Records, 1942-1975.

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Records, 1942-1975.

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Hanford and Clinton records document the administrative history of the site, including design and operations. There is a 1944 draft of "TNX" history as well as a series of notes by Robert De Wright, special assistant at the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, describing research and development at Hanford and the relationship that developed between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Crawford Greenewalt. Also included are design status minutes, weekly reports of the manufacturing division, and contract correspondence. There is a copy of a plutonium survey done for the Atomic Energy Commission (1947-49) and liaison reports (1952-54).

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