Papers of Robert L. Walker, 1937-1994.

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Papers of Robert L. Walker, 1937-1994.

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The papers include teaching notebooks, working files relating to the Caltech synchrotron, technical files and log books, correspondence (including correspondence regarding the Oppenheimer Memorial Committee), manuscripts, technical illustrations and photos, and reports and files relating to other accelerator laboratories, for example, Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) and Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratories; and miscellaneous documents relating to high energy physics at Caltech, Fermilab accelerator, and committee and advisory work.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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