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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. Papers, ca. 1920-1974.

Title: Papers, ca. 1920-1974.

This collection includes correspondence, notebooks, writings, photographs, newsclippings, etc., concerning Condon's education, teaching, and his government, industrial and academic work. There is also much interesting material relating to his problems with obtaining security clearances during to late 1940s and 1950s.

ArchivalResource: ca. 75,000 items (75 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165445 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Atomic Energy Division. Plant histories, 1950-1985.

Title: Plant histories, 1950-1985.

The plant histories of the Du Pont Company's Atomic Energy Division document the research and development, design, construction and engineering which was undertaken at the Hanford Engineer Works, the Wabash River Ordnance Works (Dana Plant), the Savannah River Plant, the Clinton Engineer Works (Oak Ridge), the Alabama Ordnance Works and the Chambers Works. The records also include a history of the Hanford contract, a typescript copy of "The Hanford Story," and a history of the Hanford Medical Department. Savannah River histories include volumes focusing on engineering, design, testing, fabrication, the histories included volumes focusing on engineering, design, testing, fabrication, the Savannah River Laboratory, and relations with key subcontractors.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122458258 View

Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986. Papers, [ca. 1939]-1986.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1939]-1986.

This collection documents Smyth's work on the Manhattan Project at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, his later published history of the development of the atomic bomb, and his work as Commissioner on the Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1954) and as U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (1961-1970). The types of materials include correspondence, speeches, reports, journals, diplomas, medals, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: ca. 55 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122347521 View

Priest Rapids Irrigation District Records, 1909-1954

Title: Priest Rapids Irrigation District Records 1909-1954

Correspondence of Fred J. Cunningham with water users, contractors, public works agencies; deeds, water and electricity contracts and other agreements; financial and administrative records; and papers concerning the dissolution of the district following the seizure of its properties by the federal government for use by the Manhattan District Atomic Energy Project.

ArchivalResource: 14 containers.; 8 linear feet of shelf space.; 5700 items.

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv65324 View

Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993. Manhattan Project Diary, 1942-1945.

Title: Manhattan Project Diary, 1942-1945.

Crawford Greenewalt's diary describes the history of the Manhattan Project and the development of the United States' first atomic bombs that were used to end the Second World War. The diary describes the technical history of the project, as well as the relationships that developed between scientists (Arthur Compton, Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Eugene Wigner) and the Du Pont engineers who were responsible for taking their theoretical research and transforming it into a full-scale plutonium production project. The diary shows that by early 1943 Greenewalt had succeeded in convincing Compton to reorganize the Metallurgical Laboratory along industrial lines similar to those at the Du Pont Company's Chemical Department.

ArchivalResource: 7 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122459384 View

Robert R. Furman Papers, 1944-1985

Title: Robert R. Furman Papers 1944-1985

Civil engineer and United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diary notes, interviews and writings, notes and notebooks, and miscellaneous items relating to Furman’s service with the Manhattan Project during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 350 items; 1 container; .4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306 View

Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986. Atomic energy for military purposes, 1945 [typescript].

Title: Atomic energy for military purposes, 1945 [typescript].

The report was first issued in a small typescript edition reproduced by lithoprint. This copy was presented by Gen. Groves to Crawford H. Greenewalt, who served as the Du Pont Company's liaison on the Manhattan Project, on August 28, 1945. Princeton University Press later published the document under its imprint.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516281 View

Todd, W. R. (Wilbur Russell), 1867-1929. W. R. Todd's papers, 1907-1920.

Title: W. R. Todd's papers, 1907-1920.

This is a collection of copies of photographs of Mr. W. R. Todd, his wife and crew, his company's fleet of steam boats, photos of the area and newspaper clippings about White Bluff, WA and the area.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (20 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190729836 View

Matthias, Franklin T. (Franklin Thompson), 1908-1993. Papers, 1942-1993.

Title: Papers, 1942-1993.

These are Col. Matthias's personal papers documenting his work on the Manhattan Project. They include original declassified documents from Hanford and a variety of newsclippings and magazine articles collected by Matthias between the time he left Hanford to his death, reflecting his continuing interest in the Manhattan Project and nuclear power.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134211 View

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Task Force on Toxic Substances. Copies of federal government documents relating to toxic contamination in the Niagara Falls region, 1940-1980, bulk 1944-1959.

Title: Copies of federal government documents relating to toxic contamination in the Niagara Falls region, 1940-1980, bulk 1944-1959.

This series contains copies of documents gathered by investigators for the Task Force as part of the process of investigating alleged dumping of contaminated wastes into the Love Canal by the United States Army and its contractors. The majority of the documents date from 1944-1959 and pertain to the production, storing, and disposal of these wastes and to the subsequent transfer of government facilities to private ownership.

ArchivalResource: 33 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81584117 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Atomic Energy Division. Hanford and Clinton records, 1942-1975.

Title: Hanford and Clinton records, 1942-1975.

This material contains general correspondence and notes (1942-1948) documenting the Du Pont Company's involvement with the Hanford and Clinton Works. Included is a history of the Hanford Engineer Works and the TNX project (1944). Also included are notes generated by Robert De Wright, a special assistant at the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory. These document administrative and technical policies, the decision to loan employees to the University of Chicago, as well as meetings between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Crawford Greenewalt. E.B. Yancey's memoranda (1943-1944) document the process of site selection, land acquisition, construction, and employee relations.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397154 View

Edward U. Condon Papers, Circa 1920-1974

Title: Edward U. Condon Papers Circa 1920-1974

Edward Uhler Condon was a theoretical physicist at Princeton University and Westinghouse Laboratories who later served as director of the National Bureau of Standards (1945-1951), and as the director of research and development (1951-1954) and consulting physicist (1954-1974) at Corning Glass Works. The Condon Papers includes correspondence, notebooks, writings, photographs, and other materials concerning Condon's education, teaching, and his government, industrial, and academic.

ArchivalResource: 75.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.C752-ead.xml View

Priest Rapids Irrigation District. Records, 1920-1951.

Title: Records, 1920-1951.

Correspondence of Fred J. Cunningham with water users, contractors, public works agencies; deeds, water and electricity contracts and other agreements; financial and administrative records; and papers concerning the dissolution of the district following the seizure of its properties by the federal government for use by the Manhattan District Atomic Energy Project.

ArchivalResource: 8 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29852890 View

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District. [Papers, 1945-46]

Title: [Papers, 1945-46]

ArchivalResource: [1 v.]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43585955 View