Laurence Peterson Papers, 1954 - 2015 (MSS 73)

Restrictions: Original media formats are restricted. Viewing copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 49.2 Linear feet (98 archives boxes and 10 records cartons)

Papers of Laurence E. Peterson, professor of physics, leader of the High Energy Astronomy Group, and director (1988-1997) of the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS). Peterson was involved in the planning and design of experiments and instruments onboard such NASA spacecraft as the Orbiting Solar Observatories, the High Energy Astronomical Observatory, Apollo 15 and 16, the Space Shuttle, and the Hubble Space Telescope. He was a pioneer in the exploration of hard x-ray energy radiation, and he led the CASS High Energy Astronomy Group in its development of large area phoswich scintillation x-ray and high resolution gamma-ray detectors. The papers span the dates 1954-2015 and include pre-doctoral work, teaching materials, consulting work, editorial papers, presentations, and publications.

Laurence Peterson was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, on July 26, 1931. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1954 and completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics at the University of Minnesota in 1956 and 1960, respectively. His dissertation was based on determining the energy spectrum of cosmic-ray protons and helium nuclei over Guam, a scientific ballooning experiment. He remained at the University of Minnesota until 1962, when he came to UCSD as an assistant research physicist, and then assistant professor of physics, working in the area of high energy astrophysics.

Once at UCSD, Peterson continued work started at the University of Minnesota on the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) 1 mission, balloon flights that gathered data on high energy emissions from the sun and gamma-ray processes in the atmosphere. Many other balloon experiments were launched under Peterson's authority. Peterson led the UCSD High Energy Astronomy Group, a multidisciplinary collaboration that did pioneering research and development of low background collimated detectors operating in the 10 KeV to 10 MeV range and high resolution cosmic gamma-ray detectors. Peterson directed the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS) between 1989 and 1997.

Peterson has a long history of consultation to NASA and has served on many advisory and program committees. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in the 1973-1974 academic year and spent the year at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India, where he utilized their high energy cosmic-ray laboratory and balloon facility. In 1978, Peterson was honored with the NASA Exceptional Achievement Award. He was affiliated with the American Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union, and became a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1983. He was the US Vice President of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) during the period 1980-1986. As Visiting Senior Scientist for the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1986-1988), Peterson served as Astrophysics Deputy Division Chief at NASA, where he supervised administrative staff, fostered joint space projects with the international community, especially the USSR, and negotiated new opportunities in space science in the aftermath of the Challenger disaster.

Peterson provided reviews for the Astrophysical Journal, Solar Physics and Journal of Geophysical Research, among others.

Laurence Peterson became Professor Emeritus in 1995.

The Laurence Peterson Papers document the professional activities of a UC San Diego professor of physics, administrator and specialist in the research and exploration of high energy x-ray and gamma-ray radiation. Materials include chronological correspondence files (1959-2015), scientific correspondence, presentations, journal articles, notebooks, reviewing and editing materials, extensive teaching materials for UCSD physics classes, and documentation of Peterson's conference and committee activities.

Proposals, notebooks and files documenting Peterson's participation in High Energy Astronomy Group projects and his directorship of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences are located in the CASS Records (RSS 2104).

Accession Processed in 1999

Arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) EDITING, REVIEWING AND CONSULTING, 5) UCSD MATERIALS, 6) MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES, and 7) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Accession Processed in 2000

Arranged in two series: 8) NOTEBOOKS, and 9) UCSD TEACHING MATERIALS.

Accession Processed in 2024

Arranged in six series: 10) CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, 11) UCSD MATERIALS, 12) ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES, 13) WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS, 14) RESEARCH PROJECTS, 15) PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS.

Container List

Accession Processed in 1999

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Arranged alphabetically, the Biographical Materials (1963-1987) include bio-bibliographic update forms, biographical sketches and physics department descriptions of Peterson's research activities, and materials pertaining to Peterson's sabbatical year as a Guggenheim fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India.

Box 1 Folder 1
Annual Supplement to Bio-Bibliography, 1963 - 1977
Box 1 Folder 2
Biographical sketches, 1976 - 1978
Box 1 Folder 3
Department of Defense - Personnel Security Questionnaire, 1966
Box 1 Folder 4
Honors and awards, 1966 - 1984
Box 1 Folder 5
Lists of things-to-do and schedules, 1979 - 1984
Box 1 Folder 6
Miscellaneous notes, 1969 - 1977
Box 1 Folder 7
Photographs of Laurence Elmer Peterson, 1974
Box 1 Folder 8
Research Support Forms, 1975 - 1985
Box 1 Folder 9
Resume, 1975 - 1987
Box 1 Folder 10
Sabbatical leave - France - Arrangements, 1982
Box 1 Folder 11
Sabbatical leave - France - Report, 1986
Box 1 Folder 12
Sabbatical leave - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Reports, 1973 - 1974
Box 1 Folder 13
Sabbatical leave - Tata - Research materials - Atmospheric and diffuse gamma-rays, 1973
Box 1 Folder 14
Sabbatical leave - Tata - Research materials - Computation book, 1973 - 1974
Box 1 Folder 15
Sabbatical leave - Tata - Summary of academic work, 1973 - 1974
Box 1 Folder 16
Sabbatical leave - Tata - Travel, 1973 - 1974
Box 1 Folder 17
UCSD Physics Department - Activities and biographies, 1961 - 1983

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Name Correspondence.

A) Chronological Files: Correspondence that reflects Peterson's activity in the UCSD physics department and contains outgoing letters that discuss department business as well as scientific projects. Projects mentioned include the Orbiting Solar Observatories, the Octahedral Research Satellite, the High Energy Astrophysical Observatory, Apollo 15/16, and various scientific ballooning activities.

B) Name Correspondence: Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or corresponding institution. Among the scientific institutions that are represented are the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, the Analog Technology Corporation, the National Academy of Sciences, the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Chronological Files

Box 2 Folder 1
1965
Box 2 Folder 2
1966, January - June
Box 2 Folder 3
1966, July - December
Box 2 Folder 4
1970
Box 2 Folder 5
1971
Box 2 Folder 6
1972, January - June
Box 3 Folder 1
1972, July - December
Box 3 Folder 2
1973, January - May
Box 3 Folder 3
1973, June
Box 3 Folder 4
1973, July - December
Box 3 Folder 5
1974
Box 3 Folder 6
1975, January - June
Box 4 Folder 1
1975, July - December
Box 4 Folder 2
1976, January - June
Box 4 Folder 3
1976, July - December
Box 4 Folder 4
1977
Box 4 Folder 5
1978
Box 4 Folder 6
1979
Box 5 Folder 1
1980
Box 5 Folder 2
1981
Box 5 Folder 3
1982
Box 5 Folder 4
1983
Box 5 Folder 5
1984
Box 5 Folder 6
1985 - 1986
Box 5 Folder 7
1988
Box 5 Folder 8
1989, January - June
Box 6 Folder 1
1989, July - December
Box 6 Folder 2
1990
Box 6 Folder 3
1991
Box 6 Folder 4
1992

Name Correspondence

Box 6 Folder 5
A - Miscellaneous
Box 6 Folder 6
Abelson, Philip (JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH), 1963 - 1964
Box 6 Folder 7
Adams, Steve, 1961 - 1967
Box 6 Folder 8
Albernhe, F., 1972
Box 7 Folder 1
American Science and Engineering, 1968 - 1973
Box 7 Folder 2
Anderson, Kinsey A., 1974
Box 7 Folder 3
Arnold, James, 1962 - 1974
Box 7 Folder 4
B - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 5
Baity, William, 1973 - 1979
Box 7 Folder 6
Ball Brothers Research Corporation (BBRC), 1962 - 1976
Box 7 Folder 7
Bhatia, V. B., 1973
Box 7 Folder 8
Bhavsar, P. D., 1969 - 1970
Box 7 Folder 9
Bingham, R. Graham, 1970 - 1972
Box 7 Folder 10
Bradt, Hale V., 1969 - 1978
Box 7 Folder 11
C - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 12
Center for Astrophysics, 1973 - 1987
Box 7 Folder 13
Chupp, Edward, 1967 - 1979
Box 7 Folder 14
D - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 15
Daniel, R. R., 1972 - 1975
Box 7 Folder 16
Datlowe, Dayton W., 1971 - 1974

Contains drafts of "UCSD Solar X-Ray Experiment," an article co-written by Dayton Datlowe, Michael J. Elcan and Laurence Peterson.

Box 7 Folder 17
E - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 18
Electro-Mechanical Research, Inc., 1962 - 1975
Box 7 Folder 19
Engel, Andrew, 1969 - 1970
Box 7 Folder 20
EZ Staff, 1987 - 1988
Box 7 Folder 21
F - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 22
Farnsworth, Robert, 1974 - 1982
Box 7 Folder 23
Fazio, Giovanni, 1971 - 1987

UCAR National Scientific Balloon Facility.

Box 7 Folder 24
Felten, James E., 1970 - 1971
Box 7 Folder 25
Fowler, William, 1969 - 1971
Box 8 Folder 1
G - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 2
Gilman, David, 1971 - 1976

Apollo 16 gamma-ray astronomy experiment summary and data enclosed.

