Bernd T. Matthias Papers, 1958 - 1980 (MSS 101)

Extent: 19.2 Linear feet (48 archives boxes)

Papers of Bernd Teo Matthias (1918-1980), physicist, professor and researcher in superconductivity. Matthias began his research in superconductivity at the University of Chicago (1949-1951), joined the UCSD Physics Department in 1961, worked at Bell Laboratories and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and founded the Institute for the Study of Matter at UCSD in 1962. Included in the collection are correspondence, writings, proposals, subject files, calendars, and biographical materials.

Bernd Teo Matthias (1918-1980) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on June 8, 1918. He completed his Ph.D. in physics in 1943 at the Eidgenďssische Technische Hochschule Zĕrich and continued his research there for four more years. He immigrated to the United Stated in 1947. Matthias was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965 and is most noted for his discovery of nearly 1,000 superconducting materials.

Superconductivity is a phenomenon that occurs in metals at very low temperatures. When a metal is superconductive, it loses all electrical resistance. This means that electric currents can flow through a ring of superconducting material indefinitely, without losing any energy, as long as the material is kept at the very low temperature at which it becomes superconducting. Matthias's career focused on the search for materials with ever-higher transition temperatures.

In 1947, Matthias accepted an appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The following year he began an affiliation with the Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. On leave from Bell Labs in 1949-51, Matthias was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, where he developed a career-long collaborative relationship with Willy Zachariasen, a crystallographer and the head of Chicago's Physics Department at that time. While at the University of Chicago, Matthias turned to superconductivity and ferromagnetism in collaboration with John K. Hulm. His interest in the relationship between these two phenomena continued throughout his career.

In 1951, Matthias returned to Bell Labs where he discovered many more superconducting materials and developed the concept of "electron counting." This was an empirical guide that related the transition temperature of superconducting materials with their number of valence electrons per atom, a tool he used to discover many superconducting materials. Matthias was invited to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as a consultant in the Theoretical Division in 1956 or 1957. In 1961 he joined the physics faculty at the University of California, San Diego, and maintained a part-time presence in the labs at Murray Hill. He also maintained a presence at LANL as well, collaborating there with some of his former UCSD students, thus participating in and conducting research in three labs simultaneously.

A year after joining the Physics Department at UCSD, Matthias founded the Institute for the Study of Matter, funded first by the Air Force and later by the National Science Foundation. In 1966, the Institute merged with the Physics Department's Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences under the direction of Keith Brueckner. Matthias became associate director. Matthias explored the boundaries of science and metaphysics in his courses for undergraduates titled "Frontiers of Science." He was still actively researching and teaching when he died of a heart attack on October 27, 1980.

Papers of Bernd T. Matthias (1918-1980), physicist, professor and researcher in superconductivity. Matthias began his research in superconductivity at the University of Chicago (1949-1951), joined the UCSD Physics department in 1961, worked at Bell Laboratories and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and founded the Institute for the Study of Matter at UCSD in 1962. Included in the collection are correspondence, writings, proposals, subject files, calendars, and biographical materials.

Arranged in ten series: 1) BIOGRAPHY, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) ORGANIZATIONS, 4) CONFERENCES, 5) PROPOSALS, 6) EDITORIAL FILES, 7) WRITINGS, 8) UCSD, 9) SUBJECT FILES, and 10) CALENDARS.

Container List

BIOGRAPHY

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHY: Matthias's yearly UCSD biographical forms, his extensive publication list, entries from various Who's Who publications, news clippings describing Matthias and his research, letters of notification and congratulations for awards, and security questionnaires prepared for the Institute for Defense Analyses, Los Alamos, and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Box 1 Folder 1
Biographical forms and publication list
Box 1 Folder 2
Autobiographical entries, WHO'S WHO, etc...
Box 1 Folder 3
News clippings about Matthias
Box 1 Folder 4
Awards
Box 1 Folder 5
Security questionnaire

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Matthias organized his correspondence in two ways. He interfiled incoming and copies of outgoing letters alphabetically year by year, and filed additional duplicate copies of outgoing letters separately in monthly chronological files. The monthly files, which merely duplicated portions of the larger alphabetical file have been discarded. The series contains letters to and from numerous international scientists such as Linus Pauling and Christopher Raub and includes letters in French and German.

The CORRESPONDENCE series also contains materials and information on upcoming conferences, as well as letters to and from editors of scientific journals on specific articles and general issues. It contains materials regarding membership in organizations, writings, job inquiries sent by prospective employees, and departmental memos. In fact, this series contains elements of most of the other series, including course work, personnel materials, graphs and illustrations. Materials can be found under the names of people or organizations which reappear through the years. Researchers interested in the contents of other series might also look through the CORRESPONDENCE for additional information.

