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Repository: | Fermilab History and Archives Project |
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Creator: | Fermilab. Fermilab History and Archives Project |
Title: | Fermilab History and Archives Project Collection on Fermilab Prehistory |
Dates: | 1948-1992 |
Bulk dates: | 1953-1979 |
Size: | 5 linear feet (10 boxes and 2 oversize boxes) |
Materials in collection: | Clippings, correspondence, printed material, reports |
Abstract: | Materials on the prehistory of Fermilab collected by the Fermilab History and Archives Project, mostly between 1977 and 1989. |
Identification number: | 2013.001 |
Location: | The collection is housed in the Milton G. White History of Accelerators Room in Wilson Hall on the Fermilab site. |
Language: | English |
The Fermilab History and Archives Project began in January 1977 as the Fermilab History Committee, an offshoot of the Fermilab Library Committee. Fermilab's first archivist, Lillian Hoddeson, began collecting materials on the history of Fermilab in January 1978. Adrienne Kolb became Fermilab Archivist in 1983, and she continued collecting materials for this collection into the early 1990s.
Additional information about the beginnings of the Fermilab History and Archives Project can be found here: About the History and Archives Project
Information on the formation of Fermilab can be found here: A Brief History of Fermilab..., The Beginnings of Fermilab
The collection consists of materials related to the early history of Fermilab. Most of the materials deal with the period before ground was broken at the current site. The collection includes materials on early ideas for a national accelerator laboratory, materials on the Western Accelerator Group, materials on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory design study for the National Accelerator Laboratory, materials on the controversy over the fact that Illinois did not have an open housing law when it was chosen as the site for the National Accelerator Laboratory, and materials on the history of the Universities Research Association (URA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
SERIES I: EARLY IDEAS FOR 100 GEV-RANGE ACCELERATORS. Organized into the following subseries: Early accelerator discussions; US-USSR accelerator discussions; Western Accelerator Group (WAG), General; Western Accelerator Group (WAG), Matthew Sands papers.
SERIES II: THE BERKELEY DESIGN STUDY. Organized into the following subseries: Design studies and reports; Responses and alternatives to the Berkeley proposal; DUSAF work for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Miscellaneous.
SERIES III: WESTON, ILLINOIS CHOSEN AS THE NAL SITE. Organized into the following subseries: Open housing issue; Miscellaneous.
SERIES IV: HISTORY OF AEC AND URA. Organized into the following subseries: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); Universities Research Association (URA)
SERIES V: MISCELLANEOUS. Arranged chronologically.
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See also: Fermilab History and Archives Project Collection on the R. R. Wilson Era at Fermilab, Bradley Bennett Papers, URA Publications
This collection and other related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs:
[Item title or description]. Fermilab History and Archives Project Collection on Fermilab Prehistory (2013.001: Box [Box number], Folder [Folder number]). Fermilab History and Archives Project, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL.
Materials for this collection were donated by various people, mostly between 1977 and 1989, and were collected and organized by the staff of the Fermilab History and Archives Project.
This collection was processed by Valerie Higgins in June 2013.
Note: The Fermilab History and Archives Project originally assigned call numbers to individual items in its collections and used a card catalog to locate materials. Files that include materials cataloged in this system have notes indicating the item numbers included in that file.