Box 8 Folder 3
Goodwin, Robert, 1963 - 1964
Box 8 Folder 4
Gruber, Duane, 1974
Box 8 Folder 5
H - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 6
Harvard University, 1963 - 1967
Box 8 Folder 7
Haymes, Robert C., 1973 - 1975
Box 8 Folder 8
Hoffman, Jeffrey A., 1967 - 1972
Box 8 Folder 9
Hones, Edward W. Jr., 1963 - 1964
Box 8 Folder 10
Hudson, Hugh S., 1970 - 1979
Box 8 Folder 11
I - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 12
Jacobson, Allan S., 1969 - 1978
Box 8 Folder 13
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1967 - 1979
Box 8 Folder 14
Johnson, Hugh, 1963 - 1969
Box 8 Folder 15
K - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 16
Kasturirangan, K., 1970 - 1976
Box 8 Folder 17
Kohn, Walter, 1961 - 1962
Box 8 Folder 18
Kraushaar, William L., 1964 - 1975
Box 8 Folder 19
Kurfess, James, 1969 - 1972
Box 8 Folder 20
L - Miscellaneous, 1963 - 1980
Box 8 Folder 21
Lal, D., 1973 - 1979
Box 9 Folder 1
Laros, John, 1973 - 1975

Contains a humorous portrayal of academic work with Peterson.

Box 9 Folder 2
Lavakare, P. J., 1969 - 1976
Box 9 Folder 3
Lewin, Walter H. G., 1970 - 1979
Box 9 Folder 4
Ling, James, 1968 - 1974
Box 9 Folder 5
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1965 - 1987
Box 9 Folder 6
Lomask, Milton, 1970
Box 9 Folder 7
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1961 - 1981
Box 9 Folder 8
M - Miscellaneous
Box 9 Folder 9
Matteson, James, 1973 - 1979
Box 9 Folder 10
McCracken, K. G., 1966 - 1967
Box 9 Folder 11
McDonald, Frank B., 1957 - 1975
Box 9 Folder 12
Metzger, Albert E., 1964 - 1978
Box 9 Folder 13
Meyer, Peter, 1966 - 1977
Box 9 Folder 14
Munk, Walter H., 1963 - 1964
Box 9 Folder 15
N - Miscellaneous
Box 9 Folder 16
NASA, 1961 - 1988

Materials from the administrative and grants offices.

Box 9 Folder 17
NASA, 1988 - 1994
Box 9 Folder 18
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, 1961 - 1980
Box 10 Folder 1
NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center, 1967 - 1988
Box 10 Folder 2
National Academy of Sciences, 1963 - 1965
Box 10 Folder 3
National Science Foundation, 1958 - 1959
Box 10 Folder 4
Novick, Robert, 1966 - 1974
Box 10 Folder 5
O - Miscellaneous
Box 10 Folder 6
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1967 - 1970
Box 10 Folder 7
Oda, Minoru, 1968 - 1982
Box 10 Folder 8
Opp, Albert (NASA Headquarters), 1975 - 1980
Box 10 Folder 9
Overbeck, Jim, 1965 - 1968
Box 10 Folder 10
P - Miscellaneous
Box 10 Folder 11
Pandya, S. P., 1973
Box 10 Folder 12
Pellerin Jr., Charles, 1986 - 1988
Box 10 Folder 13
Pelling, R. Michael, 1973 - 1982
Box 10 Folder 14
Perry, Tom, 1986 - 1989
Box 10 Folder 15
Q - Miscellaneous
Box 10 Folder 16
R - Miscellaneous
Box 10 Folder 17
Ramaty, Reuven, 1974
Box 10 Folder 18
Rao, U. R., 1970 - 1975
Box 10 Folder 19
Riegler, Geunther, 1987 - 1988
Box 10 Folder 20
Roman, Nancy, 1964 - 1966
Box 10 Folder 21
Rose, Cecile, 1973 - 1974
Box 10 Folder 22
Rothschild, Richard, 1978 - 1981
Box 10 Folder 23
Rutz, Edward A., 1962 - 1964
Box 10 Folder 24
S - Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 1
Sessa, Joyce, 1962 - 1974
Box 11 Folder 2
Seward, Frederick, 1963 - 1980
Box 11 Folder 3
Sharma, D. P., 1974 - 1978
Box 11 Folder 4
Shivanandan, Kandiah, 1970 - 1978
Box 11 Folder 5
Silk, Joseph, 1969 - 1975
Box 11 Folder 6
Sreekantan, B. V., 1973 - 1975
Box 11 Folder 7
Stein, Wayne A., 1961 - 1980
Box 11 Folder 8
Suhl, Harry, 1973 - 1974
Box 11 Folder 9
Swearingen, J. C., 1980 - 1981
Box 11 Folder 10
T - Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 11
Tandon, J. N., 1973 - 1974
Box 11 Folder 12
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1966 - 1980

Includes newsletter.

Box 11 Folder 13
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Log of correspondence, 1973 - 1974
Box 11 Folder 14
Teske, Richard G., 1967 - 1971
Box 11 Folder 15
Trombka, Jacob I., 1963 - 1977
Box 11 Folder 16
U - Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 17
Ulmer, Mel P., 1963 - 1978
Box 11 Folder 18
University of California, Berkeley, 1966 - 1979
Box 11 Folder 19
University of California, San Diego, 1962 - 1980
Box 11 Folder 20
V - Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 21
Vette, James I., 1965 - 1981
Box 11 Folder 22
Vorpahl, Joan, 1973 - 1974
Box 11 Folder 23
W - Miscellaneous, 1957 - 1980
Box 11 Folder 24
Winckler, John R., 1957 - 1968
Box 11 Folder 25
Wong, David, 1969 - 1980
Box 12 Folder 1
Y - Z - Miscellaneous
Box 12 Folder 2
York, Herbert, 1965 - 1978
Box 12 Folder 3
Unidentified correspondence, 1974 - 1980

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) WRITINGS: Preprints and reprints, as well as notes, notebooks, drafts, and some research materials. Arranged in three subseries: A) Presentations, B) Articles, and C) Notebooks. The presentations and articles are arranged alphabetically by title, or by topic when no title appears.

A) Presentations: Notes and drafts as well as charts.

B) Articles: An assortment of Peterson's published works, consisting of both drafts and reprints of these writings. Some articles are co-authored with members of HEAG and CASS. A list of journal articles appears at the beginning of the Articles subseries.

C) Notebooks: Arranged chronologically. Some of Peterson's pre-doctoral work (notes, exams, charts, and instrument drawings) is included here. Two projects well represented in this subseries are the Guam experiment (data for Peterson's doctoral dissertation) and OSO-1 (S-16). These projects (1954-1964) were part of Peterson's work at the University of Minnesota and his early years at UCSD. Many of Peterson's undertakings at the Tata Institute (1973-1974) are also found in the notebooks. The notebooks are primarily in diary form and contain project notes, calculations, and lists of things-to-do. Later notebooks (1981-1983) are comprised of seminar notes.

Presentations

Box 12 Folder 4
Activation Induced by Trapped Protons on ERS-17

Presented at University of New Hampshire, Gamma-Ray Local Production and Shielding Conference, 26-27 June, 1972.

Box 12 Folder 5
Advanced Techniques for High Resolution Spectroscopic Observations, 1985

Presented at University of California, San Diego, 19th Annual International Cosmic Ray Conference.

Box 12 Folder 6
Background Effects Observed on OSO-1, 1972

Presented at University of New Hampshire, Gamma-Ray Local Production and Shielding Conference, 26-27 June, 1972.

Box 12 Folder 7
Balloon Observations of Crab Nebula X-Rays

Presented at the American Physical Society Meeting, April 1966.

Box 12 Folder 8
Balloon X-Ray Astronomy

Presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, November - December 1966.

Box 12 Folder 9
Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts

Colloquium given at UCLA, February 14, 1985.

Box 12 Folder 10
Experiments in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

NASA University Program Review Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri, 1-3 March, 1965.

Box 12 Folder 11
Gamma-Ray Telescopes for Lunar, Planetary and Astronomical Exploration

Submitted for presentation at the 13th Annual American Nuclear Society Meeting, June 12 - 15, 1967.

Box 12 Folder 12
Hard X-Ray Observations of NGC 4151

Presented at the COSPAR Conference on Hard X-Ray Observations, December 1975.

Box 12 Folder 13
High Energy Astronomical Observatory

AAAS-AAS Symposium held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27-28 December, 1971.

Box 12 Folder 14
Lunar Initiatives in High Energy Astrophysics

Presented at a NASA Astrophysics Council Meeting, September 28, 1989.

Box 12 Folder 15
Millisecond Pulsars

Undated. No location listed.

Box 12 Folder 16
Miscellaneous lectures and seminar talks

Locations include UCSD, University of Chicago, Rice University and University of Minnesota, spanning the dates 1966-1971.

Box 12 Folder 17
Observations of Cosmic X-Ray Sources in the 10-250 KeV Range

Presented at the 10th International Cosmic Ray Conference, June 1967.

Box 12 Folder 18
OSO-H and Solar Flares

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1973 - 1974.

Box 12 Folder 19
Properties of Individual X-Ray Sources

International Astronomical Union Symposium 37 in Rome, Italy, 8-10 May, 1969. Includes images.

