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Descriptive Summary Bernard Vonnegut Papers 1828-1997 19.31 cubic ft. processed to date M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany, SUNY The Bernard Vonnegut Papers document Dr. Vonnegut's professional career as an atmospheric scientist beginning in the mid-1940s, until his death in 1997. The materials in the collection are in English. The materials are located onsite in the department. Access

Access to this record group is unrestricted with the exception of one folder, which is marked.

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Acquisition Information

The Bernard Vonnegut papers were donated to M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives by Sally Marsh, Dr. Vonnegut's Administrative Assistant, in July 2005.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Bernard Vonnegut was born in 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana to architect Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. (1884-1957) and Edith Sophia Lieber (d. 1944). He had two younger siblings; a sister, Alice (1917-1958), and a brother, Kurt (1922-2007), the 20th Century author famous for his works of satire and science fiction. Bernard Vonnegut earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 1936 and a doctorate in Physical Chemistry in 1939 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T). He worked at M.I.T before joining General Electric Company (GE) in 1945, where he conducted his most notable series of experiments, Project Cirrus.

Dr. Vonnegut achieved success while working at the GE Research Laboratories in Schenectady, New York alongside Nobel laureate Dr. Irving Langmuir, and the original discoverer of cloud seeding via dry ice, Vincent J. Schaefer. GE undertook the Project Cirrus weather modification program in conjunction with the United States Signal Corps, Office of Naval Research, the United States Air Force, and general oversight handled by the Department of Defense, with the objective of discerning ways to artificially influence precipitation. Dr. Vonnegut’s discovery of AgI, Silver Iodide, as a superior nucleation agent significantly influenced the science of artificial precipitation, and this method came to be adopted as the chief method of “rain making.”

Dr. Vonnegut left GE in 1952 for a position with the management consultancy Arthur D. Little where he continued research in atmospheric science as well as additional research with different types of gases. While at Arthur D. Little, Dr. Vonnegut also participated in experiments and research that had been contracted out for private companies, such as the Southern California Air Pollution Foundation, and the Steel Company of Canada.

After 15 years with Arthur D. Little, Dr. Vonnegut moved on to the newly created Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Albany under the direction of Vincent Schaefer, where he taught atmospheric chemistry, electricity, and instrumentation throughout his tenure. Dr. Vonnegut was named a Distinguished Research Professor in 1984, and upon his formal retirement in 1985 was named Professor Emeritus.

One of Dr. Vonnegut’s most notable projects during his time at the University was the collaboration with NASA on the Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiments. Astronauts, equipped with specialized recording instruments, took pictures and video of large thunderstorms over the course of three shuttle missions. Dr. Vonnegut, who proposed the project, utilized the photographs and data in his continuing research on thunderstorms and electrification theory.

Throughout his career, Dr. Vonnegut pursued research in many fields of interest; mainly thunderclouds, tornadoes, and lightning. He made regular summer expeditions to New Mexico where he worked with colleagues at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro to study these phenomena, and many of the experiments he undertook pertain to these three topics. Furthermore, Dr. Vonnegut accumulated multiple patents for his inventions and research techniques.

Dr. Vonnegut married Lois Bowler (d. 1972) and had five sons. Interestingly, after becoming a father, he took on a personal campaign to improve the quality of educational science texts and encyclopedias, as well as truth in advertising regarding scientific claims on children’s products.

Dr. Vonnegut continued atmospheric research and publishing until his death from cancer at 82 in 1997.

Scope and Content Information

The papers document Dr. Bernard Vonnegut's professional career as an atmospheric scientist beginning in the mid-1940s at M.I.T., the GE Research Laboratories, 1945-1952, Arthur D. Little Corporation, 1952-1967, and the State University of New York at Albany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and Department of Atmospheric Sciences from 1967 through his death in 1997.

The records in this collection document Dr. Vonnegut's research interests, including icing and atmospheric electricity, cloud physics, thunderstorms, and tornado formation. The papers also contain extensive information about his major scientific discoveries and experiments, such as Project Cirrus, a program that sought ways to artificially influence precipitation, the NASA/NOSL project where he studied weather phenomena from space, and his experiments and research in New Mexico. Additionally, the papers contain a small amount of personal records.

The collection is arranged into 12 series. The records consist of scientific projects, research, and data, inventions and patent forms, manuscripts, reports, correspondence, publicity materials, course materials, news clippings, photographs, and audio and video. The majority of materials date from Dr. Vonnegut’s tenure at GE, Arthur D. Little, and State University of New York at Albany.

Currently, only series 1-6, and 10 are processed.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:

Series 1 - Project Cirrus, 1891-1973, Undated Series 2 - NASA Experiments, 1976-1991, Undated Series 3 - Arthur D. Little, 1948-1968, Undated Series 4 - New Mexico, 1953-1996 Series 5 - Tornado Research, 1837-1991, Undated Series 6 - General Research and Inventions, 1828-1997, Undated Series 7 - Manuscripts, currently unprocessed Series 8 - State University of New York at Albany, currently unprocessed Series 9 - Meetings, currently unprocesessed Series 10 - Subject Files, 1941-1996, Undated Series 11 - A/V, currently unprocessed Series 12 - Biographical, currently unprocessed

All series are arranged alphabetically.

Subject and Genre Headings Blanchard, Duncan C. Brook, Marx Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957 Moore, Charles B., 1920-2010 Schaefer, Vincent J. Vonnegut, Bernard Vaughan, Otha H. Arthur D. Little, Inc. General Electric Company Massachusetts Institute of Technology New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology State University of New York. Atmospheric Sciences Research Center United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration U.S. Army Signal Engineering Laboratories Aerosols Atmospheric electricity Atmospheric physics Cloud physics Clouds--Dynamics Columbia (Spacecraft) Consulting contracts Electrostatics Lightning Rain-making Silver Iodide Thunderstorm electricity Tornadoes Volcanoes--Iceland Weather control Albany (N.Y.) Cambridge (M.A.) Indianapolis (I.L.) Washington, Mount (N.H.) Mount Washington Observatory Mount Withington (N.M.) Schenectady (N.Y.) Socorro (N.M.) Surtsey (island) Administrative reports Annual reports Charts Correspondence Diagrams Manuscripts (document genre) Maps Memorabilia Newsletters Newspaper clippings Notes Papers Photographs Slides (photographs) Sound recordings Technical reports Transparencies Video recordings Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Bernard Vonnegut Papers, 1828-1997. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Women's Club of Albany Records).

Container List Series 1: Project Cirrus 1891-1973, Undated 3.18 cubic feet

Arranged alphabetically.

This series documents the Project Cirrus program, a weather modification initiative undertaken by GE along with the United States Signal Corps, Office of Naval Research, and the United States Air Force, with general oversight handled by the Department of Defense. As part of the effort, Vonnegut discovered that AgI, Silver Iodide, was a superior nucleation agent. This discovery significantly influenced the science of artificial precipitation and this method came to be adopted as the chief means of "rain making".

The series contains the research, data, reports, correspondence, publicity, and photographs regarding the project. Please note that the archivist filed all of the loose photographs together. The archivist kept any photograph accompanying research, data, or reports with that respective material.

Please see series 11, Audio and Video, for Project Cirrus related films (unprocessed at this time).

