Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958

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Nuclear physicist, professor of physics, and Dean of Graduate Faculties at Columbia University.

Pegram, a prominent nuclear physicist, conducted a great deal of defense-related research and was responsible for the famous meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and American nuclear scientists prior to World War II that eventually led to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

From the description of Papers, 1903-1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482503
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referencedIn American Physical Society. Ohio Section. Records, 1926-1946. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America. Correspondence of the treasurer, George B. Pegram, 1940-1942. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk), 1898-1950 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Niels Bohr Library. The Emilio Segrè visual archives, P-S, [ca. 1870]-9999. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005. Hans Bethe papers, [ca. 1931]-1992. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Webb, Harold Worthington, 1884-1974. Autobiography, ca. 1962. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director. Records of Henry A. Barton, 1931-1964. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn American Institute of Physics. Office of the Secretary. Records, 1932-1994. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970. Letter, 1946 Jan. 22. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Craven-Pegram Family Papers, 1785-1966 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Hans Bethe papers, [ca. 1931]-1995 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-. Oral history interview with Elmer Hutchisson, 1970 October 22. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970. Letter, 1946 Jan. 22. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-. Oral history interview with Karl K. Darrow, 1964 April 2 and 10 June. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn René Albrecht-Carrié Papers, 1934-1978. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Webb, Harold Worthington, 1884-1974. Oral history interview Harold Worthington Webb, 1970 April 24. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Acoustical Society of America. Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration [motion picture] American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958. Papers, 1903-1958. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf American Museum of Natural History. American Association for the Advancement of Science correspondence, 1916, 1928-1929. American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn World War II Collection, 1933-1956. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983. Oral history interview with Henry A. Barton, 1970 March 3 and 16. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Albrecht-Carrié, René, 1904-. René Albrecht-Carrié papers, 1934-1978. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Jerome Alexander correspondence, 1908-1953. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf American Physical Society. Office of the Treasurer. Records of George B. Pegram, 1926-1957. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Craven-Pegram family papers, 1785-1966 (bulk 1892-1958). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Grosse, Aristid Victor, 1905-1985. Oral history interview with Aristid Victor Grosse, 1974 January 11 and April 5. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Jerome Alexander correspondence, 1908-1953 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976. Papers, 1908-1976. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Page, Thomas Walker, 1866-1937. Papers of Thomas Walker Page [manuscript], 1906-1937. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992. Oral history interview with Robert Marshak, 1970. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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Birth 1876-10-24

Death 1958-08-12

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