Box 12 Folder 20
Prospects in Observational Nuclear Astrophysics

Talk given at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1982.

Box 12 Folder 21
Remarks Made at the 1973 Woods Hole Summer Study Presentation to NASA and ESRO, 1973
Box 12 Folder 22
Techniques in Balloon X-Ray Astronomy

Presented at the 14th COSPAR Plenary Meeting, June 17 - July 2 1971.

Box 12 Folder 23
UCSD OSO-7 Observations of the Hard X-Ray Spectrum and Variability of CEN A

Presented at the COSPAR Conference on Hard X-Ray Observations, December 1975.

Box 13 Folder 1
Upper Limits of the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Flux from OSO-1

Given at COSPAR International Science Symposium, 10-21 May, 1965.

Box 13 Folder 2
X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy at the Turning Point

Given at the Canaveral Council of Technical Societies 7th Space Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 22-24 April 1970. Contains photographs.

Box 13 Folder 3
X-Ray Spectra of Cygnus XR-1 and the Crab Nebula

Remarks given at the 13th International Astronomical Union Meeting, August 1967.

Articles

Box 13 Folder 4
Publications lists, 1970 - 1985
Box 13 Folder 5
0.5 MeV Gamma-Ray and the Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Spectrum to 6 Grams Per Square Centimeter Over Minneapolis

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 68 no. 4 (1963): 979-987.

Box 13 Folder 6
Book review of X-RAY ASTRONOMY (1975) by Riccardo Giacioni and Herbert Gursky, 1975
Box 13 Folder 7
Gamma-Ray Production Caused by Cosmic Rays Observed by OSO-1, 1967

Unpublished.

Box 13 Folder 8
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy - An Historical Perspective, 1988

No publication information.

Box 13 Folder 9
Hard X-Ray Structure of the Crab Nebula, 1981

Co-Authored by Pelling, R. M., et al. No publication information.

Box 13 Folder 10
High Energy Astronomical Observatory

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 28 (1972): 213-253. Includes images and charts.

Box 13 Folder 11
Position - Electron Ratio of Precipitating Electrons

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 69 no. 5 (1964): 3141-3153.

Box 14 Folder 1
Radioactivity Induced in Sodium Iodide by Trapped Protons

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 70 no. 7 (1965): 1762-1765.

Box 14 Folder 2
Rapid X-Ray and Optical Flares from Scorpius X-1, 1981

Sco-1 was the first x-ray source detected by rocket.

Notebooks

Box 14 Folder 3
1954, April - 1956, April - Pre-doctoral projects - Part 1
Box 14 Folder 4
1955, May - 1958, January - EMR tape speed compensator - Description for set-up
Box 14 Folder 5
1955, May - 1959, June - Balloon flight gear - 510, M169, 519, 524
Box 14 Folder 6
1956, May - 1957, July - Pre-doctoral projects - Part 2
Box 14 Folder 7
1956, July - 1957, January - Guam Experiment book 1

A cosmic ray scientific ballooning experiment.

Box 14 Folder 8
1957, January - 1960, February - Guam Experiment book 2
Box 14 Folder 9
1957, March - 1958, August - Guam Experiment book 3
Box 14 Folder 10
1957, August - 1958, April - Pre-doctoral projects - Part 3
Box 15 Folder 1
1958, August - 1958, December - Guam Experiment book 4
Box 15 Folder 2
1958, December - 1959, June - Guam Experiment book 5
Box 15 Folder 3
1959, March - January - Guam Experiment book 6
Box 15 Folder 4
1959, October - 1960, March - Guam Experiment book 7
Box 15 Folder 5
1959, December - 1960, June - Orbiting Solar Observatory A - S-16
Box 15 Folder 6
1959, December - Guam Experiment book 8
Box 15 Folder 7
1960, February - Guam Experiment book 9
Box 15 Folder 8
1960, April - 1960, September - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 1
1960, June - 1960, August - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 2
1960, July - 1960, September - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 3
1960, September - 1961, January - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 4
1960, December - 1961, October - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 5
1961-1962 - Pre-UCSD proposals - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 6
1961, January - 1973, July - Miscellaneous materials
Box 16 Folder 7
1961, January - 1961, July - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 8
1961, June - 1962, June - OSO-A - S-16
Box 16 Folder 9
1961, July - 1962, September - OSO-A - S-16
Box 17 Folder 1
1962, June - 1963, December - Scientific ballooning
Box 17 Folder 2
1962, September - 1963, September - OSO-C - S-57
Box 17 Folder 3
1964, February - 1965, August - OSO-A - S-16
Box 17 Folder 4
1964, June - 1965, January - OSO-A - S-16

Data logbook.

Box 17 Folder 5
1973, September - 1974, June - Seminar notebook - Tata
Box 17 Folder 6
1973, November - Detectors and background - Tata
Box 17 Folder 7
1973, November - Growth curves - Tata
Box 17 Folder 8
1973, December - Gamma-ray bursts - Tata
Box 17 Folder 9
1973, December - Growth curves - Tata
Box 17 Folder 10
1973, December - Tables of proton scatter - Tata
Box 17 Folder 11
1974 - X-ray astronomy - Tata
Box 17 Folder 12
1976, May - 1981, October - Seminar notebook
Box 18 Folder 1
1980 - Crab Nebula materials
Box 18 Folder 2
1981, November - 1983, September - Seminar notebook
Box 18 Folder 3
1983, September - 1986, January - Seminar notebook
Box 18 Folder 4
1983, December - 1986, March - Multi-project notebook
Box 18 Folder 5
1992, June - 1995, June - High Energy Astrophysical Observatory - 1 (HEAO-1)

EDITING, REVIEWING AND CONSULTING

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) EDITING, REVIEWING AND CONSULTING: Materials documenting Peterson's involvement with various professional journals and his evaluative role at NASA and other space science research institutions. This series is arranged in three subseries: A) Editing, B) Reviewing, and C) Consulting. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by either the name of the journal, mission or institution, respectively.

Editing

Box 18 Folder 6
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL - Editorial correspondence, 1971 - 1977
Box 18 Folder 7
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, 1987 - 1991
Box 18 Folder 8
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH - Editorial correspondence, 1967 - 1976

This folder includes EAA correspondence.

Box 18 Folder 9
Miscellaneous reviews - Editorial correspondence, 1971 - 1976
Box 18 Folder 10
SPACE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTATION - Editorial correspondence, 1973 - 1978
Box 18 Folder 11
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS - Editorial correspondence, 1981 - 1986

Reviewing

Box 18 Folder 12
Astronomy Observatory 5-6 - Program Review - NASA HQ, 1975

Notes.

Box 18 Folder 13
EMR - Apollo Review, 1966 - 1970
Box 19 Folder 1
HEAO-B Guest Investigator - Program Review - NASA Headquarters, 1978
Box 19 Folder 2
NASA - Out of Elliptic (OOE) Review, 1977
Box 19 Folder 3
Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) - Replacement, 1978
Box 19 Folder 4
Spacelab 2, 1977
Box 19 Folder 5
Spacelab Multiuser Instrument Review, 1978
Box 19 Folder 6
Spacelab - Proposal Review, 1979

Consulting

Box 19 Folder 7
General Dynamics - Convair Division - Apollo structures, 1967
Box 19 Folder 8
Douglas Aircraft Company, 1964 - 1969
Box 19 Folder 9
NASA - Advisory Committee, 1987

Peterson was a visiting senior scientist.

Box 19 Folder 10
NASA - Consulting contracts, 1964 - 1981
Box 19 Folder 11
NASA - Consulting documents, 1984 - 1985
Box 19 Folder 12
NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Correspondence, 1986 - 1989
Box 20 Folder 1
NASA - JPL - Director's Office - Correspondence, 1987 - 1989
Box 20 Folder 2
NASA - JPL - Visiting Senior Scientist Replacement Search, 1988
Box 20 Folder 3
NASA - JPL - Visiting Senior Scientist Reports, 1986 - 1988
Box 20 Folder 4
NASA - Space Science Steering Committee - Consulting, 1965 - 1966
Box 20 Folder 5
Science Application Incorporated - Consulting, 1978 - 1979

UCSD MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) UCSD MATERIALS: Arranged in four subseries: A) Physics Department, B) Student Protest Materials, C) Miscellaneous, and D) Teaching Materials.

A) Physics Department: Ordered alphabetically, the Physics Department materials include minutes and memoranda.

B) Student Protest Materials: Arranged chronologically, this subseries documents student activities and reaction to the Vietnamese Conflict.

C) Miscellaneous: Includes grant summaries.

D) Teaching Materials: Lecture notes, quizzes, handouts, and homework assignments for physics classes taught by Peterson. The course materials are arranged alphabetically by course title.

