Collection Summary
Martin J. Sherwin Collection Relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer
1910-2006
1931-2006
1910-2006
1931-2006
MSS85395
Sherwin, Martin J.
26,000 items and 19 microfiche
69 containers plus 1 classified and 2
microfiche containers
27.6 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Author, biographer, and educator. Research
material gathered for the writing of American Prometheus: The
Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, including interviews and oral
histories, government records, topical files, correspondence, photographs, printed
matter, and miscellaneous material.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005.
Bird, Kai.
Chevalier, Haakon, 1902-1985.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994.
Fergusson, Francis.
Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.
Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995.
Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005.
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981.
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-1985.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Oppenheimer, Katherine P. (Katherine Puening), 1910?-1972.
Sherwin, Martin J.
Smith, Alice Kimball.
Strauss, Lewis L.
Tatlock, Jean.
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.
Organizations
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Subjects
Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.
Atomic bomb.
Communism--United States.
Hydrogen bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.
Hydrogen bomb.
Internal security--United States.
National security--United States
Nuclear arms control--International cooperation.
Nuclear energy--International cooperation.
Nuclear physics--United States.
Nuclear weapons.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Science--Political aspects--United States.
Places
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
Occupations
Authors.
Biographers.
Educators.
Acquisition Information
The collection of Martin J. Sherwin, author, biographer, and educator, relating to J.
Robert Oppenheimer was given to the Library of Congress by Sherwin in 2007.
Processing History
The collection was processed by Joseph K. Brooks with the assistance of Kimberly L.
Owens and Pamela K. Watkins in 2009.
Transfers
Audiocassettes and a reel-to-reel tape have been transferred to the Motion Picture,
Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of the
collection.
Related Material
Related material in the Manuscript Division includes the papers of [J. Robert Oppenheimer].
Copyright Status
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Martin J. Sherwin in these papers and other
collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult reference
staff in the Manuscript Division for further information.
Access and Restrictions
The Martin J. Sherwin collection of material relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer is open
to the public. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Division Reading Room
prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Microfiche
Nineteen microfiche were received as part of the Martin J. Sherwin collection relating
to J. Robert Oppenheimer and are listed and described in the finding aid. These
microfiche are not available for interlibrary loan.
Security Classified Documents
Government regulations control the use of security classified items in this collection.
Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to the use of
classified material.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Container number, Martin J. Sherwin Collection Relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Biographical Note
Martin J. Sherwin
Date
Event
1937, July 2
Born, New York, N.Y.
1959
B. A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
1971
Ph. D., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
1973
1980
Lecturer and research associate, Princeton University, Princeton,
N.J.
1975
Published
A World Destroyed: The Atomic Bomb and the Grand Alliance
. New York: Vantage Press. Reissued in 1987 as
A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race
. New York: Vantage Press; and in 2003 as
A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and its Legacies
. Stanford: Stanford University Press
1980
1993
Adjunct professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts
University, Medford, Mass.
Founding director, Nuclear Age History and Humanities Center, Tufts
University, Medford, Mass.
1995
2007
Walter S. Dickson professor of English and American history, Tufts
University, Medford, Mass.
2005
2006
Published with Kai Bird
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer.
New York: Vantage Press
Awarded National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for
American Prometheus
2007
2021
Professor emeritus, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., and professor, George
Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
2020
Published
Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban
Missile Crisis
New York: Knopf
2021, October 6
Died, Washington, D.C.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Date
Event
1904, Apr.22
Born, New York, N.Y.
1925
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1925
1926
Attended University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
1927
Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
1928
1947
Assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of physics,
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., and the California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
1940
Married Katherine Puening Harrison
1943
1945
Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.Mex.
1946
1952
Chairman, General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission
1946
1954
Member, Committee on Atomic Energy, Research and Development Board, U. S.
Atomic Energy Commission
1947
1966
Director and professor of physics, Institute for Advanced Studies,
Princeton, N.J.
1954
Security clearance revoked by the Personnel Security Board of the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission
1963
Received the Enrico Fermi Award
1967, Feb. 18
Died, Princeton, N.J.
