Robert E. Marshak Papers (Ms1988-060)

Title

Robert E. Marshak Papers (Ms1988-060)

Subject

Correspondence
Faculty
Physics
Proceedings
Science and Technology
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States
University History

Description

The collection consist of Marshak's professional and personal papers, detailing his career as university professor in physics at the University of Rochester and Virginia Tech, member and leader in several scientific institutions, and president of the City College of New York.

The first series contains materials on the Shelter Island Conferences (1947-1949) and his administrative and correspondence files on the Rochester Conferences on High-Energy Physics (1950-1957), which he founded. After 1957 the conferences were held under the sponsorship of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and Marshak's files from the conferences from 1958 to 1970 are included. The collection also has correspondence files on IUPAP (1953-1972) and on the Commission on High Energy Physics (1958-1963); photographs (1950-1970); US-USSR relations (1956-1966); and a photocopy of an oral history interview done by Charles Weiner (1970).

The rest of the collection, is divided into eight series. These series consist of correspondence, notes, reports, files, speeches, newsclippings, autographs, photographs, transcripts, proceedings, interviews, and other personalia. Topics cover the national and international development of high-energy physics, meetings and symposia, and scientific committees; awards and prizes, administration and education, science in the Eastern Bloc and Third World, and the scientist as social activist or citizen-scientist. The collection also includes correspondence, publications and articles, and more related to Marshak's books and other writings, teaching and academic administrative work, and research.

Individual series concern specific time periods of Marshak's career, including his work at the University of Rochester, City College of New York (CCNY), and Virginia Tech (VPI). The series also document his involvement in numerous organizations, including the American Physical Association, International Center of Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, and the International Foundation for Science in Sweden. (However, Marshak's official records as president of City College of New York are held by the Hoover Insitution Archives at Stanford University.)

Of special note are several items and files with other well-known physicists, including Hans Bethe, George Sudarshan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Susumu Okubo, Abdus Salam, Victor Weisskopf, Enrico Fermi, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Mildred Dresselhaus, Richard Feynman, and a letter from Albert Einstein.

Creator

Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992

Date

1933-1995

Rights

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.

Language

English

Type

Papers

Identifier

Ms1988_060_MarshakRobertEPapers

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Robert E. Marshak Papers, Ms1988-060, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Rights Holder

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Collection Tree

Ms1988_060_B47F18_HalleysComet_photo_19860503.jpg

Photo of Halley's Comet, dated May 3, 1986.
Ms1988_060_B45F10_MarshaktoBethe_letter_19570529.jpg

Letter from Robert E. Marshak to Hans A. Bethe, dated May 29, 1957, and thanking him for sending him a copy of a recent physics publication.
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_nd.pdf

An undated letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak about a paper that Marshak had sent to him. Bethe is giving advice to Robert E. Marshak…
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_19510507.pdf

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated May 7, 1951, and discussing several different physics experiments that they were conducting.
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_19440425.jpg

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated April 25, 1944, and responding to a previous letter from Marshak accepting a position under…
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_19440413.jpg

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated April 13, 1944, and responding to a previous letter from Marshak. Bethe is expressing happiness…
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_19401212.jpg

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated December 12, 1940, and congratulating him on a prize that he had won. Bethe also asked several…
Ms1988_060_B45F10_BetheToMarshak_letter_19390725.pdf

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated July 25, 1939, and discussing a manuscript that Marshak had sent. Bethe is offering advice to…
Ms1988_060_B45F01_OppenheimerToMarshak_letter_19491018.jpg

Letter, dated October 18, 1949, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak. Oppenheimer writes about the Rose-Morrison Affair, meeting with…
Ms1988_060_B45F01_OppenheimerToJoliot-Curie_letter_19471027.jpg

Telegram, dated October 27, 1947, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Frédéric Joliot-Curie informing them that he would not be able to attend the ceremony…
Ms1988_060_B45F01_LinowitzToOppenheimer_letter_19481102.pdf

Letter, dated November 2, 1948, from Sol M. Linowitz to J. Robert Oppenheimer discussing arrangements for Oppenheimer's upcoming adress at the…
Ms1988_060_B40F11_MarshakToFermi_letter_19570517.jpg

Letter, dated May 17, 1957, from Robert E. Marshak to Enrico Fermi about a previous letter from Fermi dated May 11, 1954. Marshak is discussing…
Ms1988_060_B40F11_FermiToMarshak_letter_19540524.jpg

Letter, dated May 24, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to a previous letter from Marshak dated May 17, 1954. Fermi is…
Ms1988_060_B40F11_FermiToMarshak_letter_19540511.jpg

Letter, dated May 11, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to Marshak's previous letter dated May 5, 1954. The letter is about how…
Ms1988_060_B40F11_MarshakToFermi_letter_19540505.pdf

