Correspondence relating to the conference and publication. This was the first occasion on which Peierls gave a historical talk, on 'The glorious days of physics'. It proved very popular, was often asked for and repeated, and, as Peierls says, 'audience reaction... led to the idea of writing my memoirs', Bird of Passage, pp. 312-313. The lecture was published in the Proceedings ed. A. Zichichi 1975, and a Spanish version 'Mi vida come fisico, los dias gloriosos de…

Correspondence, arrangements, etc. Peierls was a Visiting Professor at Sydney, Oct-Dec 1974, before going on to Seattle (see Bird of Passage, pp. 328-329).

Comprises: University of California, Los Angeles, 19 Feb 1975 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 6 Mar 1975 The Donald Ross Hamilton Lecture, Princeton, 20 Mar 1975 University of Oregon, Eugene, 8 May 1975

Correspondence, arrangements and some scientific correspondence arising (see Bird of Passage, pp. 329-330).

Correspondence, arrangements for visit and lectures at Nijmegen and Antwerp during stay (see Bird of Passage, p. 330).

Peierls gave the Physics 261 Course on 'Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics'. Papers comprise correspondence, arrangements, lecture schedules, also reference to Peierls's undertaking the Hans Bethe Lectures at Cornell during his visit (MS. 11619/51/J.9). See Bird of Passage, p. 331.

Given during Peierls visit to University of California, Los Angeles (MS. 11619/51/J.8). Papers comprise correspondence and lecture schedule. See Bird of Passage, p. 331.

Peierls spoke on 'The development of our ideas on the nuclear forces'; later published in Nuclear Physics in Retrospect, ed. R.H. Stuewer (1979). Material comprises correspondence, arrangements, topics, participants, publication, and a little correspondence on historical topics with H.A. Bethe.

Correspondence.

Peierls lectured on 'Recollections of the early days of quantum mechanics'. Material comprises correspondence.