Bernard Waldman Papers

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Preferred Citation

Bernard Waldman Papers (WAL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence 1940s-1970s, including documents regarding the Los Alamos Project; laboratory experiments, notes on projects, lectures, articles, clippings, examinations; report of an evaluation of the physics department, Marquette University (Waldman, secretary), 1965; correspondence and committee minutes, Midwest Universities Research Association; reports and correspondence related to the construction of an electrostatic generator at Notre Dame, 1955; records of the Physics Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation; records of the University of Notre Dame physics department, including proposals to do research for the Office of Naval Research and the Atomic Energy Commission, and a copy of a report titled "Argonne Universities Association: Report on Tripartite Contract and Related Matters," 1974; biographical material and photographs.

Background

Professor of physics, University of Notre Dame, 1940-1979.

Index :

 Waldman, Bernard, 1913-1986. 
 Marquette University. Dept. of Physics. 
 Midwest Universities Research Association. 
 University of Notre Dame. Dept. of Physics. 
 United States. Office of Naval Research. 
 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. 
 Argonne Universities Association. 
 Los Alamos Project (U.S.) 
 Manhattan Project (U.S.) 
 Electrostatic accelerators. 
 Nuclear physics -- Research 

• CWAL Bernard Waldman: Manuscripts
  • CWAL 1/01 Folder : A [1940-1947]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: friendly, personal letters; experiments; classified photographs of atomic bomb projects. Correspondents include Louis Alvarez, Bernard Waldman, C.M. Turner, Harold (last name not known).
  • CWAL 1/02 Folder : Argonne Nat'l Lab.
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/03 Folder : Atomic Energy Comm. [1948-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: manpower questionnaire on high energy physics; research proposal; class "Q" clearance for Bernard Waldman; Report of Facilities Capable of Producing Fissionable Material; Catalog Kit Equipment Manual. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, Sidney Newburger, Jr., George A. Kolstad, George Collier.
  • CWAL 1/04 Folder : B [1946-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: request for reprints; X-ray equipment; student grades; personal letters; Notre Dame physics departmental matters, such as personnel problems; experiments. Correspondents include Heinz Barschall, Milton Burton, Bernard Waldman, L.C. Bredenharn.
  • CWAL 1/05 Folder : C [1945-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: travel expenses; radiological monitoring equipment; nuclear research; personal letters; research equipment matters. Correspondents include George B. Collins, Bernard Waldman, Dale R. Corson, R.S. Shankland.
  • CWAL 1/06 Folder : California, Univ. of Berkeley [1946-1956]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: summer employment at the University of California, Berkeley; consulting agreement with the University of California, Berkeley. Correspondents include A.C. Helmholz, a.W. Hand, Bernard Waldman, Robert L. Daerr.
  • CWAL 1/07 Folder : D [1946-1958]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: application for fellowship of five members of the Notre Dame physics department; departmental colloquia; abstract of papers; nylon film. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, H.S. Turner, S.E. Darden.
  • CWAL 1/08 Folder : E [1946]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: visit of Sigvard Eklund to Notre Dame laboratory. Correspondents include Sigvard Eklund, Bernard Waldman.
  • CWAL 1/09 Folder : F [1945-1958]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: selection of a director for the Bartol Research Foundation; job offer for Waldman at Florida State; visit to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh; physics department colloquium; Reilly Lecturers; Experiment results. Correspondents include E. Ferni, John S. Burlew, Bernard Waldman, Dixon Callihan.
  • CWAL 1/10 Folder : G [1946-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: experiments; Guggenheim Foundation information; publication reprints; personal letter. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, R.L. Graham, Earle Gregg, Elizabeth Graves.
  • CWAL 1/11 Folder : H [1950-1957]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: research proposal; letter of recommendation; request for comments on potential article. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, Karl Herzfeld, Curt Haire.
  • CWAL 1/12 Folder : I [1954]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: physics department colloquium. Correspondents include David R. INglis, Bernard Waldman.
  • CWAL 1/13 Folder : J
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/14 Folder : K [1954]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: information on physics and chemistry department accelerators; letter of recommendation for a secretary; consultation about generator; job inquiry. Correspondents include Walter Koski, J.M.B. Kellogg, Bernard Waldman, E.H. Krause, W.R. Kanne.
