Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Fermi, Enrico. Collection |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1918-1974 |
| Size: | 35 linear feet (65 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and 1938 Nobel Prize winner in physics, is best known to the general public for having produced the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. This experiment, which was carried out at the University of Chicago on December 2, 1942, made possible the development of the atomic bomb. Fermi's papers document his career as a research physicist and professor in Italy and the United States, including his work with the U. S. Department of War, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, the American Physical Society, the Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago, and the Los Alamos, Brookhaven, and Argonne National Laboratories. The collection consists primarily of professional correspondence, publications, research and lecture notes, and patent claims. Personal materials in the collection include correspondence, identification papers, schoolbooks, engagement calendars, books from Fermi’s personal library, financial records, and a large number of awards and memorials. |
https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.FERMI
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