SERIES I: EARLY IDEAS FOR 100 GEV-RANGE ACCELERATORS | Dates | Items | |||||||||
Contains materials documenting various ideas about 100 GeV-range accelerators prior to the organization of Fermilab. | |||||||||||
Organized into the following subseries: Early accelerator discussions; US-USSR accelerator discussions; Western Accelerator Group (WAG) | |||||||||||
Early accelerator discussions | |||||||||||
Includes materials related to discussions of accelerator design before the establishment of NAL | |||||||||||
Organized into the following subseries: Periodical articles on accelerators, Papers on accelerators, Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||
Periodical articles on accelerators | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 1 | Photocopy of E. Alfred Burrill's "The Accelerator Conference" in Physics Today | 1948 September | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-18 | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 1 | Photocopy of L. Jackson Laslett's "Problems and Advances in High-Energy Accelerator Design" in Physics Today | 1964 November | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-19 | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 1 | Volume 23, number 4 of Nucleonics containing "Colloquy on Capitol Hill: Scientists Press JCAE to Support Vast High-Energy Physics Outlay Proposed in AEC Policy Report" | 1965 April | ||||||||
R. R. Wilson's copy. Item number W1-EAD-20. | |||||||||||
Papers on accelerators | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 2 | Reprint of T. Kitagaki's "A Focusing Method for Large Accelerators" in The Physical Review, volume 89, number 5, 1161-1162. | 1953 March 1 | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-15. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 2 | Leland J. Haworth's "Possible High Energy Accelerator Proposals - 1957 to 1962" | 1957 September 5 | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-16. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 2 | "Summary of the Activities of the Study Group for Improving Secondary Beams and PS Extracted Beam Facilities" | 1963 May 27 | ||||||||
F. T. Cole's copy. Item number W1-EAD-17. | |||||||||||
Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 3 | Accelerator conference, 1953 October - notes from the "Conference on the alternating-gradient proton synchrotron" held in Geneva, Switzerland, 1953 October 26-28 | 1953 | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-1 | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 4 | Binder of papers on beam calibrations collected by Robert R. Wilson | 1958 | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-2 | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 5 | Excerpt from Hearings before the Subcommittee on Research and Development of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1958 February describing Nicholas Christophilos's development of the strong focusing principle | 1958 | ||||||||
Item number W1-EAD-2.5 | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 6 | Robert R. Wilson's file on International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Tenth Annual International Conference on High Energy Physics (Conference on Super Energy Accelerators), 1960 August at University of Rochester. Includes correspondence, minutes, and lists of attendees. | 1959-1960 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-EAD-3, W1-EAD-4, W1-EAD-5, W1-EAD-6, W1-EAD-7, W1-EAD-8, W1-EAD-9, W1-EAD-10, W1-EAD-11, W1-EAD-12, W1-EAD-13, and W1-EAD-14. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 7 | European Accelerator Study Group third meeting, 1962 May 14-15, notes | 1962 | ||||||||
box 1 | folder 8 | Accelerator design high points, correspondence from Francis T. Cole to David F. Sutter | 1978 | ||||||||
US-USSR accelerator discussions | |||||||||||
Includes materials related to discussions between the US and USSR on accelerators before the establishment of NAL | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 9 | Meeting on new accelerators with Russians in New York, 1960 September; correspondence and minutes | 1959-1960 | ||||||||
John A. McCone (Chairman of the AEC), V. S. Emelyanov (Director of USSR Main Administration for the Utilization of Atomic Energy), N. N. Bogolyubov, and V. I. Veksler (leader of the Soviet delegation) were organizers. The delegation of Soviet physicists also included Blokintsev, Dzhelepov, and Nikitin. | |||||||||||
box 1 | folder 10 | "Desirability and feasibility of new accelerators of large and novel types" report to US and Soviet Atomic Energy Authorities by Officially-Designated Scientific Group | 1960 | ||||||||
Item number W1-P&C/HEP-3 | |||||||||||
oversize 1 | folder 1 | Drafts of "Journal of first high energy physics exchange under McCone-Emelyanov Agreement" by George A. Kolstad | 1960 | ||||||||