1 1 AgI, Silver Iodide Chemical Reviewer Article 1949 1 2 AgI, Silver Iodide Cloud Seeding Undated 1 3 AgI, Silver Iodide Conductive Silver Preparations Undated 1 4 AgI, Silver Iodide Correspondence 1950-1951 1 5 AgI, Silver Iodide Drawings and Photographs Undated 1 6 AgI, Silver Iodide Seeding Transparencies Undated 1 7 AgI, Silver Iodide Smokes and Generators 1950 1 8 AgI, Silver Iodide Rough Drafts 1949 1951 1 9 Conferences, Committee on Snow and Ice Tentative Classifications Undated 1 10 Conferences, On Interfacial Phenomena and Nucleation 1951 1 11 Conferences, Regarding Cloud Seeding 1950 1 12 Data, Catalogue of Data for Project Cirrus 1950 1 13 Data, Efficiency of Natural and Artificial Freezing Nucleo Chart Undated 1 14 Data, Fourth Partial Report Undated 1 15 Data, GE Research Notepad July 19,20 and 22 1949 1 16 Data, GE Research Notepad July 21, and 23 1949 1 17 Data, New Mexico Flights 1950 1 18 Data, Notepad Flight Notes Friday July 15 Undated 1 19 Data Project Cirrus Personnel and Expenses 1949 1 20 Data, Puerto Rico Flight Map 1947 1 21 Data, Spiral Notebook AgI Notes Undated 1 22 Data, Temperature and Air Speed charts Undated 4 1 Data, Temperature and Air Speed charts, M2 thermometer housing Undated 1 23 History, Project Cirrus The Story of Cloud Seeding 1952 1 24 History, History of Project Cirrus 1952 1 25 History, Early History of Cloud Seeding 1979 1 26 History, Project Cirrus History Correspondence, Drafts and Photos 1974-1985 1 27 History, Annotated Project Cirrus History Undated 1 28 Legislation, House Subcommittee on Weather Modification Proceedings 1951 1 29 Legislation, NYS Weather Modification Legislation 1950 1 30 Legislation, UN Report - Economic Aspects of Experimental Meteorology 1949 1 31 Legislation, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Reports 1948 1 32 Legislation, U.S. Weather Control Memorandum 1952 1 33 Measurement Apparatus, Air Speed/Temperature 1936-1954 1 34 Measurement Apparatus, Capillary Collector 1945 1948 1 35 Measurement Apparatus, Condensation Nuclei Counter 1949 1 36 Measurement Apparatus, Cloud Chamber Undated 1 37 Measurement Apparatus, Vortex Thermometer Charts and Graphs Undated 1 38 Measurement Apparatus, Vortex Thermometer Flight Data 1956 1 39 Measurement Apparatus, Vortex Thermometer Report 1949 1 40 Patents 1948-1952 2 1 Patents 1948-1951 1 41 Photos, Clouds and Tools 1949 1 42 Photos, Colored Cloud Slides Undated 1 43 Photos, Flight #57 1948 1 44-46 Photos, Flight #105 1949 2 1 Photos, Flight #105 Camera Report 1949 2 2 Photos, GE Personnel and Clouds 1949-1950 2 3 Photos, Negatives - Assorted 1950 Undated 2 4 Photos, New Mexico 1949 1973 2 5 Photos, Plane/Flight Crew and Puerto Rico 1948-1950 2 6 Photos, Puerto Rico 1949 2 7 Photos, Reference 1943 1946 1950 1952 1973 2 8 Photos, Seeding Path 1948 2 9 Photos, Silver Iodide Undated 2 10 Photos, Silver Iodide Generators Undated 2 11 Photos, Water Droplets and Smoke Particles Undated 2 12 Publicity, AMS Dispute Letter 1951 2 13 Publicity, Fire for Rain article and correspondence 1948 1950 1952 2 14 Publicity, GE Internal Publications [1/2] 1950-1951 1975 2 15 Publicity, GE Internal Publications [2/2] 1950 1975 2 16 Publicity, GE News Bureau Photos and Articles 1952 2 17 Publicity, New Mexico Interview 1952 2 18 Publicity, News Clippings 1948-1962 2 19 Publicity, Reviews and Advertising 1979-1981 1985 2 20 Publicity, Science Service 1952 2 21 Publicity, Scientific American 1951 2 22 Publicity, Weather Modification 1947 1952 1962 1966 1973 2 23 Reports, Cloud Seeding in Australia Undated 2 24 Reports, Cloud Seeding in Mexico 1958 2 25 Reports, Cloud Seeding Trials at Delhi during Monsoon Months July to September (1957-1959) 1961 2 26 Reports, Occasional Report 37 Technical Abstract 1952 2 27 Reports, Projects Cirrus Operations Group Report 1950 2 28 Reports, Final Report ONR Project 1953 2 29 Reports, Final Report Project Cirrus 1948 1 Reports, Final Report Project Cirrus 1951 2 30-31 Reports, Final Report Project Cirrus Part 1, Field, and Flight Experiments 1953 1 Reports, Final Report Project Cirrus Part 2, Analysis of the Effects of Periodic Seeding of the Atmospher with Silver Iodide 1953 2 32 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1945 1948-1950 1952 2 33 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1940-1966 2 34 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1943-1944 1947-1948 1950 2 35 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1947-1951 2 36 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1947-1948 1950 1953 2 37 Reports, GE Meteorological Studies 1948 1950 2 38 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 1-6 1948 3 1 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 7-12 1948-1949 3 2 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 13-17 1949 3 3 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 22-25 1950 3 4 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 26-29 1951 3 5 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 30-34 1950 1952 3 6 Reports, Project Cirrus Occasional Report 35-40 1952-1953 3 7 Reports, Project Cirrus Quarterly Report 1-5 1947-1948 3 8 Reports, Project Cirrus Quarterly Report Eight Quarter/ November 13 1950 3 9 Reports, Vonnegut - Importance of Determining Various Variables Involved in Seeding Operations of Weather Control Experiments Undated 3 10 Reprints, Artificial Stimulation of Rain at Kongwa 1951 3 11 Reprints, Atmospheric Conditions Necessary for Artificial Precipitation 1949 3 12 Reprints, Cloud Physics Letter and Abstract 1950 3 13 Reprints, Dessens and Maurin mailed articles 1949 3 14 Reprints, D.W. Pashley - Oriented Growth of Silver in Silver Halide Crystals 1949 3 15 Reprints, Findelsen - Colloidal Meteorological Processes 1938 3 16 Reprints, Gathmann's US Patent for "A Method of Producing Rain-Fall" 1891 3 17 Reprints, H.K. Weickmann - A Theory of the Formation of Ice Crystals 1951 3 18 Reprints, JAG Journal 1949 3 19 Reprints, Japanese Geophysical Science Articles and Correspondence 1948 3 20 Reprints, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics: Experimental Meteorology 1950 3 21 Reprints, J.Th.G. Overbeck article 1951 3 22 Reprints, Kampe and Weickmann - AgI as a freezing nucleus 1950 3 23 Reprints, M. Tsuji - On the Rate of Evaporation and Condensation of Falling Drops 1950 3 24 Reprints, Motoi Kumai - Electron-Microscope study of snow-crystal nuclei 1951 3 25 Reprints, Physical Studies that would Improve our Knowledge of Meteorology 1958 3 26 Reprints, Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas 1951 3 27 Reprints, Royal Meteorological Society 1949-1950 3 28 Reprints, Science - The Production of in a cloud of supercooled water droplets 1946 3 29 Reprints, Smoke Particles and supercooled clouds [Langmuir] 1948 3 30 Reprints, Strock and Rauh - German language articles 1935 1941 3 31 Reprints, Sublimation of Outdoor Air and Seeded Sublimation Undated 3 32 Reprints, SUNY Weatherwise - Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics 1955 3 33 Reprints, Surface tension of small droplets of water from Volmer and Flood's Nucleation Data 1949 3 34 Reprints, Symposium on Artificial Rain 1951 3 35 Reprints, The Crystalline Structure of Ice Undated 3 36 Reprints, The Preparation of Colloidal AgI water-suspension for nucleation of supercooled clouds 1949 3 37 Reprints, The Problem of Artificial Rain on the Globe 1948 3 38 Reprints, Trilliat articles 1948-1949 3 39 Reprints, Untitled French report 1949 3 40 Reprints, Weather 1949 3 41 Reprints, Weatherwise 1949 3 42 Research, Aerosol Detection Methods 1950 3 43 Research, Air Plane Icing 1946 3 44 Research, Atmospheric (General) 1945 1947-1948 1952 3 45 Research, Atmospheric Electrification 1954 1956 3 46 Research, Atmospheric Particle Research 1952 3 47 Research, Electrical Atomization 1951 3 48 Research, Heated Filament Aerosol Report Undated 3 49 Research, Hot Wire Report and Data Undated 3 50 Research, Nucleation Data Folder/Report 1947 3 51 Seeding Flights, Cloud Seeding Technique Correspondence 1949-1951 3 52 Seeding Flights, Air Speed/ Temperature/Nuclei Counter Research 1949-1950 3 53 Seeding Flights, Faust 1949 3 54 Seeding Flights, Flight #105 Photo Report 1949 3 55 Seeding Flights, Flight #57 1948 3 56 Seeding Flights, Flight #57 Paper Undated 3 57 Untitled, Filament Undated 3 58 Untitled, Transparencies Undated 3 59 Voltmeter Instruction Manual Undated Series 2: NASA Experiments 1976-1991, Undated 1.64 cubic feet

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 2 documents the NOSL (Nighttime/Daylight Optical Survey of Thunderstorm Lightning) experiment, a large-scale project undertaken by NASA during the early 1980s, in which astronauts recorded and documented thunderstorm and lightning activity observable from the Earth’s orbit. Dr. Vonnegut, who proposed the project, utilized the photographs and data in his continuing research on thunderstorms and electrification theory.

