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T.W. Bonner Physics Laboratory records, Rice University

 Collection
Identifier: UA 442
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request boxes by contacting woodson@rice.edu or 713-348-2586

Content Description

Physics course evaluations, grant funded research applications, experiment notes, related to the T.W. Bonner Lab at Rice University.

Dates

  • 1957 - 1995

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center. Please request boxes by contacting woodson@rice.edu or 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Opened in 1953, the Rice Nuclear Laboratory would later become known as the Bonner Laboratory. It was named in dedication to the late Tom W. Bonner who was a renowned nuclear physicist both in the local community and internationally. The lab was designed by Abel Pierce and George F. Pierce Jr. The Bonner Lab was originally home to one particle accelerator, a Mega Electron Volt Van de Graaff machine. A second particle accelerator was acquired in 1961. The Bonner Lab was the United States’ first fully equipped nuclear laboratory based out of a university. Major discoveries and accomplishments in the field of nuclear physics were discovered in the Bonner Lab. The two particle accelerators were donated to other laboratories in 1972 and the Bonner Lab was used for music practice and performance as well as computational engineering. In 1994, the Bonner Lab building was demolished. The laboratory was located where Duncan Hall is now.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Physics course evaluations, grant funded research applications, experiment notes, related to the T.W. Bonner Lab at Rice University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was transferred in 2021 by Dr. Paul Padley, Interim Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer, Professor, Director of the T.W. Bonner Laboratory, via Fondren physics librarian, Debra Kolah.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the T.W. Bonner Physics Laboratory records, Rice University
Status
Completed
Author
Erin Smart
Date
2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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