Olga Taussky Todd, painted in Belfast, Ireland, in 1939 by Clara Ewald.  Internationally renowned as a portraitist, the artist was the mother of Peter Paul Ewald, the well-known physicist and crystallographer.  Gift from estate of John Todd.

New Acquisitions

Collections Newly Open for Research

The Papers of Murray Gell-Mann (1929-present)

Distinguished particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner. Correspondence with, among many others, physicists A. Bohr, H. Bethe, R. Feynman, S. Hawking, J.R. Oppenheimer, A. Polykov, Y. Zeldovich, and G. Zweig. Also includes scientific notes and papers, government advising, professional, social and environmental organizations, and biographical material. Finding aid available online. [OAC]

The Papers of Victor Wouk (1919-2005)

Caltech alumnus, electrical engineer, and pioneer of hybrid and electric motor vehicles. The papers include correspondence, research and consulting files, manuscripts, lectures and seminars, and expert witness testimonies. Finding aid available online. [OAC]

New Collections in Preparation

The Papers of Paul B. MacCready (1925-2007), aeronautical engineer and pioneer in human and solar-powered aircraft.

The Papers of Edward B. Lewis (1918-2004), geneticist and Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, 1995.

The Papers of Gerald J. Wasserburg (1927-present), geologist, geophysicist, and geochemist, and Crafoord laureate, 1986.

The Papers of John Todd (1911-2007) and Olga Taussky Todd (1906-1995). Both mathematicians, the Todds came to Pasadena in 1957, following his appointment as professor of mathematics. In 1971, after 14 years as a research associate, Olga became a full professor in her own right.