Fermor Church collection, 1918-1973.

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Fermor Church collection, 1918-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38170853

Summary: Collection reflects the history of the Los Alamos Ranch School, a private school for boys at Otowi, New Mexico, from its early years to its transformation under the War Powers Act into the laboratory for the development of the atomic bomb, and the efforts of the Los Alamos Foundation to continue the educational mission of the school. The Los Alamos Ranch School records include correspondence, legal records, financial records, curriculum publications, and other printed material, alumni files, and the records of the Los Alamos School at Taos, New Mexico. The Los Alamos Foundation records include minutes of the board of directors, correspondence, bylaws, and legal and financial records. The papers of Lawrence S. Hitchcock, headmaster of the school 1926-1942, contain correspondence, including some regarding the Waring Ranch School; minutes and financial statements; a biography of Fermor S. Church, and photographs of the Church residence at Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.

8.5 linear feet.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400818

Related Entities

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Manhattan Project (U.S.)

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Los Alamos School (Taos, N.M.)

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Los Alamos Foundation.

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Church, Fermor S.

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Fermor Church (1900-1975) was Acting Headmaster of the Los Alamos Ranch School when the school was appropriated by the United States government and became the headquarters for the Manhattan Project in 1943. Church also served as president of the Los Alamos Foundation until it was dissolved in 1973. From the description of Fermor Church collection, 1918-1973. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38170853 ...

Los Alamos Ranch School

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Waring Ranch School (Pojoaque, N.M.)

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Hitchcock, Lawrence S., d. 1983.

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