HTM_WCMss22.xml Guide to the Walter Brattain family papers Brattain (Walter) family papers Andreea Coca, Colleen McFarland, Janet Mallen, and Emi Hastings Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2007
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-16. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Walter Brattain Family Papers Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser) WCMss.022 35 linear feet 16 manuscript boxes, 24 record cartons, 4 flat boxes, 2 small flat boxes 1860-1990 1901-1990 The Walter Brattain Family Papers contains the scientific and personal papers of Walter Brattain, an inventor of the transistor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, in addition to his family papers. English .

Restrictions are noted.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by William and Evelyn Brattain in 1990. The accession number is retro-0023.

Walter Houser Brattain was born on Feb. 10th, 1902 in Amoy, China. He was the son of Ross R. Brattain and Ottilie Houser, the oldest of their five children. Two of his sisters died very young; he spent his childhood in Washington State with his third sister, Mari Brattain, and his brother, R. Robert Brattain. The Brattain family had many Whitman College connections: Ross and Ottilie met at Whitman and Ross graduated from the college in 1901. Walter graduated from Whitman in 1924 with majors in Physics and Math under Professors Benjamin H. Brown (Physics) and Walter A. Bratton (Math).

There were three other physicists of note who graduated in Walter Brattain's class: Walker Bleakney, E.J. Workman, and Vladimir B. Rojansky, with whom he collaborated over the years. The four of them were known as Whitman's "Four Horsemen of Physics." While a Whitman student, Brattain was passionate about math, an excellent tennis player and member of the Kirkman Club, a fraternal group.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Whitman, Brattain was awarded a Masters of Arts by the University of Oregon in 1926 and a Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Minnesota in 1929. After completing his graduate studies, Brattain worked for the radio section of the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., from 1927 to 1928. In 1929 he joined the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories and worked as a research physicist until his retirement in 1976. During World War II, he was associated for 22 months with the National Defense Research Committee at Columbia University, working on magnetic detection of submarines. Brattain was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University during the fall of 1952 and a visiting lecturer at Whitman College between 1962 and 1963, becoming a visiting professor between 1963 and 1972 and an adjunct professor from 1972 until 1976. He remained afterwards as a consultant at Whitman.

Brattain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956, with Dr. John Bardeen and Dr. William B. Shockley, "for research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect." These three American physicists invented the transistor on December 23, 1947, at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at Bell Laboratories. The transistor's name derives from the descriptive phrase "transfer of signal through varsitor." The transistor is a solid state device involved in connecting battery power to signal power. As a key element in amplifying small electrical signals and in processing of digital information, it is today an active component in all electronic systems. Brattain received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Portland University in 1952, from Whitman College and Union College in 1955, and from the University of Minnesota in 1957. In 1952 he was awarded the Stuart Ballantine Medal of the Franklin Institute, and in 1954 the John Scott Medal. The degree at Union College and the two medals were received jointly with Dr. John Bardeen, in recognition of their work on the transistor. In 1974, he was named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Brattain was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Franklin Institute, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also a member of the commission on semiconductors of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and of the Naval Research Advisory Committee. At Whitman, he was nominated to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He also served as an Overseer for the college.

The chief field of Brattain's research was the surface properties of solids, as well as research directed at (1) thermionic emission and absorbed layers on tungsten, phospholipids bylayers or membranes rectification and (2) photo effects at semiconductor surfaces (ergo, cuprous oxide, silicon and germanium). Among his contributions are the discoveries of photo effect at the free surface of a semiconductor, the invention of the point-contact transistor jointly with Dr. John Bardeen, and shared research on piezoelectric frequency standards, magnetometers, blood clotting, and infrared detectors.

Walter Brattain married Dr. Keren Gilmore (chemist) in 1935 and had a son, William G. Brattain, in April, 1943. Keren died in April 1957. In May, 1958, he married Mrs. Emma Jane (Kirsch) Miller, a Whitman College alumna. He had three stepchildren and 10 grandchildren. Walter Brattain died on October 13, 1987, in Seattle, Washington, of Alzheimer's disease.

The Walter Brattain Family Papers is divided into two sections: materials created by Walter Brattain in the context of his profession and career (series 1-6), and materials created by the Brattain family (series 7-11).

The Walter Brattain papers contain correspondence between Brattain and his collaborators, Bell Laboratories, Nobel Prize-related correspondence, and letters to other Whitman College alumni. Brattain's writings include his autobiography, speeches, and scientific publications. In addition, the collection contains materials related to his teaching career, research notes, numerous awards and honors, and travels to conferences around the world. The collection also contains photographs of college and reunions, dinner ceremonies and awards, scientific experiments, transistors, and conference trips, specifically those to China and Europe. Rounding out the collection are published scientific papers, awards and diplomas, newspaper clippings, and audio and video recordings.

The Brattain family papers include family histories, correspondence, writings, and photographs. The correspondence series contains letters written or received by members of the Brattain family, including Walter, Ross and Ottilie, Emma Jane, and Keren Brattain. Also included are family and vacation photos. An extensive collection of glass lantern slides documents scenes of daily life in China in the early 1900s. The two groups of materials are not unrelated and some materials might be valuable to both sections but integrated only in one.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not transferred to Whitman College.

 Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser) Brattain, Keren Brattain, Emma Jane Miller Brattain, Ross R. Brattain, Ottilie Brattain, , R. Robert Brattain, William Brattain, Agnes Rojansky, Vladimir Bleakney, Walker Bell Telephone Laboratories Bell Telephone Laboratories Colleges and Universities Science Technology Correspondence 1 1921-1982 4 linear feet 4 boxes English.