The series contains data, reports, correspondence, press releases, photographs, and NASA technical memoranda and shuttle specifications regarding the NOSL project. Crew activity plans and specifications are filed by flight number. Associated documents were kept with their respective flight number as much as possible. Additionally, memorabilia from one shuttle flight is incorporated, including a signed photograph from the astronauts who took part in the experiment.

1 1 Curtner, M.L. (Doc) 1978 1 2 Equipment Information 1977-1978 4 2 Equipment Information 1977-1978 1 3 Experiment Requirements Document 1977 1 4 Fiess, Mary, SUNY News Bureau 1981-1989 1 5 Flight Requirement Proposal - NASA 1978-1979 1 6 Investigators Working Group Meeting, Johnson Space Center, October 25-26 1978 1 7 Investigators Working Group Meeting, Johnson Space Center, June 2-3 1981 1 8 Koutchmy, Serge - Salyut Lightning 1983 1 9 Lightning from Later Flights 1985 1991 1 10 NASA Flights 1980 1 11 NASA Flight Summary Report, Flight #79-120, August 8 1979 1 12 NASA Memorabilia 1981 4 3 NASA Memorabilia 1982 1 13 NASA Publications 1978-1979 1 14 NASA Technical Memorandum - Shuttle Observations 1983-1984 1 15 New Yorker, "Lightning Strikes Seen from Satellite" 1976 1 16 NOSL: Analysis of Data 1979-1980 1 17 NOSL: Critical Design Review Meeting, August 17, 1978 1978 1 18 NOSL: Description, Gayle Weber and William Green 1978 1 19 NOSL: Description, Mary Fae McKay 1980-1981 1 20 NOSL: Experiment 1977 1 21 NOSL: Experiment Implementation Plan (EIP) Undated 1 22 NOSL: Follow-up Proposal 1982-1983 1 23 NOSL: NASA Technical Memorandum 78261 1980 1 24 NOSL: Press Releases 1981-1983 1 25-28 NOSL: Project Documents and Information 1976-1990 4 4 NOSL: Project Documents and Information 1980 1982 Undated 1 29 Operations Working Group Meeting, Johnson Space Center, November 8 1977 1 30 Operations Requirements Meetings 1978 1 31 OSTA-1: Experiments 1981 1 32 OSTA-1: Science and Data Management Review Meeting, February 25-26 1981 1 33 Personnel Access and Patch Requests 1982 1 34 Photographs, Flights 5 and 6 1984 1 35 Photographs, Thunderstorms in Brazil 1984 1 36 Press Stories 1981-1982 1 37 Shuttle Altitude Charts Undated 1 38 Slides 1982 1 39 STS-2: ACSM-ASP Convention Presentation 1981-1982 1 40 STS-2: Crew Activity Plan, Revision A 1981 1 41 STS-2: Crew Activity Plan, Revision B 1981 1 42 STS-2: Data 1982 2 1 STS-2: NOSL Critique 1982 2 2 STS-2: Preliminary Report 1981 2 3 STS-2: SCIENCE Magazine, NOSL Collaborative Issue 1982 2 4 STS-3: Correspondence 1982 2 5 STS-4 1978 1982-1983 3 1 STS-4 1978 1982-1983 2 6 STS-4: Crew Activity Plan Final PCN-1 1982 2 7 STS-4: Hasselblad Photographs Undated 2 8 STS-4: H.D. Voss, Lockheed 1982 1985 2 9 STS-4: Log and Summary 1982 2 10 STS-5 1982 3 2 STS-5 1982 2 11 STS-6 1982-1983 3 3 STS-6 1982-1983 2 12 STS-6: Crew Activity Plan, Revision A 1983 2 13 U-2 Flight Proposals 1979-1981 2 14 U-2 Flights 1981 3 1 U-2 Flights 1983 3 2 Venus Atmospheric Probe 1979-1987 3 3 Waldteufel, P., Soyouz Mission Flight 1980 3 4 Y Lightning 1983 Series 3: Arthur D. Little 1948-1968, Undated 2.64 cubic feet

Arranged alphabetically.

While employed at Arthur D. Little, Dr. Vonnegut built upon his research in atmospheric science, specifically electrification of clouds and thunderstorms. He also explored new research regarding different gases and their behaviors.

A large amount of correspondence on various topics dominates the series, and the archivist filed any loose correspondence together.

