John Bardeen Papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Detailed Description

BIOGRAPHICAL

PUBLICATIONS

DISSERTATIONS (produced by Bardeen students)

CORRESPONDENCE

SUBJECT FILE

MATERIALS FROM LILLIAN HODDESON

CERTIFICATES, CITATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORARY DEGREES



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Title: John Bardeen Papers, 1910-2018Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

ID: 11/10/20

Primary Creator: Bardeen, John (1908-1991)

Extent: 59.4 cubic feet

Arrangement: by type of material and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: Bardeen, John, Bell Laboratories, Electrical Engineering, Faculty Papers, Harvard University, John Bardeen, Many Body Theory, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Nobel Prizes, Princeton University, Science and Technology, Solid State Physics, Superconductivity, Theoretical Physics, Transistors, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Science and Technology, University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Xerography

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of John Bardeen (1908-91), Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics (1951-91), include publications (1930-91), dissertations and theses by Bardeen students (1952-85), correspondence (1945-70, 1972-91) and reports, certificates and diplomas for honorary degrees and honors, preprints, reprints, drafts, speeches, notes, photographs, slides, tape recorded interviews, & motion pictures (1910-91) concerning theoretical physics, solid state physics, development of the transistor, xerography, development of the theory of superconductivity with J. R. Schrieffer & Leon Cooper, Bardeen's 1956 and 1972 Nobel prizes and lectures, the applications of transistors & superconductivity, many body theory, Russian & Chinese physics research, American Physical Society, Army Research Office, Bell Laboratories & the transistor (1936-68), Center for Advanced Study, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Navy Research Office, Sony Corporation, Supertex, Inc., White House Science Council (1979-83), Xerox Corporation, electrolytic transistor invention patents (1910-60), consulting work, and the Physics Department. Correspondents include Walter H. Brattain, P. W. Bridgman, Leon Cooper, Harry G. Drickamer, H. Frohlich, Nick Holonyak, Jr. (BS '50, MS '51, PhD '54), Charles Kittel, J. R. Schrieffer (MS '54, PhD '57), Karlheinz Seeger, Frederick Seitz, William B. Shockley, & J. H. Van Vleck. Tape recorded interviews contain comments on theoretical physicists, experimental physics, theory of superconductivity, many body theory, scientific publication, education, Dr. Charles Bardeen, solid state physics, considerations in coming to Illinois, recruitment of new faculty, scientific understanding & communication between & education of non-scientists & scientists. Motion pictures include a May, 1972 interview with Bardeen, and a December, 1972 Swedish film on the contributions of Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer to the theory of superconductivity. Papers also contain Illiniwek cap.

Biographical Note

May 23, 1908 Born, Madison, Wisconsin - son of Medical School Dean Charles R. Bardeen and Althea Harmer

1923 University High and Madison Central

1928 B.S. Wisconsin, Electrical Engineering. Western Electric. Edward Bennett electrodynamics course

1929 M.S. Wisconsin, Electrical Engineering. J. H. Van Vleck

1930-33 Geophysicists, Gulf Research and Development Corporation - Leo J. Peters

1936 Ph.D. Princeton, Mathematics and Physics. E. P. Wigner

1935-38 Junior Fellow, Harvard. J. H. Van Vleck and P. W. Bridgman

1938 Married Jane Maxwell, July 18

1939-41 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Minnesota

1941-45 Principal Physicist, U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (Washington D.C.), magnetism and minesweeping

1945-51 Radar, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey

1947 Surface physics - properties of contacts between metals of semi-conductors depend on electron behavior in surface energy levels

1948 Transistors with William B. Shockley and Walter Brattain. Point contact type

1951-75 Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois. Louis Ridenour. Xerox Corporation

1952 Transistor literature

March 1953 Fortune article on transistors

Theoretical understanding of semiconductors

Explained why metal-germanium contact gives effect of a PN junction in a emiconductor - in terms of surface energy states

1956 National Academy of Science member

1957 Theory of Superconductivity - vanishing of electrical resistance of some metals at low temperatures

1975 Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois

January 30, 1991 Died, Boston, Massachusetts

Research Areas:

Electrical conduction in semiconductors and metals; surface properties of semiconductors; theory of superconductivity; and diffusion of atoms in solids

Prizes and Honors:

1952 Ballantine Medal, Franklin Institute

1954 Buckley Prize (solid state)

1955 Scott Medal, D.Sc. Union

1956 Nobel Prize for Physics

1960 D.Sc. University of Wisconsin

1962 London Prize

1972 Nobel Prize for Physics

1974 D.Sc. University of Illinois

1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom

1987 Lomonosov Award, Soviet Academy of Sciences

1990 John Bardeen Chair in Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering Established at University of Illinois

Subject/Index Terms

Bardeen, John
Bell Laboratories
Electrical Engineering
Faculty Papers
Harvard University
John Bardeen
Many Body Theory
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Nobel Prizes
Princeton University
Science and Technology
Solid State Physics
Superconductivity
Theoretical Physics
Transistors
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Science and Technology
University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xerography

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 12/22/64; 2/8/65; 2/19/74; 9/10/91; 12/20/91; 5/19/92;9/27/2002; 5/14/2003, 5/23/07

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1110020.pdf

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[Series 1: BIOGRAPHICAL],
[Series 2: PUBLICATIONS],
[Series 3: DISSERTATIONS (produced by Bardeen students)],
[Series 4: CORRESPONDENCE],
[Series 5: SUBJECT FILE],
[Series 6: MATERIALS FROM LILLIAN HODDESON],
[Series 7: CERTIFICATES, CITATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORARY DEGREES],
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Series 3: DISSERTATIONS (produced by Bardeen students)Add to your cart.
Box 9Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Paul J. Lurgans, 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Nick Holonyak, Jr., 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Thomas Nolan Morgan, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Newton Bernardes, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Daniel Charles Mattis, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 6: John Robert Schrieffer, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 7: R. C. Sirrine, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Michael Francis Millea, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Milton William Valenta, 1958Add to your cart.
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Folder 1: Ling Yun Wei, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Stephen Reynolds Arnold, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 3: William Manos Portnoy, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Richard Elmo Coovert, 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Piotr B. Miller, 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 6: R. A. Missman, 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 7: 1960 Kendal True Rogers (2 folders)Add to your cart.
Box 11Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Toshihito Truneto, 1960-61Add to your cart.
contains only John Bardeen's notes
Folder 2: Kenneth Rose, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Jerome Luther Hartke, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Daniel Warren Hone, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Peter Vance Gray, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 6: John Warren Wilkins, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 7: W. L. McMillan, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Toshiyuki Yamada, 1964Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Wayne Earl Tefft, 1964Add to your cart.
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Folder 1: John Richard Clem, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Sang Boo Nam, 1966Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Wesley N. Mathews, Jr., 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Reiner K�¼mmel, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Preprints by K. N. Bennemann, Wesley N. Mathews, Jr. et al./doctoral dissertation of Joseph N. Ross, Jr. (1986) (2 folders), 1972-73,1986Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Socrates Theodorus Pantelides (1973), 1972-73Add to your cart.
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Folder 1: David Lee Miller (2 folders), 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 2: David William Allender, 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 3: James William Bray, 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Samuel Cheng-Sheng Pan (1986) (2 folders), 1985-86Add to your cart.
Folder 5: John Harris Miller, Jr., 1985Add to your cart.

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