Boxes 1-3: General correspondence (incoming and outgoing) arranged by year

Box 4: Correspondence (incoming and outgoing) arranged by writer or recipient

 General Correspondence 1923-1939 1 1 General Correspondence 1940-1949 1 2 General Correspondence 1950-1951 1 3 General Correspondence January-May 1952 1 4 General Correspondence June-December 1952 1 5 General Correspondence 1953 1 6 General Correspondence 1954 1 7 General Correspondence 1955 1 8 General Correspondence 1956 1 9 General Correspondence 1957 1 10 General Correspondence 1958 1 11 General Correspondence January-April 1959 1 12 General Correspondence May-December 1 13 General Correspondence 1960 1 14 General Correspondence January-June 1961 1 15 General Correspondence July-December 1961 1 16 General Correspondence January-April 1962 2 1 General Correspondence May-December 1962 2 2 General Correspondence January-May 1963 2 3 General Correspondence June-December 1963 2 4 General Correspondence 1964 2 5 General Correspondence 1964 2 6 General Correspondence 1965 2 7 General Correspondence 1965 2 8 General Correspondence 1966 2 9 General Correspondence 1966 2 10 General Correspondence January-May 1967 2 11 General Correspondence June-December 1967 2 12 General Correspondence 1968 3 1 General Correspondence 1969 3 2 General Correspondence 1970 3 3 General Correspondence 1971 3 4 General Correspondence 1972 3 5 General Correspondence 1973 3 6 General Correspondence 1974 3 7 General Correspondence 1975 3 8 General Correspondence 1976 3 9 General Correspondence 1977 3 10 General Correspondence 1978 3 11 General Correspondence 1979 3 12 General Correspondence 1980 3 13 General Correspondence 1981-1982 3 14 Autographs 1979-1982, undated 4 1 Autograph Requests (Denied) 1980-1982, undated 4 2 Roland Bainton Correspondence 1973 4 3 Walker Bleakney Letter 1925 4 4 R. Robert Brattain Correspondence and Papers 1965, undated 4 5 Benjamin Brown Correspondence 1925 4 6 Henry Jackson Correspondence 1 1965-1969 4 7 Henry Jackson Correspondence 2 1970-1981 4 8 John Scott Award Correspondence 1955 4 9 Lindau Correspondence 1981-1982 4 10 "Mike" Long Correspondence 1972-1973 4 11 Publishers Correspondence 1972-1978 4 12 Reference Letters 1963-1979 4 13 Vladimir Rojansky 1944-1981 4 14 Round Robin Letters – Walter Brattain, Vladimir Rojansky, E.J. Workman, and Walker Bleakney 1928-1929 4 15 Donald Rudin and Paul Mueller Correspondence 1966-1967 4 16 "Understanding Science" Lectures Correspondence 1975-1978 4 17 Whitman College Correspondence 1962-1964 4 18 Whitman College 50th Anniversary of the Class of 1924 Correspondence 1974 4 19 Nobel Letters and Family Correspondence 1942-1956 4 20 Correspondence - Miscellaneous 1966-1980 4 21 From Nobel winners to Pope 1965 4 22 Letters to Congressmen and President 1975 4 23 Answered Congratulations 1956 4 24 Nobel Prize Congratulations Telegrams 1956 4 25 Nobel Prize Congratulations Letters and Cards 1956-1957 4 26 Nobel Prize Congratulations Letters 1956 4 27 Vladimir Rojansky and Walker Bleakney Letters 1924-1974 4 28 From Whitman Alumni to Walter Brattain 1921-1928 4 29 Harvard Engineering School – Walker Bleakney 1924-1937 4 30 Letters to and from Vladimir Rojansky 1924, 1974 4 31 Round Robin Booster Letters 1928-1930 4 32 Letters from Walker Bleakney to Walter Brattain 1925-1931 4 33 Background information on the November 7, 1925, letter of Walker Bleakney to Vladimir Rojansky and Walter Brattain undated 4 34 John Bardeen undated 4 35 Hector Chevigny undated 4 36 Letters from Wheaton Kraft 1916-1929 4 37 William Shockley undated 4 38 Foreign Correspondence 1971-1976 4 39 Walter Bratton 1942 4 40 Career 2 1917-1989 11 linear feet 11 boxes English.

This series documents Walter Brattain's career as a student and teacher of physics, as well as his scientific research, speeches, and writings. In addition, this series contains information on the conferences he attended and the professional memberships and accolades he received.

 Teaching 1 1953-1971 English.

Walter Brattain taught at Whitman College from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. He taught several physics courses, as well as general science courses designed to help students "understand natural phenomena."

 Science 51 Final Exams undated 5 1 Science 51 Grade Book RESTRICTED UNTIL 2040 undated 5 2 Science 51 Lectures 1967-1967 5 3 Science 51 Lectures 1970 5 4 Science 51 Lectures 1971 5 5 Science 51 Master Lectures undated 5 6 Science 51 Mid-Semester 1971 5 7 Science 51 Original Lectures, 1-9 undated 5 8 Science 51 Original Lectures, 10-13 undated 5 9 Science 51 Notes undated 5 10 Science 51 Review undated 5 11 Science 52 Exams 1966-1972 5 12 Science 52 Grades 1967 5 13 Science 52 Lectures undated 5 14 Science 52 Lectures 1969 5 15 Science 52 Lectures 1971 5 16 Science 52 Master Lectures undated 5 17 Science 52 Notes 1968 5 18 Science 52 Original Lectures 1 undated 5 19 Science 52 Original Lectures 2 undated 5 20 Science 52 Quiz undated 5 21 Science 52 Review undated 5 22 Science 52 Supplementary Material undated 5 23 Science 51 and 52 Tests, Quizes, and Review Stencils undated 5 24 Science 51 and 52 Tear Sheets undated 5 25 96B Solid State undated 6 1 Physics 243 Assignments and Tests undated 6 2 Physics 243 Experiments undated 6 3 Physics 243 Lectures undated 6 4 Physics 297 Lectures undated 6 5 Class Names undated 6 6 Continental Classroom undated 6 7 Corrected Lectures undated 6 8 Cost of Revising Lectures undated 6 9 Dates of Talks and Papers for Minnesota undated 6 10 Grades and Miscellaneous RESTRICTED UNTIL 2040 undated 6 11 Lecture Book Notes undated 6 12 Master Lectures undated 6 13 Master Lectures Extras undated 6 14 Minnesota 1953 6 15 Notes on Physics of Transistors and Semiconductors Course undated 6 16 Revised Lectures undated 6 17 Sample Lectures 1 and 12 undated 6 18 Teaching Transistor Physics undated 6 19 Transcripts of Minnesota Lectures undated 6 20 University of Washington Summer Institute undated 6 21 Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics undated 6 22 Electrical Engineering Laboring Notes undated 6 23 Old Exam Questions, Minnesota and Earlier undated 6 24 Optics undated 6 25 Physics Department Notes undated 6 26 Physics Folder undated 6 27 Spring Quarter Dynamics Notes undated 6 28 University of Oregon Advanced Elective Course Notebook undated 6 29 Transistor-Related Materials 2 1940-1984 English.

This sub-series contains articles, photographs, speeches, and other materials related to the development of the transistor. Included are writings and correspondence by Walter Brattain, as well as materials he collected.

