Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lawrence Marvin Langer
- Abstract:
- The Langer mss., 1940-1976, consist of the professional papers and reprints of Lawrence Marvin Langer, 1913-2000, physicist and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Indiana University.
- Extent:
- 3 Boxes (3 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Langer mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Langer was born in New York City and took his degrees at New York University. He joined the Indiana University physics faculty in 1938, and served as chairman of the Physics Department from 1966-1973. He worked at Los Alamos on the Atomic Bomb (Manhattan) sProject, 1943-1945, and as a consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission from 1948-1961. He became chair of the Indiana University physics department in 1965 and established the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility and Nuclear Theory Center as part of the National Science Foundation development program. Langer retired in 1979 and resided in Bloomington, Indiana, until his death on January 17, 2000.
- Scope and Content:
A few papers of former Physics Department Chairman Allan C. G. Mitchell, 1902-1963, are present in the collection, as well as a set of glass slides of Hiroshima taken after the dropping of the atomic bomb.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1985-1986
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Langer mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu