Ladislaus Laszlo Marton Collection
name: label: Author
content: Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: United States. National Bureau of Standards
topic: label: Topic
content: Electron microscopy
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content: Electron physics
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content: Physicists
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content: Optics
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content: Electron scattering
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content: Electron optics
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content: Physics
label: Topic
content: Electron interference
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Ladislaus Laszlo Marton, circa 1970.
creator: label: Author
content: Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
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content: Ladislaus Laszlo Marton Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ladislaus L. Marton 1901 1979 was a physicist best known for his pioneer work in electron physics, specifically in electron microscopy, electron optics, and electron interferences and scattering.  He came to the United States in 1938, and became a naturalized citizen in 1944.  He was a member of the faculty at the University of Brussels (Belgium), 1928 1938, and assistant professor from 1933 1938.  He was a research physicist at the RCA Manufacturing Company from 1938 1941.  He was associate professor of electron optics, head division Stanford University, 1941 1946.  He was a physicist from 1946 1970 at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington.  Until his death he was an honorable research associate at the Smithsonian Institution.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.66 Cubic feet (15 boxes, one (1) 16 mm film)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932 - 1970
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now Division of Work and Industry), March 30, 1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0100
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Blueprints
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content: Lantern slides
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content: Drawings
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content: Photographs
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content: Correspondence
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content: Diagrams
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Notebooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Notebooks, electron microscope, 1920s, undated

Series 2: Photographs, undated

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1940-1970
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1984
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
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content: Lantern slides
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content: Drawings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Diagrams
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Phototransparencies -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of materials documenting the history of electron optics, especially electron microscopes.  Included are engineering drawings of Marton's devices, designed in Belgium, Stanford and RCA in the 1930s and 1940s; notebooks concerning extensive investigations in electron microscopy; photographs and micrographs concerning development work in this area of physics; correspondence 1930s 702; and reprints of scientific literature relating to Marton's interests.