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Bertram Brockhouse fonds. Second accrual. – 1947-2003; predominant 1950-1980. – 1.8 m of textual records and graphic material.

Series 1
Correspondence. – 1950-1972. – 16 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – Note: Correspondence originally not in file folders; arranged by archivist.

Box 26
F.1      A, 1966-1971
            Addison-Wesley Publishing Co; Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (Haverford College); Ananth(y)(?); Annual Review of Nuclear Science; Aremco Products, Inc.; Argonne National Laboratory
F.2      American Physical Society (Gen Shirane), 1971-72; encl. abstracts
F.3      Atomic Energy Canada, 1953-1970; ts. carbon on “Power Spectrometer”
F.4      B, 1963-69
            Bell Telephone Laboratories; Bertram E. Warren Diffraction Physics Award committee; British Movement for Freedom in Russia; Frederick C. Brown; J.S. Brown; Brush Beryllium Co.; Noor M. Butt
F.5      C, 1962-1970
            Cambridge University Press; Conference Internationale de Magnetisme 1970; Donald Connor; Tord Claeson; Clare Canada Ltd; Crane Piping Ltd.; Allan Crawford Associates Ltd.
F.6      Sow-Hsui Chen, 1965-66
F.7      Crystals, correspondence about, 1962-1963, 1970
F.8      D, 1966-67
            B.A. Dasannacharya; Marcel Dekker; P.J. Dyne
F.9      E, 1963, 1969
            R.J. Elliott; Elliott Machine Tools; B.D. Evans
F.10    P.A. Egelstaff (Atomic Energy, Didcot), 1952-1969
F.11    Audrey P. Feld, 1968
F.12    G, 1966-1970
            Goodfellow Metals Ltd.; J.W. Greenwood; John Grimolay; J.R. Guadagno
F.13    H, 1965-1970
            Otto K. Harling; Harshaw Chemical Co.; John Hart; John K. Hedgecock
F.14    I, 1966
            International Atomic Energy Agency; Interprovincial Corrosion Control Co.
F.15    K, 1962-1968
            Yu. Kagan;George Kelk Ltd.; C. Kittel; W. Kley; Koch-Light Laboratories Ltd.; Marcel Kopp; Krishnagapalan
F.16    Walter Kohn, 1966
F.17    R.D. Lowde, 1968-69
F.18    L, 1963, 1969
            W.B. Lewis; Dave Litstin (MIT); J.R. Lawson
F.19    M, 1962-1969
            John Pelleja Margalef; D.L. Martin; A.R. Mackintosh; Materials Research Corp.; B.T.A. McKee; McGill Physical Society; Monroe Calculating Machine Co.; Bernard Mozer; Jim Morrison
F.20    Metals Research Ltd., 1962-63
F.21    R.M. Nicklow, 1969; Nuclear Metals, Inc., 1957
F.22    Norton Research Corp., 1968
F.23    Nuclear-Chicago Corp., 1962
F.24    O, 1969
            A.W. Overhauser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
F.25    Ohio State University, 1962 agreement to publish
F.26    P, 1962-1970
            Satya Pal; Pergamon Press Inc.; Phoenix Publications; Plenum Publishing Corp.; Physics in Canada
F.27    Raj Pathria, 1968
F.28    Physical Review, et al, 1950: correspondence with regarding “On the Variation of the Superconducting Transition Temperature with the Atomic Weight”, abstracts; see also Box 1, F.1
F.29    S.P. Puri, 1969
F.30    G. Quittner, 1967
F.31    Radiation Instrument Development Laboratory, Inc., 1962
F.32    Radionics Ltd., 1962
F.33    Peter Rendi, 1967
F.34    S, 1966-69
            T. Schneider; Frederick Seitz; A.W. Solbrig; Michael Stringfellow
F.35    W.B. Saunders Co., 1964-66
F.36    T, 1965-69
            D. ter Haar; Texas Nuclear Corp.; B.B. Triptahi
F.37    G. Venkataraman, 1965
F.38    W, 1959-1969
            M.K. Wilkinson; White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp.; B.T.M. Willis; J.T. Wilson; A.D.B. Woods; Who’s Who in the East; W. Wykeham & Co. Ltd.
F.39    Illegible signature, written on Hotel Governor Clinton letterhead, n.d.
F.40    Christmas and other cards.

Series 2:
Conferences and photographs. – 1955-1982. – 16 cm of textual records and graphic material. – – These files contain a variety of material which varies from file to file including correspondence, programmes, papers presented, discussions, attendance lists, travel documents and notes. Arrangement is chronological. – Title based on content of series.