1 1-3 Advisory Committee on Weather Control 1954-1958 1 4 Advisory Panel for Weather Modification - NSF 1954-1962 4 5 Advisory Panel for Weather Modification - NSF Undated 1 5 American Geophysical Union Conference 1954-1955 1 6 American Meteorological Society 1958 1 7 Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory 1949 1953-1955 1 8 Brown, Dr. Ethan Allen 1959-1960 1 9 Chemical Corps - Photographs Undated 1 10 Chemical Corps - Ozalids case 63068 1960-1963 1 11 Comments on Thunderstorm Project 1954 1 12 Committee on Severe Storms 1958-1960 1 13-20 Correspondence 1949-1962 1 21 Correspondence - General Electric Co. 1953-1953 1 22-23 Correspondence - Technical Papers 1958-1961 4 6 Correspondence - Technical Papers 1961 1 24 Correspondence - Tornado and Thunderstorm Theories [1 of 3] 1953-1962 2 1-2 Correspondence - Tornado and Thunderstorm Theories 1953-1962 2 3 Data, Multiple Projects 1948 1962 1968 3 4 Data, Multiple Projects 1948 1962 1968 2 4 Dublin Symposium 1954-1955 2 5 Electrets Literature References 1954 2 6 Electrification, Miscellaneous 1954-1955 1961 1963 2 7 Electrification, Papers 1953-1964 2 8 Federal Products Corp. Miniature Instrument 1955 2 9 "Final Report - The Detector of Atmospheric Electric Disturbances" 1964 2 10 "Final Report - The Detector of Atmospheric Electric Disturbances," Photographs Undated 2 11 First Adirondack Conference on Atmospheric Nuclei, October 1957 1954-1957 2 12 Hastings-Raydist Incorporated 1961-1965 2 13 International Conference on Cloud Physics, Sydney, Australia 1961 2 14 Kerivan, Leo 1962 2 15 Mt. Withington Study 1958 1961-1962 2 16 Mueller, Eugene 1964-1965 2 17 New England School Science Advisory Council 1960 4 7 New England School Science Advisory Council 1960 2 18 NSF Observatory 1963-1964 2 19 Office of Naval Research - Case 68308 1964-1966 2 20 Office of Naval Research, Miscellaneous 1954-1962 2 21-22 Ozalids 1950-1962 2 23 Radar, Miscellaneous 1963-1965 2 24 Reports, "Adaptation of Carbon-Film Electric Hygrometer Elements to Industrial Use" 1953 2 25 Reports, "Composite Materials via the Fluid-Bed Technique" 1963 2 26 Reports, "Final Report on Development and Manufacture of Electric Hygrometer Elements for Meteorological Use to Camp Evans Signal Laboratory, Belmar, New Jersey" 1952 2 27 Reports, "Investigation of Sampling Procedure Requirement" 1956 2 28 Reports, "Method and Apparatus for Measuring Electorstatic Fields in the Upper Atmosphere" 1959 2 29 Reports, "Performance of Commercial Gas-Cleaning Equipment" 1958 2 30 Reports, "Progress Report No. 48 on Improvement of Electrical Hygrometer Elements for Meteorological Use" 1950 2 31 Reports, "Sampling Procedure Requirements" 1957 2 32 Reports, "Stabilization of a High-Voltage Discharge by a Vortex" 1956 2 33 Reports, "Study of Atmospheric Electrification and Proposal for an Extended Program," Office of Naval Research Geophysical Branch 1955 2 34 Reports, "The American Gas Association Thermal Precipitator" 1958 2 35 Reports, "The Results of BuAer Support of the Atmospheric Electricity Study by Bernard Vonnegut - 1955 to 1958" 1958 2 36 "Research in Electrical Phenomena Associated with Aerosols" [1 of 2] 1960-1961 3 1 "Research in Electrical Phenomena Associated with Aerosols" [2 of 2] 1960-1961 3 2 "Research in Electrical Phenomena Associated with Aerosols," Photographs and Diagrams Undated 3 3 Report - Atmospheric Electricity Study 1958 3 4 Report - Atmospheric Electrification 1955 3 5 Report - Carbon-Film Electric Hygrometer Elements 1953 3 6 Report - Composite Materials via the Fluid Bed Technique 1963 3 7 Report - Improvement of Electric Hygrometer Elements 1950 3 8 Report - Method and Apparatus for Measuring Electrostatic Fields in the Upper Atmosphere 1959 3 9 Report - Performance of Commercial Gas-cleaning Equipment 1958 3 10 Report - Sampling Procedure Requirements 1956 3 11 Report - Sampling Procedure Requirements 1957 3 12 Report - Stabilization of a High-Voltage Discharge by a Vortex 1956 3 13 Report - Thermal Precipitator 1958 3 14 Signal Corps - Case 58715 1953-1958 3 15 Signal Corps, Photographs Undated 3 16-17 Southern California Air Pollution Foundation 1954-1960 3 18 Spilhaus, A.F. Stony River Phenomena (Alaska 1950) 1950-1958 3 19-20 Steel Company of Canada 1945-1955 3 5 Steel Company of Canada 1945-1955 3 21 Steel Company of Canada Conference Notes 1920-1955 3 22 Third Annual Conference on Atmospheric and Space Electricity, Montreaux, Switzerland, May 7, 1963 1963 4 1 Thunderstorm Experiments - Case 59667 1956-1957 3 6 Thunderstorm Experiments - Case 59667 1956-1957 4 2 University of Michigan, Airplane Icing Information Course, March 30-April 3, 1953 1953 4 3 Valley Hail Suppression Association 1954 4 4 Vonnegut, Bernard "Downdrafts in Cumulus Clouds" 1954 4 5 Vonnegut, Bernard "The Electrical Theory of Tornadoes" 1956 4 6 Vonnegut, Bernard "Final Report - Electrical Behavior of an Airplane in a Thunderstorm" 1964 4 7 Vonnegut, Bernard "Tornadoes and Thunderstorm Electricity" 1954 4 8 Vonnegut, Bernard, C.B. Moore, and M. Blume "Preliminary Investigation of the Distribution of Space Charge in the Lower Atmosphere" 1956 4 9 Vonnegut, Bernard and C.B. Moore "Giant Electrical Storms" 1958 4 10 Vonnegut, Bernard [et.al] "Final Report - Some Atmospheric Electric Instruments for Use in Air Force Operations" 1962 4 11 Wind Tunnel Laboratory Staff "Notes on Procedures and Analysis of Wind Tunnel Experiments on Stack Gas Dispersal" 1954 Series 4: New Mexico 1953-1996 1 cubic feet

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 4 documents Dr. Vonnegut’s work with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT) in Socorro, New Mexico. While both were employed at Arthur D. Little, he and fellow scientist Charles Moore were invited to conduct thunderstorm research at Mt. Withington, eventually becoming part of the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research in Socorro. Moore stayed at NMIMT, and Dr. Vonnegut moved on to the State University of New York at Albany; though their collaborative research continued for the entirety of each other’s career.

The series includes a large amount of correspondence with Charles Moore, as well as with other prominent figures related to NMIMT; Marx Brook, Stirling Colgate, and William Winn. This series also consists of data, research, and articles regarding experiments in New Mexico.

1 1-2 215 Experiment 1953-1987 2 2 215 Experiment 1953-1987 1 3-4 Brook, Marx 1960-1992 1 5 Chew, Joe "Storms above the Desert" 1985-1986 1 6 Colgate, Dr. Stirling A. 1965-1985 1 Data 1986 1 7 Data Undated 1 8-13 Moore, Charles B. (C.B.) 1954-1996 3 7 Moore, Charles B. (C.B.) 1954-1996 1 14 News Articles, Lightning 1986 1 15 NMIMT, Miscellaneous 1956-1996 1 16 ONR Special Purpose Test Vehicle for Atmospheric Research (SPTVAR) 1979-1980 1 17 Paper Review, Electrification of NM Thunderstorms 1988 1 18 Photographs 1958 1 19 Photographs, NMIMT 1962-1968 1 20 Reynolds, Steve 1990 1 21 Thunderstorm Electricity, Quarterly Report for period ending 7 November 1954 1954 1 22 Winn, William (W.P.) 1965-1989 Series 5: Tornado Research 1837-1991, Undated 1.2 cubic feet

Arranged alphabetically.

This series consists primarily of tornado observations and eyewitness accounts solicited from the general public via newspaper advertisements in areas where tornadoes and severe storms frequently occur. They are filed using the original labeling system employed by Dr. Vonnegut, where the date and place of the observation as well as a brief statement on the phenomena is used to identify the observation. Accounts of severe storms found in multiple publications, biblical references, and other historical observations are also present.

Please note that the archivist filed all of the loose photographs together. The archivist kept any photograph accompanying observation, research, or data with that respective material.

