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Skip to Main ContentThe University of Pittsburgh is one of nineteen universities worldwide who own this collection and only one of five in the United States. Our copy is the farthest west of those in the United States.
Much of the AHQP is described in detail in Kuhn's Sources for History of Quantum Physics (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1967). This is the most important overview of the collection and its history (Print copy: q QC174.1 .S724, Hillman Library - General Collection and Engineering Library, G33 Benedum Hall). It must be remembered, though, that more than half the microfilms in the AHQP were produced after this guide was compiled. Furthermore, some subcollections have their own published finding aids. Noteworthy among these are:
Available online collection guides:
The AHQP's various finding aids, including Kuhn's inventory, provide only chronological and proper name access to material. Permission to quote from or to publish documents in the AHQP must be obtained from the respective literary heirs, trustees, or deposit library.
University of Pittsburgh microfilm holdings in this collection:
AHQP - Main Series - Reels 1-92. (See the 1967 guide above and/or the online catalog above.)
Bohr, Niels - Scientific Manuscripts - Reels 1-27
Bohr, Niels - Scientific Correspondence - Reels 1-34
Ehrenfest, Paul - Reels 1-32
Lorentz, Conrad - Reels 1-20
Oral History Interview Transcriptions - Reels 1-5
Richardson, O. W. - Reels 1-76
Rutherford, Ernest - Reels 1-5
Pauli, Wolfgang - Reels 1-6
Zeeman, Pieter - Reels 1-2
Microfilms are stored and accessed at the Archives Service Center. A user-friendly digital viewing machine is available for use, from which readers can make scans of pages for personal research use. Contact us to make an appointment.