Papers, 1939-1976.

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Papers, 1939-1976.

Reports, clippings, pamphlets and correspondence. Topics include: history of proximity fuze, nuclear energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, Chase Manhattan Bank, General Motors Corporation, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Dept. of Defense, the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development, Johns Hopkins University and the history of the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory

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Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-....

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Physicist and government official. Died 1993. From the description of Papers, 1940-1963. (American Institute of Physics). WorldCat record id: 154306478 Physicist and government official; b. Lawrence Randolph Hafstad. From the description of Papers, 1940-1963. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959679 Lawrence Randolph Hafstad (1904-1993). Physicist and government official. B.S. from Minnesota (1926) and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins (1933). Hafst...

Chase Manhattan Bank

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Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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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...

National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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