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Reynolds, George by Richard (Dick) Challener, 1996 June 20-1998 January 7

2 boxes
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Dates:
1996 June 20-1998 January 7
Extent:
2 boxes
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

In the interview Reynolds discusses his war research as a graduate and the Manhatten Project, the Physics Department after he joined the faculty, his recollections of Harry Smythe, the Science and Human Affairs program, and Bob Goheen.

Biography:

George T. Reynolds (1917-2005) was a physicist who received his PhD in Princeon in 1943 and served on the Manhattan Project during the war. He joined the Department of Physics in 1946, and became director of the Princeton's High Energy Physics Program from 1948 until 1970, when he became the first director of Princeton's Center for Environmental Studies.

Conditions Governing Access

Records of this interview are open for research use.

Credit this material:

Reynolds, George by Richard (Dick) Challener; Faculty Oral History Project, AC475, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-2
System Identifier:
/repositories/4/archival_objects/781812

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The Faculty Oral History Project was conducted by Richard Challener, Class of 1944, under the direction of Princeton University Archivist Ben Primer. Challener, a member of the History Department 1949-1993, was assistant and then associate dean of the college from 1958 to 1966, and clerk of the faculty from 1986 to 1988.

The collection consists of audio files and transcripts of interviews with faculty members of Princeton University, most of whom were retired at the time of the interview. The interviews cover their experiences at Princeton and the history of their departments.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

No materials were separated from this collection.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Records of this interview are open for research use.

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Credit this material:

Reynolds, George by Richard (Dick) Challener; Faculty Oral History Project, AC475, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-2