Papers, 1924-1984 (bulk 1955-1969).
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made tremendous contributions to his field, transforming accepted notions of atomic structure, helping to develop nuclear fission, and advocating for international cooperation in crafting responsible nuclear policy. Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1885 into a family that encouraged his academic pursuits. Christian Bohr, his father, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Bohr credited his father for awakening hi...
Spedding, F. H. (Frank Harold), 1902-
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Spedding (1902-1984). Director of the physical chemistry department and a professor of chemistry, physics, and metallurgy at Iowa State University. During World War II, Spedding and his staff in Ames, Iowa produced over two million pounds of uranium for the Manhattan Project. After the war, he founded the Institute for Atomic Research and, later in 1947, the Ames Laboratory of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, becoming its first director. From the description of Papers of F...
Ames Laboratory
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The Ames Laboratory began as a chemical research and development program at Iowa State College (University) to assist the World War II Manhattan Project. The program developed an entirely new technology for the conversion of uranium ore to high-purity uranium metal and then used that technology to produce more than 2 million pounds by the end of the war. In 1947, the United States Atomic Energy Commission officially established the Ames Laboratory as a National Laboratory. It is cur...
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...
Iowa State University
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On March 22, 1948, Iowa State College (University) sponsored a 90th anniversary celebration in honor of the founding of the college, which occurred on the same date in 1858 when the charter act establishing a state agricultural college became law. The celebration included a symposium, luncheon, departmental open houses, and a dinner. From the description of 90th anniversary collection, 1947-1948. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 54799482 In 1958, Iowa State Colle...
Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946
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UC chemist. From the description of Gilbert Newton Lewis papers, 1904-1946. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653263 ...
Manhattan Project (Organization)
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The Manhattan Project was a direct action campaign to shut down the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 28, 1979 on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash. Founders of the Manhattan Project held Wall Street as largely responsible for the arms race and nuclear industry proliferation. From the description of Collection, 1979. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28371574 ...
