Reminiscences of Richard W. Cook : oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Richard W. Cook : oral history, 1975.

Early civilian engineering career, 1933-40; Army engineering assignments, 1940-44; assignment to Manhattan District in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944-48: security, construction of gaseous diffusion plant for separation of uranium, coordination of schedules with Los Alamos, resignation from Army; position with Atomic Energy Commission, 1948-58; American Machine and Foundry, 1958-64.

Transcript: 73 leaves.

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