Records, 1945-1948 (inclusive).

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Records, 1945-1948 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, membership lists, financial records, press releases, information sheets, newsletters, photographs of atomic explosions, slides, a scrapbook, and phonograph records of radio broadcasts. Includes correspondence with government officials and congressmen. Records document ALAS efforts to promote international control of atomic energy by sponsoring educational programs and influencing federal legislation.

5.5 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650058

University of Chicago Library

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Association of Los Alamos Scientists

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Atomic Scientists of Chicago

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The Atomic Scientists of Chicago (ASC) was founded in September 1945 at the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago to address the moral and social responsibilities of scientists regarding the use of nuclear energy and to promote public awareness of its possible consequences. Members included J.A. Simpson, Jr., Kenneth Cole, Farrington Daniels, James Franck, Lester Guttman, Thorfin Hogness, Robert Mulliken, Glenn Seaborg, Leo Szilard, Harold Urey, and Walter Zinn. ASC sponsored con...

Manhattan Project (U.S.)

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Federation of American Scientists

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Los Alamos national laboratory

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