"The Worlds of Philip Morrison" symposium audio and video recordings
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains audio and video recordings of the symposium held September 26-27, 1986, honoring Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute Professor Philip Morrison on his 70th birthday. Videotapes are available only for the September 27 session. Speakers at the September 26 session include Gene M. Brown, Bruno Rossi, James Peebles, Walter Lewin, Kenneth Brecher, Alan Guth, Francis Low, Jerome Wiesner, Randall Forsberg, Anthony P. French, Lillian Weber, and Owen Gingerich. Speakers at the September 27 sessions included Victor Weisskopf, Carl Sagan, Hans Bethe, and Philip Morrison.
Friday, September 26, 1986, sessions were held in the John Quincy Adams Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel. Saturday, September 27 sessions were held in Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dates
- 1986 - 1986
Creator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Host institution, Organization)
Access note
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 record carton, 1 small box (with 9 audiocassettes))
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Astrophysics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
- Brecher, Kenneth
- Brown, Gene M.
- Disarmament Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forsberg, Randall
- French, A. P. (Anthony Philip), 1920-
- Gold, Thomas
- Guth, Alan H.
- Institute Professors Subject Source: Local sources
- Lewin, Walter H. G.
- Low, Frances E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
- Morrison, Philip
- Peebles, P. J. E. (Phillip James Edwin)
- Rossi, Bruno, 1905-1993
- Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
- Weber, Lillian
- Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
- Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Creator
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Host institution, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Recordings of "The Worlds of Philip Morrison" Symposium, September 26-27, 1986
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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