History and Archives

Finding Aids

This database contains finding aids for some of the collections the Fermilab History and Archives Project. These aids provide information about the context within which each collection was created and a detailed inventory of their contents. Creating finding aids for the holdings of the Fermilab History and Archives Project is an ongoing task, and only a small portion of the collections are described here. For further information about a collection, or to inquire about materials that are not described here, please contact the Fermilab Archivist.

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• Atac, Muzaffer; Papers 1961-2008
  Muzaffer Atac was a physicist who worked for Fermilab from 1968 until 2008. He was a member of the Fermilab CDF and CERN CMS experiments, and his most significant work was in instrumentation.
• Bennett, Captain Bradley F. (URA Vice President for Administration, 1967-1977) Papers 1963-1988
  Captain Bradley F. Bennett was Universities Research Association Vice President for Administration from 1967 to 1977. The collection includes materials on Fermilab and URA collected by Bennett.
• Elioff, Tom Collection on the SSC 1991-1993
  Tom Elioff's collection of the daily compilation of press reports on the Superconducting Super Collider assembled by the SSC Library and Office of External Affairs.
• Fermilab. Art Gallery Curator; Records 1975-2005
  The Fermilab Art Gallery Curator organizes several art exhibits a year in the second floor Art Gallery of Wilson Hall and elsewhere on the Fermilab site.
• Fermilab. Arts and Lecture Series / Auditorium Committee; Records 1971-2005
  The Fermilab Auditorium Committee, which was established in 1973, organizes the Arts and Lecture Series. The Arts and Lecture Series brings a variety of performers and speakers to Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium each year, and these events are open to the public.
• Fermilab. Computing Division. Publications 1973-1996
  Publications, including newsletters, manuals, and other guides, produced by the Fermilab Computing Division and its predecessors.
• Fermilab. Fermilab History and Archives Project Collection on Fermilab Prehistory 1948-1992
  Materials on the prehistory of Fermilab collected by the Fermilab History and Archives Project.
• Fermilab. Guest Office Records; 1971-1986
  The Guest Office was a department at Fermilab which assisted newcomers to the lab.
• Fermilab. NALWO Records; 1968-1999
  NALWO was an organization for women at Fermilab.
• Goldwasser, Edwin L.; Papers 1968-1978.
  Edwin L. Goldwasser was Fermilab's deputy director from 1967 to 1978.
• Gonzales, Angela; Papers, 1967-1999
  Angela Gonzales served as Fermilab's artist from 1967 until 1998. She created covers for publications, posters for events, signs, logos, and other materials for the lab.
• Lederman, Leon; Papers 1888-2012 (bulk 1980-2012)
  Leon Max Lederman served as Fermilab's director from 1979 to 1989, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1988 for his work with neutrinos, and was a member of the NAL experiment that discovered the bottom quark, among many other accomplishments. He was also active in science education and outreach. This collection reflects Lederman's work as a physicist, administrator, and educator.
• Linsley, John; Papers c.1946-2002
  John Linsley was a physicist who performed ground-breaking research on cosmic rays. He did his most significant work using an array of detectors at Volcano Ranch in New Mexico from 1959 to 1978.
• Ritchie, David; Papers 1962-2011
  David Ritchie worked in Fermilab Computing from 1971 until 2011.
• Universities Research Association Publications, 1966-2003
  The Universities Research Association formed in 1965 to manage the National Accelerator Laboratory. The publications consist of annual reports.