Physics Department

Box 20 Folder 6
25th anniversary reunion, 1983 - 1984
Box 20 Folder 7
Academic, 1984 - 1988
Box 20 Folder 8
Academic graduate exams, 1983 - 1993
Box 20 Folder 9
Alfven, Hannes - Visiting Lecturer, 1981
Box 20 Folder 10
Astronomy Advisory Committee - Memoranda, 1972 - 1974
Box 20 Folder 11
Awards and Prize Committee, 1991 - 1993
Box 20 Folder 12
Awards and Prize Committee, 1993
Box 20 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1986
Box 20 Folder 14
Memoranda, 1962 - 1965
Box 20 Folder 15
Memoranda - Space Science Laboratory, 1962 - 1971
Box 21 Folder 1
Memoranda, 1965 - 1967
Box 21 Folder 2
Memoranda, 1968 - 1978
Box 21 Folder 3
Memoranda, 1986 - 1987
Box 21 Folder 4
Memoranda, 1987 - 1988
Box 21 Folder 5
Memoranda, 1988 - 1990
Box 21 Folder 6
Memoranda, 1990 - 1991
Box 21 Folder 7
Personnel - Staff, 1974 - 1976
Box 21 Folder 8
Ph.D. Review Committee, 1975
Box 21 Folder 9
Physics Department Meetings - Miscellaneous, 1975 - 1976
Box 21 Folder 10
Report on research - Graduate student review, 1969
Box 21 Folder 11
Short Range Planning Committee, 1989

Student Protest Materials

Box 22 Folder 1
Strike!

May 1969.

Box 22 Folder 2
Cambodia!

May 1970.

Miscellaneous

Box 22 Folder 3
Grant summaries, 1963 - 1970

Teaching Materials

Box 22 Folder 4
Electronics Lab - Second Summer Session 1963 - Handouts
Box 22 Folder 5
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1968 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 22 Folder 6
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1968 - Lecture notes
Box 22 Folder 7
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1968 - Tests
Box 22 Folder 8
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1969 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 22 Folder 9
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1969 - Lecture notes
Box 22 Folder 10
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1969 - Tests
Box 22 Folder 11
Natural Science 1D - Spring 1969 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 22 Folder 12
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1973 - 1975 - Laboratory handouts
Box 22 Folder 13
Natural Science 1D- Winter 1976 - Administrative

Includes syllabus and some laboratory materials.

Box 22 Folder 14
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1976 - Assignments and tests

Includes some laboratory materials.

Box 22 Folder 15
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1976 - Lecture notes

Includes some laboratory materials.

Box 23 Folder 1
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1977 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 23 Folder 2
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1977 - Assignments and tests
Box 23 Folder 3
Natural Science 1D - Winter 1977 - Lecture notes
Box 23 Folder 4
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1968 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 23 Folder 5
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1968 - Assignments and tests
Box 23 Folder 6
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1968 - Lecture notes
Box 23 Folder 7
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1969 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 23 Folder 8
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1969 - Assignments and tests
Box 23 Folder 9
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1969 - Lecture notes
Box 23 Folder 10
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1976 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 23 Folder 11
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1976 - Assignments and tests
Box 24 Folder 1
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1976 - Lecture notes
Box 24 Folder 2
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1977 - Administrative
Box 24 Folder 3
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1977 - Assignments and tests
Box 24 Folder 4
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1977 - Lab manual
Box 24 Folder 5
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1977 - Lecture notes
Box 24 Folder 6
Natural Science 1E - Spring 1978 - Tests
Box 24 Folder 7
Natural Science 2A - 1966 - 1975 - Old NS2A notes
Box 24 Folder 8
Natural Science 2A - Winter 1975 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 24 Folder 9
Natural Science 2A - Winter 1975 - Assignments and tests
Box 24 Folder 10
Natural Science 2A - Winter 1975 - Lecture notes
Box 24 Folder 11
Natural Science 2A - Spring 1975 - Tests
Box 24 Folder 12
Natural Science 2B - Spring 1968 - Tests
Box 24 Folder 13
Natural Science 2B - Spring 1975 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 25 Folder 1
Natural Science 2B - Spring 1975 - Assignments and tests
Box 25 Folder 2
Natural Science 2B - Spring 1975 - Lecture notes
Box 25 Folder 3
Natural Science 2C - 1980 - 1981 - Textbook - WAVES AND QUANTA
Box 25 Folder 4
Natural Science 2CL - Fall 1979 - Lab manual
Box 25 Folder 5
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1979 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 25 Folder 6
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1979 - Assignments and tests
Box 25 Folder 7
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1979 - Lecture notes
Box 25 Folder 8
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1980 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 25 Folder 9
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1980 - Assignments and tests
Box 25 Folder 10
Natural Science 2CSP - Fall 1980 - Lecture notes
Box 25 Folder 11
Physics lower division labs - May - September 1983 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 25 Folder 12
Physics 1AL - Winter 1985 - Lab manual

Draft.

Box 25 Folder 13
Physics 1AL -Spring 1985 - Experiments and illustrations
Box 25 Folder 14
Physics 1AL -Spring 1985 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 1
Physics 1AL - Winter 1986 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 2
Physics 1B - Spring 1989 - Tests
Box 26 Folder 3
Physics 1CL - Fall 1985 - Lab manual and experiment illustrations

Drafts.

Box 26 Folder 4
Physics 1CL - Winter 1985 - Lab manuals

Draft.

Box 26 Folder 5
Physics 1CL - Spring 1985 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 6
Physics 1CL - Winter 1986 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 7
Physics 2AL - Fall 1983 - Lab manual and experiments

Drafts.

Box 26 Folder 8
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 26 Folder 9
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984 - Experiments and edits
Box 26 Folder 10
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984 - Experiments and illustrations

Draft.

Box 26 Folder 11
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984 - Lab apparatus and manuals
Box 26 Folder 12
Physics 2AL - Fall 1985 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 26 Folder 13
Physics 2AL - Fall 1985 - Assignments and tests
Box 26 Folder 14
Physics 2AL - Winter 1985 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 15
Physics 2AL - Winter 1986 - Lab manual
Box 26 Folder 16
Physics 2BL - Fall 1993 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 27 Folder 1
Physics 2BL - Fall 1993 - Assignments and tests - Mechanics lab
Box 27 Folder 2
Physics 2BL - Fall 1993 - Lab manual
Box 27 Folder 3
Physics 2BL - Fall 1993 - Lectures and source materials - Mechanics lab
Box 27 Folder 4
Physics 2CL - Spring 1982 - Lab manual
Box 27 Folder 5
Physics 2CL - Fall 1984 - Lab manual and experiments

Draft.

Box 27 Folder 6
Physics 2CL - Winter 1985 - Experiments
Box 27 Folder 7
Physics 2CL - Spring 1985 - Lab manual
Box 27 Folder 8
Physics 2CL - Fall 1992 - Assignments and tests
Box 27 Folder 9
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 27 Folder 10
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992 - Experiments
Box 27 Folder 11
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992 - Lab manual
Box 27 Folder 12
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992 - Tests
Box 27 Folder 13
Physics 2CL - Winter 1993 - Tests
Box 27 Folder 14
Physics 2DL - Fall 1981 - Assignments
Box 27 Folder 15
Physics 2DL - Fall 1984 - Lab manual
Box 27 Folder 16
Physics 2DL - Winter 1984 - Experiments
Box 27 Folder 17
Physics 2DL - Lab manual, 1985 - 1991
Box 27 Folder 18
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 27 Folder 19
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989 - Assignments
Box 27 Folder 20
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989 - Experiments
Box 27 Folder 21
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989 - Lab manual
Box 28 Folder 1
Physics 5AL - October 1972 - May 1973 - Seminar notebook - Statistical and thermal physics
Box 28 Folder 2
Physics 5C - Spring 1973 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 28 Folder 3
Physics 5C - Spring 1973 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 4
Physics 11 - Spring 1991 - Assignments and tests
Box 28 Folder 5
Physics 100A - Winter 1967 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 28 Folder 6
Physics 100A - Winter 1967 - Assignments
Box 28 Folder 7
Physics 100A - Winter 1967 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 8
Physics 100A - Spring 1967 - Lecture notes
Box 28 Folder 9
Physics 100L - Winter 1966 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 10
Physics 101A - Winter 1971 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 28 Folder 11
Physics 101A - Winter 1971 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 12
Physics 101B - Spring 1971 - Administrative
Box 28 Folder 13
Physics 101B - Spring 1971 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 14
Physics 101B - Spring 1971 - Lecture notes
Box 28 Folder 15
Physics 112L - Spring 1966 - Administrative

Syllabus. Also includes materials from Physics 204B.

Box 28 Folder 16
Physics 112L - Spring 1966 - Assignments and tests

Also includes materials from Physics 204B.

Box 28 Folder 17
Physics 112L - Spring 1966 - Experiments

Also includes materials from Physics 204B.

Box 28 Folder 18
Physics 112L - Spring 1966 - Lectures
Box 28 Folder 19
Physics 112L - Spring 1967 - Experiments
Box 28 Folder 20
Physics 112L - Spring 1967 - Lectures
Box 28 Folder 21
Physics 112L - Spring 1967 - Assignments and tests
Box 29 Folder 1
Physics 120A - November 1975 - April 1984 - Undergraduate labs

Also includes Physics 120B materials.