 "Experiments Leading Up to the Discovery of the Transistor," talk given at conference in Bell Telephone Laboratories 1948 7 1 Articles on Transistor's Invention 1948 7 2 Transistor Promotional Photographs 1940s 7 3 Transistor Press Releases 1948 7 4 Transistor's Discovery 1940-1980 7 5 Discovery Photos undated 7 6 Transistor Memorandum undated 7 7 Transistor Articles 1948 7 8 Transistor Talks 1948 7 9 "The Story of the Transistor" 1958 7 10 "Genesis of the Transistor" undated 7 11 "Genesis of the Transistor" Memorandum undated 7 12 "Genesis of the Transistor" Miscellaneous undated 7 13 "Genesis of the Transistor" Pamphlets 1972 7 14 Correspondence Regarding Publication of "Genesis of the Transistor" 1975 7 15 Published "Genesis of the Transistor" 1968 7 16 "Genesis of the Transistor" Reference Material undated 7 17 Transistor Articles 1948-1979 7 18 Transistor Patents 1953 7 19 Early Transistor Article Clippings 1948-1955 7 20 Tenth Anniversary of the Transistor 1958 7 21 Essay on the Tenth Anniversary of the Transistor 1958 7 22 20th Anniversary of the Transistor 1968 7 23 25th Anniversary of the Transistor 1972 7 24 25th Anniversary of the Transistor 2 1972 7 25 25th Anniversary of the Transistor 3 1972 7 26 25th Anniversary Statement undated 7 27 Transistor Anniversary and Clippings 1972-1981 English. 7 28 Transistor Circuits Miscellaneous 1952-1954 7 29 J. Bardeen and W.H. Brattain, "The Transistor, A Semi-Conductor Tale" 1948 7 30 J. Bardeen and W.H. Brattain, "Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action" 1948 7 31 J. Bardeen, W.H. Brattain, W. Shockley, and G.L. Pearson, "The Transistor and Related Experiments" 1948 7 32 Transistor Miscellaneous 1972 7 33 "Transistor Resisters" undated 7 34 Charles Weiner, "The Social Inventions Behind the Transistor" 1972 7 35 "The Physics of Transistors and Semiconductors" Booklet undated 7 36 Bell Labs Correspondence and Soundsheet 1956-1975 7 37 Press Release - Transistors 1948 7 38 Transistor Clippings 1948-1987 7 39 Nobel Clippings 1956-1963 7 40 Transistor and Nobel Publications 1948-1984 7 41 Walter Brattain, "Discovery of the Transistor Effect: One Researcher's Personal Account," in Adventures in Experimental Physics undated 7 42 Picture and Data for the First Transistor 1947 45 1 Speeches and Writings 3 1924-1981 English.

This sub-series includes handwritten and typewritten manuscripts as well as published articles written or co-authored by Walter Brattain. The bound collections of Bell Telephone Systems monographs include a number of articles by Walter Brattain.

 Autobiography undated 8 1 "Saga of An Expedition to Stockholm, Sweden, December, 1956" (multiple copies) undated 8 2 "Contacts Between Metals and Semiconductors" undated 8 3 "Development of Concepts in Semiconductor Research" Promotional Poster 1959 8 4 Dun's Review Statement undated 8 5 "Is the Scientist Morally Responsible for the Use of His Discovery?" undated 8 6 Harvard Engineering School Exam: Vladimir Rojansky, Walker Bleakney, and Walter Brattain 1924, 1974 8 7 Response to Senator Thomas Henning re: Secrecy and Science undated 8 8 "How to Justify Scientific Research at the Executive Level – In Government – In Defense Department" undated 8 9 "The Physics of Transistors," Outline of Speech 1949 8 10 Lecture Promotional Clippings 1952-1968 8 11 Lipid Papers 1968-1970 8 12 Local College Talks undated 8 13 "Man and The Universe" 1959 8 14 Northwest Conference on College Physics – outline of talk and experiment notes 1963 8 15 Meteor Sighting undated 8 16 "Semiconductors," talk given to Metropolitan Section of American Physical Society 1937 8 17 "Oscillographic Study of Discharge of Condenser Through Inductance and Resistance and Spark Gap," Thesis, University of Oregon 1926 8 18 Talk given at Phi-Beta Kappa and Stories 1970 8 19 "A Pint's A Pound The World Around" undated 8 20 Papers undated 8 21 The Physics of Transistors and Semiconductors, including "The Copper Oxide Rectifier" by Brattain undated 8 22 "Remarks on NIN Group" undated 8 23 "Reminiscences of 40 Years in Physics" undated 8 24 American Institute of Physics History 1981 8 25 Special Talks, 1 1957-1963 8 26 Special Talks, 2 1959-1976 8 27 "Genesis of the Transistor" Correspondence 1965-1966 8 28 "Genesis of the Transistor," notes and publicity, sponsored by Albuquerque, New Mexico Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 1978 8 29 Speech Given at Dedication of Boeing's Research Building and Speech Given to High School Students 1960-1961 8 30 "Some Points about Surface Phenomena" 1970 8 31 Talks 1956-1968 8 32 Testimony 1 1961-1965 8 33 Testimony 2 1965 8 34 Testimony 3 undated 8 35 Transcripts of Interviews Taken on Tape Recorder 1964, 1974 English. 8 36 "The University in A Troubled Society" undated 8 37 Northwest Conference on College Physics 1963 8 38 "Man and the Universe," Whitman College Centennial Lecture 1959 8 39 "What is Science?" Washington State University Lecture 1971 8 40 "Genesis of the Transistor," Washington State University Lecture 1979 8 41 "Optical Constants of Germanium" 1948 8 42 Continental Classroom, "Physics for the Atomic Age," NBC Television Script 1959 8 43 W.H. Brattain and W. Shockley, "Density of Surface States on Silicon Deduced from Contact Potential Measurements" 1947 8 44 W.H. Brattain and L.G. Pearson, "Changes in Conductivity of Germanium Induced by Alpha-Particle Bombardment" 1950 8 45 "Efficiency of Excitation by Electron Impact and Anomalous Scattering in Mercury Vapor," Thesis, University of Minnesota 1929 8 46 P.J. Boddy and W.H. Brattain, "Electrical Properties of the Anodically Etched Germanium Surface" 1963 8 47 P.N. Sawyer, Kwang-Tzen Wu, S.A. Wesolowski, W.H. Brattain, and P.J. Boddy, "Electrochemical Precipitation of Blood Cells on Metal Electrodes: An Aid in the Selection of Vascular Prostheses?" 1965 8 48 A.M. Portis, A.F. Kip, C. Kittel, and W.H. Brattain, "Electron Spin Resonance in a Silicon Semiconductor" 1953 8 49 "Evidence for Surface States on Semiconductors from Change in Constant Potential on Illumination" 1947 8 50 "Historical Development of Concepts Basic to the Understanding of Semiconductors" 1968 8 51 W.H. Brattain and P.J. Boddy, "Interaction of Iodide Ion with Germanium Electrodes" 1965 8 52 J. Bardeen, W.H. Brattain, and W. Shockley, "Investigation of Oxidation of Copper by Use of Radioactive Cu Tracer" 1946 8 53 T.M. Buck and W.H. Brattain, "Investigations of Surface Recombination Velocities on Ge by the Photoelectromagnetic Methods" 1955 8 54 "Irreversible Electrochemical Precipitation of Mammalian Platelets and Intravascular Thrombosis" 1964 8 55 "Introduction to the Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces" undated 8 56 P.N. Sawyer, K.T. Wu, S.A. Wesolowski, W.H. Brattain, and P.J. Boddy, "Long-Term Potency of Solid-Wall Vascular Prosthesis" 1965 8 57 Memorandum: "A Vacuum System for Vaporization of Metal Contacts Onto Copper-Oxide Varistors" (includes photographs) 1937 8 58 Old Abstracts 1930-1937 8 59 College Association for Public Events and Services (California) 1968 8 60 D.R. Kalkwarf, D.L. Frasco, and W.H. Brattain, "Current Rectification and Action Potentials Across Thin Lipid Membranes" and "Ion-Diffusion Potentials and Electrification Rectification Across Lipid Membranes Activated by Excitation-Induced Material" 1972 8 61 W.H. Brattain and P.J. Boddy, "Surface States at a Germanium-Electrolyte Interface" 1962 8 62 "Rectification Series" abstract 1946 8 63 P.J. Boddy and W.H. Brattain, "Residual Surface Recombination of Germanium Anodes" 1965 8 64 "Semiconductor Surface Phenomena" 1950 8 65 "Photo Cells at the Surface of a Semiconductor" (including photographs) 1944 8 66 W.H. Brattain and C.G.B. Garrett, "Surface Properties of Germanium and Silicon" 1954 8 67 "Surface Properties of Semiconductors," lecture to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1956 8 68 J.A. Becker and W.H. Brattain, "Thermionic Work Function of Slope and Intercept of Richardson Plots" 1934 8 69 Varistors, including "The Copper Oxide Varistor" by Walter Brattain undated 8 70 D.R. Kalkwarf, D.L. Frasco and W.H. Brattain, "Current Rectification and Action Potentials Across Thin Lipid Membranes" undated 8 71 J.A. Becker and W.H. Brattain, "Useful Equations in the Design of Thermistors" 1944 8 72 "Development of Concepts in Semiconductor Research," Richtmyer Lecture 1956 8 73 "Dependence of Small Signal Parameters of n-p-n Transistors on Width of Collector Space Charge Layer" 1953 8 74 "John Dewey" Essay undated 8 75 "Paper for Cross Roads" circa 1925 8 76 Personal undated 8 77 Bell Telephone System Monographs, volume 1 1947-1950 9 1 Bell Telephone System Monographs, volume 2 1950-1952 9 2 Bell Telephone System Monographs, volume 3 1951-1953 9 3 Bell Telephone System Monographs, volume 4 1953-1954 9 4 Bell Telephone System Monographs, volume 5 1954-1955 9 5 Bell Telephone System Semiconductor Monographs, volume 1 1946-1951 9 6 Bell Telephone System Semiconductor Monographs, volume 2 1952-1953 9 7 Bell Telephone System Semiconductor Monographs, volume 3 1952-1953 9 8 Reprints of Articles by Walter Brattain 1949-1962 9 9 Conferences 4 1948-1981 English.

This sub-series includes itineraries, pamphlets, and correspondence related to conferences Walter Brattain attended around the world.

 Itinerary for Stockholm Trip 1956 10 1 Amsterdam Conference 1953-1954 10 2 Basel, Switzerland, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 1966 10 3 Boston 1971 10 4 Brussels and Europe 1958 10 5 Brussels International Physics Conference (Photos) 1958 10 6 Brussels Telecommunications Exposition 1958 10 7 California Institute of Technology Albuquerque Trip 1978 10 8 California Institute of Technology's 75th Anniversary 1966 10 9 Cambridge – 10th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors 1970 10 10 China undated 10 11 China Trip Directory 1979 10 12 Columbia Basin College 1968 10 13 Conference on Physics of Semiconductor Surface 1956 10 14 Devices Research Conference 1957 10 15 Europe 1965 10 16 Europe 1971 10 17 Europe 1973 10 18 Europe Reservations and Expenses 1958 10 19 Exeter Attendees 1962 10 20 Gordon Conference 1977 10 21 Gustavius Adolphus 1975 10 22 International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Solid Surface Guest List 1969 10 23 Photo Identification for the International Conference on Semi-Conductors 1950 10 24 Japan, 1 1958 10 25 Japan, 2 1959 10 26 Japan 1966 10 27 Korea 1973 10 28 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands: Bell Laboratories Conference 1973 10 29 Lindau Attendees 1962 11 1 Lindau - Exeter 1962 11 2 Lindau 1965 11 3 Lindau 1968 11 4 Lindau Attendee List 1973 11 5 Lindau – Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners 1979 11 6 London Institute of Electrical Engineers 1959 11 7 London – 50th Meeting of the Naval Research Advisory Committee 1961 11 8 London 1974 11 9 Moscow 1968 11 10 Northwest Regional Energy Conference 1978 11 11 Paris 1975 11 12 Physics of Semiconductors Conference 1970 11 13 Pittsburg Convocation of Nobel Laureates 1981 11 14 Pittsburg Convocation of Nobel Laureates Photographs 1981 11 15 Portland, Oregon, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) May 27, 1968 11 16 Portland, Oregon, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1968 11 17 Prague, (Czechoslovakia) Czech Republic 1960 11 18 Providence Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Solid Surfaces 1964 11 19 Reading – First Trip 1950 11 20 Rochester Semiconductor Conference 1958 11 21 Russian Visits 1956-1963 11 22 Stockholm 1975 11 23 Solid State Seminar 1964-1965 11 24 Stuttgart 1964 11 25 Taipei 1973 11 26 Tehran 1965 11 27 Transistor Conferences 1948, 1950 11 28 Travel 1972-1973 11 29 Trip Expense Accounts 1948-1960 11 30 Versailles Conference 1975 11 31 Visiting Scientists Program in Physics 1959-1961 English. 11 32 Experiments and Data 5 1929-1977 English. Α (Alpha) Particles undated 12 1 Ana Data 1968 12 2 Ana Data 1969 12 3 Ana Data 1970 12 4 Apparatus undated 12 5 Auxiliary Data and Calculation undated 12 6 CaCl undated 12 7 Circuit Problems undated 12 8 Data Notes, 1 undated 12 9 Data Notes, 2 undated 12 10 Data Notes, 3 undated 12 11 Data, 4 undated 12 12 Data and Averages undated 12 13 Data on EIM-activated membranes 1974 12 14 Data on EIM-activated membranes July, 1971 12 15 Equations and Proofs undated 12 16 Figures undated 12 17 Figures and Tables undated 12 18 Delta G versus Y undated 12 19 J.A. Hornbeck and P.W Foy, "Ohmic Contacts as a Source of Reverse Saturation Currents in p-n Junctions," paper abstract 1952 12 20 Index Refraction undated 12 21 Inductance, 1 undated 12 22 Inductance, 2 undated 12 23 KCl data undated 12 24 KFl/KBr/(CH3)4HCl/NH4Cl undated 12 25 K2SO4 undated 12 26 Lipids, 1 undated 12 27 Lipids, 2 undated 12 28 Microscopic Examination of the Copper-Cuprous Oxide Interface of Copper-Oxide Varistors, with Plates undated 12 29 Miscellaneous Experiments undated 12 30 NaCl undated 12 31 Nerves undated 12 32 Optical Constants of Ge Papers undated 12 33 Optical Thickness undated 12 34 Optical Thickness undated 12 35 Patent Application number 11,165 (Continuation of Transistor) undated 12 36 Patent Application Infra-Red Detectors and Recorder 1962 12 37 Patent Application November 14, 1955 12 38 Patents 1 to 6 undated 12 39 Patents 1-7, 3-9 (Brattain- Bardeen) undated 12 40 Patents 4-11, 5-12, 6-13 (Brattain – Bardeen) undated 12 41 Patent – Three Electrode Circuit (John Bardeen and Walter Brattain) 1950 12 42 Insulators undated 12 43 Progress Reports 1929 13 1 Notebook Inventories undated 13 2 "The Results of a Study of the Current Voltage Characteristics of Cu2O Rectifier Unit" 1935 13 3 Rhodium Plating undated 13 4 Germanium Etches undated 13 5 Salt Bias undated 13 6 Silicon undated 13 7 Silicon n and k Data undated 13 8 Silicon Rectifier undated 13 9 Silicon Reports, etc. undated 13 10 Theory of Semiconductors and Rectification undated 13 11 Transmissions Through Thin Films undated 13 12 "A Vacuum System for Vaporization of Metal Contacts onto Contact Oxide Varistors" 1937 13 13 Vapor Pressure undated 13 14 Lab Notebooks undated 13 15 Membrane Data Charts 1977 45 2 Honors, Awards, and Recognitions 6 1917-1989 English. Awards and Certificates 1953-1966 13 16 Defense Science Board 1966 13 17 Nobel Science Hall Dedication, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota 1963 13 18 Washington Centennial Hall of Honor Catalog 1989 13 19 University of Oregon Alumnus of the Year Award 1976 13 20 University of Minnesota Honorary Doctor of Science Degree 1957 13 21 Nobel Prize Announcement 1956 13 22 Nobel Prize Ceremony Invitation 1956 13 23 Nobel Transistor Demonstration Materials 1956 13 24 Nobel Ceremony Activities 1956 13 25 Nobel Trip Expenses 1956 13 26 Nobel Laureates Dinner at White House 1962 13 27 Recognitions and Articles 1966-1981 13 28 Retirement, Bell Labs 1967 13 29 Correspondence with Sweden before and after Nobel Trip 1956 – 1957 13 30 Correspondence List for Nobel Congratulations undated 13 31 Nobel Prize Congratulations and Clippings 1956 13 32 Nobel Prize Clippings and Anniversary Celebrations 1956-1982 13 33 Nobel Laureate Day Photo Album 1957 13 34 American Institute of Physics 1957 14 1 Awards 1925, 1953 14 2 Brain Life Research Foundation 1982 14 3 Federation of American Scientists 1959 14 4 Franklin Institute 1952 14 5 Franklin Institute - Stuart Ballantine Medal 1952 14 6 National Inventors Hall of Fame 1974-1975 14 7 Washington State Historical Society Hall of Honor 1981 14 8 Historical Library and Museum of Science and Technology 1957 14 9 International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS) 1978-1981 14 10 ICUS & Reverend Sun Myung Moon 1975-1976 English. 14 11 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Awards 1981 14 12 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 1968-1973 14 13 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 50th anniversary 1972 14 14 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, General Information and Report of the General assembly 1963 14 15 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 1965 14 16 USA National Committee of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 1965-1969 14 17 Joint Center for Graduate Study Advisory Committee 1973 14 18 Land Grant College Dinner 1961 14 19 Museum of Science and Industry – Nobel 1980 14 20 National Academy of Sciences 1965-1971 14 21 National Academy of Sciences – Members Directory 1981 14 22 National Academy of Sciences Pamphlets 1970-1982 14 23 National Academy of Sciences 1974 14 24 National Academy of Sciences 1975 – 1977 14 25 National Academy of Sciences 1979 14 26 National Science Foundation 1980 14 27 Portland Rotary Club 1966 14 28 John Scott Medal clippings 1955 14 29 Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (SEMI) 1977 14 30 Sigma Xi 1966-1970 14 31 Stoics 1 1966-1977 15 1 Stoics 2 1962-1966 15 2 Stoics 3 1962-1964 15 3 Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce Award - Clippings 1957 15 4 Bell Advancement 1964 15 5 Bell Telephone Laboratories Press Releases with Photographs 1954 15 6 Bell Laboratories Publications 1948-1983 15 7 Bell Laboratories News 1 1968-1982 15 8 Bell Laboratories News 2 1962-1975 15 9 Fortune 1958 15 10 Magazine Articles about Walter Brattain 1956-1968 15 11 Battelle Memorial Institute 1969-1972 15 12 Official Transcript Nobel Conference Proceedings – Shaping the Future 1971 15 13 Convocation of Nobel Laureates 1981 15 14 Nobel Announcement 1956 15 15 Nobel Dedication 1963 15 16 Nobel Laureates White House Dinner 1962 15 17 Nobel Photo – Prized Minds undated 15 18 "Nobel Prize for Physics" 1956 15 19 Reproduction of Alfred Nobel's Signature undated 15 20 Swedish Newspaper Clippings for Nobel Awards 1956 15 21 Alexander Dees De Sterio, Nobelpreistrager in Lindau 1964 15 22 Erich Bagge, Die Nobelpreistrager der Physik 1964 15 23 Alexander Dees De Sterio, Nobel fuhrte sie zusammen Begegnungun in Lindau, signed by Walter Brattain 1975 15 24 Magazine articles about Walter Brattain 1972, 1981 15 25 Scrapbook Album, Texas Instruments Dedication, Walter Brattain Honored Guest 1958 16 1 Scrapbooks, Retirement from Bell Labs, 3 Volumes 1967 English. 16 2-4 Naval Research Advisory Committee certificate of membership 1960 45 3 Life magazine article: Nobel Winners at White House Dinner 1962 45 4 Diplomas, Certificates and Awards 1917-1984 45 8 Reference Materials 3 1860-1989 6 linear feet 6 boxes English.

This series consists of science articles and subject files collected by Walter Brattain, reflecting his professional and personal interests. Some files also contain related correspondence.

