John Bardeen Papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Detailed Description

Series 1

Publications

Dissertations (Produced by Bardeen Students)

Correspondence

Subject File

Biographical [2002]

Correspondence [2002]

Subject File [2002]

Awards and Honors [2003]

Biographical [2022]

Publications [2022]

Correspondence [2022]

Awards and Honors [2022]

Family Life [2022]

Publicity [2022]

Subject File [2022]

Irregularly Sized Materials [2022]

Reference Materials [2025]

Restricted Materials

ARC Artifacts



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Collection Overview

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: Chinese, German, Russian, Czech

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: 12/22/1964; 2/8/1965; 2/19/1974; 9/10/1991; 12/20/1991; 5/19/1992; 9/27/2002; 5/14/2003, 5/23/2007; 10/2016; 8/11/2022

PDF Box/Folder List

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

PDF finding aid for John Bardeen Papers (11/10/20)


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1],
[Series 2: Publications],
[Series 3: Dissertations (Produced by Bardeen Students)],
[Series 4: Correspondence],
[Series 5: Subject File],
[Series 6: Biographical [2002]],
[Series 7: Correspondence [2002]],
[Series 8: Subject File [2002]],
[Series 9: Awards and Honors [2003]],
[Series 10: Biographical [2022]],
[Series 11: Publications [2022]],
[Series 12: Correspondence [2022]],
[Series 13: Awards and Honors [2022]],
[Series 14: Family Life [2022]],
[Series 15: Publicity [2022]],
[Series 16: Subject File [2022]],
[Series 17: Irregularly Sized Materials [2022]],
[Series 18: Reference Materials [2025]],
[Series 19: Restricted Materials],
[Series 20: ARC Artifacts],
[All]

