Tandem Laboratory of Physics records

Collection

Identifier: ua01084

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Collection contains lab, maintenance and guest books, grant proposals, memos, reports and correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1953, 1961-2007

Creator

University of Minnesota. John H. Williams Laboratory of Nuclear Physics (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access to Materials

This collection is stored at an off-site facility and requires 3-5 business days for retrieval. Email uar@umn.edu to request access. Do not make travel arrangements or plans to visit Andersen Library without making prior arrangements with University Archives staff.

Copyright

Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.

Historical Note

The School of Physics and Astronomy's John H. Williams Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, more widely known as the Tandem Lab, was built in 1965 by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Minnesota to at first enhance and later replace the 68 Merv linear accelator that had been in use since the 1950s. The particle accelator was decommissioned in 1978 and the lab became used for applied science research.

All use of the Tandem Lab was suspended after the collapse of the 35-W bridge in Minneapolis in 2007 because of the Lab's location of being less than 100 feet from the collapse site.

Extent

2.0 Cubic Feet (2)

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection contains the records of the John H. Williams Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, also known as the Tandem Lab. Materials include lab books, correspondence, reports and memos.