 Robert E. Ackerman, "Report to National Academy of Sciences: Senior Scientist Exchange Program to the U.S.S.R. undated 16 5 Artificial Heart Program 1966 16 6 Astronomy articles 1964-1967 16 7 Auroral Plasma Experimental Papers 1977 16 8 Basic Constants undated 16 9 Hanford 200 Bev accelerator 1965-1970 16 10 "Bioelectric Control of Bioluminescence in the Dinoflagellate Noctiluca" 1965 16 11 C.G.B. Garrett, "Surface Thermodynamics" undated 16 12 Benjamin Brown, Whitman College professor 1981 16 13 Tektronix, "A Practical Approach to Transistor and Vacuum Tube Amplifiers" 1967 16 14 "Conductance of the Sodium Channel in Mylinated Nerve Fibers with Modified Sodium Inactivation" 1976 16 15 "The Work Required to Remove an Electron from a Conducting Sphere" undated 16 16 Cordiner Hall Acoustics 1965-1972 16 17 Copper Oxide Material 1969-1976 16 18 Student Dissent 1969 16 19 DNA 1961-1964 16 20 Drell Report – Arms Control 1977 16 21 "Drugs and Transport Processes" undated 16 22 Earth Weighing Machine, including photograph undated 16 23 Ecological Crises Readings 1965-1970 17 1 Ecology Copies 1975-1976 17 2 "The Electrical Activity of the Nervous System" 1964 17 3 Energy and Ecology, including notes by Brattain 1967-1975 17 4 Energy Per Bit 1970 17 5 Energy Policy 1977 17 6 Environment 1969-1973 17 7 Genetic Codes undated 17 8 Germanium 1961-1966 17 9 Hodgkin – Huxley articles 1952 17 10 "Ion Transport Across the Lipid Membranes: A Critical Discussion of Mechanism in Selected Systems" 1972 17 11 "Ion Transport Through Excitability-Inducing Material (EIM) Channels in Lipid Bilayer Membranes" 1972 17 12 Karl Jansky—search for intelligent life, photographs of Bell Laboratories undated 17 13 "Schottky's Theories of Dry Solid Rectifiers" 1944 17 14 Professor Sergey Kalashnikov, exchange visit to Walla Walla 1967 17 15 "Kinetic Characteristics of the Excitability- Inducing Material Channel in Oxidized Cholesterol and Brain Lipids Bilayer Membranes" 1975 17 16 "Kinetics of the Opening and Closing of Individual Excitability- Inducing Material Channel in a Lipid Bilayer" 1974 17 17 Benjamin Brown, A Little Astronomy pamphlet 1927 17 18 A. H. Madjid Articles – Crystals 1972 17 19 "The Logic of Measurement in Quantum Physics" undated 17 20 Metallurgy 1948, 1970 17 21 "Molecular Model-Potentials: Combination of Atomic Boxes" undated 17 22 Mueller and Rudin—Bimolecular Lipid Membranes 1962-1976 17 23 "The Nature of the Negative Resistance in Bimolecular Lipid Membranes Containing Excitability-Inducing Material" 1970 17 24 The Nature of Science 1976 17 25 National Geographic article: "Those Inventive Americans," including section on transistor 1970-1971 17 26 Pacific Science Center 1979-1980 17 27 Plate Tectonics 1961-1971 17 28 Research in Science Education 1978-1980 17 29 "Resting Potentials, Action Potentials, and Potassium Selectivity in Experimental Bimolecular Lipid Membrane" 1966, 1980-1981 17 30 Science Articles 1970-1973 17 31 Benjamin Brown, "Seeing Walla Walla First" undated 17 32 Semiconductor Bibliography 1945 17 33 Solid-State Physics History 1979 17 34 "Stability of the Myelin Membrane" 1965 17 35 Benjamin Brown, "The State-line Earthquake at Milton and Walla Walla" 1936 17 36 Thermistor Bolometers 1946 17 37 Thermistor Reports 1947 17 38 Thermistor – High Speed 1946 17 39 Time Charts undated 17 40 Tungsten 1925-1927 17 41 John Bardeen Biography of Walter Brattain 1989 18 1 Biographical and Bibliographical Information 1945-1981 18 2 Biography undated 18 3 Current Biography – Who's News and Why 1957 English. 18 4 New Book of Knowledge Articles (Biography & Discovery of the Transistor) 1947-1978 English. 18 5 Who's Who Biography 1974-1981 18 6 Campbell Gay - story undated 18 7 Foreign Clippings 1956-1971 18 8 Nobel Articles (not related to Brattain) 1978, undated 18 9 A Nobel Laureate and his Nobel Laureate Friends 1977 18 10 Personal News 1958 18 11 Post Nobel Articles about Brattain 1955-1960 18 12 Post – Nobel News 1961-1977 18 13 Post – Retirement Research and Opinions 1959-1979 18 14 Recent Visitors to the Laboratories 1955 18 15 Rock&Roll Regret 1980 English. 18 16 Alumni Funds 1978-1979 18 17 Alumni Funds 1980 18 18 Drive for Brown Chair of Physics 1957 18 19 Faculty – Governing Boards Conference 1966 18 20 Four Horsemen Reunion 1974 18 21 Retirement to Whitman - Clippings 1967 18 22 Small College Promotion 1971 18 23 Tributes to Brown 1967 18 24 Trustees and Overseers 1968-1976 18 25 Whitman College Alumni Association Appreciation Awards 1980 18 26 "Whitman Scientists" – address by William Fairbank 1981 18 27 Why Whitman? 1958-1979 18 28 Amoy Club Rulebooks 1898, 1902 18 29 John Bardeen 1968 18 30 John Bardeen Biography, Encyclopedia Americana 1965 18 31 Brattain School article and photographs undated 18 32 Harold Brown Inaugural Address 1969 18 33 Bulletin of the College of Engineering National Chiao Tung University 1971 – 1972 18 34 Census of Lane County Oregon 1860 18 35 Colleagues' Addresses undated 18 36 College Related Clippings (not Whitman) 1952-1964 18 37 Electoral College 1969 18 38 "40 and 20 Years Ago in the Record" 1968 18 39 Harvard 1952, 1962 18 40 High School Students 1962 18 41 "History of Inventions" undated 18 42 History of Physics Center 1971 18 43 International Project in the History of Solid State Physics 1983 18 44 Invitation to Help Fund an International Council for Scientific Development 1982 18 45 James Killian Address 1961 18 46 Key Reporter 1981 18 47 Miscellaneous Articles 1954-1980 18 48 Naval Research Reviews 1981 18 49 "Night of the One-Eyed Devils" undated 18 50 China Tour and Presentation 1979 18 51 Recruiting 1955 18 52 The Science Fair Story of Electronics 1983 18 53 Scientific Source Materials: A Note on Their Preservation 1963 18 54 Scientists Obituaries 1960-1981 18 55 A Selection of Manuscript Collection at American Repositories 1969 18 56 Maria Stern Transcript 1974 18 57 "Time" Article on Invention 1960 18 58 University of Minnesota Clippings 1957-1977 18 59 University of Oregon 1976 18 60 Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce 1956-1961 18 61 The Widening Circle 1958 18 62 William Jewell College 1977-1979 18 63 The Transistor: Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications 1951 19 1 "Transistron = Transistor Plus?" 1950 19 2 Education and Science Articles 1974-1978 19 3 Technology Review 1981-1982 19 4 Vacuum Tubes 1915-1920 19 5 Ling Wei Articles 1972-1973 19 6 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Electron Tubes and Varistors undated 19 7 National Academy of Sciences 1964-1982 19 8 The White House 1979 19 9 Register of Ph.D. Degrees, University of Minnesota, 1888-1938 1939 19 10 P.J. Boddy Articles 1966, undated 19 11 Physics Today Special Issue: John Bardeen 1992 19 12 C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer articles 1922-1928 19 13 Translated Articles 1938-1964 19 14 Neils Bohr Articles 1963 19 15 Materials Submitted to Franklin Mint Researcher 1982 19 16 Lillian Hartmann Hoddeson Essays 1978-1980 19 17 Reprinted Science Articles 1921-1967 19 18 Physics Today – 50 Years of Physics in America 1981 19 19 Moran School Pamphlets 1914-1920 19 20 Bell Laboratories Record 1938, 1941, 1983 19 21 Benjamin Brown – Oersted Medal 1937-1950 19 22 Benjamin Brown Fund 1956 – 1977 English. 19 23-24 Bell Telephone System Technical Publications 1925-1938 20 1 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics newsletters 1967-1968 20 2 Science: American Association for the Advancement of Science 1976-1977 20 3 Clippings from Scientific Magazines 1967-1981 20 4 Scientific Pamphlets 1930-1976 20 5 Adventures in Experimental Physics, vol. 5 1976 20 6 Electronics: Special Commemorative Issue, vol. 53, no. 9 1980 20 7 10th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Extended Abstracts 1970 20 8 C.L. Peterson, "Properties of Linear Active Four-Poles: Applications to Transistors" 1948 20 9 NBC Television Network, "The Story of Continental Classroom" undated 20 10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, "Some Contributions to Transistor Electronics" 1949 20 11 Congers Herring and M.H. Nichols, "Thermionic Emission" undated 20 12 Cinquante Ans Avec Le Progres, copy specially printed for Walter Brattain undated 20 13 "Lectures on Statistical Mechanics" undated 20 14 Collected Stoic Papers, Volumes XVIII, XIX, AND XX 1951-1961 English. 20 15-17 Scientific Publications 1976-1983 20 18 Bell Telephone System Monographs 1946-1965 21 1 Hunger in the World, Resolution Signed by Nobel Winners 1981 21 2 "The Science Fair Story of Electronics," Radio Shack Educational Comic Book 1982 21 3 "Transistors: Fundamentals for the Integrated-Circuit Engineer" 1983 21 4 "Progress in Electronics" envelopes and stamps, first day of issue 1973 21 5 Walla Walla League of Women Voters publications 1962-1974 21 6 Historical Clippings undated 21 7 Clippings about Walter Brattain 1956-1987, undated 21 8 Whitman College Alumni/Faculty Files on Walter Brattain 1955-1987, undated English. 21 9-11 Photographs 4 1920-1981 1.7 linear feet 6 boxes English.