1 1 ALERT, Alert Laymen's Enlistment Researching Tornadoes 1990 1 2 Barnes, Stanley L., Editor "Papers on Oklahoma Thunderstorms, April 29-30, 1970 - NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL-69 1974 1 3 Bath, Markus "An Investigation into Three Tornadoes in Sweden" 1946 1 4 Biblical References 1966 1 5 Brand, Dr. Walther "Der Kugelblitz" 1923 1 6 Changnon, Jr., Stanley A. and Richard G. Semonin "A Great Tornado Disaster in Retrospect" Weatherwise, April 1966 1966 1 7 Colgate, Stirling - Tornado Articles 1967 1968 1981 1982 1 8 Dergarabedian, Paul and Francis Fendell "Estimation of Maximum Wind Speeds in Tornadoes" Undated 1 9 Dergarabedian, Paul and Francis Fendell "Parameters Governing the Generation of Free Vortices" 1967 1 10 Ellenberger, P. "And what exactly was the Cyclone of Thaba-Bosiu?" 1957 1 11 Final Report "Tornado-Sferics, Season 1956" Severe Weather Planning Center, 6th Weather Squadron (Mobile), Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 1956 1 12 Flora, S.D. "The Nature of Tornadoes" Weatherwise, April 1949 1949 1 13 Gannon, Robert "New scientific research may take the sting out of lightning" 1973-1974 1 14 Gannon, Robert "Tornado! How science tracks down the dread twister" 1973 1 15 Hare, R. "On the Causes of the Tornado, or Water Spout" 1837 1 16 Historical References and Observations 1456-1906 1 17 Hoecker, Walter H. "Detailed Time-Lapse Study of the Dallas Tornado Funnel and the Attendant Debris Cloud" 1960 1 18 Huff, F.A., H.W. Hiser and S.G. Bigler "Study of an Illinois Tornado Using Radar, Synoptic Weather and Field Survey Data" 1954 1 19 Idso, Sherwood B. "Tornado or Dust Devil: The Enigma of Desert Whirlwinds" 1974 1 20 Jones, Herbert L. "The Identification of Lightning Discharges by Sferic Characteristics" Undated 1 21 Jules, Vernon "We will do something about the weather" 1966 1 22 Laboratory Tornadoes 1976 1 23 Landsberg, H.E. "The Role of Atmospheric Electricity in the Atmospheric Sciences" 1974 1 24 Lavan, Z. and A.A. Fejer "Luminescence in supersonic swirling flows" 1965 1 25 Letter of support from Arthur D. Little to West Tulsa News on cooperation for printing Vonnegut's request for observations 1954 1 26 Letter from Harry Truman, May 7, 1957 1957 1 27 Maier, M.W. and H.W. Brandli "Simultaneous Observation of Tornado, Waterspout and Funnel Cloud" 1973 1 28 Miller, Peter "Tracking Tornadoes" 1987 1 29 "Notes on Certain Tornado and Squall Line Features" UAL Meteorological Circular, No. 36, April 15, 1952 1952 1 30 Observations: Adams, Mrs. J.C., Rumson, NJ "zig-zag streaks of lightning" "all hell broke loose" 1956 1 31 Observations: Aiken, Mrs. Benedict D., Coconut Grove, Miami, FL "glowing with a bluish green light" 1959 1 32 Observations: Anderson, Mrs. Philip, Toledo, OH, April 11, 1965 "then a great wall of white came" 1966 1 33 Observations: Angus, Mrs. Florence, Toledo, OH, April 1965 "huge reddish yellow light" 1966 1 34 Observations: Bauvia, Mrs. Bertha, Moville, IA "zig-zagged in its travel" "great bolt of lightning" 1958 1 35 Observations: Benson, Mrs. Marcella, Toledo, OH, April 1965 "bluish white lights shooting around in the clouds" 1966 1 36 Observations: Birmingham Alabama News "jagged streaks of fire resembling lightning" 1956 1 37 Observations: Blomgren, Oscar, North Chicago, IL, August 1972 1974 1 38 Observations: Blumstock, Rutgers, June 22, 1928 "inside brilliantly lighted with constant flashes of lightning" 1959 1 39 Observations: Bolduc, Mr. & Mrs., Castleton, NY "unknown objects in sky color of lit matches" 1977 1 40 Observations: Byers, Lloyd J., Fargo, ND "luminous blue light or glow around the bottom edge of funnel" 1957-1958 1 41 Observations: Cheyenne Tornado, July 16, 1979 1979 1 42 Observations: Cross, Marion H., Albuquerque, NM; Mississippi, 1960 "flickering pin points of light" 1966 1 43 Observations: Dale, F. Douglas, Coldwater, KS "center of funnels luminous with yellow green" "balls of fire" 1960 1 44 Observations: Decker, Jr., Mrs. Roy, Sparks, OK, Spring 1956 "great ball of fire was right above me" 1958 1 45 Observations: Dekalb, IL 1967 1 46 Observations: Edmond, OK Tornado, May 8, 1986 1986 1 47 Observations: Elder, R.H., Suburn, AL, 1924 or 1925 "lightning constantly between tip of cone and ground" Undated 1 48 Observations: Elkins, Robert E., Thorp, WI "big ball of fire and then destruction" 1958 1 49 Observations: Foster, Hal, Mariana Islands, 1945 from Bulletin of American Meteorological Association 1950 1 50 Observations: Gaillard, Mary A., Mobile, AL, 1949 or 1950 "explosion with blue and green lights" 1958 1 51 Observations: Godberry, Mrs. Hubert, Olney, TX, May 18, 1951 3:45 p.m. "big flash of electrical display" 1958 1 52 Observations: Green, Mrs. Francis D., Ellington, CT, 1952 or 1953 "brilliant flash like brilliant lightning in the base" 1958 1 53 Observations: Hamilton, Mrs. Alice, Bowers, Dallas "mass of blue and orange fire" 1958 1 54 Observations: Highiet, Mrs. L.R., Toledo, OH, April 1965 "blue halo around tornado & orange balls of lightning coming out" 1966 1 55 Observations: Hiser, Prof. Homer W., Miami, FL 1959 1 56 Observations: Houston, Walter Scott, Champagne, IL, Summer 1942 "searchlight beam extend out of cloud: 1962-1963 1966 1 57 Observations: Howland, Charles