Box 27
Conferences:
F.1      American Physical Society meeting, January 1955, ts. of address on energy levels; see Box 6, F.1 for the programme.
F.2      Annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, June 1956; ts. and ts. carbons of paper presented on lattice and spin waves.
F.3      Brookhaven National Laboratory, December 1956
F.4      International Conference on Current Problems in Crystal Physics, July 1957
F.5      Sixth UK/Canada Technical Conference, Chalk River, December 1957; minutes
F.6      Conference on Neutron Thermalization, April 1958
F.7      American Physical Society meeting, May 1958; for offprint see Box 8, F.8
F.8      Symposium on Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons in Solids and Liquids, Vienna, October 1960
F.9      Neutron Physics Conference, June 1961
F.10    American Physical Society meeting, March 1962; ts. of address
F.11    Symposium on Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons in Solids and Liquids, September 1962
F.12    Symposium on the Utilization of Research Reactors, November 1963; address on “Inelastic Scattering of Slow Neutrons”; see Box 8, F.18 for offprint
F.13    Instrumentation for Neutron Inelastic Scattering Research, Vienna, December 1969
F.14    Fiftieth Anniversary conference on the Discovery of the Neutron, 1982; ms. and ts.

Undated:
F.15    Blume lecture V, ms.
F.16    Mol / Buckley / Aarhus lecture(s)
F.17    Notes for a lecture on “Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory”; mimeo

Photographs:
F.18    8 b&w photographs taken at the International Course on Theory of Condensed Matter, Trieste, 1967. See also Box 6, F.27
F.19    Chalk River: b&w photographs: 14, 1972; 20, 1976
F.20    14 undated b&w photographs stamped Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (mainly equipment, only one contains a person)
F.21    1 b&w photograph stamped James H. Peacock McMaster Audio-Visual, 1972?, of McMaster laboratory
F.22    22 b&w photographs of experimental equipment and apparatus
F.23    1 b&w photograph of person with laboratory equipment
F.24    Germanium Infa Red Date, [195-], 2 b&w photographs
F.25    Photographs of graphs, 1974
F.26    Photographs of graphs, stamped Chalk River
F.27    Photographs of graphs with negatives
F.28    Negatives

Series 3:
Manuscripts, typescripts, and graphs. – 1950-1977. – 32 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Files may contain abstracts, papers, notes, graphs, correspondence, photocopies.

Box 28
Dated material, arranged chronologically:
F.1      “The Saturation Magnetization on the Band Model”, [195-]
F.2      Notes on Shielding, [195-]
F.3      Notes and drawings on Manganese-Cobalt Alloy, also ts. “Neutron Diffraction: Magnetic Scattering by a Mn-Co Alloy”, 1950-1957; includes work by P. Hardy
F.4      “Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Properties of Nickel”, 1953; includes letter from Nature
F.5      Neutron Physics Program, July 1952-December 1954
F.6      Projected experiments, 1954
F.7      “Energy Distribution of Neutrons Scattered by Paramagnetic Media”, 1955; offprint is in Box 8, F.5
F.8      “Multiple Scattering of Slow Neutrons by Flat Specimens and Magnetic Scattering by Zinc Ferrite”, 1955, ts. carbon; ts. and offprint are in Box 8, F.5
F.9      Notes, 1955-1962, found in untitled binder
F.10    Epi-thermal Neutron source, 1956
F.11    “Structural Dynamics of Water by Neutron Spectrometry”, 1957; see also offprints in Box 8, F.7-8, also a mimeo ts. in F.7
F.12    NRU Experimental Holes, 1957
F.13    “Diffuse Magnetic Scattering of Neutrons by an Incoherently Scattering of Mn-Co Alloy:, ca. 1957
F.14    “Normal Modes of Aluminum by Neutron Spectrometry”, 1958; offprint is in Box 8, F.8
F.15    “Impurities in Crystal Lattices”, 1958; possibly not by Brockhouse
F.16    “Determination of the Normal Modes of Crystals by Neutron Spectroscopy”, 1959
F.17    Lattic Vibrations – erratum, 1959
F.18    Research program, [1960]
F.19    Physics research, 1960; offprint in Box 8, F.13
F.20    Manuscript notes from binder labelled “Intensity Paper”; includes several different offprints up to 1962
F.21    “Spin Waves in Magnetite from Neutron Scattering”, 1962; there is a ts. in Box 8, F.14
F.22    “Search for the Effect of Superconductivity on the Lattice Vibrations of Lead”, ca. 1962
F.23    “Self-Correlations Function of Protons in Water”, 1962; photocopy of ts. in Box 8, F.15
F.24    “Temperature Effects on Lattice Vibrations in Germanium”, 1963; offprint in Box 8, F.17
F.25    “Frequency Distribution of the Lattice Vibrations in Sodium”, 1963; offprint in Box 8, F.17
F.26    “Inelastic Scattering of Slow Neutrons”, 1964; offprint in Box 8, F.18
F.27    Publication Records of 14 October 1969; Previous History and Plans for Research
F.28    “Temperature Variation of Phono Frequency in Pyrolitic Graphite”, 1970
F.29    Lattice Frequency Spectra, 1970; includes referee report and proofs; offprint in Box 9, F.13
F.30    “Crystal Dynamics of Copper-Nickel Alloys”, ca. 1972
F.31-8 “Temperature Dependence of Phonos in Prolytic Graphite”, 1972; includes several files of graphite results, correspondence with Gen Shirane; see also Box 10, F.7