Box 1 Folder 6
1961: A - Z
Box 1 Folder 7
1962: A - G
Box 1 Folder 8
1962: H - L
Box 2 Folder 1
1962: M - R
Box 2 Folder 2
1962: S - Z
Box 2 Folder 3
Miscellaneous
Box 2 Folder 4
1963: A - E
Box 2 Folder 5
1963: F - K
Box 2 Folder 6
1963: L - O
Box 2 Folder 7
1963: P - Z
Box 2 Folder 8
1964: A - D
Box 2 Folder 9
1964: E - H
Box 3 Folder 1
1964: I - L
Box 3 Folder 2
1964: M - P
Box 3 Folder 3
1964: Q - T
Box 3 Folder 4
1964: U - Z
Box 3 Folder 5
1965: A - D
Box 3 Folder 6
1965: E - H
Box 3 Folder 7
1965: I - L
Box 3 Folder 8
1965: M - P
Box 4 Folder 1
1965: Q - S
Box 4 Folder 2
1965: T - Z
Box 4 Folder 3
1966: A
Box 4 Folder 4
1966: B - D
Box 4 Folder 5
1966: E - H
Box 4 Folder 6
1966: I - J
Box 4 Folder 7
1966: K - L
Box 5 Folder 1
1966: M - P
Box 5 Folder 2
1966: Q - S
Box 5 Folder 3
1966: Smi - T
Box 5 Folder 4
1966: U - Z
Box 5 Folder 5
1967: A - D
Box 5 Folder 6
1967: E - F
Box 5 Folder 7
1967: G - H
Box 6 Folder 1
1967: I - J
Box 6 Folder 2
1967: K - L
Box 6 Folder 3
1967: M - P
Box 6 Folder 4
1967: Q - T
Box 6 Folder 5
1967: U - Z
Box 6 Folder 6
1968: A - B
Box 6 Folder 7
1968: C - E
Box 7 Folder 1
1968: F
Box 7 Folder 2
1968: G - H
Box 7 Folder 3
1968: I - J
Box 7 Folder 4
1968: K - M
Box 7 Folder 5
1968: N - Pa
Box 7 Folder 6
1968: Pe - Pu
Box 7 Folder 7
1968: Q - T
Box 8 Folder 1
1968: U - Z
Box 8 Folder 2
1969: A - Ba
Box 8 Folder 3
1969: Be - D
Box 8 Folder 4
1969: E - H
Box 8 Folder 5
1969: I - Le
Box 8 Folder 6
1969: Lo - Man
Box 8 Folder 7
1969: Mar - P
Box 9 Folder 1
1969: Q - Sta
Box 9 Folder 2
1969: Ste - T
Box 9 Folder 3
1969: U - Z
Box 9 Folder 4
1970: A - D
Box 9 Folder 5
1970: E - H
Box 9 Folder 6
1970: I - L
Box 9 Folder 7
1970: M - P
Box 10 Folder 1
1970: Q - T
Box 10 Folder 2
1970: U - Z
Box 10 Folder 3
1971: A - C
Box 10 Folder 4
1971: D - E
Box 10 Folder 5
1971: F
Box 10 Folder 6
1971: G - H
Box 10 Folder 7
1971: I - L
Box 10 Folder 8
1971: M - P
Box 11 Folder 1
1971: Q - Sc
Box 11 Folder 2
1971: Se - Z
Box 11 Folder 3
1972: A
Box 11 Folder 4
1972: B - D
Box 11 Folder 5
1972: E - G
Box 11 Folder 6
1972: H
Box 11 Folder 7
1972: I - J
Box 11 Folder 8
1972: K - Los
Box 12 Folder 1
1972: Low - Mi
Box 12 Folder 2
1972: Mow - Pea
Box 12 Folder 3
1972: Pen - Q
Box 12 Folder 4
1972: R - S
Box 12 Folder 5
1972: T - Z
Box 12 Folder 6
1973: A - D
Box 12 Folder 7
1973: E - Z
Box 13 Folder 1
1973: H - Li
Box 13 Folder 2
1973: Lo - Ma
Box 13 Folder 3
1973: Me - R
Box 13 Folder 4
1973: S -Sl
Box 13 Folder 5
1973: St - Z
Box 13 Folder 6
1974: A - Ba
Box 14 Folder 1
1974: Be - D
Box 14 Folder 2
1974: E - H
Box 14 Folder 3
1974: I - KPBS
Box 14 Folder 4
1974: Kr - L
Box 14 Folder 5
1974: M - P
Box 14 Folder 6
1974: Q - S
Box 14 Folder 7
1974: T - Z
Box 15 Folder 1
1975: A - B
Box 15 Folder 2
1975: Ca - Ch
Box 15 Folder 3
1975: Cl - Cod
Box 15 Folder 4
1975: Com - D
Box 15 Folder 5
1975: E - H
Box 15 Folder 6
1975: I - K
Box 15 Folder 7
1975: L
Box 15 Folder 8
1975: M - N
Box 16 Folder 1
1975: O - P
Box 16 Folder 2
1975: Q - Sa
Box 16 Folder 3
1975: Sc - Sm
Box 16 Folder 4
1975: So - T
Box 16 Folder 5
1975: U - Z
Box 16 Folder 6
1975: Book
Box 16 Folder 7
1976: A - B
Box 16 Folder 8
1976: C - D
Box 17 Folder 1
1976: E - H
Box 17 Folder 2
1976: I - K
Box 17 Folder 3
1976: L
Box 17 Folder 4
1976: M - O
Box 17 Folder 5
1976: P - R
Box 17 Folder 6
1976: S - T
Box 17 Folder 7
1976: U - Z
Box 18 Folder 1
1977: A - B
Box 18 Folder 2
1977: C - Com
Box 18 Folder 3
1977: Con - D
Box 18 Folder 4
1977: E - F
Box 18 Folder 5
1977: G - K
Box 18 Folder 6
1977: L - Mc
Box 18 Folder 7
1977: Me - R
Box 19 Folder 1
1977: S - T
Box 19 Folder 2
1977: U - Z
Box 19 Folder 3
1977: Miscellaneous
Box 19 Folder 4
1977: Matthias's Festschrift
Box 19 Folder 5
1978: A - Col
Box 19 Folder 6
1978: Com - D
Box 19 Folder 7
1978: E - H
Box 19 Folder 8
1978: I - K
Box 20 Folder 1
1978: L
Box 20 Folder 2
1978: M - P
Box 20 Folder 3
1978: Q - S
Box 20 Folder 4
1978: T - Z
Box 20 Folder 5
1978: Miscellaneous
Box 20 Folder 6
1979: A - D
Box 20 Folder 7
1979: E - H
Box 21 Folder 1
1979: I - L
Box 21 Folder 2
1979: M - P
Box 21 Folder 3
1979: Q - R
Box 21 Folder 4
1979: S
Box 21 Folder 5
1979: T - Z
Box 21 Folder 6
1979: Miscellaneous
Box 21 Folder 7
1980: Ab - Arc
Box 21 Folder 8
1980: Arg - D
Box 21 Folder 9
1980: B - D
Box 21 Folder 10
1980: E - I
Box 22 Folder 1
1980: K - L
Box 22 Folder 2
1980: M - N
Box 22 Folder 3
1980: O - Sa
Box 22 Folder 4
1980: Sc - V
Box 22 Folder 5
1980: W - Z
Box 22 Folder 6
1980: Miscellaneous
Box 22 Folder 7
1980: Miscellaneous
Box 23 Folder 1
1980: Secretary's current "to do" file
Box 23 Folder 2
Reprint requests, letters, 1966 - 1979

