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Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (second from left) and three unidentified people, probably a father and his two teenage children. The group is standing on a balony posing for the camera. The photo was printed in June 1971.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak receiving doctoral hood at the City University of New York. Marshak received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from CUNY's Graduate School and University Center at its June 1979 commencement. He also received an…

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated July 25, 1939, and discussing a manuscript that Marshak had sent. Bethe is offering advice to Robert E. Marshak about his paper and publication.

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated December 12, 1940, and congratulating him on a prize that he had won. Bethe also asked several questions about the paper that had won the prize.

Affidavit filled out by H. Halban of the National Research Council of Canada (Montreal Laboratory) for Robert E. Marshak for the Selective Service System in 1943. Halban lists Marshak's duties as performing "secret war research work in specialized…

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated April 13, 1944, and responding to a previous letter from Marshak. Bethe is expressing happiness about something that Marshak had said in that previous letter.

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated April 25, 1944, and responding to a previous letter from Marshak accepting a position under Bethe. The letter goes in to some specifics of the position. The position that the letter is reffering…

Photo of the men who participated in the Shelter Island Conference, which occured in June of 1947.

Letter from Albert Einstein to Robert E. Marshak dates August 6, 1947. Einstein as chairman of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Sciences, Inc., is asking Marshak and others to push for peace and to ask that the atomic bomb is never used again.

Telegram, dated October 27, 1947, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Frédéric Joliot-Curie informing them that he would not be able to attend the ceremony to honor Ernest Rutherford, Lord Rutherford.

Letter dated December 1, 1947, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak regarding Marshak's appointment as a member of the School of Methematics of the Institute for Advanced Study for the spring 1948 semester.

Letter, dated November 2, 1948, from Sol M. Linowitz to J. Robert Oppenheimer discussing arrangements for Oppenheimer's upcoming adress at the Rochester Insitute of International Affairs.

Letter, dated October 18, 1949, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak. Oppenheimer writes about the Rose-Morrison Affair, meeting with Marshak, and other topics.

Letter dated September 28, 1950, from Robert E. Marshak to J. Robert Oppenheimer discussing new physics reaseach related to π− meson-absorption in hydrogen and deuterium.

Letter dated March 16, 1951, from Robert E. Marshak to J. Robert Oppenheimer discussing two papers, "Photo Meson Production" by University of Rochester physics student, Morton F. Kaplon, and Marshak's "Meson Reactions in Hydrogren and Deuterium."

Letter from Hans A. Bethe to Robert E. Marshak, dated May 7, 1951, and discussing several different physics experiments that they were conducting.

Carbon copy of letter from Richard P. Feynman to Enrico Fermi about new physics research.

Thank you letter, dated October 8, 1952, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak. Fermi is thanking Marshak for sending him a note on s-wave scattering and including his own thoughts on the issue.

Letter (photocopy) from Albert Einstein to Robert E. Marshak, dated March 3, 1953, thanking him for giving time and energy to the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa.

Letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak regarding his presence in France as well as CERN.

Letter, dated May 5, 1954, from Robert E. Marshak to Enrico Fermi discussing some problems that Marshak had noticed in regards to lectures that they were giving at "Les Houches", which is probably a reference to École de Physique des Houches (the…

Letter, dated May 11, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to Marshak's previous letter dated May 5, 1954. The letter is about how a lecture topic will be presented to others.

Letter, dated May 17, 1957, from Robert E. Marshak to Enrico Fermi about a previous letter from Fermi dated May 11, 1954. Marshak is discussing lecture topics for a future conference.

Letter, dated May 24, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to a previous letter from Marshak dated May 17, 1954. Fermi is expressing his agreement with Marshak about how they will divide their lecture topics.

Letter from Robert E. Marshak to Hans A. Bethe, dated May 29, 1957, and thanking him for sending him a copy of a recent physics publication.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left) and an unidentified man talking at the 9th General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), which was in Rome, Italy, from September 17th through the 20th, 1957. Description about…

Telegram from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak informing him that he will be in Europe on May 8, 1963, to speak to Marshak or "Eklund."

Thank you letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to A. A. Abrikosov and I. M. Khalatnikov of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, regarding a previous letter where they gave advice on planning an upcoming conference.

Letter from A. Matveyev to J. Robert Oppenheimer discussing the program of an upcoming physics conference.

Response letter, dated November 1, 1966, to a previous letter from A. Matveyev dated October 28, 1966, where Matveyev gave advice on planning a physics conference. Oppenheimer expressed his thanks for the letter and let Matveyev know that he was in…

Telegram dated February 20, 1967, from Ruth and Robert E. Marshak to Kitty Oppenheimer offering condolences for the passing of her husband J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) presenting a diploma to an unidentified person in front of a sign that says "1974". This ceremony is probably from City College of New York.

Group photo of Robert E. Marshak (first row, fourth from right) and the members of the Chinese chemistry delegation in 1977.

Letter (photocopy) from Richard P. Feynman to Robert E. Marshak, dated August 17, 1985, talking about Feynman's joint paper and relationship with Murray Gell-Mann and giving credit to E. C. George Sudarshan and Marshak for their work. Feynman is…

Letter (photocopy) from Robert E. Marshak to Richard P. Feynman thanking him for a previous letter from a conference in Kyoto, Japan, probably referring to Feynman's August 17, 1985 letter acknowledging the contributions of Feynman, Marshak, E. C.…

Photo of Halley's Comet, dated May 3, 1986.

The February 19, 1987 report on the council delegation visit to the U. S. S. R. from February 2 through February 6 contains remarks from the delegation members--Peter G. Peterson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Cyrus R. Vance--to the Council on Foreign…

Thank you note, undated, from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Robert E. Marshak. Oppenheimer was thanking Marshak for his note on Okubo [probably University of Rochester physicist Susumu Okubo], and telling him to have a good time on his trip.

Photocopy of a photo of J. Robert Oppenheimer (left) talking to Jim Osborne. Handwritten note says "original photo at UR" [University of Rochester?].

Photocopy of a photo of an unidentified group of men at a conference.

Photocopy of a group photo of participants at a conference.

Photocopy of a photo of an unidentified man stitting outside writing in a notebook in front of the Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) talking and shaking hands with two unidentified men. The photo is undated, but likely from the 1970s.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (left), Joseph W. Watson (second from left), and two unidentified people at award presentation. In another photo, the award of the recipient second from right says "COHEN" [rest illegible] and the award of the…

Photograph of Dr. Joseph W. Watson (left) with two other individuals talking and admiring their awards, which have their names and the seal of the City College of New York on them. The award of the recipient in the center says "COHEN" [rest…

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (right) and two unidentifed men in doctoral robes. One of the men (left) is presenting the recipient in the center with a medal that has the seal of the City College of New York on it.

Photographs of Robert E. Marshak (right) and two unidentified people. The woman in the center is lecturing to others. Meeting seems to be taking place in a public library or school library in New York City. The photo is undated, but likely from the…

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (third from right) and seven unidentified people. One woman standing in the middle appears to be lecturing to the group. Meeting seems to be taking place in a public library or school library in New York City. The…

Photograph of an unidentified group of people at the C. E. K. Mees Observatory at the University of Rochester. The photo is by Linn Duncan of Pittsford, New York.

Photograph of Robert E. Marshak (second from left) and three unidentified men. One of the men appears to be showing Marshak a piece of equipment, and another man is wearing a lab coat with the initials "A.E.C."