Box 29 Folder 2
Physics 120A - Spring 1978 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 29 Folder 3
Physics 120A - Spring 1978 - Assignments and solutions
Box 29 Folder 4
Physics 120A - Spring 1978 - Experiments
Box 29 Folder 5
Physics 120A - Spring 1978 - Lecture notes
Box 29 Folder 6
Physics 120A - Spring 1978 - Tests
Box 29 Folder 7
Physics 120A - Spring 1979 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 29 Folder 8
Physics 120A - Spring 1979 - Assignments and tests
Box 29 Folder 9
Physics 120A - Spring 1979 - Experiments
Box 29 Folder 10
Physics 120A - Spring 1979 - Lecture notes
Box 29 Folder 11
Physics 120B - Fall 1977 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 29 Folder 12
Physics 120B - Fall 1977 - Assignments and tests
Box 29 Folder 13
Physics 120B - Fall 1977 - Experiments
Box 30 Folder 1
Physics 120B - Fall 1977 - Lecture notes
Box 30 Folder 2
Physics 120B - Fall 1978 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 30 Folder 3
Physics 120B - Fall 1978 - Assignments and tests
Box 30 Folder 4
Physics 120B - Fall 1978 - Experiments
Box 30 Folder 5
Physics 120B - Fall 1978 - Lecture notes
Box 30 Folder 6
Physics 160 - Fall 1990 - Tests
Box 30 Folder 7
Physics 160 - Fall 1991 - Assignments and tests
Box 30 Folder 8
Physics 161 - Winter 1972 - Administrative
Box 30 Folder 9
Physics 161 - Winter 1972 - Assignments and tests
Box 30 Folder 10
Physics 161 - Winter 1972 - Lecture notes
Box 30 Folder 11
Physics 161 - Winter 1980 - Administrative
Box 30 Folder 12
Physics 162 - Spring 1970 - Administrative
Box 30 Folder 13
Physics 162 - Spring 1970 - Assignments and tests
Box 30 Folder 14
Physics 162 - Spring 1970 - Lecture notes
Box 30 Folder 15
Physics 162 - Spring 1972 - Administrative
Box 30 Folder 16
Physics 162 - Spring 1972 - Handouts
Box 30 Folder 17
Physics 162 - Spring 1972 - Lectures
Box 30 Folder 18
Physics 171 - Spring 1967 - Administrative
Box 30 Folder 19
Physics 171 - Spring 1967 - Experiments
Box 30 Folder 20
Physics 204 - Fall 1963 - Assignments
Box 30 Folder 21
Physics 204 - Fall 1963 - Experiments
Box 31 Folder 1
Physics 204 - Fall 1963 - Lecture notes
Box 31 Folder 2
Physics 204 - Fall 1964 - Experiments
Box 31 Folder 3
Physics 204 - Fall 1964 - Lecture notes
Box 31 Folder 4
Physics 204 - Winter 1964 - Assignments
Box 31 Folder 5
Physics 204 - Winter 1964 - Experiments
Box 31 Folder 6
Physics 204 - Winter 1965 - Tests
Box 31 Folder 7
Physics 221 - Fall 1984 - Lab manual
Box 31 Folder 8
Physics 221 and 222 - Scripts for slide-tap shows, 1983 - 1984
Box 31 Folder 9
Physics 222 - Fall 1984 - Lab manual
Box 31 Folder 10
Physics 223B - Spring 1980 - Administrative
Box 31 Folder 11
Physics 223B - Spring 1980 - Lecture notes and handouts
Box 31 Folder 12
Physics 223B - Spring 1981 - Administrative
Box 31 Folder 13
Physics 223B - Spring 1981 - Lecture notes and handouts
Box 31 Folder 14
Science and Technology 1C - Spring 1973 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 31 Folder 15
Science and Technology 1C - Spring 1973 - Experiments
Box 31 Folder 16
Science and Technology 5A - Fall 1972 - Administrative

Syllabus.

Box 31 Folder 17
Science and Technology 5A - Fall 1972 - Experiments
Box 31 Folder 18
Science and Technology 5B - Winter 1973 - Administrative

Syllabus.

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES: Materials documenting Peterson's professional activities at various conferences. Peterson's service on the NAS Space Science Board is also represented here. Folders are arranged alphabetically by the name of the sponsoring organization. Organizations of note include NASA, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), the National Science Foundation, the American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. Also included are materials from the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference held in San Diego in 1985, where Peterson was chair of the local organizing committee.

Box 32 Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1971 - 1972
Box 33 Folder 1
American Astronomical Society (AAS)

1965, December - 1978, September.

Box 34 Folder 1
American Astronomical Society (AAS)

1978, December - 1987, October.

Box 35 Folder 1
American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1961 - 1982
Box 36 Folder 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

1966, November - 1979, January.

Box 37 Folder 1
American Nuclear Society

1967, June - 1969, December.

Box 38 Folder 1
American Physical Society

1966, April - 1985, April.

Box 39 Folder 1
American Physical Society, 1989 - 1993
Box 40 Folder 1
California Association for Research in Astronomy (CARA), 1991 - 1994

California Institute of Technology (CIT), 1986, June; CASS, 1981, August.

Box 41 Folder 1
COSPAR, 1965 - 1978
Box 42 Folder 1
COSPAR

1979, February - July.

Box 43 Folder 1
COSPAR, 1980
Box 44 Folder 1
COSPAR, 1981 - 1982
Box 45 Folder 1
COSPAR, 1983 - 1988
Box 46 Folder 1
COSPAR

1989 - 1991, April.

Box 47 Folder 1
COSPAR

1991, May - December.

Box 48 Folder 1
COSPAR, 1992 - 1994
Box 49 Folder 1
Deep Underwater and Neutrino Detection (DUMAND), 1977 - 1978

Electronics and Aerospace Systems Conference (EASCON), 1986; European Space Agency (ESA), 1978-1983.

Box 50 Folder 1
European Science Foundation (ESF), 1980 - 1984
Box 51 Folder 1
High Energy Astrophysics Meeting (HEAM), 1979

International Astronomical Federation (IAF), 1981.

Box 52 Folder 1
International Astronomical Union (IAU), 1964 - 1979

Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1982.

Box 53 Folder 1
International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC)

1967 - 1985, August.

Box 54 Folder 1
International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC)

1985, August.

Box 55 Folder 1
IXEE-IXAE, 1976 - 1978

Joint Nuclear Instrumentation (JNI), 1961.

Box 56 Folder 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Visiting Senior Scientist Advisory Committee, 1990 - 1995
Box 57 Folder 1
Midwest Cosmic Ray Conference, 1962 - 1964
Box 58 Folder 1
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - Space Science Board, 1965 - 1981
Box 59 Folder 1
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - Space Science Board

1982 - 1983, October.

Box 60 Folder 1
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - Space Science Board

1983, November - 1984.

Box 61 Folder 1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Ames Seminar, 1970

December 1. Includes also NASA - Goddard 2nd OSO Workshop, December 2-4.

Box 61 Folder 2
NASA - Apollo Advisory Committee, 1965

November 4-5.

Box 61 Folder 3
NASA - ATM Stellar Ad Hoc Committee, 1966

February 3.

Box 61 Folder 4
NASA - Astrophysics Advisory Subcommittee, 1990

January - May.

Box 61 Folder 5
NASA - Astrophysics Council - Correspondence, 1989 - 1992
Box 61 Folder 6
NASA - Astrophysics Council - Lunar Initiating Presentation, 1989

September 28.

Box 61 Folder 7
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1989

February 2.

Box 61 Folder 8
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1989

May 4.

Box 61 Folder 9
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1990

February.

Box 61 Folder 10
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1990

June.

Box 61 Folder 11
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1990

September.

Box 61 Folder 12
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1991

March 25.

Box 61 Folder 13
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1991

May 13.

Box 61 Folder 14
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1991

September 26.

Box 61 Folder 15
NASA - Astrophysics Council Meeting, 1992

January 30.

Box 61 Folder 16
NASA - AMOWG, 1989 - 1990
Box 61 Folder 17
NASA - AMOWG, 1989

September 28.

Box 61 Folder 18
NASA - AMOWG, 1990

January 25.

Box 61 Folder 19
NASA - AMOWG, 1990

December 13.

Box 61 Folder 20
NASA - ESA - Wise Persons Meeting, 1983

October 26.

Box 61 Folder 21
NASA - ESLAB Symposium (8th) - Part II, 1974

June 10-12.

Box 61 Folder 22
NASA - First results from the Giotto encounter with comet Halley, 1986

May 19.

Box 61 Folder 23
NASA - High Energy Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group (HEAMOWG), 1972 - 1985

Miscellaneous papers.

Box 61 Folder 24
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1975

February 27.

Box 61 Folder 25
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1975

October 23.

Box 61 Folder 26
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1974

Correspondence.

Box 61 Folder 27
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1976

July 15.

Box 61 Folder 28
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1976

November 29-30.

Box 61 Folder 29
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1978

February - March.

Box 61 Folder 30
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1978

May. Correspondence.

Box 61 Folder 31
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1989
Box 61 Folder 32
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group, 1989

September. Presentation - Lunar Initiatives in High Energy Astrophysics.

Box 61 Folder 33
NASA - HEAMOWG - Program Office Work Group

Undated.

Box 62 Folder 1
NASA - High Energy Phenomena on the Sun, 1972

September 28-30.

Box 62 Folder 2
NASA - Physical Sciences Committee (PSC) Meeting, 1976

December 2-3.