Series 10: Biographical [2022]Add to your cart.
Note: Boxes 133-184 were created from material from the Bardeen family and was accessioned on August 11, 2022.
Box 133Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Interview with Bob Nellis and Other Events, 1988, 1991Add to your cart.
VHS Tape
Folder 2: Julian Mack Lecture, John Bardeen: Superconductivity and other Macroscopic Quantum Systems, April 27, 1990Add to your cart.
VHS Tape
Folder 3: John Bardeen Memorials, 1991Add to your cart.
VHS Tape
Folder 4: Physics 125, Notes by John BardeenAdd to your cart.
Notebook
Folder 5: Biographical Booklet on John BardeenAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: John Bardeen Biography and ExhibitsAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Vita for John BardeenAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: International Certificate of Vaccination for John Bardeen, 1953, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 9: National Academy of Sciences Ninety-Second Annual Meeting, April 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Diary notes, 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Illinois Technograph, April 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association, Meeting Program, May 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 13: University of Illinois Citizens Committee, May 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Art Group Info (Swedish) and University of Illinois Citizens Committee Attendees List, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Obadiah Lotshe Mlilo biography and Teacher Exchange, 1962, 1962Add to your cart.
Includes a photograph of John and Jane Bardeen entertaining guests from the International Teacher Development Program
Folder 16: The Physics of Superconducting Devices Symposium, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 17: 60th Birthday Materials, and Princeton University Commencement Program, 1968Add to your cart.
Box 134Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Cards and letters re 60th birthday, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Family Group Photos at John Bardeen's 60th Birthday Party, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 3: John Bardeen's 60th Birthday, Article Reprint (Japanese), 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 4: John Bardeen 60th Birthday Celebration Invites and Song Lyrics, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 5: John Bardeen 60th Birthday- Cards, Symposium Info, Planning Materials, Articles, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 6: John Bardeen 60th Birthday Symposium Newspaper Article, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Pictures of 60th Birthday Banquet at Champaign Country Club, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Solid State Physics, 60th Birthday Symposium Program, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Vivat Pater, Songs for John Bardeen's 60th Birthday, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Technograph, Vol. 88 No. 1, October 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Saturday Review of the Sciences, March 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 12: DePauw Nobel Laureate Lectures, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 13: John's Biography News Clippings, 1973, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Bardeen Lecture on Solid State Physics at J. Wayne Reitz Union, January 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Symposium: Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics, Part 1 of 2, October 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Symposium: Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics, Part 2 of 2, 1976-77Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Bardeen Symposium Dinner, October 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Lex Peterson, January 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Surprise Party for John Bardeen, May 1983Add to your cart.
Event Flyer
Folder 20: Tea Party in Honour of John Bardeen, Guest List, October 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 21: 80th Birthday, May 7, 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Materials Relating to John Bardeen's 80th Birthday Symposium, May 7, 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 23: "Interview with a Nobel Laureate" by Robert L. Burtch, Science and Children, 1990Add to your cart.
Folder 24: John Bardeen Passport Data, ca. 1990Add to your cart.
Includes dates and locations of John Bardeen’s arrivals and departures.
Folder 25: John Bardeen Interview, NHK TV DVD, June 1990Add to your cart.
Folder 26: John Bardeen Obituary, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Correspondence with Nick Holonyak Jr. Concerning Article on John Bardeen, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 28: John Bardeen Biography Project Proposal - Hodson, ca. 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Letters to Contributors to the John Bardeen Fund, ca. 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Memorial Gift Contributions, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Nick Holonyak Drafts, January 1991Add to your cart.
Box 135Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Inside Illinois Volume 10, Number 10, February 7, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 2: John Bardeen Memorial, February 8, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Memorial Programs, February 8, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 4: A.C. Anderson Letter, April 19, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Parity (Japanese), June 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 6: John Bardeen Funeral Attendee Thank You Letter and Sympathy Cards, ca. 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Sympathy Letters from the Illinois House of Representatives, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Sympathy Letters, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Sympathy Letters and Cards, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 1 of 2
Folder 10: Sympathy Letters and Cards, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 2 of 2
Folder 11: Sympathy Cards, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 1 of 2
Folder 12: Sympathy Cards, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 2 of 2
Box 136Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Borelli Letter "Le Prix Nobel", January 8, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Recollections of John Bardeen from the Early Years of Solid State Physics, 1934-1951 by Conyer Herring, Article Draft and Letter, February 3, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Princeton University Service of Remembrance Event Program, February 22, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Physics Today, April 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Letter from Nick Holonyak Jr., with Draft of Tribute for John Bardeen, July 8, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 6: John Bardeen Royal Society Bit, 1994Add to your cart.
Folder 7: LCWS 95, ca. 1995Add to your cart.
Folder 8: MRS Bulletin, Volume 24 No. 1, January 1999Add to your cart.
Folder 9: John Bardeen Biography by Vicki Daitch, Articles and Correspondences, 2001-02Add to your cart.
Folder 10: True Genius the Life and Science of John Bardeen, Editor's Draft, ca. 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 11: John Bardeen Interview with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2007Add to your cart.
Interview Transcription
Folder 12: Draft of John Bardeen Memoir by David Pines, August 2009Add to your cart.

Browse by Series:

[Series 1],
[Series 2: Publications],
[Series 3: Dissertations (Produced by Bardeen Students)],
[Series 4: Correspondence],
[Series 5: Subject File],
[Series 6: Biographical [2002]],
[Series 7: Correspondence [2002]],
[Series 8: Subject File [2002]],
[Series 9: Awards and Honors [2003]],
[Series 10: Biographical [2022]],
[Series 11: Publications [2022]],
[Series 12: Correspondence [2022]],
[Series 13: Awards and Honors [2022]],
[Series 14: Family Life [2022]],
[Series 15: Publicity [2022]],
[Series 16: Subject File [2022]],
[Series 17: Irregularly Sized Materials [2022]],
[Series 18: Reference Materials [2025]],
[Series 19: Restricted Materials],
[Series 20: ARC Artifacts],
[All]

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