Finding Aid for Donald W. Kerst Papers, 1937-1959, 1983-85, 1987 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Donald W. Kerst Papers, 1937-1959, 1983-85, 1987

ID: 11/10/30

Primary Creator: Kerst, Donald William (1911-1993)

Extent: 2.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological within each subject heading

Subjects: Allis-Chalmers Company, Betatron, Faculty Papers, General Electric Company, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Medical Research, Midwest Universities Research Association, National Defense Research Committee, Nuclear Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, X-Ray Studies

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Donald W. Kerst (1911-93), professor of physics (1938-57), including correspondence and laboratory notebooks (1939-47) on betatron design and research, Physics Department matters, Office for Scientific Research and Development reports, and the Midwest Universities Research Association - MURA (1953-59). The papers include patents, correspondence (1940-45), blueprints, information on betatron construction, drafts of articles, research notes, memoranda to coworkers, and correspondence while Kerst was working at the University of Illinois (1938-39, 1941-42, 1945-56), at the General Electric laboratories in Schenectady (1940-41), at Los Alamos New Mexico (1943-45), and Madison, Wisconsin with the MURA (1956-57). The main correspondents are Gail D. Adams, Gerald M.Almy, P. Gerald Kruger, F. Wheeler Loomis, and Bob Serber. Correspondents also include Roger Adams, Clinton P. Anderson, Robert D. Carmichael, James B. Conant, William D. Coolidge, Robert J. Vande Graaff, Leslie R. Groves, Frank B. Jewett, Robert Oppenheimer, William Proxmire, Duane Roller, Emilio Segre, I. Melville Stein and Arthur C. Willard.

Allis-Chalmers Company
Betatron
Faculty Papers
General Electric Company
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Medical Research
Midwest Universities Research Association
National Defense Research Committee
Nuclear Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
X-Ray Studies

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 10/29/76; 12/12/79; 11/4/87

Other Note: 13 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1110030.pdf

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