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Martin Jay Sherwin (1937- ) relating to theoretical physicist and
“father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) spans 1910-2006, with the
bulk of the collection concentrated from 1931 to 2006. The collection consists entirely
of Sherwin's files relating to the writing and publishing, with Kai Bird, of their
Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Oppenheimer,
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
. The papers include interviews and oral histories, government records, articles
and newspaper clippings, topical files, correspondence, photographs, and printed matter.
The collection is organized in four series: [ Interviews and Oral Histories ](interora), [ Government File ](govfile), [ Subject File ](subfile), and [ Classified. ](classi)
The interviews with Oppenheimer and his colleagues, family members, childhood and
university friends, associates, students, and antagonists were compiled by Sherwin,
Bird, Alice Kimball Smith, and others. Smith edited
Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections
, published in 1980, and Sherwin and Bird relied heavily on the interviews and
correspondence she collected for their book. Interviewees include Hans A. Bethe, Haakon
Chevalier, Lee A. DuBridge, Francis Fergusson, Leslie R. Groves, Paul Horgan, George F.
Kennan, David Eli Lilienthal, Frank Oppenheimer, Lewis L. Strauss, and Edward
Teller.
The accomplishments and controversies of Oppenheimer's government service are documented
in the [ Government File ](govfile)
series. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory files relate to Oppenheimer's stint as
director of the laboratory during World War II and the development there of the first
atomic bombs. Also included are copies of Oppenheimer's Federal Bureau of Investigation
file, spanning 1941-1975, that was released to Sherwin under the Freedom of Information
Act and contains wiretap transcripts, agent reports, and statements of confidential
informants. Oppenheimer's prewar political views and Communist associations during that
period and controversial positions he took as an advisor on nuclear policy after the
war, such as his opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb and his push for the
international control of atomic energy and weaponry, raised national security concerns
at the FBI, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, and congressional committees. Other FBI
files pertain to Oppenheimer's brother, experimental physicist Frank Oppenheimer, and
his friend, fellow professor, and alleged communist, Haakon Chevalier. FBI files also
comprise part of topical files in the [ Subject File ](subfile) series on Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine P.
Oppenheimer, and on an earlier fiancee, Jean Tatlock.
Concerns relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer's alleged risk to national security came to a
head in 1954, when the Personnel Security Board of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
revoked his security clearance after a hearing, thus eliminating his direct influence on
atomic energy and weapons policy. The security clearance hearing, Oppenheimer's service
on the General Advisory Committee, and the controversy about building the hydrogen bomb
are among the topics documented by the commission's material in the [ Government File ](govfile).
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection is arranged in four series:
-
[Interviews and Oral
Histories, 1923-2004 ](interora)
-
[Government File, 1919-2003
](govfile)
-
[Subject File, 1910-2006
](subfile)
-
[Classified, 1943-1944 ](classi)
Container List
Box
Contents
1-8
Interviews and Oral Histories, 1923-2004
1923-2004
Interview transcripts, oral histories, and background material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.
1
Anderson, Carl, 1983
1983
Arneson, R. Gordon, 1986, 1992
1986, 1992
Bacher, Jean, 1983
1983
Barlus, June, 1982
1982
Bernfeld, Siegfried, 1992,
2001-2002
1992, 2001-2002
Bernheim, Frederic, 1973
1973
Bethe, Hans A., 1979-1982
1979-1982
Birge, Raymond T., undated
Bohn, David, 1979
1979
Boyd, William, 1975
