Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
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MANUSCRIPT DIVISION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Washington, D.C.
Papers of a number of individuals prominent in atomic energy history are available in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The division holds the papers of J. Robert Oppenheimer, administrator of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos; Alan T. Waterman, an official of the Office of Scientific Research and Development; Admiral William S. Parsons, prominent in the Manhattan Project and Operation Crossroads; Admiral John Lansing Callan, captain of the USS Panamint, the ship housing foreign diplomats observing Operation Crossroads; and Senators Clinton P. Anderson and Brian K. McMahon, former chairmen of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. The papers are available for public use. HAI screened the potentially relevant documents in each of the collections listed below, except the McMahon papers.
DESCRIPTION
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TOTAL SIZE (FEET)
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POTENTIALLY RELEVANT (FEET)
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HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
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VALUE
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J. Robert Oppenheimer papers |
122 |
20 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
Alan T. Waterman |
22 |
<1 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
Admiral William S. Parsons |
3 |
<1 |
Unclassified |
Peripheral |
Admiral John L. Callan |
6 |
<1 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson |
500 |
8 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
Sen. Brian K. McMahon |
5 |
5 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
CONTACTS
Dr. Ronald Wilkinson
Literary, Cultural, and Scientific Specialist
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
(202) 707-5383
Dr. John Haynes
20th Century Political Specialist
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
(202) 707-5383
HAI COLLECTION EFFORT
(volume in cubic feet)
DESCRIPTION
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SCREENED
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SELECTED
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IN PROCESS
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SENT TO CIC
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All the colections listed above, except the McMahon papers |
30 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
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