Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1978 July 14.

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Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1978 July 14.

Short focused interview dealing with activities related to World War II. Personnel Director at Los Alamos and Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; discusses war work of California astronomers; comments on effects of war on astronomy. Also prominently mentioned are: Norris Edwin Bradbury, Louis Henyey, George Herbig, Hans Panofsky, Edison Petit, Bruno Benedetto Rossi; Los Alamos National Laboratory, and United States Bureau of the Budget.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 0.75 hrs.), 1 session.Transcript: 12 p.

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