ORGANIZATIONS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) ORGANIZATIONS: This series contains materials generated through Matthias's involvement in three organizations, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), and the National Academy of Science (NAS). Materials are arranged chronologically within each organization. The ARPA folder holds records of Matthias's participation in the Materials Research Council summer studies programs of 1968 and 1969. The AAAS folder contains general information on balloting and membership, letters from academy officers to science and culture officials in Moscow protesting the persecution of A.D. Sakharov and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (honorary members of the academy), and Matthias's nomination and support of Harry Suhl, a colleague at Bell Labs and UCSD physics professor, to membership in the academy. The NAS subseries is the largest, consisting of news, minutes, balloting and nomination materials. A folder named for William Shockley, a Stanford professor and Bell scientist, describes Shockley's attempt to engage the NAS council in genetic studies linking intelligence to race. This folder holds numerous enclosures detailing Shockley's position and opposing views in the controversy that grew around it.

Box 23 Folder 3
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1972 - 1980
Box 23 Folder 4
Advanced Research Projects Agency, 1967 - 1969
Box 23 Folder 5
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1965 - 1980

General news, minutes, information on balloting and communicating papers. 1965-1975.

Box 23 Folder 6
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1965 - 1980

General news, minutes, information on balloting and communicating papers. 1965-1975.

Box 23 Folder 7
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1965 - 1980

General news, minutes, information on balloting and communicating papers. 1965-1975.

Box 24 Folder 1
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1965 - 1980

General news, minutes, information on balloting and communicating papers. 1976-1980.

Box 24 Folder 2
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1965 - 1980

General news, minutes, information on balloting and communicating papers, 1976-1980.

Box 24 Folder 3
National Academy of Science (NAS)

Books--ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

Box 24 Folder 4
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1967 - 1968

Biographical sketches of nominees.

Box 24 Folder 5
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1967 - 1968

Biographical sketches of nominees.

Box 24 Folder 6
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1967 - 1968

Biographical sketches of nominees.

Box 24 Folder 7
National Academy of Science (NAS)

Biographical sketches of nominees--1973 and 1978.

Box 24 Folder 8
National Academy of Science (NAS), 1967 - 1970

Biographical sketches of nominees -- Shockley, William, articles and letters re: race and intelligence.

Box 24 Folder 9
National Academy of Science (NAS) - Report of Solid State Sciences Panel, 1967 - 1968

Matthias's endorsements.