Box 62 Folder 3
NASA - Physics Advisory Committee Meeting, 1968

April 26.

Box 62 Folder 4
NASA - Physics of Solar Flares, 1963

October 28-30.

Box 62 Folder 5
NASA - Publicity, 1986 - 1988
Box 62 Folder 6
NASA - Relationship of Gamma-Ray Astrophysics to the Structure and Content of Our Galaxy, 1976

June 2-4.

Box 62 Folder 7
NASA - University of Maryland - Seminar, 1968

November 11.

Box 63 Folder 1
NASA - Solar Physics Program Office Work Group, 1975

March 26.

Box 63 Folder 2
NASA - Solar Physics Program Office WorkGroup, 1975

June 25.

Box 63 Folder 3
NASA - Solar Physics Program Office WorkGroup, 1975

September 15.

Box 63 Folder 4
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee, 1964 - 1966
Box 63 Folder 5
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1964

November 4-5. Part 1.

Box 63 Folder 6
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1964

November 4-5. Part 2.

Box 63 Folder 7
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1964

November 4-5. Part 3.

Box 63 Folder 8
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1965

February 17-19.

Box 63 Folder 9
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1965

April 29-30.

Box 63 Folder 10
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1965

December 1-3.

Box 63 Folder 11
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1966

February 9-10.

Box 63 Folder 12
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1966

September 13-14.

Box 63 Folder 13
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1966

November 7-9.

Box 63 Folder 14
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1967

February 23-24.

Box 63 Folder 15
NASA - Solar Physics Subcommittee - Meeting, 1967

May 16-17.

Box 63 Folder 16
NASA - Space Science Steering Committee, 1964
Box 63 Folder 17
NASA - Space Science Steering Committee, 1965

July - December.

Box 64 Folder 1
NASA - Space Science Visiting Committee Meeting - Space Science Working Group
Box 65 Folder 1
NASA - Special X-Ray Astronomy Symposium - University Relations Study
Box 66 Folder 1
National Astronomy Institute (NAI), 1975 - 1976
Box 67 Folder 1
National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Greenbank Workshop, 1986

September 30 - October 2.

Box 67 Folder 2
National Science Foundation (NSF) - Correspondence, 1969 - 1983
Box 67 Folder 3
NSF - Instructional Scientific Equipment Program, 1976 - 1977
Box 67 Folder 4
NSF - Instructional Scientific Equipment Program - Review Meeting, 1976

February 12-14.

Box 67 Folder 5
NSF - Reviews, 1974 - 1975
Box 67 Folder 6
NSF - Reviews, 1976 - 1982
Box 68 Folder 1
Oak Ridge Laboratory, 1968
Box 68 Folder 2
Pacific Coast X-Ray Astrophysics, 1977
Box 68 Folder 3
Pacific Conference on Chemical and Spectroscopy, 1978
Box 68 Folder 4
Professional Societies, 1966 - 1974
Box 68 Folder 5
Positron-Electron Pairs in Astrophysics, 1983
Box 68 Folder 6
Royal Society of London, 1980
Box 68 Folder 7
Sierra Conference on Astrophysics (6th), 1974
Box 68 Folder 8
Solar Neighborhood Meeting, 1975
Box 68 Folder 9
Solar-Polar Mission

1980, May - 1981, July.

Box 68 Folder 10
Solar-Polar Mission Ad Hoc Subcommittee, 1978
Box 68 Folder 11
Solar Skylab Workshop, 1977
Box 68 Folder 12
Space Congress (7th), 1970
Box 68 Folder 13
Space Sciences - University of California Inter-Campus, 1964
Box 69 Folder 1
Space Telescope Institute, 1976 - 1980
Box 70 Folder 1
Fourth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, 1968
Box 70 Folder 2
Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Sources Workshop, 1987
Box 70 Folder 3
Stanford University Seminar, 1986
Box 70 Folder 4
Taos Workshop notes, 1989
Box 70 Folder 5
Toulouse Symposium Gamma-Ray Bursts, 1979
Box 71 Folder 1
U. S. Japan Cooperative Program, 1972 - 1975
Box 72 Folder 1
University of California, 1966 - 1967
Box 72 Folder 2
University of California Astronomy Meeting at UCSD, 1975
Box 72 Folder 3
University of California - Cal Space Institute Statewide Planning, 1978 - 1979
Box 72 Folder 4
University of California Observatories, 1992 - 1994
Box 72 Folder 5
University of California Observatories - UCIOF Committee, 1989 - 1991
Box 72 Folder 6
University of California Observatories - UCO Advisory Committee, 1994
Box 72 Folder 7
University of California, San Diego - Substorm Workshop, 1972
Box 72 Folder 8
University of California, Santa Cruz - All-Campus Astronomy Meeting, 1969
Box 72 Folder 9
University of New Hampshire - Gamma Ray Local Production and Shielding Conference, 1972
Box 72 Folder 10
Universitywide Astronomy Meeting at UCLA, 1971
Box 72 Folder 11
Woods Hole Meeting, 1972 - 1973
Box 72 Folder 12
Woods Hole Meeting, 1973

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES: Originals of brittle or high acid content documents that have been photocopied.

Box 72 Folder 13
Originals of preservation photocopies

Accession Processed in 2000

NOTEBOOKS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) NOTEBOOKS: Computation notebooks (1963-1995) for various physics projects; notebooks (1981-1989) for meetings of COSPAR, the Space Science Board and the European Science Foundation; notebooks (1982-1985) related to arrangements for the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference held at UCSD; NASA notebooks (1986-1988); and miscellaneous seminar notebooks (1984-1992).

Computation Books

Box 73 Folder 1
1963, January 25 - 1965, November 1: Balloon Flight and NASA Flight Programs
Box 73 Folder 2
1964, December 4 - 1971, October 7: S-16 Analysis
Box 73 Folder 3
1965, February 5 - August 3: PM Tubes and C.R.
Box 73 Folder 4
1965, March 18 - 1966, April 13
Box 73 Folder 5
1965, March 22 - 1966, October 22: ORS III
Box 73 Folder 6
1965, April 1 - 1966, September 15: Gamma-Scope Design
Box 74 Folder 1
1966, April 18 - 1967, February 15: Logistics
Box 74 Folder 2
1966, May 20 - 1968, July 16: Solar X-Ray and X-Ray Experiments
Box 74 Folder 3
1967, January 21 - 1972, September 22: Lunar and Planetary Experiments
Box 74 Folder 4
1967, November 30 - 1968, February 13: Logistics
Box 74 Folder 5
1968, February 15 - November 18: Logistics
Box 74 Folder 6
1968, December 11 - 1974, June 3: X-Ray and X-Ray Experiments
Box 74 Folder 7
1968, December 20 - 1969, November 18: Logistics
Box 74 Folder 8
1969, August 4: OSO Working Conference
Box 75 Folder 1
1969, November 18 - 1970, April 27: Logistics
Box 75 Folder 2
1970, April 1 - 1971, September 17: HEAO
Box 75 Folder 3
1970, April 27 - October 6: Logistics
Box 75 Folder 4
1970, October 7 - 1976, May 4: Seminars, etc.
Box 75 Folder 5
1970, October 19 - 1971, June 7: Log Book
Box 75 Folder 6
1971, June 7 - 1972, June 30: Log Book
Box 75 Folder 7
1971, September 24 - 1974, March 19: HEAO
Box 75 Folder 8
1971, November 20 - 1975, August 6: Solar X-Ray and X-Ray Experiments
Box 76 Folder 1
1972, July 1 - 1973, March 8: Logistics
Box 76 Folder 2
1972, September 21 - 1976, January 23: Lunar and Planetary Experiments
Box 76 Folder 3
1973, March 9 - August 31: Log Book
Box 76 Folder 4
1973, September 25 - December 11: Tata Institute for Fundamental Research
Box 76 Folder 5
1974, July 29 - December 14: Log Book
Box 76 Folder 6
1974, December 20 - 1975, May 26: Log Book
Box 76 Folder 7
1975, May 17 - 1976, April 9: Solar Facility Defn Team
Box 76 Folder 8
1975, May 26 - 1976, March 15: Log Book
Box 76 Folder 9
1975, July 28 - 1976, January 19: HEAO
Box 77 Folder 1
1976, March 15 - 1977, January 26: Log Book
Box 77 Folder 2
1976, April 9 - September 10: Hard X-Ray Imaging
Box 77 Folder 3
1976, June 10 - November 18: Shuttle Instruments
Box 77 Folder 4
1976, September 10 - 1977, August 23: Hard X-Ray Imaging System
Box 77 Folder 5
1977, February 1 - July 20: Log Book
Box 77 Folder 6
1977, February 1 - 1979, November 14: HEAO
Box 77 Folder 7
1977, March 29 - 1978, February 12: HEAO
Box 78 Folder 1
1977, July 25 - 1978, March 2: Log Book
Box 78 Folder 2
1977, August 23 - 1978, October 19
Box 78 Folder 3
1978, March 3 - 1979, April 26: Log Book
Box 78 Folder 4
1978, May 24 - August 8
Box 78 Folder 5
1978, July 3 - 1979, October 29: GRO
Box 78 Folder 6
1978, August 16 - December 14: GRO-Defn
Box 78 Folder 7
1978, December 15 - 1979, July 1: GRO
Box 78 Folder 8
1978, December 22 - 1979, June 28: FOS/GRO/ORV
Box 79 Folder 1
1979, August 9 - 1980, May 29: FOS/GRO/ORV
Box 79 Folder 2
1979, October 31 - 1980, April 7: GRO
Box 79 Folder 3
1979, November 21 - 1981, October 29: HEAO -1, Program
Box 79 Folder 4
1980, April 1 - September 6: GRO
Box 79 Folder 5
1980, July 1 - 1981, February 15: CASS/FOS
Box 79 Folder 6
1980, September 15 - 1981, March 18: GRO/GRSE
Box 79 Folder 7
1981, February 15 - 1982, September 1: CASS
Box 79 Folder 8
1981, March 18 - July 17: GRO/GRSE
Box 80 Folder 1
1981, November 4 - 1982, September 15: HEAO and Balloon
Box 80 Folder 2
1982, September 1 - 1983, October 30: CASS
Box 80 Folder 3
1982, September 15 - 1983, November 17: HEAO and Balloon, XTE
Box 80 Folder 4
1983, November 1 - 1985, July 31: CASS
Box 80 Folder 5
1985, October 22 - 1986, February 11
Box 80 Folder 6
1987, June 11 - 1988, March 11: UCSD Activities
Box 80 Folder 7
1988, March 12 - July 6
Box 81 Folder 1
1988, August 8 - December 13
Box 81 Folder 2
1988, December 13 - 1989, March 2
Box 81 Folder 3
1989, March 21 - October 19
Box 81 Folder 4
1989, October 23 - 1990, August 31
Box 81 Folder 5
1990, August 3 - 1991, October 4
Box 82 Folder 1
1990, September 13 - 1991, September 11
Box 82 Folder 2
1991, September 16 - 1992, October 30
Box 82 Folder 3
1991, October 11 - 1994, March 22
Box 82 Folder 4
1992, November 2 - 1993, September 16
Box 82 Folder 5
1993, September 14 - 1994, April 15
Box 83 Folder 1
1994, April 15 - 1995, July 17
Box 83 Folder 2
1994, November 4
Box 83 Folder 3
1995, June 24 - 1998, March 5: X-Ray and X-Ray Astronomy
Box 83 Folder 4
1995, July 18 - 1996, November 6

