Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Visitations and Telephone Calls Diaries, 11/19/1940 - 2/28/1948.

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Visitations and Telephone Calls Diaries, 11/19/1940 - 2/28/1948.

1940-1948

This series contains a set of professional diaries created and maintained for General Leslie R. Groves, Jr. by his assistant secretarial staff, his personal secretary Jean Marley O'Leary, and his Liaison Officer for Congressional Investigations, Major Carl M. Sciple. The diaries primarily track visitors and telephones calls for General Groves.

1 linear foot, 9 linear inches, and 3 rolls of microfilm

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SNAC Resource ID: 11657416

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Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...