E., Formoso, KS, about 1933 & about 1952 "oppressed itchy feeling" 1958 1 58 Observations: Hunter, Lee, Blackwell, OK, May 1955 "orange color fire in the center" 1956 1 59 Observations: Jensen, J.C., Rock Rapids, IA, 1932 "ball lightning" Science Monthly, p. 192 1933 1 60 Observations: Johnson, D.C., Harden County, OH, May 11, 1887, 11:00 p.m. "straws blown into bark of trees" 1958 1 61 Observations: Johnson, Tom, Toledo, OH, April 1965 "lights of different kinds of colors mixed up in the clouds" 1966 1 62 Observations: Joliet, IL, 1990 1990-1991 1 63 Observations: Judkins, Jr., Harold I., Rutland, MA, June 1953 "where did the lightning go all of a sudden when about 2 miles" 1956 1 64 Observations: Killian, Ralph D., Spring 1927 1962 1 65 Observations: Kueck, Irma, Hickman Mills, MO, May 20, 1957 "light yellow cloud, horizontal stripes, ball of fire" 1958 1 66 Observations: LeBell, C.E., Excerpts from "Mont Blanc to Everest" by Gaston Rebuffat Undated 1 67 Observations: Luke, Ray, Artist, 1924 or 1925, Oklahoma "light as day inside" 1957 1 68 Observations: Lumis, Mrs. Avril H., Kansas City, KS, May 20, 1952 "yellow-white along outside of funnel as if neon lighted" 1958 1 69 Observations: McCuiston, A.L., Tulsa, OK "red glow in the cloud" 1954 1 70 Observations: McDevitt, Brian M., Deep Cove, Pemadumcook Lake, ME, 1975 1975-1976 1 71 Observations: McNeese, Lee, Albany, MO, about 1907 "looked inside funnel" 1958 1 72 Observations: McPherson, E.D., Dyersburg, TN, March 21, 1952 "continuous vivid lightning" "orange glow in cloud" 1952 1 73 Observations: Meabon, Herbert, Chautaugua City, NY "special lightning phenomenon" 1965 1 74 Observations: Miami, FL 1959 1 75 Observations: Mississippi 1966 1 76 Observations: Multiple States 1963-1965 1 77 Observations: Multiple States 1968 1 78 Observations: Multiple States 1969-1990 1 79 Observations: Palm Sunday Tornado, Ohio, April 11, 1965 1965 1 80 Observations: Pyle, Mrs. Kenneth, E., Toledo, OH, April 1965 "streaks of lightning in the cloud itself" 1966 1 81 Observations: Peterson, Jr., Howard C., Coral Gables "pale green and then pink sheet lightning" 1959 1 82 Observations: Plummer, Genevieve, St. Louis, MO "brilliant pink and flame-like flare up from horizon" 1959 1 83 Observations: Pulhuj, Mrs. Paul, Toledo, OH, April 1965 "all around me was red flashing lights constantly" 1966 1 84 Observations: Rankin, Frances S., Shawnee, OK, May 1, 1954 "greenish glow in center" 1958 1 85 Observations: Richardson, Marvin E., Winston City, MS, 1956 "faint orange luminescence" 1966 1 86 Observations: Roberts, Alpheus J., Toledo, OH, April, 1965 "surface glow" 1965-1966 1 87 Observations: Ross, Mrs. H.L., Toledo, OH, April 1965 "it appeared to be giving off a light of its own" 1965-1966 1 88 Observations: Schenectady, NY, June 24, 1960 1960 1 89 Observations: Setkins, William B., Northern Indiana around 1900 "Willie get under the bed" "large electrical ball of fire" 1958 1 90 Observations: Shaw, William, Nevada, MO, around 1925 or 1926 "funnel grows down out of the parent cloud" 1962 1 91 Observations: Shepard, L.E., Electrification of steam jets "fire balls when steam escaping from railroad engines" 1966 1 92 Observations: Spiess, Lincoln Bunce, St. Louis, MO "very rapidly lightning flashing" 1959 1 93 Observations: Spurr, Allan, Springfield, IL "flash reminded me of welder's arc" 1957 1 94 Observations: Thompson, Mrs. J.K., Fairfax, OK, June 2, 1935 "flash more like a ball of fire" "funnel was brick red" 1958 1 95 Observations: Trussell, Cliff, Joplin, MO "difference in sound of thunder in tornado cloud" "cold air coming down" 1958 1 96 Observations: Veal, Mrs. Talmadge, Macon, GA "incessant shimmer of light that had no thunder preceded" 1954 1 97 Observations: Vonnegut, Sr., Kurt, Indianapolis, IN 1955 1 98 Observations: Wegener, Butch, Toledo, OH, 1965 "something very bright about the size of a basketball" 1965-1966 1 99 Observations: Willett, Myron, Oregon, OH, April 1965 "pattern in the orange… like hell upside-down" 1966 1 100 Observations: Wishnewitz, Harvey, Toledo, OH, 1965 "the place lit up just like daylight" 1965-1966 1 101 Perkins, J.G. "Electromagnetism and the Tornado" 1975 1 102 Photographs 1955-1968 1 103 Reprints and copies of tornado articles 1959-1975 2 1 "Research on Tornado Identification" Third and Fourth Quarterly Progress Reports, Signal Corps Research 1955 2 2 "'Selective Twisters' Secret: Severity Splits Funnels" Purdue University ScienceLine 1975 2 3 Tornado Eyewitness Questionnaire Undated 2 4 "Tornado Occurrences in the United States" U.S. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Technical Paper No. 20 1952 2 5 Tornado Research Airplane Flight Data 1956 2 6 VanderHam, C.J., "Tornado's Korte allesvervoestende wervelwinden" 1975 2 7 Vaughn, Jr., Otha H., "Luminous electrical phenomena associated with nocturnal tornadoes in Huntsville, Ala., 3 April 1974" 1976 2 8 Vonnegut, Bernard - Tornado Articles 1954-1968 2 9 Ward, Neil B. "The Exploration of Certain Features of Tornado Dynamics Using a Laboratory Model" NOAA Technical Memorandum ERLTM-NSSL52 1970 2 10 "Windstorm Damage Protection" National Board of Fire Underwriters Research Division 1955 Series 6: General Science Research and Inventions 1911-2007, Undated 3.25 cubic feet