Photographs document Walter Brattain's activities as a student, teacher, and scientist.

 Glass Lantern Slides 1 1956, undated English. Electronic Schematics undated English. 22 1-11 Nobel Ceremony 1956 English. 22 12-22 Graphs and Geological Illustrations undated English. 22 23-24 Prints and Negatives 2 1920-1981 English. Portraits of Walter Brattain – small prints undated 23 1 Portraits of Walter Brattain – large prints undated 23 2 Portraits of Walter Brattain - negatives undated 23 3 Four Horsemen of Physics: Walter Brattain, Walker Bleakney, Vladimir Rojansky, and E.J. Workman 1924-1974, undated 23 4 College Scenes 1920-1976, undated 24 1 Whitman College 1920-1978, undated 24 2 Teaching and Lectures 1955-1973, undated 24 3 Laboratory Scenes 1929-1979, undated 25 1 Time, Inc. Photographs of Walter Brattain 1964 25 2 Transistor Invention undated 25 3 Nobel Award Ceremony 1956 25 4 Awards and Celebrations 1971-1981, undated 26 1 Conferences 1950-1979, undated 26 2 Naval Research Advisory Committee 1961-1967 27 1 Gatherings and Colleagues 1960-1981, undated 27 2 Photographs and Posters of Walter Brattain and Collaborators at Bell Telephones undated 45 7 Audio and Video Recordings 5 1960-1979, undated 1.8 linear feet 2 boxes English.

Recordings include interviews and presentations about Walter Brattain, as well as other materials collected by him.

 Vinyl Recordings – Oral Reminiscences of Nobel Ceremony undated 28 2 Tape Cassettes – Walker Bleakney Retirement Dinner 1969 28 Tape Cassette – Visit with Leonard Woodcock 1979 28 Tape Cassette – Escape From Russia (1917), A Personal Account by Vladimir Rojansky February 1972 28 Tape Cassette – George Castille Lecture undated 28 Videocassette – "To Communicate is the Beginning" undated 28 2 Videocassettes – Walter Brattain, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1978 28 Reel-to-Reel Tape: "Interview with the Inventors of the Transistor," transcript included undated 28 16 mm Film – National News: "Impact of Transistor – 25 Years!" undated 28 16 mm Film – Science World: "Silver Anniversary for Transistors!" undated 28 Film Roll and Pamphlets – "Walter Brattain on Semiconductor Physics" undated 29 Unprocessed audiovisual records .5 linear feet 1 box circa 1960 - 1972 English. 47 Medals and Artifacts 6 1924-1987 5.7 linear feet 5 boxes English.

Recordings include interviews and presentations about Walter Brattain, as well as other materials collected by him.