box 1 | folder 11 | US-USSR accelerator interaction, 1966-1969; correspondence to and from Robert R. Wilson, articles, and other materials | 1966-1969 | ||||||||
Western Accelerator Group (WAG) | |||||||||||
Contains materials related to WAG. | |||||||||||
Organized into the following groups: General, Matthew Sands Papers | |||||||||||
General | |||||||||||
Contains general materials related to WAG | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 1 | Binder of Synchrotron Laboratory, California Institute of Technology reports collected by Francis T. Cole (part 1: reports 10-16) | 1960-1961 | ||||||||
Item number W1-WAG-72. Includes reports SL-10, CTSL-11, CTSL-13, CTSL-14, CTSL-15, CTSL-16. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 2 | Binder of Synchrotron Laboratory, California Institute of Technology reports collected by Francis T. Cole (part 2: reports 19, 21, 24-25, 29, 30, and 36) | 1961-1962 | ||||||||
Item number W1-WAG-72. Includes reports CTSL-19, CTSL-21, CTSL-24, CTSL-25, CTSL-29, CTSL-30, CTSL-36. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 3 | "A Proposal to the Atomic Energy Commission for the Support of the Accelerator Design-Study Program of the Western Accelerator Group" by California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1961 April | 1961 | ||||||||
Matthew Sands papers | |||||||||||
Contains photocopies of original documents on WAG held by Sands. | |||||||||||
Left in original order. | |||||||||||
Includes item numbers W1-WAG-1 through W1-WAG-71. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 4 | National considerations regarding accelerators - correspondence and meeting minutes | 1960-1962 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-1, W1-WAG-2, W1-WAG-3, W1-WAG-4, W1-WAG-5, W1-WAG-6, W1-WAG-7, and W1-WAG-8. Includes correspondence with Bob Bacher, Robert R. Wilson, and others. Includes documents by Robert R. Wilson and others. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 5 | WAG Correspondence | 1960-1963 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-9, W1-WAG-10, W1-WAG-11, W1-WAG-12, W1-WAG-13, W1-WAG-14, W1-WAG-15, W1-WAG-16, W1-WAG-17, W1-WAG-18, W1-WAG-19, and W1-WAG-20. Includes correspondence with Bob Bacher, Ed McMillan, Matthew Sands, and others. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 6 | "A Proposal to the Atomic Energy Commission for the Support of the Accelerator Design-Study Program of the Western Accelerator Group" study proposal by California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California and related correspondence | 1961 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-21 and W1-WAG-22. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 7 | Proposals to WAG, correspondence | 1961 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-23, W1-WAG-24, W1-WAG-25, W1-WAG-26, W1-WAG-27, W1-WAG-28, W1-WAG-29, W1-WAG-30, and W1-WAG-31. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 8 | WAG design study cost proposal (preparation), correspondence and drafts | 1960-1961 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-32, W1-WAG-33, W1-WAG-34, W1-WAG-35, and W1-WAG-36. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 9 | Project - correspondence | 1960-1961 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-37, W1-WAG-38, W1-WAG-39, W1-WAG-40, W1-WAG-41, W1-WAG-42, W1-WAG-43, W1-WAG-44, W1-WAG-45, W1-WAG-46, W1-WAG-47, W1-WAG-48, W1-WAG-49, W1-WAG-50, W1-WAG-51, W1-WAG-52, W1-WAG-53, W1-WAG-54, W1-WAG-55, W1-WAG-56, W1-WAG-57, W1-WAG-58, W1-WAG-59, W1-WAG-60, W1-WAG-61, W1-WAG-62, W1-WAG-63, W1-WAG-64, and W1-WAG-65. | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 10 | Internal California Institute of Technology memos - Accelerator | 1961 | ||||||||
Item numbers W1-WAG-66, W1-WAG-67, W1-WAG-68, W1-WAG-69, W1-WAG-70, and W1-WAG-71 | |||||||||||
box 2 | folder 11 | "A proton synchrotron for 300 GeV" by Sands, reprint (with corrections) of CTSL report 10 | 1961 | ||||||||
Item number W1-8 |
SERIES III: WESTON, ILLINOIS CHOSEN AS THE NAL SITE | Dates | Items | |||||||||
Contains materials related to the choice of Weston, Illinois as the site of NAL. | |||||||||||
Organized into the following subseries: Open housing issue; Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Open housing issue | |||||||||||
Contains materials related to the controversy surrounding the fact that Illinois did not have an open housing law when it was chosen as the site of NAL. | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically | |||||||||||
box 6 | folder 16 | Congressional Record, 1967 July 12 (contains proceedings of the debate in the Senate over the authorization of approporiations to the AEC) | 1967 | ||||||||
Item number W2-FUN-5 | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 1 | Clippings on tent-in at Weston (from the NAL Public Information Office) | 1967 | ||||||||