COSPAR, Space Science Board and ESA

Box 84 Folder 1
1981, March 26 - 1981, August 18
Box 84 Folder 2
1981, August 20 - December 4
Box 84 Folder 3
1981, December 8 - 1983, January 13
Box 84 Folder 4
1983, January 24 - 1984, July 6
Box 84 Folder 5
1984, July 1 - 1986, July 11
Box 85 Folder 1
1989, February 27 - 1990, July 23

International Cosmic Ray Conference (19th)

Box 85 Folder 2
1982, September 14 - 1984, April 17
Box 85 Folder 3
1984, April 18 - 1985, February 28
Box 85 Folder 4
1985, March 1 - May 13
Box 85 Folder 5
1985, May 10 - December 16

NASA

Box 86 Folder 1
1986, January 30 - April 1
Box 86 Folder 2
1986, April 2 - May 21
Box 86 Folder 3
1986, May 22 - August 1
Box 86 Folder 4
1986, August 2 - October 3
Box 86 Folder 5
1986, October 4 - November 21
Box 86 Folder 6
1986, November 22 - 1987, February 13
Box 86 Folder 7
1987, February 14 - April 3
Box 87 Folder 1
1987, April 4 - June 9
Box 87 Folder 2
1987, May 22 - July 30
Box 87 Folder 3
1987, July 31 - October 1
Box 87 Folder 4
1987, October 3 - December 10
Box 87 Folder 5
1987, December 11 - 1988, March 23
Box 87 Folder 6
1988, March 24 - June 30

Seminars

Box 88 Folder 1
1984, May 21 - December 17: Undergraduate Labs, Instruction and Research Building
Box 88 Folder 2
1984, October 6 - 1985, November 3: 2AL Experimental Development
Box 88 Folder 3
1985, January 10 - 1986, January 13: Undergraduate Labs, Instruction and Research Building
Box 88 Folder 4
1986, September 30 - October 2
Box 88 Folder 5
1988, October 4 - 1992, June 23
Box 88 Folder 6
1992, September 25 - 1995, March 21

UCSD TEACHING MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) UCSD TEACHING MATERIALS: Teaching materials for physics courses taught by Peterson between 1989 and 1993.

Box 88 Folder 7
Physics 1B - Spring 1989: Part 1 of 3
Box 88 Folder 8
Physics 1B - Spring 1989: Part 2 of 3
Box 89 Folder 1
Physics 1B - Spring 1989: Part 3 of 3
Box 89 Folder 2
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984: Part 1 of 2
Box 89 Folder 3
Physics 2AL - Fall 1984: Part 2 of 2
Box 89 Folder 4
Physics 2AL - Fall 1985
Box 89 Folder 5
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992: Part 1 of 2
Box 89 Folder 6
Physics 2CL - Spring 1992: Part 2 of 2
Box 89 Folder 7
Physics 2CL - Fall 1992: Part 1 of 2
Box 89 Folder 8
Physics 2CL - Fall 1992: Part 2 of 2
Box 90 Folder 1
Physics 2CL - Winter 1993: Part 1 of 2
Box 90 Folder 2
Physics 2CL - Winter 1993: Part 2 of 2
Box 90 Folder 3
Physics 2DL - Fall 1981: Part 1 of 2
Box 90 Folder 4
Physics 2DL - Fall 1981: Part 2 of 2
Box 90 Folder 5
Physics 2DL - Fall 1982
Box 90 Folder 6
Physics 2DL - Winter 1982
Box 90 Folder 7
Physics 2DL - Fall 1983
Box 90 Folder 8
Physics 2DL - Winter 1983
Box 90 Folder 9
Physics 2DL - Winter 1984: Part 1 of 2
Box 91 Folder 1
Physics 2DL - Winter 1984: Part 2 of 2
Box 91 Folder 2
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989: Part 1 of 2
Box 91 Folder 3
Physics 2DL - Winter 1989: Part 2 of 2
Box 91 Folder 4
Physics 11 - Spring 1991: Part 1 of 3
Box 91 Folder 5
Physics 11 - Spring 1991: Part 2 of 3
Box 91 Folder 6
Physics 11 - Spring 1991: Part 3 of 3
Box 91 Folder 7
Physics 160 - Fall 1990: Part 1 of 2
Box 91 Folder 8
Physics 160 - Fall 1990: Part 2 of 2

Accession Processed in 2024

CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Biographical information regarding Peterson's academic appointment and sabbatical years, including statements of professional activities, bibliographies, and correspondence. His chronological correspondence includes correspondence regarding the UCSD Physics Department, the High Energy Astronomy Group, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, and NASA, although the majority of such correspondence can be found in the UCSD MATERIALS series and the ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES series.

Box 92 Folder 1-2
Biographical information, 1959-2002
Box 92 Folder 3
Bibliographies, 1989-1998
Box 92 Folder 4
Sabbaticals, 1982-1988
Box 92 Folder 5-8
Chronological correspondence, 1959-1994
Box 93 Folder 1-3
Chronological correspondence, 1994-2015
Box 93 Folder 4
India - Correspondence, 1983-1985

UCSD MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 11) UCSD MATERIALS: Correspondence, reports, and proposals for the UCSD Physics Department, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), the High Energy Astronomy Groups (HEAG) and the Science, Engineering and Research Facility (SERF), mostly compiled while Peterson was director of CASS from 1988-1997. The series includes education and outreach proposals aimed at fostering science education, particularly in astronomy and physics, for middle and high school students.

Box 93 Folder 5-6
UCSD Physics Department - Correspondence and directories, 1974-2003
Box 93 Folder 7
High Bay Physics Building, 1997-2000
Box 93 Folder 8
Ad hoc committees, 1990-1999
Box 93 Folder 9-11
High Energy Astronomy Group (HEAG) - Correspondence, directories and publications, 1974-1998
Box 94 Folder 1-2
High Energy Astronomy Group (HEAG) - Projects, storage and vault, 1985-2001

Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS)

Box 94 Folder 3-6
Correspondence, 1985-2003
Box 94 Folder 7-8
Annual reports, 1995-2000
Box 95 Folder 1-4
Annual, 5-year and 15-year reports, 1989-2003
Box 95 Folder 5-7
Projects and programs, 1985-1997
Box 95 Folder 8
Press conference programs and speaker biographies, 1980
Box 95 Folder 9-10
Seminars and UCSD publicity, 1988-1999
Box 96 Folder 1
Ephemera, 1983-1996
Box 96 Folder 2-4
Science, Engineering and Research Facility (SERF), 1988-2001
Box 96 Folder 5
CASS/CalSpace merger, 1996
Box 96 Folder 6-9
Education and outreach - Includes GLAST and CZT proposals, 1998-2000

ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 12) ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES: Correspondence, reports, proposals, and notes for scientific agencies and conferences in which Peterson participated. Peterson was the assistant director for science of the NASA Astrophysics Division from 1986 to 1988 and served on many other space science committees, including the US INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) science advisory committee and the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).

