Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Papers, 1932-2008, 1932-2008

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Summary

Title:
Guide to Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Papers, 1932-2008
Dates:
1932-2008
Creators:
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Abstract:
Extent:
220 cubic feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Guide to Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Papers, 1932-2008. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Archives, History and Records Office)

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the Panofsky collection consists of files regarding Dr. Panofsky's responsibilities as professor of physics, laboratory director, and advisor to government and academia on high energy physics, accelerator development, and arms control. A major portion of the collection consists of extensive administrative and professional correspondence and memoranda, subject files, minutes and reports, and other materials relating to the development and evolution of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Official laboratory records also include experiment proposals, contracts, budgets, and personnel materials. Among the records of the Director's Office is material regarding relations with other high energy physics laboratories and the development of accelerators world-wide. In addition to materials regarding arms control, the collection includes files regarding Panofsky's activities as President of the American Physical Society, chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Superconducting Super Collider, and member of the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) and of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) of the U.S. Department of Energy. Also included in the collection are research materials from Panofsky's years as a student (1935-1942), research physicist (1942-1946) and physics professor (1946-1989, emeritus) in his specialty fields of X-rays and natural constants, accelerator design, nuclear research, and high energy particle physics.

Biographical / historical:

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky was a widely respected physicist, science advisor, Stanford University professor, and founding director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. This energetic, unusually accessible scientist and administrator combined knowledge of high energy physics with detailed, first hand understanding of the technology of accelerators. In 1984, SLAC paid tribute to its retiring director with a two day "Pief-Fest." The diversity of participants from all ranks of university, laboratory and scientific life was emblematic of the range of Panofsky's contributions and reflected great affection for a man whose life had been so closely tied to the evolution of SLAC. Additional biographical information and resources can be found at: https://www.slac.stanford.edu/history/bios/panofsky_pief.shtml

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Archives, History and Records Office) staff.
Date Prepared:
1932-2008
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The US government materials are restricted until they are 30 years old; Stanford administrative records are restricted until 20 years old. Portions of this collection are open for research; materials must be requested at least 5 working days in advance of intended use. Unprocessed records are open only to the records creators. Other restrictions on access may apply to records of a sensitive or confidential nature, or to records relating to ongoing research programs and activities.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Archivist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road MS97, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Consent is given on behalf of the SLAC Archives, History & Records Office as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner, if the material is copyrighted. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: https://ahro.slac.stanford.edu/resources/archival-research-rules and also http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-our-collections/permission-publish.

Preferred citation:

Guide to Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Papers, 1932-2008. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Archives, History and Records Office)

Location of this collection:
2575 Sand Hill Road M/S 97
Menlo Park, CA 94025, US
Contact:
(650) 926-5376
slacarc@slac.stanford.edu
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