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Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Conference proposal, 1961-1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection documents the Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, which the Xavier University Department of Physics hosted from October 1 to 5 in 1962. Materials include conference planning documentation, correspondence, publicity, and photographs. The collection contains sound recordings of public lectures and transcripts of the conference proceedings. In addition, there is also a small amount of papers and lectures on other physics-related topics....
Dates: 1961-1962

Grant materials, 1962-1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-6
Scope and Contents

Contains grant award letters, incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, and reports for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant, the Office of Naval Research grant, and the award from the Judge Robert S. Marx Foundation. Financial records include budgets, receipts, and expenses.

Dates: 1962-1963

Correspondence, 1961-1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7-16
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence from conference organizers and invited guests, including such notable physicists as Niels Bohr, Alfred Lande, P. A. M. Dirac, Eugene Wigner, and Louis de Broglie. Bohr, Lande, and de Broglie declined the invitation. Correspondence discusses such topics as conference funding, travel arrangements, admission tickets, special events, lecture arrangements, and requests for recordings, transcripts, and publications of conference proceedings. The majority of the...
Dates: 1961-1966

List of principal participants and biographical information, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Includes a photocopy of a letter of recommendation written by Albert Einstein to the University of Cincinnati on behalf of Boris Podolsky.

Dates: 1962

Registration forms, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection documents the Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, which the Xavier University Department of Physics hosted from October 1 to 5 in 1962. Materials include conference planning documentation, correspondence, publicity, and photographs. The collection contains sound recordings of public lectures and transcripts of the conference proceedings. In addition, there is also a small amount of papers and lectures on other physics-related topics....
Dates: 1962

Schedule of events and handouts for participants, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection documents the Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, which the Xavier University Department of Physics hosted from October 1 to 5 in 1962. Materials include conference planning documentation, correspondence, publicity, and photographs. The collection contains sound recordings of public lectures and transcripts of the conference proceedings. In addition, there is also a small amount of papers and lectures on other physics-related topics....
Dates: 1962