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Charles Christian Lauritsen Papers, 1927-1977

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Lauritsen, Charles Christian

Repository

California Institute of Technology
Institute Archives
Mail Code 015A-74
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125
626-395-2704
http://archives.caltech.edu

Physical Description

6.5 linear feet

Summary

Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1930-1962. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, research notes and data, manuscripts, reprints, patents, photographs. Covers work at Caltech, consulting work and professional activities, personal and biographical materials. Topics: cold-emission effect, medical physics work with Kellogg Laboratory, wartime work with U.S. government and the military.

Finding Aid

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6c6013fx

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