 Nobel Prize Personal Diploma 1956 30 Dictionary of International Biography Illustrated Plaque 1979 30 Wooden Plaque – Photographs of Walter Brattain, Walker Bleakney, E.J. Workman, and Vladimir B. Rojansky 1924-1974 30 Naval Weapons Center Advisory Board Plaque 1967-1968 30 Seattle World's Fair Bell Telephone Exhibit 1962 30 National Academy of Sciences Centennial Medal 1963 30 National Classical Music Institute Medallion, South Korea 1973 30 Seoul National University Wooden Medallion undated 30 Seoul High School Visit Cloth Banner 1973 30 National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Medal 1987 30 50 Years of Electronics Commemorative Coin Plaque 1980 30 Columbia University World War II – For Participation in the Work of the Division of War Research (metal plaque) undated 30 Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society Membership Certificate, William Jewell College 1979 31 Certificate of Life Membership in the Telephone Pioneers of America undated 31 Sigma Pi Sigma Honorary Membership Plaque 1979 31 "Cernunnos," by Holly Sweeney (made out of semiconductor equipment and materials) 1977 32 One of the First Radium Tubes for Inserting in Cancerous Tissue undated 33 Pieces of Experiment Element (piece of "yellowcake" removed November 2008 and given to faculty member of Whitman College undated 33 Transmitter undated 33 John Scott Medal 1954 46 Nobel Prize Medal 1956 46 Family Histories 7 1911, undated 0.2 linear feet 6 folders English.

This series includes genealogical and historical information gathered about the Brattain and Houser families.

 Brattain Family History undated 34 1 Brattain Family Genealogy undated 34 2 "Journal of the Oregon Trail" by Lafayette Spencer, mentions Paul Brattain undated 34 3 Agnes McCalley Brattain's Story undated 34 4 Frances Brattain Worthington's Story undated 34 5 Spokesman-Review article about Houser family flour mill at Colville 1911 34 6 Correspondence 8 1896-1987 1.8 linear feet 2 boxes English.

Family correspondence has been sorted by family member, encompassing both incoming and outgoing letters. Some overlap exists with correspondence between family members, which has been filed under the sender's name when possible. Emma Jane, Keren, Ross and Ottilie, and Walter Brattain are major correspondents in this series.

 From Agnes Brattain to Family 1920-1942 34 7 From Emma Jane to Walter Brattain 1960-1961 34 8 From Emma Jane to Walter Brattain 1962 34 9 From Emma Jane to Walter Brattain 1963-1965 34 10 Cards and Letters to Emma Jane Brattain 1962-1979 34 11 Cards and Letters to Emma Jane Brattain re: Walter Brattain's Death 1987 English. 34 12-13 From Keren to Walter Brattain 1934-1935 34 14 From Keren Brattain to Family 1935-1939 34 15 From Keren Brattain to Family 1940-1949 34 16 From Keren Brattain to Family 1950-1953 34 17 To Keren Brattain from Family 1921-1938 34 18 Ottilie Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From China) 1896, 1901-1902 34 19 Ottilie Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1905-1910 34 20 Ottilie Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1913-1919 34 21 Ottilie Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1925, 1928-1929 34 22 Ottilie Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1942, 1954-1957 34 23 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From China) Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From China) 35 1 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1904-1921 35 2 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From China) 1924 35 3 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence 1926-1947 35 4 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From Orogrande, Idaho) 1942-1956 35 5 Ross Brattain: Outgoing Correspondence (From Mercer Island) 1942-1960 35 6 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: General Correspondence (In China) 1902 35 7 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1901-1904 35 8 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1905-1906 35 9 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1907-1908 35 10 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1909-1910 35 11 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1911-1915 35 12 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1916-1927 35 13 Ross and Ottilie Brattain: Incoming Correspondence 1928-1935, 1956 35 14 From Walter Brattain to Family 1915-1923 35 15 From Walter Brattain to Family 1926-1928 35 16 From Walter Brattain to Family 1929-1934 35 17 From Walter Brattain to Family 1935-1942 35 18 From Walter to Keren Brattain 1934-1935, 1939 35 19 From Walter to Ottilie Brattain re: Transistor 1948 35 20 Walter Brattain Personal Correspondence 1922-1957, undated 35 21 Correspondence re: Walter Brattain and Emma Jane Miller Wedding 1958 35 22 Letters from Brattain Relatives 1903-1941 35 23 Family Personal Papers Series 9. 1897-1989 0.8 linear feet 1 box English.

Personal papers include writings and other documents generated or collected by Emma Jane, Ross, and other family members.

 Emma Jane Brattain 1 1946-1989 English. Advertisements and Ephemera 1946-1964, undated 36 1 Alaska Trip 1976 36 2 Booklets and Calendars 1952-1984, undated 36 3 Fifty-Year-Plus News Research Files 1988-1989 36 4 Rogers Walla Walla Canning Company/ Country Gardens Inc. Records 1966-1967 36 5 Roland Miller Papers 1951-1954 36 6 Walla Walla Symphony Society 1973 - 1976 36 7 Ross Brattain 2 1901-1985 English. Spokane High School Class Roll undated 36 8 Marriage Certificate of Ross and Ottilie Brattain 1901 36 9 Chinese Consul Appointment 1902-1906 36 10 Stock Certificates 1905-1912 36 11 Orogrande Mine Records 1942-1957 36 12 Writings and Reminiscences 1958-1985, undated 36 13 Family History Research undated 36 14 Wagon Wheel Blood, typed manuscript undated 36 15 Wagon Wheel Blood, excerpts and corrections undated 36 16 Wagon Wheel Blood, corrected manuscript 1979 36 17 Wagon Wheel Blood, part one undated 36 18 Wagon Wheel Blood, part two undated 36 19 Other 3 1897-1964 English. Brattain Family Quit-Claim Deeds and Land Patents 1916-1936 36 20 Ottilie Houser, Whitman College report card 1897 36 21 Walter Brattain, Selective Service Notices of Classification 1942-1943 36 22 Planners and Notes 1951-1964 36 23 Photographs 10 1900-1904, 1950-1979, undated 2.6 linear feet 8 boxes English.

Glass lantern slides document vivid scenes of daily life in China, including people, boats, temples, and landscapes. These slides were probably taken during Ross and Ottilie Brattain's time as missionaries there from 1901 to 1904. Prints and negatives include images of Brattain family members and travel scenes.

 Glass Lantern Slides 1 circa 1901-1904 English. 140 Glass Lantern Slides circa 1901-1904 37 40 Prints and Negatives 2 1900-1904, 1950-1979, undated English. Portraits undated 41 1 Photo Album Pages undated 41 2 Travel and Leisure 1950-1979, undated 42 Family History Research 1900, undated 43 1 R. Robert Brattain Photographs 1901-1902, undated 43 2 Ross Brattain Photographs undated 43 3 Negatives undated 43 4 11 Glass Plate Negatives – China circa 1901-1904 44 4 Sports Team Photographs 1901 45 5 Artifacts and Clippings 11 1901-1990 2 linear feet 1 box, 3 folders English.

This series includes clippings about the Brattain family. A flour sack from the Tonasket Mill rounds out the series.

 Tonasket Mill Flour Sack undated 45 6 Clippings: The Brattain Family 1901-1975 36 24 Clippings: Walter Brattain's Death 1987 36 25 Emma Jane Brattain: Memorial Service and Obituary 1990 36 26