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Series 6 contains Dr. Vonnegut’s general interest and research files, as well as the inventions that he worked on throughout his career. Topics include: lightning, ball lightning, lightning strikes and the effect on aircraft, volcanic activity and storms on Mt. St. Helens and Surtsey, thunderstorm electrification, and weather-related instruments.

A large quantity of photographs dominates the series. Please note that the archivist filed all loose photographs together. Many photographs are undated with no specifications on location or activity depicted. The archivist kept any photograph accompanying research or data with its respective material.

1 1 Air Force Plane Crash - England, August 28 1976 1 2 "An Apparatus for Preventing the Formation and Falling of Hail" Patent Specification 1906 1 3 The Annals of Improbable Research 1995 1997 1 4 Art Forum 1980 2 3 Art Forum 1980 1 5 Articles - Multiple Topics Related to Weather 1828-1987 1 6 Atlas, David and Charles B. Moore "Exploring the Weather" Lecture Notes Undated 1 7 Atmospheric Pollution Instrumentation 1954-1956 1 8 "Atmospheric radioactivity following nuclear explosions" Office of Naval Research 1952 1 9 Ball Lightning 1959-1990 1 10 Ball Lightning Project 1970-1972 4 8 Ball Lightning Project 1971 Undated 1 11 Chaff Experiment 1995-1996 1 12 Characteristics of Vertical Lightning 1950-1951 1987 1 13 Correspondence: Foundation of Physics 1973-1975 1 14 Correspondence: Miscellaneous 1955-1997 1 15 Data, Multiple Projects Undated 1 16 Davis, Gode "The Stormy Future of Weather Forecasting" 1991 1 17 Davis, M.H. "The Present Status of Atmospheric Electricity" 1979 1 18 Device to Detect Presence of Electrical Fields Undated 1 19 DMSP Satellite Photographs and Article Reprints 1968 1970 1974 1 20 DeVries, Tom "California Drought: can we change the weather before it's too late?" 1977 1 21 Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather 1990 1 22 Howell/Eustis Patent Case 1945-1987 1 23 Feyman Lectures 1964 1965 1969 1 24 Franklin Chimes Exhibit 1957 1970-1974 1 25 GBI, Photographs and Data 1959 1 26 Gedzelman, Stanley David "Science and Wonders of the Atmosphere" 1982 1 27 Graph for Determining Height of Cloud Bases Undated 1 28 Invention: Aerosol Coagulator 1970-1978 1 29 Invention: Apparatus for Triggering Lightning 1988-1992 1 30 Invention: Apparatus to Reduce Atmospheric Pollution Caused by Exhaust of Motor Vehicles 1990 1 31 Invention: Cloud LWC Sensor 1977 1 32 Invention: ICE detector 1986 1 33 Invention: Means and Methods for Detecting and Measuring Aerosols - RESTRICTED 1954-1960 1 34 Invention: Means and Methods for Producing Particles of High Charge Density 1963 1965 1 35 Invention: Mechanical Means for Making Uniformly Sized Aerosols 1962 1 36 Invention: Method and Apparatus for Measuring the Concentration of Condensation Nuclei 1949 1 37 Invention: Microcell Instrument for Measurement of Electrical Conductivity of Cloud and Precipitation Water 1978 1987 1 38 Invention: Microconductivity Cell for Real Time Measurements of the Electrical Conductivity of Cloud or Rain Water Undated 1 39 Invention: Monitor and Spectrometer for Atmospheric Particulate Matter 1963 1965 1 40 Invention: Moisture Indicating Instrument 1949 1 41 Invention: Non-Conducting Fiber Electrometer 1955-1956 1 42 Invention: Rainfall Intensity Sensor 1979-1980 1 43 Invention: Tensiometer 1951 1 44 Invention: Vortex Whistle 1953-1958 1 45 Invention Records 1933-1979 1 46 Instruments Undated 1 47 Kamra, A.K. 1966-1983 1 48 Kamra, A.K. "Dust Storm Electrification - Final Report to the National Science Foundation" 1971 1 49 "Liebig & Wöhler" from A History of Chemistry Undated 3 8 Life Magazine, "American Production" 1948 1 50 Lightning 1920-1991 1 51 Lightning during Yellowstone Fires 1971 1988 1 52 Lightning Observations 1980-1984 1 53 Lightning Preventions, Lightning Elimination Associates Undated 1 54 Lightning Strikes to Aircraft, General 1965-1977 3 9 Lightning Strikes to Aircraft, General 1965-1977 2 Lightning Strikes to Aircraft, General 1965-1977 1 55 Lightning Strikes to Aircraft - Salt Lake, "Frontier" Photographs Undated 1 56 McCownan, Dennis - Time Magazine 1996 1 57 Mt. St. Helens 1980-1981 3 10 Mt. St. Helens 1980-1981 4 9 Mt. St. Helens 1980-1981 2 1 New York Times Articles on Weather 1972-1986 2 2-3 Oscillatory Anemometer 1965-1995 2 4 Oscillatory Anemometer Press Releases 1988 2 5 Patent Disclosures 1973-1978 2 6 Patents: General Electric 1953-1959 1980 2 7-9 Patents: Multiple Inventions 1949-1987 1 Patents: Multiple Inventions 1949-1987 2 10 Patents: Photocopies 1922-1961 2 11 Patents: Reprints 1889 1894 1932-1966 2 12 Photographs 1961 2 13 Photographs 1965 2 14 Photographs and Data Undated 2 15 Photographs: Airplane 1955 2 16 Photographs: Antique Scientific Apparatus Undated 2 17 Photographs: Apparatus Dept. Presentation Undated 2 18 Photographs: ASRC Experiment Undated 2 19 Photographs: Dr. Langmuir Undated 2 20 Photographs: Instruments 1955 2 21 Photographs: Floyd Montgomery 1967 2 22 Photographs: Heimaey, Iceland 1973 2 23-24 Photographs: Illinois 1960 2 25 Photographs: Life Filmstrip "The Mystery of Rain" 1962 4 10 Photographs: Life Filmstrip "The Mystery of Rain" 1962 2 26 Photographs: Lightning 1965 2 27 Photographs: Miscellaneous 1955 2 28 Photographs: Miscellaneous Undated 2 29 Photographs: Mt. Withington 1962 3 1 Photographs: Radar 1961 3 2 Photographs: Roger Jensen, Detroit Lakes MN - Cloud and Storm prints 1958-1977 3 3 Photographs: Roy Arnold - Tornado Undated 3 4 Photographs: Socorro 1979 3 5 Photographs: Tornado 1955 3 6 Photographs: Vortices Undated 3 7 Photographs: Yellowstone Undated 3 8 Preston, F.W. and J.C. Turnbull "The Physics of Upward Drilling" 1941 3 9 Princeton Pennsylvania Army Avionics Research Program, Final Task Report "A Fundamental Study of Static Electric Phenomena" 1972 3 10 Reprints: Contrails 1973 3 11 Reprints: Convection and Convective Storms 1973-1975 3 12 Reprints: Electrical Measurements Above Thunderstorms 1950 1957 1966 3 13 Reprints: Electricity 1974-1975 3 14 Reprints: Electrostatics 1971 1974-1975 3 15 Reprints: Hailstorms 1973-1974 3 16 Reprints: Satellite Observations 1974 3 17 Reprints: Silver Iodide 1971-1975 3 18 Reprints: Studies in the Early History of Surface Chemistry 1969-1974 3 19 Requests for Reprints of Papers and American Meteorological Association Speech 1954-1955 3 20 "Requirements for Electrification" 1971 3 21 Scorer, R.S., Presidential Address, Royal Meteorological Society 1988-1989 3 22 Smithsonian Aerophysical Observatory: Automatic Star Tracking System 1959 3 23 Snow, Snow Crystals, and Snow Storms 1976 3 24 Staples, Tad - Correlation between Thunder Pitch and Behavior of Storm 1976 3 25 Static Electricity, American Airlines 1957 3 26 Steacie, E.W.R. "Science, Society, and the Individual" 1959 3 27 SUNY Research Publications 1988 3 28 Surtsey: Data and other associated documents 1963-1964 3 29 Surtsey: Photographs [1 of 2] 1963-1964 4 1 Surtsey: Photographs [2 of 2] 1963-1964 4 2 Swiss Maps Transfer 1970-1972 4 3 Telephone Conversation with First Lt. Roger C. Gardner, Hurricane Hugo Lightning Observation 1989 4 4 Thunderstorm Electricity Undated 4 5 Thunderstorm Electrification and Cloud Physics 1959-1996 4 6 Tilson, Seymour "IEEE Spectrum" 1969 4 7 U-2 Conductivity Meter 1986 3 11 U-2 Conductivity Meter 1986 4 8 U.S. Weather Research Program 1996 4 9 Vlcek, Charles L. "Observations of Sever Storms on 26 and 28 April 1971" NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL-63 1973 4 10 Vonnegut, Bernard "Physics and the Environment" 1994 4 11 Vonnegut, Bernard "Determinants of Thunderstorm Dipole Polarity According to Influence Theories of Cloud Electrification" 1993 4 12 Warm Cloud Lightning 1950-1990 4 13 Weisskopf, Victor F. "Of Atoms, Mountains, and Stars: A Study in Quantitative Physics" 1975 Series 7: Manuscripts

