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Donald Ross Hamilton Papers

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Hamilton, Donald Ross, 1914-1972

Donald Ross Hamilton, a nuclear physicist, was a member of the Princeton faculty for twenty-five years. He graduated with highest honors in physics from Princeton in 1935 and earned his doctorate from Columbia University in 1939. From 1942 to 1946, he was associated with high-priority World War II research projects at M.I.T.'s Radiation Laboratory and with the Sperry Gyroscope Company. Joining Princeton in 1946 as an assitant professor, he advanced to an associate professorship in 1948 and to the rank of full professor in 1955. His research activities at Princeton in nuclear physics included the theory and observation of beta decay and of angular correlations of successive nuclear radiations. In later years, he was largely concerned with atomic-beam investigations of the spins and moments of radioactive nuclei. Dr. Hamilton headed the University's Graduate School from 1958 to 1965.

The collection consists of notebooks, design calculations, and computer printouts of Hamilton (Princeton Class of 1935) and several graduate students of Princeton's Atomic Beam Group.

The arrangement of the records at the time of their transfer has been retained.

Gift of the Princeton University Physics Department. Additions purchased in 1986.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Cyclotron Magnet, 1946-1947. 1 box.
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1 box

Rm115, 1948-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

B-Gamma Correlation, 1952. 1 box.
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1 box

Lemonicts & Pipkin, 1951. 1 box.
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1 box

Disc Settings, 1951. 1 box.
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1 box

Checks on Resolving Time, 1951. 1 box.
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1 box

Rough Log (Notebook), 1951. 1 box.
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1 box

Design Calculations, 1952. 1 box.
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1 box

Pipkin Field Calculations, 1952. 1 box.
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1 box

Pipkin Chronicle, 1953. 1 box.
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1 box

Pipkin Lemonick Workbooks, 1951-1954. 1 box.
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1 box

R.L. Christensen Workbooks, 1954-1955. 1 box.
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1 box

Bill Hooke Workbook, 1954. 1 box.
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1 box

R.D. Petti Workbook, 1953-1954. 1 box.
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1 box

A and B Magnet Workbooks, 1953-1954. 1 box.
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1 box

Equipment Workbooks, 1953-1954. 1 box.
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1 box

Cu64, 1953-1954. 1 box.
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1 box

Atomic Beam Orbits, 1955. 1 box.
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1 box

Magnetic Curve for Old C Magnet, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Atomic Beam Machine Photographs and Drawings, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Au198, 199, 1955-1958. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag104, 106, 1955-1958. 1 box.
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1 box

Cu61, 64, 1955-1958. 1 box.
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1 box

"C" Magnet, 1954. 1 box.
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1 box

Auxiliary Machine, 1956. 1 box.
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1 box

New Machine, 1958-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

N, N13, 1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Beam Profiles, 1959-1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Pd(p, n) Ag, 1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Pd104, 1959-1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag102, 103, 104, 1959-1960. 1 box.
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1 box

As76, 1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Arc Source, Optics - K. Harrison, 1958. 1 box.
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1 box

C11, N13, O15, Nc19, 1959. 1 box.
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1 box

N13 Flow System, 1960. 1 box.
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1 box

K39, Cu64, 1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Rare Earths, 1959-1961. 1 box.
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1 box

K45 Computer Tapes, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Au, 1955-1956. 1 box.
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1 box

Calculations on Sign, 1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Radiation Log, 1958. 1 box.
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1 box

Pd, Pd104, 1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag "Mystery", 1958-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Gurntum Transition, 1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Rare Earth, 1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Be7, 1961. 1 box.
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1 box

Thulium166, 167, 1961. 1 box.
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1 box

C11, 1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Tc45, 1963. 1 box.
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1 box

N13 - 650 Program, 1963-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Nitrogen Counting Books, 1959-1962. 1 box.
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1 box

N13 Computation Books, 1960-1962. 1 box.
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1 box

C11 Computation Books, 1962. 1 box.
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1 box

Lab Equipment, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Graphs, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag, 1959-1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag104 (Kossler), 1962-1963. 1 box.
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1 box

K38, K39, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

K45, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Sc43 Notebooks and Files, 1961-1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Sc44, 1961. 1 box.
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1 box

Sc43, 1961-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Sc44, 1961. 1 box.
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1 box

Ti45, 1963-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Will Happer Counting Book, 1962-1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Dan Harris Thesis - Sc44, 1961. 1 box.
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1 box

Fl, 1950-1969. 1 box.
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1 box

Fl, Cw, Ag, Sc, 1960. 1 box.
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1 box

P30, 1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag104, 104m, 106, 1960. 1 box.
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1 box

Yield Runs, 1963-1965. 1 box.
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1 box

F17, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag102m, Mo93m, 1966-1968. 1 box.
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1 box

K45, Sb118, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

A.V.F. Cyclotron Ion Source, 1966-1967. 1 box.
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1 box

K39, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Mn50, 1967-1969. 1 box.
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1 box

Na, 1968-1969. 1 box.
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1 box

Optical Pumping, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Ti45, 1969. 1 box.
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1 box

Ti45, K39, 1970. 1 box.
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1 box

F18, Ag, 1960-1961. 1 box.
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1 box

F18, 1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Na21, K38, 1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Solid-Angle Measure, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Cs137, Na22, Cd112, 1964-1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb117, Cu, K45, Ni59, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

K38, K45, F17, P30, 1964-1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Mn52, Cu60, 62, 1964-1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Ne, Na20, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Im110, In112, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Y89nn, 1964-1967. 1 box.
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1 box

As107nn, 1964-1967. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag103, 1964-1967. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb115, 117, 118, 1967-1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb112, 120, 1967-1968. 1 box.
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1 box

As70, 72, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Ti45, 1971. 1 box.
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1 box

Ramd - at "B" Magnet Entrance, T.W. Wilfrid, 1971. 1 box.
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1 box

K39, T. Wilfrid, 1972. 1 box.
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1 box

Sc48, O. Redi, 1972. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag102, 1968-1970. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag103, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag106, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb115, 1967. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb118, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb119, 1967. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb120, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb121, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

In115, 1970. 1 box.
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1 box

Indium, A.D. Jackson, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Ag102, 103, A.D. Jackson, 1965-1967. 1 box.
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1 box

Sb117 - Jackson, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

K38, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Hyperfine Results Mn52, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Mn52, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Na21, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Cu60, 62, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Johnathan Weil Dissertation, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

C. Starke '68 Senior Thesis Material, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous, 1974-1975. 1 box.
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1 box

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2 boxes

Writings and Publications, 1948-1976. 2 boxes.
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2 boxes

Correspondence and Administrative Files, 1948-1976. 1 box.
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1 box

Print, Suggest