Papers, 1946-1959.

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Papers, 1946-1959.

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Correspondence, reports, publications, book reviews, and other papers relating to scientific research projects, military research and development, nuclear energy, atomic and hydrogen bombs, international understanding, loyalty and security, Ridenour's consulting work, metallurgy, solid state physics, and various government and private organizations involved in scientific research, such as: Atomic Energy Commission Office of Scientific Research and Development, Aberdeen Ballistic Research Lab, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Research and Development Report (1949), and the Army Advisory Committee on Research and Development Contractual procedures. Correspondents include: Hans A. Bethe, Vannevar Bush, Karl Compton, I. Bernard Cohen, James H. Doolittle, Lee DuBridge, Edward M. Earle, H. H. Harris, James R. Killian, David Lilienthal, Karl Lark-Horovitz, Charles C. Lauritsen, Leon Linford, Wheeler Loomis, Carl Overhage, I. I. Rabi, Frederick Seitz, George D. Stoddard, George E. Valley, T. F. Walkowicz, Warren Weaver, and Raymond Woodrow.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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