Box 29
Undated material, arranged alphabetically:
F.1      “Anomalies”
F.2      Cadmium notes
F.3      Papers from binder labelled Crystal Dynamics (Experimental)
F.4-5   “Dissipative Forces” notes
F.6      Melting, etc. notes from University of Toronto colloquia
F.7      “Method of Measuring Energy Changes in the Scattering of Slow Neutrons and Some Results”
F.8      “Neutron Diffraction Study ...”
F.9      Neutron Scattering theory, notes, graphs, offprints found in unlabelled binder
F.10    “Neutron Spectroscopy”, article for encyclopedia, possibly related to Box 10, F.5
F.11    “Principles of Experimental Design”
F.12    “Time of Flight”
F.13    Typescripts (various) lacking their title pages

Non-Scientific Work:
F.14    Writings on Ethics and God, 1977, photocopies

Graphs:
F.15-24 Various graphs, a few dated, [195-]-1967, with experimental results
F.25    Computer prints with experimental results

Series 4:
Offprints, works by others, blueprints. – 1947-1967. – 48 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.

Box 30
Offprints by Brockhouse:
F.1      The Chalk River papers
F.2      Crystal Dymics of Copper, 1967, annotated by A. Larose
F.3      “Dispersion Relation for Spin Waves in a fcc Cobalt Alloy”, 1966; attached notes on Dispersion Relations
F.4      Image of the Fermi Surface in the Lattice Vibrations of Lead, 1961
F.5      “Scattering of Neutrons by Phonons in an Aluminum Single Crystal”, 1955; with graphs, from binder labelled “Alum. Powder”

Work by others (manuscripts, typescripts, graphs, correspondence):
F.6      Notes by or about Gordon Baym, Illinois
F.7      L.N. Becka, “Neutron Inelastic Scattering of Globular Compounds”
F.8      B.A. Dasannacharya and K.R. Rao, “Neutron Scattering from Liquid Argon”
F.9      A.J.E. Foreman, “Scattering of Optical Phonos by Dislocation Strain Field”
F.10    G.G. E. Low, “Time-of-flight Focussing in Neutron Spectrometry”
F.11    M.L. Shepard and J.F. Smith, “Single Crystalline Elastic Constants of Lead-Thallium Alloys”
F.12    R.H. Tuxworth and W.M. Barrss, Uranium Texture Analysis, 1957

Offprints by others, arranged alphabetically by author:
F.13    A-B
F.14    C
F.15    D
F.16    E
F.17    F
F.18-9 G
F.20    H-I
F.21    J

Box 31
F.1-2   K
F.3      L-Mar
F.4      Mc-
F.5      N
F.6      O-P
F.7      R
F.8      S
F.9      T
F.10    U-V
F.11    W-Woj

Box 32
F.1      W-Z

Offprints, by topic:
F.2      Crystal dynamics (theory)
F.3      Liquids, no. 1
F.4      Liquids, no. 2
F.5      Magnetic scattering / magnetic structuring
F.6      Neutron experimental methods
F.7      Neutron scattering theory – general
F.8      Publication lists

Blue-prints:
F.9      Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River, floor plan, 1955
F.10    Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River, twin-axis spectrometer, 1956
F.11-3 Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River, neutron spectrometer, 1960
F.14    Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River, filters, equipment holes, etc., 1960-63
F.15    Monitors stations, 1963, not stamped Chalk River
F.16    National Research Council Chalk River, NRX project, 1947

Series 5:
Teaching and administration, Nobel prize, personal documents. – 1950-2003. – 12.5 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 33
F.1      McMaster research accounts, 1962-1971
F.2      Ontario Universities, Physics Departments chairs, 1968
F.3      Faculty of Science circulars
F.4      Physics Department printed catalogues
F.5      Physics Department examinations, course outlines, 1963, 1983-4
F.6      Brockhouse’s notebook for Physics V
F.7      Brockhouse’s notebook for Physics 754
F.8      Brockhouse’s notebook for Physics 733
F.9      Science 2J3E examinations and tests, 1983

F.10    Nobel Prize nomination, 1980
F.11    Nobel Prize speaking engagements; see also Box 24
F.12    Nobel Prize news clippings; also one news clipping re park, 1997; see also Box 22
F.13    Nobel Prize nomination, 1994

F.14    1950 Ph.D. defence notice
F.15    Symposium in honour of Brockhouse, 1995; see also Box 25
F.16    Memorial service programe, 2003

Series 6:
Graduate students. – 1963-1974. – 64 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.

Boxes 34-37
Files concerning the work of Brockhouse’s graduate students, mainly Andre Larose. There is also one file (Box 34) for A.K. Pant and one laboratory book kept by Abou-Helal Hassan (Box 34).

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