Box 97 Folder 1-2
American Astronomical Society (AAS) High Energy Astrophysics Division, 1996-2001
Box 97 Folder 3-5
American Physical Society (APS) meeting notes, 1998-2014
Box 97 Folder 6
Bob Lin Memorial Symposium, 2013 September 21
Box 97 Folder 7-10
COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly notes, 1988-2004
Box 97 Folder 11
IEEE International Workshop on Plasma Cosmology, La Jolla, 1989 February 20
Box 97 Folder 12-13
INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) - Advisory committees, 1992-1995
Box 98 Folder 1-4
INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) - Spectrometer, research, and funding, 1993-1994
Box 98 Folder 5
International Cosmic Ray Conference, Salt Lake City, 1999
Box 98 Folder 6
International Space University, 1994
Box 98 Folder 7
Kinsey Anderson's 70th Birthday Symposium, 1996 November 9
Box 98 Folder 8-10
NASA correspondence and reports, 1984-1986
Box 99 Folder 1-6
NASA correspondence and reports, 1986
Box 100 Folder 1-5
NASA correspondence and reports, 1987
Box 101 Folder 1-5
NASA correspondence and reports, 1986-1997
Box 101 Folder 6
NASA Astronomy Missions Board, ca. 1970
Box 101 Folder 7
Next Generation Low/Medium Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics Mission workshop, 1996
Box 101 Folder 8
Space Science Reviews editorial board, 1987-1999
Box 101 Folder 9
Suzaku X-Ray Universe, San Diego, 2007
Box 101 Folder 10
Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics, Rice University, 1997

WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 13) WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS: Drafts, notes, and correspondence for articles, reports, and presentations written or co-written by Peterson, particularly on high-energy astronomy and astronomy research at UCSD.

Box 101 Folder 11
The Gamma-Ray Observatory, 1979
Box 101 Folder 12
X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy at UCSD, 1980
Box 101 Folder 13
AAS talk, Pasadena, 1987 January 7
Box 101 Folder 14
Presentation to the Physics Visiting Committee, Astrophysics and Space Sciences, 1989 February
Box 101 Folder 15
CASS Presentation to Hon. Bill Lowry, U.S. House of Representatives, 1991 August 15
Box 101 Folder 16
Search for High Energy Cosmic Ray Sources, ca. 1993
Box 102 Folder 1
D. M. Smith, et al. A High Spectral Resolution Gamma-Ray Observation of the Galactic Center Region, 1993
Box 102 Folder 2
B. Bowman, J. Matteson and L. Peterson. An Analysis of Galactic Positrons in the Interstellar Medium Using the Line Shape Integral Method, 1994
Box 102 Folder 3-5
Notebooks - Seminars, 1995-2003
Box 102 Folder 6
Pre-INTEGRAL History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy - A Personal View. 2nd INTEGRAL workshop, St. Malo, France, 1996 September 16-20
Box 102 Folder 7
L.E. Peterson, et al. Measurement of Diffuse Cosmic Gamma Rays by HEAO-1. 2nd INTEGRAL workshop, St. Malo, France, 1996 September 16-20
Box 102 Folder 8
L. E. Peterson, et al. Radio Pulsars Observed at X-Ray Energies by the X-Ray Timing Explorer, 1996-1998
Box 103 Folder 1-2
The Crab Nebula at High Energies - A Historical Perspective, 1997
Box 103 Folder 3
Diffuse Cosmic Gamma-Rays. Journal Club, 1997 February 6
Box 103 Folder 4
Adventures of a COSPAR Vice-President, 1997-1998
Box 103 Folder 5
Origins: Astronomy and Astrophysics at UCSD in the 21st century, 1998
Box 103 Folder 6-7
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic X-Ray Sources, 1998
Box 104 Folder 1
J. L. Matteson, et al. X-Ray Astronomy with CdZnTe Arrays (for Truemper proceedings), 1998
Box 104 Folder 2
Scientific Ballooning at UCSD. CalSpace seminar, 1998 February 11
Box 104 Folder 3
Seyfert Galaxy 18325-5926. Journal Club, 1998 March 19
Box 104 Folder 4
L. E. Peterson, et al. X-Ray Astronomy with CdZnTe Arrays. APS, Columbus, OH, 1998 April 18-21
Box 104 Folder 5
D. E. Gruber, J. L. Matteson and L. E. Peterson. The Spectrum of Diffuse Cosmic Hard X-Rays Measured with HEAO-1, 1999
Box 104 Folder 6
Gamma Ray Pulsar PSR B1055-52: New Results and Comparisons. High Energy Astronomy nooner, 1999 February 25
Box 104 Folder 7
High Energy Astronomy: A New View of the Universe. Institute of Continued Learning, 1999 October 22

Includes photographs.

Box 104 Folder 8
The UCSD/CASS High Energy Astronomy Group: A Brief History, 2000
Box 104 Folder 9
F. D'Amico, et al. HEXTE Studies of SCO X-1 Spectra: Detections of Hard X-Ray Tails Beyond 200 KeV, 2001
Box 104 Folder 10
L. E. Peterson, et al. Discovery of a Cyclotron Line in X-Per. American Physical Society meeting, 2001
Box 105 Folder 1
A Personal Perspective on the Early Years of High Energy Astronomy: From Minnesota to San Diego, 2008-2014
Box 105 Folder 2
Miscellaneous talks and seminars, 1991-1996

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 14) RESEARCH PROJECTS: Reports, data, notes, proposals, and correspondence for research projects led by Peterson at the University of Minnesota and at CASS, especially utilizing scientific ballooning.

Box 105 Folder 3
S-16 Orbiting Solar Observatory, University of Minnesota, 1961
Box 105 Folder 4
UCSD X-ray and gamma-ray balloon flights, 1963-1971
Box 105 Folder 5
Hard Solar X-Ray and Radiation Monitoring Instrument for OSO-H, 1966
Box 105 Folder 6-8
Balloon flights - Figures, records, and correspondence, 1977-1996
Box 105 Folder 9
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Experiment for the Gamma-Ray Observatory, 1978
Box 105 Folder 10
Analysis of X-Ray Spectra of Clusters of Galaxies, 1986
Box 105 Folder 11
CdZnTe correspondence, 1988-1993
Box 105 Folder 12
HEXTE, 1993-1994
Box 105 Folder 13
HER X-1 pulse timing, 1997
Box 105 Folder 14
UNEX Opportunity - FAR_XITE proposal, 1998
Box 105 Folder 15
Pulsar/ICR source study, 1999 May
Box 105 Folder 16
Space missions history, UCSD/CASS High Energy Astronomy Group, 2000

PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 15) PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Photographic prints and negatives for Peterson's research projects, particularly of scientific equipment, balloon launches, and satellites. The series includes photographs of Peterson and a short film on high energy astronomy research at UCSD.

Box 105 Folder 17
S-16 prototype and flight, Frost experiment, 1960
Box 105 Folder 18
Thesis and miscellaneous, ca. 1960-1980
Box 105 Folder 19-20
Balloon tests - Instruments and data, 1960-1990
Box 106 Folder 1-3
Balloon tests - Gondolas, launches, recoveries and data, 1963-1980
Box 106 Folder 4
Solar gamma-ray experiment, U of M/GSFC collaboration, 1962-1963
Box 106 Folder 5
ERS-17 and ERS-18 (launches 1965 July 20 and 1967 April 28), 1965-1968
Box 106 Folder 6
Equipment and locations, 1968-1995
Box 106 Folder 7-9
OSO-1 - OSO-7 - Cosmic instrument design and construction, 1962-1971
Box 106 Folder 10
Solar flares and activity, 1969
Box 106 Folder 11
X-ray source locations and images, 1969
Box 106 Folder 12
Apollo 15 and 16 missions (1971 July 27 and 1972 April 6), 1971-1972
Box 106 Folder 13
Space Shuttle, 1975-1983
Box 106 Folder 14-15
Laurence E. Peterson - Individual and group photos, 1971-1996
Box 107 Folder 1-2
NASA - ESA missions and astronomical images, 1976-1987
Box 107 Folder 3-4
HEAO-1 (launch 1977 August 12), 1970-1987
Box 107 Folder 5
Astronomical objects and data, 1985-1986
Box 107 Folder 6
US/FGR meeting, 1986
Box 107 Folder 7
Voyager 2, 1986
Box 107 Folder 8
GRO/BATSE (launched 1991 April 15), 1978-1991
Box 107 Folder 9
HIREGS - Antarctic flights, ca. 1992
Box 107 Folder 10
HEXAGONE - Alice Springs flights, ca. 1992
Box 107 Folder 11
Bob Farnsworth display, 1993
Box 107 Folder 12
RXTE (launched 1995 December 30), 1995
Box 107 Folder 13
HIST/FOS - Spacecraft and astronomical images, 1996
Box 107 Folder 14
Crab Nebula imaging
Box 108 Folder 1
High Energy Astronomy (Betacam videocassette, 25 minutes), ca. 1972

Film by the UCSD Physics Department on high energy astronomy research under Laurence Peterson.