11/10/28 Guide to the P. Gerald Kruger Papers P. Gerald Kruger Papers Finding Aid Authors: Jennifer Wood & unknown.

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This finding aid was encoding in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on March 29th, 2024. The collection description/finding aid is written in English March 29th, 2024 SFA updated by Jennifer Wood to reflect new addition, 12/2007.
Guide to the P. Gerald Kruger Papers 1902/2000 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection P. Gerald Kruger Papers 1902-2000 11/10/28 Kruger, P. Gerald, 1902-1978 7.60 English German University of Illinois Archives
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Other Information:

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Biographical Information:

P. Gerald Kruger (1902-1978),

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: Alumni Honor Award Argonne National Laboratory Atomic Energy Commission, United States Boron Brookhaven National Laboratory Cyclotrons European Travel Faculty Papers Faculty Publications Germany High Energy Physics Lectures Midwest Universities Research Association Nuclear Physics Oak Ridge National Laboratory Photographs Radiation Radiation Cataracts World War II
Administrative Information Acquisition Information:

Material in boxes 10 & 11 donated by family (PGK's niece Nancy Kruger Olson).

Accruals:

6/25/1974; 10/7/1974; 5/4/1987

Processing Information:

Boxes 10 and 11 processed and added 12/2007, by Jennifer Wood.

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Betatron Correspondence, 1938-70 (UA RS 11/10/11)

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Arrangement of Materials:

By subject

Scope and Contents

Papers of Peter Gerald Kruger (1902-1978), professor of Physics (1931-1971), contain scientific publications and photographs; personal correspondence, photographs, and biographical documents (1914-1983); lecture notes (1935-1948); research materials, experimental results, and calculations; professional correspondence (1935-1976); and Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) files documenting board meetings (1953-1962); bylaws, articles of incorporation, and the MURA charter (1953-1956, 1960, 1962); and budgets (1954-1956); as well as conference notes (1955-1956); and reports relating to high-energy physics; accelerator sites; funding proposals; and relations with participating institutions and with the Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Enrico Fermi Institution, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1950-1959). Subject files concern Kruger's involvement with the development of the cyclotron (1935-1945); Illinois high-energy particle accelerator (1951, 1956-1959); and elliptical dipole superconducting magnets (1966-1987); his work involving Boron mouse experiments (1954-1957); and radiation cataracts (1948-1949, 1960-1963); and contain notes, calculations, drafts, and published copies of scientific articles (1937- 1968) by Kruger and collaborators, including G. K. Green, J. A. Phillips, J. S. Laughlin, and J. S. Lawson, Jr.  Personal correspondence and photographs document Kruger's travels and education; marriage to Erika (Eri) Wackenroder; and relationships with family and friends in the United States and Germany, particularly with his brother Orrin Kruger.  Of particular historical interest are letters from correspondents in Germany in the early 1930s, describing conditions there during the years leading up to World War II, some of which have been translated from the original German and transcribed.  In addition to his wife and brother, Kruger's correspondents include his nephew Neil Kruger, and professional colleagues Albert H. Soloway, Norman Frigerio, Willi Jentschke, Lee M. Farr (MD), and scientists at ANL and BNL.  The series also includes a published family memoir and chronology by Kruger's niece, Nancy Kruger Olson (2000).