  • CWAL 1/15 Folder : L [1951-1959]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: Look magazine article on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima; experiments. Correspondents include Fletcher Knebel, Bernard Waldman, T. Lauritsen, M. Connor Loesch, Alexander Langsdorf, Jr.
  • CWAL 1/16 Folder : Los Alamos [1943-1954]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: consulting contract with Los Alamos laboratory; Los Alamos security clearance; travel arrangements to Los Alamos; Notre Dame generator fire. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, John J. Cavanaugh, J.M.B. Kellogg, A.E. Dyhre, James E. Norton.
  • CWAL 1/17 Folder : Mc [1954-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: review of manuscript for McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; request for information on vinly polymer. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, Malcolm Johnson.
  • CWAL 1/18 Folder : M [1949-1957]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: physics department colloquium; experiment results; suggestions for acquisitions; membership on Isotope Committee of Memorial Hospital; short history of nuclear physics at Notre Dame. Correspondents include J.E. mack, Christian Meler, Bernard Waldman, R.L. Sensenich, Philip Moore.
  • CWAL 1/19 Folder : MURA [1957-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: Waldman's association with the Midwestern Universities Research Association. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, Theodore M. Hesburgh, Marshall W. Keith.
  • CWAL 1/20 Folder : N [1952-1959]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: review of proposals for National Science Foundation; course at Notre Dame on nuclear engineering; NSF Guide for Submission of Research Proposals; request for advice on X-ray transformer rectifier set; letter of recommendation; publication of papers. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, J. Howard McMillen, Henry W. Newson, Richard L. Walter, P. Gerald Kruger.
  • CWAL 1/21 Folder : National Research Council, Radiation Cataracts [1949-1959]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: opthalmological examinations at the Wilmer Institute; reprint on "Cyclotron Cataracts"; studies on radiation cataracts; report on opthalmological examinations; National Research Council "Radiation Cataract Survey." Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, R. Keith Cannan, Philip S. Owen, Carl J. Rudolph.
  • CWAL 1/22 Folder : O [1941-1959]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: inquiry about Waldman's interest in position as scientific liason officer with the Department of Navy; information on experiments. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, J.R. Oppenheimer, Howard E. Page.
  • CWAL 1/23 Folder : P [1943-1955]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: experiments; leave of absence for Waldman. Correspondents include Hugh O'Donnell, Bernard Waldman, Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, David C. Peaslee.
  • CWAL 1/24 Folder : Personal
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/25 Folder : Personnel [1953-1955]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: vacancy in physics department at Notre Dame; physics department colloquium. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, J.W. Mihelich, John R. Cameron.
  • CWAL 1/26 Folder : Q
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/27 Folder : R [1950-1957]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: information on experiments; papers and publications; inquiry about job possibilities. Correspondents include Clark S. Robinson, Bernard Waldman, James H. Roberts, H.T. Richards.
  • CWAL 1/28 Folder : Research Corp. [1946-1957]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: inquiries concerning reprints; letter of recommendation; evaluation of applications for research grants. Correspondents include Walter E. Thwaite, Jr., Elizabeth Casagranda, Bernard Waldman, Philip S. Moore.
  • CWAL 1/29 Folder : Recommendations [1941-1960]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: letters of recommendation by Waldman. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, J.R. Feldmeier.
  • CWAL 1/30 Folder : S [1943-1956]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: job openings at the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital; questions about experiments; physics department colloquium; evaluation of personnel. Correspondents include Rolf M. Steffen, Lester S. Skaggs, Robert H. Schuler, Bernard Waldman, R.s. Shankland, William E. Stephens, Emilio Segre.
  • CWAL 1/31 Folder : Swift & Co. [1950-1953]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: experiments done for Swift & Co. Correspondents include Bernard Waldman, W.M. Urbain.
  • CWAL 1/32 Folder : T
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/33 Folder : Travel
    (empty folder)
  • CWAL 1/34 Folder : U [1952]
    Correspondence deals with and includes: dealings with the Unites States Radium Corporation. Correspondents include T.W. Taylor, C.C. Carroll.