Box 25 Folder 1
National Academy of Science (NAS) - Report of Solid State Sciences Panel, 1967 - 1968

Correspondence.

Box 25 Folder 2
National Academy of Science (NAS) - Report of Solid State Sciences Panel, 1967 - 1968

Preliminary report.

Box 25 Folder 3
National Academy of Science (NAS) - Report of Solid State Sciences Panel, 1967 - 1968

Final report.

CONFERENCES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) CONFERENCES. Arranged in two wo subseries: the Conference on superconductivity in d and f band metals-- held at UCSD and organized by Matthias and his group, and Other Conferences, containing applications and correspondence arranging Matthias's attendance at conferences in London and New York. This series contains only administrative materials. Papers and talks delivered at conferences are in the WRITINGS series.

Box 25 Folder 4
Conference on superconductivity in d- and f- band metals, 1979

Program materials.

Box 25 Folder 5
Conference on superconductivity in d- and f- band metals, 1979

Correspondence

Box 25 Folder 6
Conference on superconductivity in d- and f- band metals, 1979

Proceedings.

Box 25 Folder 7
Other conferences, 1962 - 1963

Correspondence, applications.

PROPOSALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) PROPOSALS: Research proposals and documentation of Matthias's research funding. Subseries are ordered alphabetically by the organizations to which Matthias applied for support. Materials are ordered chronologically within each subseries. The bulk of Matthias's UCSD research was funded by the Air Force, which supported his research from 1962 to 1978, when the National Science Foundation (NSF) assumed support. The Air Force materials begin with a folder of instructions for writing proposals and crediting the Air Force. The succeeding files document the creation, rationale, and funding of the Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), which Matthias directed until 1966 when the ISM merged with the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences. Matthias became the associate director of the new institute under Keith Brueckner. The Air Force files document sixteen years of continuous funding; although titles of proposals change every few years, the account numbers do not. Matthias's Air Force Correspondence consists almost exclusively of enclosed articles documenting research results and the Air Force's confirmation of receipt.

The folders containing proposals submitted to ARPA and the Department of Transportation (DOT) contain single documents submitted in 1973.

More information on the early years of the ISM and its funding can be found in the Physics Department subseries under UCSD in the folder, "ISM, B report and Centennial report."

Box 25 Folder 8
Air Force, 1966 - 1975

Proposal materials from the Air Force.

Box 25 Folder 9
Air Force -- Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Creation and development--correspondence.

Box 25 Folder 10
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Creation and development--proposal and drafts.

Box 25 Folder 11
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Creation and development--progress report, 1962.

Box 25 Folder 12
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

First and second renewal--proposals, 1963 and 1966.

Box 26 Folder 1
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

First and second renewal--progress reports, 1963-1968.

Box 26 Folder 2
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

First and second renewal--progress reports, 1963-1968.

Box 26 Folder 3
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

First and second renewal--expenditures.

Box 26 Folder 4
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Final renewal--proposal, 1969.

Box 26 Folder 5
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Final renewal--progress reports, 1969-1972.

Box 26 Folder 6
Air Force - Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM), 1962 - 1971

Final renewal--expenditures, 1969-1971.

Box 26 Folder 7
Air Force - Correspondence, 1962 - 1970
Box 26 Folder 8
Air Force - Correspondence, 1962 - 1970
Box 27 Folder 1
Air Force - Correspondence, 1971 - 1978
Box 27 Folder 2
Air Force -Crystallographic instabilities and high temperature superconductivity, 1971 - 1974

Proposal, 1971.

Box 27 Folder 3
Air Force -Crystallographic instabilities and high temperature superconductivity, 1971 - 1974

Contracts, progress reports, expenditures.

Box 27 Folder 4
Air Force -Crystallographic instabilities and high temperature superconductivity, 1971 - 1974

Renewal proposal, 1972.

Box 27 Folder 5
Air Force -Crystallographic instabilities and high temperature superconductivity, 1971 - 1974

Progress reports and contracts.

Box 27 Folder 6
Air Force - Superconductivity and lattice instabilities, 1973 - 1976

Annual progress reports.

Box 27 Folder 7
Air Force - Superconductivity and lattice instabilities, 1973 - 1976

Proposal (and drafts) to continue research.

Box 27 Folder 8
Air Force - Superconductivity and lattice instabilities, 1973 - 1976

Second renewal proposal and expenditure reports.

Box 27 Folder 9
Air Force - Superconductivity and lattice instabilities, 1973 - 1976

Closing report.

Box 28 Folder 1
Air Force - Publication list

1976.

Box 28 Folder 2
Air Force - A metallurgical approach to high temperature superconductivity, 1976 - 1978

Same grant number as previous. Proposal, drafts, expenditures.

Box 28 Folder 3
Air Force - A metallurgical approach to high temperature superconductivity, 1976 - 1978

Same grant number as previous. Renewal proposal.