1975
Bradbury, Norris, 1985
1985
Brode, Bernice, undated
Caen, Herbert and Estelle, 1995
1995
Chance, Ellen, 1979
1979
Cherniss, Harold, 1976, 1979
1976, 1979
Chevalier, Haakon
1943-1954
1943-1954
2
1964, 1980-1983, 2001-2002, undated
1964, 1980-1983, 2001-2002, undated
(2 folders)
Christy, Robert, 1983
1983
Colgate, Sterling, 1979
1979
Crane, Horace R., 1983
1983
Dale, Betty, 1982
1982
De Wire, John, 1982
1982
Dennes, William, 1970
1970
DuBridge, Lee A., 1983
1983
Dudley, John H., 1975
1975
Duffield, Priscilla, 1976
1976
Dyson, Freeman, 1963-1984, undated
1963-1984, undated
(2 folders)
Ecker, Allan, 1991
1991
Edsall, John, 1975
1975
Edwards, Steven, 1982
1982
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1977
1977
Ellasser, Walter, 1978
1978
Ericson, Sabra, 1982
1982
Fermi, Laura, undated
Fergusson, Francis
1923-1925, 1947-1948, 1951-1960
1923-1925, 1947-1948, 1951-1960
3
1961-1981, undated
1961-1981, undated
(4 folders)
Feynman, Richard P., 1975-1976
1975-1976
Fontenrose, Joseph, 1983
1983
Fowler, William, 1983
1983
Frank, “Sis,” 1982
1982
Freier, Phyllis, 1983
1983
Friedlander, Gerhart, undated
Friedman, Max, 1982
1982
Goldberger, Marvin, 1983
1983
Goldberger, Mildred, 1983
1983
Golden, William, 1987
1987
Green, John and Ira, 1982
1982
Griffith, Gordon, 2002
2002
Groves, Leslie R., 1968
1968
Hammel, Edward, 1985
1985
Hawkins, David, 1982, 2003
1982, 2003
4
Hein, Hilde S., 2004
2004
Hempelman, Louis, 1973, 1979
1973, 1979
Hillivirta, Inga, 1982, 2001
1982, 2001
Hirschfelder, Joseph O., 1975
1975
Hobson, Verna, 1979
1979
Horgan, Paul, 1976
1976
Jadan, Doris and Ivan, 1982
1982
Jenkins, Edith A., 2002
2002
Kamen, Martin D., 1979-2002
1979-2002
Kayser, Jane D., 1974
1974
Kennan, George F., 1947-1967, 1979
1947-1967, 1979
Kistiakowski, George, 1975
1975
Knowland, William F., 1967
1967
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1978
1978
Lomanitz, Ross, 1943-1950, 1960-1968,
1978-1979, 2003
1943-1950, 1960-1968, 1978-1979, 2003
Manley, John, 1975, 1985
1975, 1985
5
Mark, J. Carson, 1979
1979
Marks, Anne Wilson, 1948-1963, 2002,
undated
1948-1963, 2002, undated
(2 folders)
Marks, Herbert, 1952-1954
1952-1954
Marquit, Irwin, 1983
1983
May, Kenneth, 1940, 1950
1940, 1950
McKibbin, Dorothy, 1951-1963, 1979,
undated
1951-1963, 1979, undated
(2 folders)
McMillan, Edwin, 1972, undated
1972, undated
(2 folders)
McMillan, Elsie, undated
Miscellaneous
1957-1960
1957-1960
(2 folders)
6
1971-1976, 1989-1990
1971-1976, 1989-1990
Morrison, Phillip, 1948, 2001-2002
1948, 2001-2002
Nelson, Steven and Margaret, 1981
1981
Nier, Alfred, 1983
1983
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1973-1984
1973-1984
(3 folders)
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
American Philosophical Society,
1962
1962
Miscellany, 1946, 1956, 1965
1946, 1956, 1965
Pash, Boris, 2001
2001
7
Peierls, Rudolph E., 1979
1979
Peierls, Rudolph E. and H. D. Smyth,
1979
1979
Phillips, Melba, 1979, 2002-2004
1979, 2002-2004
Plesset, Milton, 1983
1983
Pollak, Inez, 1923, 1976
1923, 1976
Portan, Robert, 1979
1979
Rabi, I. I., 1982
1982
Rosen, Louis, 1985
1985
Rotblat, Joseph, 1989, 2002
1989, 2002
St. Clair, Fiona and William
Serber, Robert, 1972-1992
1972-1992
(2 folders)
Sherr, Patricia, 1979, 2004
1979, 2004
Silverman, Albert, 1979
1979
Silverman, Samuel, 1991
1991
Smith, Alice Kimball, 1980-1982
1980-1982
Smith, Herbert, 1974-1975
1974-1975
Stratchel, John, 1980, 2002
1980, 2002
Strauss, Lewis L., 1971
1971
Strumsky, Robert, 1979
1979
Teller, Edward, 1976, 2003
1976, 2003
Uhlenbeck, Else, 1976
1976
Ulam, Stanislaw L., 1979
1979
8
Ulam, Francoise, 1980
1980
Vehling, Edwin, 1979
1979
Vogue, Hervey, 1982-1983
1982-1983
Warner, Edith, 1945
1945
Weinberg, Joseph, 1943, 1949-1953, 1979,
1996, undated
1943, 1949-1953, 1979, 1996, undated
(4 folders)
Weisskopf, Victor, 1979, 1982, 2002
1979, 1982, 2002
White, Harry Dexter, 2000
2000
Wilson, Robert R., 1982
1982
Wyman, Jeffries, 1975
1975
Yedidia, Avram, 1980
1980
Zorn, Jens, 1983
1983
9-41
Government File, 1919-2003
1919-2003
Copies of Federal Bureau of Investigation case files and other files relating to
the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, and
congressional committees.
