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Walter Brattain Family Papers, 1860-1990 ( inclusive)

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Brattain, Walter

Repository

Whitman College
345 Boyer Ave.
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
archives@whitman.edu
www.whitman.edu/archives

Physical Description

Approximately 38 linear feet (45 boxes)

Summary

This collection contains the scientific and personal papers of Walter Brattain, an inventor of the transistor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, in addition to his family papers.

Finding Aid

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv72175

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