Box 28 Folder 4
Air Force - A metallurgical approach to high temperature superconductivity, 1976 - 1978

Same grant number as previous. Execution of award.

Box 28 Folder 5
Air Force - A metallurgical approach to high temperature superconductivity, 1976 - 1978

Same grant number as previous. Final report.

Box 28 Folder 6
ARPA - Superconductors operating above 25 degrees K

1973.

Box 28 Folder 7
Department of Transportation (DOT)

Application of Catalysis and superconductivity to problems in transportation.

Box 28 Folder 8
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1961--Construction of an additional floor to proposed building C of the University of California, San Diego.

Box 28 Folder 9
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1965--Development and application of instrumentation for the study of low temperature crystal structure changes.

Box 28 Folder 10
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1971--The study of the physics of heterogeneous catalysis.

Box 28 Folder 11
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1972--Materials research (includes correspondence).

Box 28 Folder 12
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1973 - 1974

Research on superconducting metals with high transition temperatures, a multidisciplinary approach (not funded).

Box 28 Folder 13
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1973 - 1975

Spin and charge fluctuations in heterogeneous catalysis.

Box 28 Folder 14
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1976 - 1980

Superconductivity of multicomponent materials.

Box 29 Folder 1
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1976 - 1980

Superconductivity of multicomponent materials--proposal, drafts, and correspondence.

Box 29 Folder 2
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1976 - 1980

Superconductivity of multicomponent materials--expenditure reports.

Box 29 Folder 3
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1977 - 1978

Discovering entirely new superconductors.

Box 29 Folder 4
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1980--Correlations between superconductivity and magnetism through new ternary compounds--proposals, drafts, correspondence.

Box 29 Folder 5
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1980--Correlations between superconductivity and magnetism through new ternary compounds--resubmission after Matthias's death.

Box 29 Folder 6
National Science Foundation (NSF)

1980--Correlations between superconductivity and magnetism through new ternary compounds--1980--NSF on-site visit.

Box 29 Folder 7
Project Clean Air, 1970 - 1971

Superconducting power transmission--newsletters, dated proposal materials.

Box 30 Folder 1
Project Clean Air, 1970 - 1971

Superconducting power transmission--proposal.

Box 30 Folder 2
Project Clean Air, 1970 - 1971

Superconducting power transmission--drafts and undated proposal materials.

Box 30 Folder 3
USAEC

1966--Two proposals on superconductivity and crystal structure change.

Box 30 Folder 4
Unsubmitted

1973--Energy crisis proposal.

Box 30 Folder 5
Unsubmitted

Undated--handwritten drafts of "new proposal."

Box 30 Folder 6
Proposals by others in Matthias' group

Fisk, Zachary.

Box 30 Folder 7
Proposals by others in Matthias' group

Smith, T.F.

Box 30 Folder 8
Proposals by others in Matthias' group

Taylor, John.

Box 30 Folder 9
Matthias' referee reports of proposals by others

EDITORIAL FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) EDITORIAL FILES: Matthias's referee reports and his correspondence as editorial advisor to several scientific journals.

Box 30 Folder 10
Collective Phenomena

1971.

Box 30 Folder 11
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 1968 - 1979
Box 30 Folder 12
Materials Resource Bulletin., 1966 - 1979

Materials Resource Bulletin.

Box 30 Folder 13
Physics, 1964 - 1970
Box 31 Folder 1
Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1970 - 1977
Box 31 Folder 2
Referee Reports, various journals, 1962 - 1975
Box 31 Folder 3
Referee Reports, various journals, 1962 - 1975
Box 31 Folder 4
Referee Reports, various journals, 1962 - 1975
Box 31 Folder 5
Referee Reports, various journals, 1962 - 1975
Box 31 Folder 6
Referee Reports, various journals, 1978 - 1980
Box 31 Folder 7
Science, 1975 - 1980

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) WRITINGS: The subseries, Publications, drafts, and related correspondence of Matthias and his group preserves Matthias's original alphabetical arrangement of items by title of the journals in which Matthias and his research group published. Submissions and related materials are arranged chronologically under each title, integrating group work with Matthias's own. Matthias's filing system has been maintained as much as possible, so that although the processor created a subseries called Talks, any talks that Matthias filed in this alphabetical file, under Rochester Conference for instance, remain there. Also, under the journal title Nature, Matthias kept proposal materials on the green flash just following his green flash article. It hasn't been refiled in the PROPOSALS series.

Talks and Reports are filed in chronological order and include works by group members.

Writings of others is composed of reprints Matthias collected to form informational files on materials research, including several translated from Russian into English. In most cases, both Russian and English versions appear in this subseries. Only the last folder contains untranslated reprints.