Arranged alphabetically by agency or branch of government and thereunder by type
of material, topic or control number.
Includes two containers of microfiche. Microfiche shelf no.
23,374
9
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chevalier, Haakon, parts I-III,
1940-1976
1940-1976
(5 folders)
Conducting Research in FBI Records
, 1984
1984
Freedom of Information Act, requests,
1975-1992, 2002, undated
1975-1992, 2002, undated
(2 folders)
10
Hoover, J. Edgar, 2002
2002
National Academy of Science, 1945-1955
1945-1955
(3 folders)
National Research Council,
undated
Oppenheimer, Frank
Parts I-II, 1946-1949
1946-1949
(3 folders)
11
Part III, 1946-1961, 1969,
1985
1946-1961, 1969, 1985
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Biographies and narratives,
undated
Central file
Indexes and lists of other relevant
files, undated
Part I
Nos. 1-50, 1941-1946
1941-1946
12
Nos. 51-228, 1946-1950
1946-1950
(8 folders)
13
Nos. 233-338, 1950-1953
1950-1953
(7 folders)
14
Nos. 374-783, 1953-1954
1953-1954
(7 folders)
15
Nos. 785-1900, 1954
1954
(7 folders)
16
Nos. 1901-2290, 1954-1957
1954-1957
(10 folders)
17
Nos. 2291-2388, 1957-1967
1957-1967
(2 folders)
Part II
Nos. 5-262, 1941-1951
1941-1951
(5 folders)
18
Nos. 264-792, 1952-1954
1952-1954
(7 folders)
19
Nos. 797-1162, 1954
1954
(7 folders)
20
Nos. 1163-1638, 1954
1954
(8 folders)
21
Nos. 1640-1965, 1954
1954
(7 folders)
22
Nos. 1968-2396, 1954-1975
1954-1975
(7 folders)
23
Chronologies and time lines,
1919-1975
1919-1975
(4 folders)
Communists, list, undated
Defection scare, 1953-1954
1953-1954
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos,
N.Mex.
Association of Los Alamos Scientists,
1945-1947
1945-1947
Director's files
Decimal files on microfilm, index,
1943-1946
1943-1946
Microfiche relating to J. Robert
Oppenheimer, 1954-1972 Shelf no. 23,374
1954-1972
Fermi, Enrico, 1942-1943
1942-1943
List of personnel, 1944
1944
24
Miscellany, 1942-1945, 1986
1942-1945, 1986
Printed matter
Articles and book segments,
1965-1970, 1977-1984, 1992-1993, 2001
1965-1970, 1977-1984, 1992-1993, 2001
(2 folders)
Newspapers and newsletters
The Bulletin,
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1944-1946
1944-1946
The Chronicle
, Los Alamos, N.Mex., 1983
1983
Clippings, 1990
1990
Los Alamos Newsletter
, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1945-1946
1945-1946
25
Project Y
Chemistry and Metallurgy Division,
1945
1945
Research packets of documents spanning
1943-1946 (by year received)
1943-1946
1985
1985
Jan. 29-Mar. 27
Jan. 29-Mar. 27
(8 folders)
26
Apr. 4-11
Apr. 4-11
(2 folders)
1986
1986
Mar. 3-May 15
Mar. 3-May 15
(5 folders)
27
June 12-Dec. 2
June 12-Dec. 2
(6 folders)
1987
1987
Feb. 26
Feb. 26
28
Mar. 3-Sept. 15
Mar. 3-Sept. 15
(8 folders)
29
Dec. 17-23
Dec. 17-23
(2 folders)
1988
1988
Jan. 27-July 8
Jan. 27-July 8
(6 folders)
30
Sept. 12
Sept. 12
(3 folders)
Reminiscences of Manhattan Project
participants, 1975
1975
(3 folders)
Manhattan Engineering District, Joseph Weinberg
wiretap and other material, 1943
1943
31
Office of Scientific Research and Development,
1943-1945
1943-1945
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Chairmen
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1946-1948
1946-1948
(3 folders)
Strauss, Lewis L.