Letter, dated May 5, 1954, from Robert E. Marshak to Enrico Fermi discussing some problems that Marshak had noticed in regards to lectures that they…
Ms1988_060_B40F11_FermiToMarshak_letter_19521008.jpg

Thank you letter, dated October 8, 1952, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak. Fermi is thanking Marshak for sending him a note on s-wave scattering…
Ms1988_060_B35F41_MarshakAwardCeremony_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) holding a plaque at an award ceremony with two unidentified people.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshaksandUnidentifiedGroup_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (standing, third from right) and Ruth Marshak (sitting, right) and an unidentified group of people at a dinner event.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakRecievingGift_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (second from right) recieving a gift of a rose from an unidentified person among a group of other unidentified people.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakandUnidentifiedWoman_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) posing with an unidentified woman for the photo.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakandUnidentifiedManTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) talking with an unidentified man.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakandTwoUnidentifiedMenTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) talking with two unidentified men.
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakandSevenUnidentifiedPeople_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (sitting, fourth from left) and seven unidentified people, one of whom is standing behind the rest talking at a…
Ms1988_060_B35F40_MarshakandFourUnidentifiedMen_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) and four unidentified men, mostly in tuxedos, posing for the photograph. Two of the men are holding…
Ms1988_060_B35F39_MarshakTalkingtoPeople_photo_nd_002.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) talking to an unidentified woman at a dinner table.
Ms1988_060_B35F39_MarshakTalkingtoPeople_photo_nd_001.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) talking with two unidentified people at a dinner table.
Ms1988_060_B35F39_MarshakandUnidentifiedPeople_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (second from right) talking with an unidentified man at a dinner table with other unidentified people sitting beside…
Ms1988_060_B35F39_CCNYAlumniBanquet_photo_nd_005.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) sitting at the head table at the City College of New York Alumni Banquet.
Ms1988_060_B35F39_CCNYAlumniBanquet_photo_nd_004.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak giving a speech at the City College of New York Alumni Banquet.
Ms1988_060_B35F39_CCNYAlumniBanquet_photo_nd_003.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak standing next to a podium at the City College of New York Alumni Banquet. Marshak is talking with an unidentified…
Ms1988_060_B35F39_CCNYAlumniBanquet_photo_nd_002.jpg

Photograph of the City College of New York Alumni Banquet. Marshak (right) and three unidentified men are looking at a piece of paper.
Ms1988_060_B35F39_CCNYAlumniBanquet_photo_nd_001.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak standing behind the podium at the City College of New York Alumni Banquet. A banner in the background says "[C]CNY…
Ms1988_060_B35F38_RuthMarshakandUnidentifiedMan_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Ruth Marshak talking with an unidentified man.
Ms1988_060_B35F38_RuthMarshakandTwoUnidentifiedPeople_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Ruth Marshak (center) talking with two unidentified people.
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandUnidentifiedManTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) and an unidentified man talking. The unidentified man is wearing a nametag that may say "Bob Carroll".
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandUnidentifiedMan_photo_nd_002.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) and an unidentified man posing. The two men are wearing graduation robes, and Marshak's robe contains the seal…
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandUnidentifiedMan_photo_nd_001.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) and an unidentified man. The two are wearing graduation robes, and Marshak's robe contains the seal of the City…
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandTwoUnidentifiedMen_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (center) talking with two unidentified men.
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandTwoUnidentifiedMenTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (center) with two unidentified men, all wearing graduation robes and posing for the photograph. Marshak's robe…
Ms1988_060_B35F38_MarshakandThreeUnidentifiedPeopleTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (second from right) and three unidentified men. The second from left is wearing a nametag that may say "Bob Carroll".
Ms1988_060_B35F38_FourUnidentifiedPeople_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of four unidentified people at an event posing for the photograph.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_UnidentifiedWomanTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of an unidentified woman talking to someone out of shot.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakTalkingToGroup_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (third from right) talking to a group of unidentified men.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakTalkingonPhone_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak sitting in a chair talking on a telephone.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakTalking_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak talking with several unidentified people around a board room table.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakSitting_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak sitting.
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakPresentingDiploma_photo_1974.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) presenting a diploma to an unidentified person in front of a sign that says "1974". This ceremony is probably…
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakDoctoralHoodingCUNY_photo_ca1979.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak receiving doctoral hood at the City University of New York. Marshak received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from…
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakandTwoUnidentifiedMenatGraduationCeremony_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (center) and two unidentified men at a graduation ceremony posing for a photograph. The ceremony is likely at City…
Ms1988_060_B35F37_MarshakandThreeUnidentifiedPeople_photo_nd.jpg

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) and three unidentified people, including a priest.

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