Publications, drafts and related correspondence

Box 31 Folder 8
Abstracts submitted for meetings of the American Physical Society
Box 31 Folder 9
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA
Box 31 Folder 10
ACTA METALLURGIC
Box 31 Folder 11
ADVANCES IN CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING
Box 31 Folder 12
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Box 31 Folder 13
AMERICAN SCIENTIST
Box 32 Folder 1
A. FUR PHYSIK
Box 32 Folder 2
APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY
Box 32 Folder 3
Applied Superconductivity Conference
Box 32 Folder 4
Articles without journal titles
Box 32 Folder 5
Bell Labs, 1952 - 1981
Box 32 Folder 6
Bell Labs, 1952 - 1981
Box 32 Folder 7
Bell Labs, 1952 - 1981
Box 32 Folder 8
Comments on Solid State Physics
Box 32 Folder 9
Cooperative Phenomena
Box 32 Folder 10
Critical Materials Problems in Energy Production
Box 32 Folder 11
Cryogenics
Box 32 Folder 12
Electron Microscopy in Material Science
Box 33 Folder 1
Extension - Modern physics for the engineer
Box 33 Folder 2
Ferroelectrics
Box 33 Folder 3
HELVETICA PHYSICA ACTA
Box 33 Folder 4
High pressure and low temperature physics - talk and articles for conference
Box 33 Folder 5
IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Box 33 Folder 6
International Conference on Electronic Properties of Solids Under High Pressures
Box 33 Folder 7
International Conference on Ternary Superconductors
Box 33 Folder 8
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM
Box 33 Folder 9
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
Box 33 Folder 10
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Box 33 Folder 11
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Box 33 Folder 12
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE
Box 33 Folder 13
JOURNAL OF LESS-COMMON METALS
Box 34 Folder 1
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Box 34 Folder 2
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Box 34 Folder 3
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Box 34 Folder 4
J. Phys. F: Metal Phys
Box 34 Folder 5
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
Box 34 Folder 6
JOURNAL OF VAC. SCI. TECHN
Box 34 Folder 7
Low Temperature Physics Conference 11
Box 34 Folder 8
Low Temperature Physics - LT 13
Box 34 Folder 9
Magnetism - chapters for book
Box 34 Folder 10
Magnetism and magnetic materials
Box 34 Folder 11
MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 1969 - 1980
Box 34 Folder 12
MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 1969 - 1980
Box 34 Folder 13
NATURE - pinched lightening
Box 34 Folder 14
NATURE - green flash
Box 35 Folder 1
NATURE - green flash proposal
Box 35 Folder 2
Organic ferroelectricity
Box 35 Folder 3
Optique de Rayons
Box 35 Folder 4
PHYSICA
Box 35 Folder 5
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1963 - 1978
Box 35 Folder 6
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1963 - 1978
Box 35 Folder 7
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1963 - 1978
Box 35 Folder 8
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1963 - 1978
Box 35 Folder 9
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1963 - 1978
Box 35 Folder 10
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1963 - 1967
Box 36 Folder 1
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1963 - 1977
Box 36 Folder 2
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1967 - 1977
Box 36 Folder 3
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1963 - 1977
Box 36 Folder 4
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1963 - 1977
Box 36 Folder 5
PHYSICAL REVIEW letters, 1980
Box 36 Folder 6
PHYSICS BULLETIN
Box 36 Folder 7
Physics letters, 1964 - 1981
Box 36 Folder 8
Physics letters, 1964 - 1981
Box 36 Folder 9
Physics of Modern Materials

Correspondence and drafts for talk at spring college in Trieste.

Box 37 Folder 1
Physics of Modern Materials

Transcript of talk.

Box 37 Folder 2
PHYSICS TODAY
Box 37 Folder 3
PHYSICS TODAY
Box 37 Folder 4
PHYSIK KONDENS
Box 37 Folder 5
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 1968 - 1980
Box 37 Folder 6
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 1968 - 1980
Box 37 Folder 7
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 1968 - 1980
Box 37 Folder 8
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY
Box 37 Folder 9
LA RECHERCHE
Box 38 Folder 1
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Box 38 Folder 2
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
Box 38 Folder 3
Rochester Conferences

Talk transcripts and published articles: 1971, 1976, 1979.

Box 38 Folder 4
Rochester Conferences

Talk transcripts and published articles: 1971, 1976, 1979.

Box 38 Folder 5
SCIENCE, 1964 - 1980
Box 38 Folder 6
SCIENCE, 1964 - 1980
Box 38 Folder 7
SCIENCE, 1964 - 1980
Box 38 Folder 8
Science and Technology of Superconductivity

Correspondence, reprints, drafts of talks.

Box 39 Folder 1
Science and Technology of Superconductivity

Drafts of "Tc's: the high and low of it."