Articles and newspaper clippings,
1954-1963, 1970
1954-1963, 1970
Correspondence
General, 1946-1968
1946-1968
(4 folders)
32
Robb, Roger, 1958, 1963-1966,
1972
1958, 1963-1966, 1972
Chronological file, 1945-1949
1945-1949
(4 folders)
Enrico Fermi Prize
Miscellany
1963
1963
33
1964-1966
1964-1966
Photographs, 1963
1963
General Advisory Committee
Dean, Gordon, “Dear Diary,”
1949-1952
1949-1952
(2 folders)
Meetings, 1947-1954
1947-1954
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1946-1952, 1967
1946-1952, 1967
(2 folders)
34
Herbert, Richard G.,
Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961
, 1989
1989
Hydrogen bomb
Chronology, 1950
1950
Background material,
1945-1954
1945-1954
Newspaper clippings,
1953-1954
1953-1954
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, security clearance
hearing
Briefs, 1954
1954
Chronological file, 1953-1957, 1966,
1982-1987
1953-1957, 1966, 1982-1987
(3 folders)
Decision, 1954
1954
35
Eisenhower, Dwight D., administration,
1953-1968, 1975
1953-1968, 1975
(6 folders)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, security
clearance file, 1947-1954, 1969, 1975
1947-1954, 1969, 1975
36
Miscellany, 1953-1958, 1977
1953-1958, 1977
Photographs and cartoons,
1953-1954
1953-1954
Press
Alsop, Joseph and Stewart,
1954-1955
1954-1955
Newspaper clippings
Set 1, 1954-1976
1954-1976
(2 folders)
Set 2, 1954
1954
(2 folders)
37
Sets 3-4, 1954
1954
Stern, Phillip M.
Sets A-C, 1946-1968
1946-1968
(6 folders)
Set D, 1965-1969
1965-1969
(1 folder)
38
Set D, 1965-1969
1965-1969
(2 folders)
Theses and academic papers
Miscellaneous, 1976, 1999,
2002
1976, 1999, 2002
Newman, Steven L., “The Oppenheimer
Case: A Reconsideration of the Role of the Defense Department and
National Security,” 1977
1977
Transcript, 1954
1954
(2 folders)
39
Transcript, 1954
1954
(1 folder)
Transcript notes, undated
(3 folder)
United States Congress
Archives, finding aids, 1962,
1995-1998
1962, 1995-1998
House of Representatives Un-American
Activities Committee, 1949-1954, 1983
1949-1954, 1983
(2 folders)
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Chronological file
1947-1951
1947-1951
40
1952-1957
1952-1957
(5 folders)
Hearings and meetings
1948, Mar. 8-1950, Jan. 30
1948, Mar. 8-1950, Jan. 30
(3 folders)
41
1950, Jan. 31-May 3; 1959, July 22
1950, Jan. 31-May 3; 1959, July 22
(3 folders)
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, summary
transcript regarding Oppenheimer, 1954
1954
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1944, 2003
1944, 2003
41-69
Subject File, 1910-2006
1910-2006
Articles, newspaper clippings, theses and other academic papers, notes,
photographs, topical files, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material
41
Addis, Thomas
Correspondence
Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, Oreg.
1940-1947
1940-1947
(2 folders)
42
1948-1949, 1984-1989, 2004
1948-1949, 1984-1989, 2004
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif., 1948, 1990, 2002
1948, 1990, 2002
Miscellany, 1939-1944, 1994,
2002-2004
1939-1944, 1994, 2002-2004
Photographs, undated
Alsos operation, 1943-1944
1943-1944
Articles
About Oppenheimer
1934, Feb.-1954, June
1934, Feb.-1954, June
(5 folders)
43
1954, July-1976, Jan.
1954, July-1976, Jan.
