Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Newspaper Clippings Files, 1943 - 1968.

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Newspaper Clippings Files, 1943 - 1968.

1943-1968

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19078268

This series contains published newspapers and newspaper clippings, mostly on atomic-related topics, as collected and maintained by Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Included within the records, covering about 1945 until 1948, is the "Oak Ridge Journal," the government created weekly community newspaper aimed at the workers involved with the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

4 linear feet, 5 linear inches

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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 ...