twelfth International Conference on High Energy Physics. Dubna, USSR (August 5-11, 1964)

Folders:

4-27: Advisory Committee.
4-28: Scientific program.

Thirteenth International Conference on High Energy Physics. Berkeley, California (August 31-September 7, 1966)

Folders:

4-29: United States invitations.
4-30: Foreign invitations.
4-31: List of invited delegates.

International Theoretical Physics Conference on Particles and Fields. Rochester, New York (August 28-September 1, 1967)

Folders:

4-32: Institutional sponsorship.
4-33: United States invitations.
4-34: Foreign invitations.
4-35: Soviet and Eastern bloc invitations.
4-36: Invitees- lists.
4-37: Soviet and Eastern bloc
4-38: Atomic Energy Commission- correspondence.
4-39: Department of State- correspondence.
4-40: Scientific program. Correspondence.
4-41: Scientific program. Program copies and notes.
4-42: Administration. Budget.
4-43: Administration. Local arrangements.
4-44: Administration. Women's program.
4-45: Administration. Travel reimbursements.
4-46: Public events. Banquet.
4-47: Banquet speaker- Glenn Seaborg.
4-48: Post-conference correspondence.
4-49: Public relations. General.
4-50: Public relations. Requests for information.
4-51: Public relations. Press releases.
4-52: Public relations. Newspaper articles.
4-53: Proceedings. General correspondence.
4-54: Proceedings. Correspondence. Publisher- John Wiley and Sons.
4-55: Proceedings. Correspondence. Sales and distribution.
4-56: Photographs.

Box 5:

Fourteenth International Conference on High Energy Physics. Vienna, Austria (August 28-September 5, 1968)

Folders:

5-01: Invitations- United States. Correspondence.
5-02: Scientific program. Correspondence.
5-03: Scientific program. Program copies.
5-04: Selected comments from visitors.

Fifteenth International Conference on High Energy Physics. Kiev, USSR (1970)

Folders:

5-05: Invitations. Correspondence.
5-06: Israeli delegates. Correspondence.

US-Soviet Scientific Relations

Folders:

5-07: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1956.
5-08: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1958.
5-09: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1959.
5-10: Correspondence, documents, notes-1960. Includes materials on a trip by an American delegation to the USSR under the McCone-Emelyanov Agreement.
5-11: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1961-62.
5-12: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1963.
5-13: Correspondence, documents, notes- 1965-66.

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

Folders:

5-14: Correspondence- 1953-54.
5-15: Documents and minutes- 1953-54.
5-16: Correspondence- 1956.
5-17: Documents and minutes- 1956-57. Includes materials on the creation of the IUPAP Commission on High Energy Physics.
5-18: Correspondence- 1958.
5-19: Documents and minutes- 1958.
5-20: Correspondence- 1959.
5-21: Documents and minutes- 1959.
5-22: Correspondence- 1960.
5-23: Documents and minutes- 1960.
5-24: Correspondence- 1961.
5-25: Documents and minutes- 1961.
5-26: Correspondence- 1962. General correspondence.
5-27: Correspondence. Letter of Robert E. Marshak asking for advice on holding future International High Energy Physics Conferences and responses.
5-28: Documents and minutes- 1962.
5-29: Correspondence- 1963.
5-30: Documents and minutes- 1963.
5-31: Correspondence- 1964-72.
5-32: Documents and minutes- 1964-67.

Miscellaneous

Folders:

5-33: Oral history interview with Robert E. Marshak done by Charles Weiner of the American Institute of Physics (1970).
5-34: Robert E. Marshak, "The Rochester Conferences: The Rise of International Cooperation in High Energy Physics." Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, June 1970.
5-35: Robert E. Marshak, "Scientific Impact of the First Decade of the 'Rochester' Conferences." A paper given by Marshak at a symposium on "Particle Physics in the 1950s: Pions to Quarks." Fermilab, 1985 Conference Proceedings, edited by L. Brown and L. Hoddeson.
5-36: Robert E. Marshak, "Contribution of the First Decade of the 'Rochester' Conferences to the restructuring of Particle Physics (1950-1960)." A paper presented by Marshak at a conference on "The Restructuring of the Physical Sciences in Europe and the United States, 1945-60" in Rome during September 1988; to be published in the conference proceedings edited by M. De Maria and M. Grilli.
5-37: Robert E. Marshak, "The Khrushchev Detente and Emerging Internationalism in Particle Physics." Physics Today, January 1990.
5-38: Microfiche copy of the collection.

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