The tent-in was organized by the Chicago Freedom Movement to protest the construction of the accelerator at Weston to protest the Illinois state legislature's failure to pass an open housing law. Dr. Martin Luther King expressed his support of the protest and was scheduled to speak at the event, but was unable to attend. | |||||||||||
Item number W2-FUN-6 | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 2 | Clippings on the open housing issue (from the NAL Public Information Office?) | 1967-1968 | ||||||||
Item number W2-FUN-4 | |||||||||||
Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Contains miscellaneous materials related to the choice of Weston, Illinois as the site of NAL. | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 10 | folder 1-4 | DUSAF Master Plan for Existing Buildings on the NAL Site Near Batavia, Illinois ("Farm book," green binder with red Fermilab logo decal) | 1968 August 15 | ||||||||
box 7 | folder 3 | "Act 685. Particle accelerator land acquisition act," Illinois Compiled Statutes, 1992 | 1992 |
SERIES IV: HISTORY OF AEC AND URA | Dates | Items | |||||||||
Contains materials on the history of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Universities Research Association and the roles they played in the formation of Fermilab. | |||||||||||
Organized into the following subseries: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); Universities Research Association (URA) | |||||||||||
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) | |||||||||||
Contains materials related to the history of the AEC. | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically | |||||||||||
box 8 | folder 1 | "How Russia Stole America's Atomic Secrets"by Bob Considine | 1951 | ||||||||
box 8 | folder 2 | Draft of "A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume II" by Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, chapters 1-3, 5, 7 | undated (c. 1968) | ||||||||
box 8 | folder 3 | Draft of "A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume II" by Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, chapters 12 and 13 | undated (c. 1968) | ||||||||
box 8 | folder 4 | Draft of "A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume II" by Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, chapter 14 | 1968 | ||||||||
box 8 | folder 5 | Draft of unfinished paper "Chapter 1: Genesis of the AEC's National Accelerator Laboratory" by someone from DOE | undated (after 1973) | ||||||||
Universities Research Association (URA) | |||||||||||
Contains materials related to the formation and early work of URA. | |||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 4 | Copies of miscellaneous material from "URA files" | 1964-1972 | ||||||||
Includes item number W1-66 | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 5 | Origin of URA in NAS [National Academy of Science] | 1965-1967 | ||||||||
Includes URA articles of incorporation and by-laws | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 6 | National Academy of Science, summary of notes taken by Theodore P. Wright at 1965 January 17 meeting | 1965 | ||||||||
box 7 | folder 7 | URA correspondence, mostly on choosing a director for NAL | 1965-1979 | ||||||||
Includes item numbers W1-64, W1-URA-3,W1-URA-4, W1-URA-5, W1-URA-6, W1-URA-7, W1-URA-8, W1-URA-9, W1-URA-10, W1-URA-11, W1-URA-12, W1-URA-13, W1-URA-14, W1-URA-15, W1-URA-16, W1-URA-17, W1-URA-18, W1-URA-19, W1-URA-20, W1-URA-21, W1-URA-22, W1-URA-23, W1-URA-24, W1-URA-25, W1-URA-26, W1-URA-27, W1-URA-28, W1-URA-29, W1-URA-30, W1-URA-31, W1-URA-32, W1-URA-33, W1-URA-34, W1-URA-35, W1-URA-36, W1-URA-37, W1-URA-38, W1-URA-39, W1-URA-50, W1-URA-51, W1-URA-52, W1-URA-53, and W1-URA-54 | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 8 | Correspondence regarding NAL top personnel and monthly reports, 1967 April-June | 1967 | ||||||||
Includes item numbers W1-URA-43, W1-URA-44, W1-URA-45, W1-URA-46, W1-URA-47, W1-URA-48, and W1-URA-49 | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 9 | "Research at 200 GeV" by URA | 1967 August | ||||||||
box 7 | folder 10 | URA 200 BeV Accelerator Meeting, 1967 April 7-8; program | 1967 | ||||||||
box 7 | folder 11 | Miscellaneous correspondence and reports pertaining to URA | 1967-1973 | ||||||||
Includes item number W1-66. Includes a history of URA. | |||||||||||
box 7 | folder 12 | Clippings on URA | 1979-1981 | ||||||||
box 7 | folder 13 | "Management appraisal, University Research Association, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory" by Batavia Area Office, Chicago Operations and Regional Office | 1980 May |
SERIES V: MISCELLANEOUS | Dates | Items | |||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
box 10 | folder 7 | "BR Book - Protons," William M. Brobeck and Associates, Report No. 4500-1-R2 | 1963 |