Materials documenting the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1921-1974.

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Materials documenting the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1921-1974.

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Incoming letters; clippings; typescripts; photographs; poetry. This collection was assembled by Herbert W. Smith, an English teacher of J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Ethical Culture School in New York. Following Oppenheimer's graduation, Smith collected materials documenting his life. Incoming letters (1921-1925) from Oppenheimer are personal and reveal his thoughts and experiences as an undergraduate at Harvard University. Also included are letters to Smith, many referring to Oppenheimer, from Francis Furgusson, a schoolmate of Oppenheimer's at Ethical Culture and Harvard. Clippings (1953-1967) and typescripts are biographical reminiscences of Oppenheimer. Photographs are of friends and Oppenheimer at his family ranch in New Mexico.

.25 linear feet (1 box).

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

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J. Robert Oppenheimer: Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966....

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Smith, Herbert Weir

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Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966. From the description of Materials documenting the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1921-1974....

Ethical Culture Society. Ethical Culture School.

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