Gamow, George 1904-1968 creator mixed material monographic eng 8,000 30 1 12.8 Correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, and other papers relating principally to Gamow's career as an astronomer and physicist and to his role as a popularizer of science. Subjects include astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, genetic coding, nuclear energy, nuclei, number theory, quasars, RNA coding, and theoretical physics. Correspondents include Ralph Alpher, Sir John Cockcroft, Pascal Covici, Charles Louis Critchfield, P.A.M. Dirac, William F. and Elizebeth Friedman, Robert Herman, J. Allen Hynek, Ronald Mansbridge, Sir N.F. Mott, Ronald Searle, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Edward Teller, and Martynas Yčas. Papers of Barbara Gamow consist chiefly of personal correspondence and relate in part to her literary interests and work in publishing. Her correspondents include Sybille Bedford, Stan Brakhage, James Richard Broughton, E.E. Cummings, Bernard Z. Friedlander, Albert Léon Guérard, Raymond P. Holden, Edward Niles and Evelyn Caldwell Hooker, Garner and Frances Theiss James, Eda Lord, Marion Morehouse, Charles Norman, and Morgan Shepard (pseud. John Martin). Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Photographs, phonograph records, and tapes transferred to Library of Congress. George Gamow: physicist, astronomer, and author. Born Georgii Antonovič Gamov. Barbara Merrihew Perkins: editor and translator. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010191 Alpher, Ralph Correspondence Bedford, Sybille 1911-2006 Correspondence Brakhage, Stan Correspondence Broughton, James 1913-1999 Correspondence Sir Cockcroft, John 1897-1967 Correspondence Covici, Pascal 1885-1964 Correspondence Critchfield, Charles Louis 1910- Correspondence Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) 1894-1962 Correspondence Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice) 1902-1984 Correspondence Friedlander, Bernard Z Correspondence Friedman, Elizebeth 1892-1980 Correspondence Friedman, William F. (William Frederick) 1891-1969 Correspondence Guérard, Albert Léon 1880-1959 Correspondence Herman, Robert 1914- Correspondence Holden, Raymond P. (Raymond Peckham) 1894-1972 Correspondence Hooker, Edward Niles Correspondence Hooker, Evelyn Caldwell Correspondence Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen) 1910- Correspondence James, Frances Theiss Correspondence James, Garner Correspondence Lord, Eda Correspondence Mansbridge, Ronald Correspondence Martin, John 1865-1947 Correspondence Morehouse, Marion 1906-1969 Correspondence Sir Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis) 1905- Correspondence Norman, Charles 1904- Correspondence Searle, Ronald 1920-2011 Correspondence Szent-Györgyi, Albert 1893-1986 Correspondence Teller, Edward 1908-2003 Correspondence Yčas, Martynas 1917- Correspondence Astronomy Astrophysics Cell nuclei Cosmology Genetics Literature Nuclear energy Number theory Physics Publishers and publishing Quasars RNA Science History 20th century Astronomers Authors Editors Physicists Translators Gamow, Barbara, 1905-1976 mm 79021899 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010191 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010191.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010191 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010191.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 790320 20260227111655.0 mm 79021899