(8 folders)
44
1977, Jan.-1992
1977, Jan.-1992
(6 folders)
45
1994, Sept.-2004, May
1994, Sept.-2004, May
(5 folders)
Undated
(3 folders)
46
Undated
(2 folders)
By
Bernstein, Jeremy, 1978-2005
1978-2005
(4 folders)
Oppenheimer, 1930, 1945-1951,
1963-1966
1930, 1945-1951, 1963-1966
(2 folders)
47
Articles
Miscellaneous
1940-1993
1940-1993
(9 folders)
48
1994-2004, undated
1994-2004, undated
(6 folders)
Atomic bomb explosions
Operation Crossroads, 1945-1946
1945-1946
Secrecy about, 1944-1945, 1974
1944-1945, 1974
Trinity, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Japan
Correspondence, 1944-1946
1944-1946
(2 folders)
49
Miscellany, 1945-1947, 1959, 1968,
1995, 2001, undated
1945-1947, 1959, 1968, 1995, 2001, undated
(2 folders)
Photographs, 1945
1945
Atomic Heritage Foundation, Symposium on the
Manhattan Project, 2002
2002
Auden, W. H., 2001
2001
Bibliographies, chronologies, and lists,
1979, 1985, 1999-2002, undated
1979, 1985, 1999-2002, undated
(2 folders)
Bird, Kai, correspondence,
2000-2004
2000-2004
Blackett, Patrick, 1946, 1956,
2001-2002
1946, 1956, 2001-2002
50
Bohr, Niels
Heisenberg, Werner, meeting with,
2000-2002
2000-2002
Miscellany, 1950, 1961, 1985-1989,
2000
1950, 1961, 1985-1989, 2000
Born, Max, 1964, 2000-2002
1964, 2000-2002
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, 1946-1947, 1985
1946-1947, 1985
(2 folders)
Chevalier, Haakon, photographs,
undated
Clark, Grenville, 1949
1949
Communist Party, 1920, 1940, 1947,
2002-2003
1920, 1940, 1947, 2002-2003
Conant, James B.
Correspondence and articles, 1943-1950,
1978, 1993
1943-1950, 1978, 1993
Hershberg, James Gordon
“Ends versus Means: James B. Conant and
American Atomic Policy, 1939-1947," thesis, 1982
1982
(1 folder)
51
“Ends versus Means: James B. Conant and
American Atomic Policy, 1939-1947," thesis, 1982
1982
(1 folder)
Miscellaneous writings, 2000,
undated
2000, undated
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1971-1979,
2001
1971-1979, 2001
Desilva, Peer, undated
East Bay Teachers' Union, Berkeley, Calif.,
1939
1939
Ethical Culture Society, 1911-1921,
1930-1931, 1940-1941, 1949, 1964, 1979, 1991, undated
1911-1921, 1930-1931, 1940-1941, 1949, 1964, 1979, 1991, undated
(2 folders)
Federation of American Scientists,
1946-1947, 1954
1946-1947, 1954
Ferguson, Francis, correspondence,
1974-1975
1974-1975
Fischer, Louis, 1964
1964
France, 1942-1945, 2002
1942-1945, 2002
52
Fuchs, Klaus, 1949-1950, 1982-1992
1949-1950, 1982-1992
Germany, 1943-1945, 1991
1943-1945, 1991
Great Britain, Tube Alloy program,
1935-1955, 1966, undated
[
See Classified
](clgreatbtube)
1935-1955, 1966, undated
(5 folders)
Groves, Leslie R.
Correspondence, 1943-1957
1943-1957
53
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1943-1954
1943-1954
Miscellany, 1988, 1995
1988, 1995
Photographs, undated
Hilgard, Ernest, 2001
2001
Interim Committee, 1944-1945
1944-1945
International control of atomic
energy
Baruch, Bernard, 1983
1983
Department of State
International Control of Atomic Energy: Growth of a
Policy
, 1946
1946
International Control of Atomic Energy: Policy at the
Crossroads
, 1948
1948
Hershberg, James E., “The Jig Was Up: J.