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Series 8: State University of New York at Albany

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Series 9: Meetings and Conferences

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Series 10: Subject Files 1941-1996, Undated 6.4 cubic feet

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Series 10 contains files on a wide variety of subjects; people, articles, topics in science, and other topics of interest to Dr. Vonnegut throughout his career. Please note that a previous archivist processed this series, therefore some folder titles may be duplicated in other series that contain similar information.

1 1-2 A 1962-1976 1979-1982 1985 1989 1994 1 3 AAAS "lonizers" 1980 1982 1 4 AAAS: Stored Energy In Water 1978 1981 1 5 All Things C 1995 1 6 AM. Geophysical Union 1963-1969 1981-1982 1 7 Amer, N.M., U.CAL Berkeley, Photoacoustic Spectroscopy 1978-1981 1 8 BAMS "Errors" Column (AMS) Undated 1 9 AMS 1959-1969 1973 1976 1981 1990 1 10 Arnold, Roy Misc. 1975-1976 1980 1982 1984 1 11 Arnold, Stephen, Brooklyn Polytech 1984-1986 1 12 ASRC Conference, Electrostatics Bibliography 1971 1 13 ASRC Director 1984-1985 1 14-15 ASRC Misc. 1967-1986 1988 1990 1 16 ASRC Pub No's 1969-1970 1972 1 17 ASRC Visit, Electrostatics Facility 1972 1 18-19 B 1958-1995 1 20 Baker, Marcia 1984-1985 1 21 Baller, Paul S. 1966-1967 1969 1972 1 22 Balloon Program 1982-1984 1986 1 23 Time Lapse Photography from Balloons 1957 1970 1976-1977 1 24 Barchet "Other Seeding Agents & Alternatives to Silver Iodide 1977 1 25-26 Barreto 1969 1977-1987 1 27 Tankers (Re: Barreto) 1968 1970-1971 1 28 Bentley, W.A. 1977-1979 1 29 B Jornsson, S. 1966-1970 1 30-31 Blanchard 1938-1996 1 32 Blau, Henry H 1963 1966 1968-1970 1973-1974 1 33-34 Boeck, William L 1961 1971-1980 1984 1990 1992 1 35 Bowers 1991 1 36 Breidenthal, R.E 1985-1987 1989 1 37 Buechner, W.W. 1968-1969 1973-1974 1 38 Bullock , J.W 1965-1969 2 1-2 C 1960-1996 2 3 Chapman, Seville (DR) 1954 1968 1970-1974 1976 2 4 Clood Seeding 1952-1956 1958 1961-1967 2 5 Church, C.R 1970-1971 1975 1979-1983 1995 2 6 Cook, Jim Undated 2 7 Corrugahorn 1976 2 8 Crawford, Perry 1979 1981-1982 2 9 D 1962-1976 1978 1980 1987-1988 1991-1992 2 10 Da Vinci, Leonardo 1956 2 11 Derenzo, David R. 1979 1981-1983 1988-1989 2 12 Dessens, Henri 1973 2 13 Detwiler, Andy 1976-1986 1988-1991 1993-1994 2 14-15 Dewan, Edmond 1965-1994 2 16 Dewan's Mystery Cloud 1985 2 17 Dolezalek, Hans 1962-1963 1966-1976 1980-1981 2 18 Doppler Radar 1978-1979 2 19 E 1962-1972 1978-1979 1982 1985-1986 1990 2 20-21 EDC Film 1966 1968-1971 1973 2 22 Film "Atmospheric Electricity" 1960 1964-1965 2 23 Eden H.F. (Frank) 1966-1968 1972-1973 1975-1976 1987 2 24 ESPY 1993 2 25-26 F 1961-1987 2 27 Findeisen Quote 1950 2 28 The Franklin Institute 3/18/70 1969-1971 1974 2 29 Ben Franklin References 1952 1961 1991-1992 2 30 Fulgurites 1976 2 31 G 1961-1977 1980-1981 1985 1988 2 32 Gaston Gronet 1945 1947 1959-1960 2 33 Griffiths [1 of 2] 1948 1972-1979 1983 1989 3 1 Griffiths [2 of 2] 1948 1972-1979 1983 1989 3 2 Grenet 1947-1994 3 3 H 1965-1975 1977-1989 1991 1994 3 4 Heffernan, Warm Cloud Electrification 1957 3 5 Henderson, Thomas J 1968-1997 3 6 High Voltage Generators 1956 1967-1971 3 7 Hobbs, Peter 1983 1985 3 8 Holeworth , R.H 1974 1981 1983-1987 1989 3 9 Hollister, Walter M. 1985 3 10 Holloman, Herb 1969 1984-1985 3 11 Howard, John A. 1969 1971-1976 3 12 Howell, Wallace 1941-1942 1965-1967 1969 1986 3 13 Holzer, Rob't E 1955 1962-1963 3 14-15 Huges, James 1955 1961 1974-1977 1981-1986 1988 3 16-17 Huges, James C - 59667 1957-1958 1961-1971 3 18 Huges, James, Appreciation 1988 3 19 Huges, James, Dinner, 18, May 1988 3 20 Huges Plaque 1984 1988 3 21 Jeremy HYLKA "Alert Illinois" Tornado Research Team 1991-1994 3 22 Helgafell Volcano, Heimacy 1973 3 23 I 1962-1969 1971 1973-1975 1980-1983 3 24 ICAE 1994-1996 3 25-26 Iceland 1964 3 27 Iceland 1965 3 28 Imianitov. I.M 1965 1985 1987 3 29 Initiation of Lightning Discharges on Demand, Winder, Ron 1964-1965 3 30 Israelsson "Fallout" 1990 3 31 J 1963-1970 1972 1975-1976 1986-1987 1989-1990 3 32 Johns Hopkins University 1963-1965 4 1-2 K 1963-1994 4 3 Kuttner, Joachim Mct. Rundschau 1950 4 4-5 L 1963-1973 1975 1977-1989 1991 1993-1994 4 6 Lane-Smith, Dereck 1968-1974 1977-1978 4 7 Langmuir, Irving 1993 1996 4 8 Langmuir, Irving "Hurricane" 1945 1955 4 9 Langmuir I. Studies of the effects produced by dry ice seeding of stratus clouds Undated 4 10 Lansford: Mosaic Article About Global Circuit 1982-1983 4 11 John Latham 1964-1991 4 12 LEIPSIG 1996 4 13 Lescarboura, Julio 1967 4 14 Alan Lightman, When do anomalies Begin? Science 7 Feb 91 1992 4 15 Lightning 1994 4 16 Leob, Leonard B, 1963 1965 1970-1971 4 17 Lomonosov 1987 1992 4 18 Lukomski, Hieronim 1964-1965 4 19-20 M 1963-1994 4 21 MacCready, Paul B. (Dr) 1964 1970 1977 1985 4 22 Malon, D.J. 1962-1963 1965 4 23 Mason Day, Fri May 11 1979 1978-1979 4 24 Mason, S.G. 1965-1970 1976 1979-1980 1985-1987 4 25 Mazur, Vladislav 1982 1984 1988 4 26 McC 1962-1970 1972-1973 1977 1989 1992 4 27 Martell, E.A 1958 1970-1972 1983-1984 4 28 McMahon, Howard & Tom 1963 1966-1970 1983-1984 1986-1988 4 29 Media 1975 1978-1983 4 30 Mekcher & Zahn (MIT) 1969-1970 1973 1989 4 31 Michnowski, Stanislaw 1966-1996 4 32 Michnowski, Stanislaw Undated 4 33 Moondust 1964-1965 5 1 N 1962-1969 1981 1984 5 2 NASA 1962-1966 5 3 National Geographic 1990 1993 5 4 National Science Foundation 1962-1989 5 5 Newton's Apple "Tornadoes" Undated 5 6 Nifuku, Masaharu 1973-1977 5 7-8 Office of Naval Research 1966-1971 1973 1982 5 9 O 1964-1966 1970-1975 1977 1980 1984 5 10-11 P 1961-1994 5 12 ATM Electr. Pageopj 1982-1983 1987-1988 5 13 Passarelli-Camera Flights 1976 5 14 re: Passarelli experiments 1972-1973 1980 5 15 Passarelli, R.E., Jr. 1972-1974 1982-1983 1987 5 16 Perkin- Elmer 1982 5 17 Petterssen, Sveerre 1963 1967-1968 1996 5 18 Popular Mechanics 1963 5 19 Pounder, Colin 1975-1979 1986 5 20 D.E. Proctor Letter: Malam + CTR 1970-1971 1974 1991 5 21 Q 1963-1964 1981 5 22-23 R 1958-1996 5 24 Radioactivity 1964-1966 5 25 Reinhardt,Nick 1968-1974 1976-1977 5 26 Research Corporation 1972-1973 5 27 Review Ohanian Chapter Atmospheric Electric Norton Co. Drake Mcfeely 1983-1985 5 28 Review Krider & Roble "The Earths Electrical Environment" 1985 5 29 R.R. Rogers (McGill) A Short Course in Cloud Physics 1980-1981 5 30 Russian Weather MOD Article 1967 5 31 Ryan, Bob 1968-1996 5 32-35 S 1961-1996 5 36 Saffer Charles 1995 5 37 Sanders Frederick 1978 1985 5 38 Saturday Review 1965-1968 1970 5 39-40 V.J. Schaefer 1954-1993 6 1 VJS Library 1982 6 2 Vincent Schaefer & Snow Makings by Katherine B. Blodgett 1947-1948 6 3 Schwarz, Joe 1992 1994 6 4 Science 1964-1992 6 5 Science Fortnightly, Inc. 1965 6 6 Science History 1992-1993 6 7 U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce 3/8/66 1966 6 8 Senate Com. Inferior & Insular Affairs 3/23/66 1966 6 9 Paul Silberg 1963 1965 1976-1978 1981-1982 6 10 Silverman, Sam (DR.) 1974 1977-1978 1984-1985 6 11 Joanne Simpson 1963-1995 6 12 Sprites etc. 1993-1996 6 13 Standler, Ronald 1970-1973 1976 6 14 Stanford, John L. 1971-1972 1975-1976 6 15 Static Electricity Sensor For Helicopters, Army Fort Eustes, VA 1979 6 16 Stith, Jeffrey L 1985 6 17 Stockmayer Walter 1973 1975 1982-1983 1987 6 18 Stone, Robert G. 1970-1971 6 19 Strange, John P 1964 1966 1968 6 20 Sugar Explosions 1965 6 21-22 SUNY, State University of N.Y @ Albany 1965-1969 1971-1981 1985 1991 6 23 SUNY, State University of N.Y @ Albany, Mary Fiess Update Jan 21 1987 1987 6 24 SUNYA - "The Atmosphere" Art Museum Show 1993 6 25 Surtsey 1965 6 26 The Swiss Watch by John Leimert Undated 6 27-28 T 1962-1994 6 29 Hannes Tammet, USSR 1964 1975-1977 1984-1985 1992 6 30 Bill Taylor ELF 1986 6 31 Taylor, Sir Geoffrey 1965-1967 1969 6 32 Thor Guard 1975 6 33 A.J. Thrope Weather 1981 1988 1991 6 34 Trefethen, L. 1985 6 35 Twitchell, Paul 1989 6 36 U 1962-1967 1970-1972 6 37 UCAR Cups Research Project 1980 6 38 UFO Articles 1966 6 39 USA Today 1995 6 40 V 1958-1988 6 41-43 W 1959 1961-1980 1982-1985 1991 1993-1997 6 44 WMO Technical Note 1974-1975 6 45 Observations Hurricane Alicia R.T Walter 1983 6 46 Rob't Watts, Tulane U. Theory of Prester Tornadoes 1971-1975 6 47 Weather Bureau 1964-1966 6 48 Wegener 1992 6 49 Weickmann, Helmut 1965 1967-1968 6 50 Weide Robert B. 1994 6 51 Weyer, J.R 1966 1968 1974 7 1-2 John Willett 1972-1974 1976 1980-1983 1991 7 3-4 Earle Williams 1975-1976 1979-1994 7 5 E Wms 2/5 Ms 1986 7 6 William Dale Williams 1974 7 7 Wise, George (GE) 1984 7 8 Wood, C.A. "Unusual lightning" 1951 7 9 Whyaduck Production 1996 7 10 Wyckoff, Pete 1965-1969 1971-1972 Series 11: A/V

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Series 12: Biographical

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