Box 39 Folder 2
Societe Francaise de Microscopie Electronique
Box 39 Folder 3
Solid State Communications, 1966 - 1981
Box 39 Folder 4
Solid State Communications, 1966 - 1981
Box 39 Folder 5
Solid State Communications, 1966 - 1981
Box 39 Folder 6
Solid State Communications, 1966 - 1981
Box 39 Folder 7
Technology Forecast for 1980
Box 39 Folder 8
Trans. American Crystallographic Association
Box 39 Folder 9
TRANSACTIONS OF THE METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF AIME
Box 39 Folder 10
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANORTANISCHE UND ALLGEMEINE CHEMIE
Box 39 Folder 11
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR METALKUNDE
Box 39 Folder 12
ZEITSCHRIT FUR PHYSIK
Box 39 Folder 13
Matthias's reprints in German and Russian
Box 39 Folder 14
Miscellaneous manuscripts
Box 40 Folder 1
Miscellaneous manuscripts

Talks

Box 40 Folder 2
Talks

1963--Impurities and Superconductivity, Cornell University Materials Science Lecture Series.

Box 40 Folder 3
Talks

1967--5f electrons and superconductivity--Stanford, CA, proceedings of the conference on the science of superconductivity.

Box 40 Folder 4
Talks

1968--Systematics of superconductivity--Lectures I, II, and III; McGill University, Montreal.

Box 40 Folder 5
Talks

1969--How and where to find high temperature superconductors, Spring superconductivity symposia.

Box 40 Folder 6
Talks

1969--Superconductivity, Cryogenics Applications Panel, Chicago--Proceedings of the National Conference on Industrial Research.

Box 40 Folder 7
Talks, 1969 - 1970

Superconductivity, Chicago Solid State Colloquium Series.

Box 40 Folder 8
Talks

1970--Magnetic Susceptibility of alpha-Ce under pressure, Grenoble.

Box 40 Folder 9
Talks

1970--Effect of the atomic polarizability on the superconducting transition.

Box 40 Folder 10
Talks

1972--Materials for electricity and magnetism, advanced materials usage in the Southwest, Report of the UCLA forum on national materials policy.

Box 40 Folder 11
Talks

1972--Magnetization curves of superconductors, Proceedings of proton linear accelerator conference, Los Alamos.

Box 40 Folder 12
Talks

1976--Catalysis vs. superconductivity, UCLA Libby symposium.

Reports

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Reports

Matthias's congressional testimony, 1972.

Box 40 Folder 14
Reports

History of superconducting transition temperatures for the Bureau of Mines--correspondence and dated materials.

Box 40 Folder 15
Reports

History of superconducting transition temperatures for the Bureau of mines--drafts and undated materials.

Box 41 Folder 1
Reports

History of superconducting transition temperatures for the Bureau of Mines---drafts and undated materials.

Box 41 Folder 2
Reports

History of superconducting transition temperatures for the Bureau of Mines--final report.

Box 41 Folder 3
Reports

Miscellaneous reports by members of Mathias's group.

Writings of Others

Box 41 Folder 4
Writings of others, 1935 - 1966

Articles and drafts on materials research, various authors.

Box 41 Folder 5
Writings of others, 1935 - 1966

Articles and drafts on materials research, various authors.

Box 41 Folder 6
Writings of others, 1935 - 1966

Articles and drafts on materials research,, various authors.

Box 41 Folder 7
Writings of others

Articles by authors from Bell Labs.

Box 41 Folder 8
Writings of others

Articles by authors from Bell Labs.

Box 41 Folder 9
Writings of others

Citations or Russian talk.

Box 42 Folder 1
Writings of others, 1961 - 1976

Articles translated into English.

Box 42 Folder 2
Writings of others, 1961 - 1976

Articles translated into English.

Box 42 Folder 3
Writings of others, 1961 - 1976

Articles translated into English.

Box 42 Folder 4
Writings of others, 1961 - 1976

Articles translated into English.

Box 42 Folder 5
Writings of others

Untranslated Russian reprints (3).

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO: Materials related directly to Matthias's work at the university. The collected articles detail the early development of the university under Roger Revelle. The Physics Department subseries contains interdepartmental memos filed in chronological order and a file compiled by Matthias for a 1966 university report describing the Institute for the Study of Matter. Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences contains administrative files. In Teaching Materials, Matthias kept files on his courses, notably the class "Frontiers in Science," in which he examined physical and metaphysical issues. A number of international scientists visited this class and lectured on personal scientific pursuits. Course book lists and articles reside here and reflect Matthias's own metaphysical and intellectual interests. In the mid-seventies, enrollment in this course diminished enough to threaten its existence, but interested students petitioned to continue it as directed study, and the class reappears among the Physics materials under the name "Space and Time."

Box 42 Folder 6
Collected articles on history of the UCSD Physics Department
Box 42 Folder 7
Physics Department, 1962 - 1968

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 42 Folder 8
Physics Department, 1962 - 1968

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 42 Folder 9
Physics Department, 1962 - 1968

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 1
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 2
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 3
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 4
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 5
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 6
Physics Department, 1969 - 1980

Interdepartmental memos.

Box 43 Folder 7
Physics Department

Institute for the Study of Matter, B report and Centennial report.

Box 44 Folder 1
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS)

Correspondence regarding development.

