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The documents in this collection include and relate to a letter written by the French radiobiologist Raymond Latarjet to his friend Rufus Day in 1977. The letter tells the story of the invention of the double quartz prism monochromator by Jean Saidman before World War II, as well as the story of its loss and subsequent rediscovery by Latarjet. An English translation accompanies the letter as do two photographs of Latarjet and related letters.

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This collection houses research notebooks documenting Dr. Richard Setlow's work between 1946 and 1960.

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This collection contains the manuscript of Richard David Present's book, Kinetic Theory of Gases, reprints of journal articles by Present and other physicists, and class notes from Physics classes taught by Present at the University of Tennessee.

Abstract This collection contains the papers of Dr. Robert D. Lange, M. D., in the field of hematology. The bulk of the materials date from the 1960s through the 1990s. Materials include numerous slides, correspondence, publications, research materials, and more from his work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the University of Tennessee Medical Research Center and Hospital (UTMRCH), Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORAU/ORNL), and...

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This collection houses correspondence, notes, and reference material regarding information Rugh compiled for a textbook and articles about the effects of radiation on the development of mice and human embryos.

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This collection consists of five series of materials donated to the university by Mr. Ronald L. Kathren, Health Physics and radiation protection specialist, and President of the Health Physics Society from 1989 to 1990.

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This collection consists of Health Physics Society-related materials, materials related to the field of health physics in general, and radiation contamination research.

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This collection contains two letters written in 1897 and some handwritten notes from Professor Silvanus Thompson. The letters are addressed to Professor Wilhelm Röntgen and largely concern Thompson's involvement with the Röntgen Society of London. The handwritten notes includes a timeline of various scientific events and discoveries.

Abstract The Ted Carlson Papers, 1912-1969 (bulk 1932-1960), consists primarily of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Carlson, a New York City psychiatrist who, in 1944 and 1945, worked as a laboratory engineer on the Manhattan Project. While the bulk of Carlson's outgoing correspondence is from post-World War II years, a number of the letters from mid- to late-1945 provide insight into his views on the use of atomic energy as a military weapon. Other papers, including those related to...

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This collection houses correspondence, financial information, and histories documenting the activities of the Texas Association for Radiation Research (TARR) between 1968 and 1986.

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This collection contains three folders of correspondence, including policy and program recommendations, between the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Medical Board of Review from 1947-1951.

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This collection houses records of Warren K. Sinclair's experiments on the effects of radiation on mammalian cells and tissues. All of these tests were conducted at the Argonne National Laboratory.