Charles Christian Lauritsen papers, 1927-1977

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Charles Christian Lauritsen papers, 1927-1977

Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology,1930-1962. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, research notes anddata, manuscripts, reprints, patents, photographs. Covers work at Caltech, consultingwork and professional activities, personal and biographical materials. Topics:cold-emission effect, medical physics work with Kellogg Laboratory, wartime work withU.S. government and the military.

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Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968

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Gavin, James M. (James Maurice), 1907-1990

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DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

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