Box 44 Folder 2
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS)

Matthias's stipend.

Box 44 Folder 3
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1975 - 1980

Memos.

Box 44 Folder 4
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1975 - 1980

Memos.

Box 44 Folder 5
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1975 - 1980

Memos.

Box 44 Folder 6
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1965 - 1972

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 44 Folder 7
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1965 - 1972

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 44 Folder 8
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1965 - 1972

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 44 Folder 9
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1965 - 1972

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 45 Folder 1
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1974 - 1980

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 45 Folder 2
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1974 - 1980

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 45 Folder 3
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS), 1974 - 1980

Inquiries for jobs.

Box 45 Folder 4
Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IRAPS)

Radioisotope clearance request.

Box 45 Folder 5
Maria Mayer Memorial
Box 45 Folder 6
Parking
Box 45 Folder 7
Sabbatical materials

Princeton, 1967.

Box 45 Folder 8
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1973, Fall--118.

Box 45 Folder 9
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1974, Spring, Fall--118.

Box 46 Folder 1
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1975, Spring--124, The Next Faltering Steps of Man.

Box 46 Folder 2
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1976, Winter--125, 30 Years Later.

Box 46 Folder 3
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1977, Winter--118, A Trinity of Approaches.

Box 46 Folder 4
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General materials: 1978-118.

Box 46 Folder 5
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials:1978, Winter--129, Metaphysics II

Box 46 Folder 6
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1979, Fall 129, Metaphysics II.

Box 46 Folder 7
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: 1980, Winter--118, Metaphysics.

Box 46 Folder 8
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: Readings 1980.

Box 46 Folder 9
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: Readings 1980.

Box 46 Folder 10
Teaching materials

Frontiers of Science: General Materials: Readings 1980

Box 47 Folder 1
Teaching materials

Physics: 1974--199.

Box 47 Folder 2
Teaching materials

Physics: 1975, Fall Physics 198, Space and Time.

Box 47 Folder 3
Teaching materials

Physics:1976, Winter--131.

Box 47 Folder 4
Teaching materials

Physics: 1976, Spring--198, Space and Time.

Box 47 Folder 5
Teaching materials

Physics: 1977, Winter--131.

Box 47 Folder 6
Teaching materials

Physics: 1978, Winter--131.

Box 47 Folder 7
Teaching materials

Physics: 1978, Spring--198, Space and Time.

Box 47 Folder 8
Teaching materials

Science and Technology--1980, Winter--15B lab.

Box 47 Folder 9
Teaching materials

Physics Colloquia-1966, Winter.

Box 47 Folder 10
Teaching materials

Physics Colloquia-1969, Spring.

Box 47 Folder 11
Teaching materials

Physics Colloquia-1974, Spring.

Box 47 Folder 12
Teaching materials

Seminars-Bardeen Seminar, 1969 and undated superconductivity seminar.

Box 47 Folder 13
Teaching materials

Seminars-Solid state seminars, 1977 and 1980.

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) SUBJECT FILES: The Buckley Prize folder contains nominations and related materials sent to Matthias as a member of the prize's nominating committee in 1970. Lightning Balls contains first-hand accounts of balled lightning and "plasmoids." News Clippings contains magazine and newspaper items on various scientific issues related to Matthias's research: engine emissions, superconductivity, energy, magnets, and Bell Labs. Patents holds Matthias's patents--superconducting and magnetic devices--and related policy information from the university and Bell Labs. Miscellaneous press materials contains items describing Matthias's courses for university publications or his research for the general media. Finally, the Th-Rh phase folder holds a single document by an unknown author on the Th-Rh phase.

Box 47 Folder 14
Buckley Prize
Box 47 Folder 15
Lightening Balls

Documents describing fireballs.

Box 47 Folder 16
News clippings

Engine emissions, superconductivity, energy, magnets.

Box 47 Folder 17
Patents
Box 48 Folder 1
Miscellaneous press materials

University and general regarding Matthias and his research.

Box 48 Folder 2
Th-Rh phase

Memo.

Box 48 Folder 3
Curves, 1964
Box 48 Folder 4
Ben Roberts

Two -peak diagram.

Box 48 Folder 5
Stein's curve

Graphs.

Box 48 Folder 6
Uranium pictures

Photographs.

Box 48 Folder 7
Willy's (Zachariasen?) masters

Transparencies.

Box 48 Folder 8
Miscellaneous illustrations

Graphs, diagrams, etc...

CALENDARS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) CALENDARS: Matthias's wall calendars documenting travel, meetings, conferences, business and social engagements.

Box 48 Folder 9
1973
Box 48 Folder 10
1973
Box 48 Folder 11
1973
Box 48 Folder 12
1974
Box 48 Folder 13
1975
Box 48 Folder 14
1976
Box 48 Folder 15
1977
Box 48 Folder 16
1978
Box 48 Folder 17
1979
Box 48 Folder 18
1980