Robert Oppenheimer and the International Control of Atomic Energy,
1947-1949," 2004
2004
Miscellany, 1944-1950, 1993
1944-1950, 1993
Japan, Oppenheimer visit, 1960
1960
54
Miscellany, 1927-1928, 1935-1955,
1980-1982
1927-1928, 1935-1955, 1980-1982
National Research Council, International Council
Board, 1928
1928
National Science Foundation, undated
Newspaper clippings
Daily Californian
, Berkeley, Calif., 1932-1955, 1962
1932-1955, 1962
(4 folders)
Miscellaneous
1928, 1934-1938
1928, 1934-1938
1945, Aug. 7-1954, June 14
1945, Aug. 7-1954, June 14
(4 folders)
55
1954, June 16-2004, Nov. 22
1954, June 16-2004, Nov. 22
(6 folders)
Oppenheimer family
Miscellany, 1920, 1954
1920, 1954
Oppenheimer, Frank (brother)
Biographical questionnaire, Manhattan
Engineering District, 1945
1945
Correspondence, 1948-1974
1948-1974
Miscellany, 1965, 1985, 1991
1965, 1985, 1991
U. S. Army, security file,
1943-1946, 1992
1943-1946, 1992
56
Oppenheimer, Katherine P. (wife)
Chronologies, 1910-1977
1910-1977
Dallet, Joseph
Federal Bureau of Investigation, file,
1944-1970
1944-1970
Miscellany, 1923-2002
1923-2002
Photographs, undated
Oppenheimer, Katherine (“Toni”) (daughter),
2004
2004
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, personal
Correspondence, 1922-1965
1922-1965
(2 folders)
57
Death of, 1967, 2004
2004
United States Army, physical exam,
1943
1943
Photographs
Miscellaneous, undated
Oppenheimer family, undated
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, undated
(4 folders)
Quebec Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada,
1943
1943
Radiation as a weapon, 1943-1944
1943-1944
58
Remote measurement of nuclear explosions,
1946
1946
S-1 Uranium Committee, 1939-1944
1939-1944
(4 folders)
Scientists, card file, undated
Sherwin, Martin J.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer
Chapter drafts, 2004
2004
(2 folders)
59
Photographs and illustrations
Miscellaneous, 2005
2005
Permissions, 2002-2006
2002-2006
(3 folders)
Correspondence, 1966-2004, undated
1966-2004, undated
(4 folders)
Living History Project, undated
60
Tufts University, Medford, Mass., student
papers, 2002
2002
(6 folders)
Smith, Alice K.,
Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections
Chapter drafts and post-publication
correspondence, 1979-1980
1979-1980
Correspondence
Alphabetical file
A-J, 1975-1980
1975-1980
61
K-Z, 1975-1980
1975-1980
Miscellaneous, 1979-1987
1979-1987
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1975-1979
1975-1979
Lists of letters and sources,
1975-1979
1975-1979
Smith, Herbert W., 1921-1923, 1948
1921-1923, 1948
Soviet Union, 1941-1949, 1985-1999
1941-1949, 1985-1999
Szilard, Leo, 1939-1947, 1954, 1999,
undated
1939-1947, 1954, 1999, undated
(2 folders)
62
Tatlock, Jean
Federal Bureau of Investigation, case files,
1943-1959
1943-1959
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1924-2004, undated
1924-2004, undated
(2 folders)
Photographs, undated
References in books, 1969-1971
1969-1971
Stewart, Mildred, interview,
1997-2002
1997-2002
Television and film, 1969,
1978-1984
1969, 1978-1984
Teller, Edward
Miscellany, 1942-1945, 1982
1942-1945, 1982
63
Writings and interviews
About Teller
Gundel, Jeremy, “Heroes & Villains:
Cold War Images of Oppenheimer and Teller in Mainstream American
Magazines,” 1992
1992
Miscellany, 1947, 1954-2004
1947, 1954-2004
(3 folders)
By Teller, 1941, 1955-1981, undated
1941, 1955-1981, undated
(3 folders)
Theses and academic papers,
miscellaneous
1977-1981
1977-1981
64
1985-2004
1985-2004
(3 folders)
Tolman, Richard C. and Edward C.,
1938-1944, 1952-1999
1938-1944, 1952-1999
65
Tolman, Ruth S., 1946-1950, 1957-1966,
2002
1946-1950, 1957-1966, 2002
Truman, Harry S., administration,
1945-1953
1945-1953
(8 folders)
66
Universities and institutes
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr
Library, College Park, Md., undated
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
Calif., 1938-1955, 1961, 1981-1983
1938-1955, 1961, 1981-1983
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.
Miscellany, 1919, 1925, 1945,
1956
1919, 1925, 1945, 1956
Printed matter
Harvard Crimson
, 1922-1923
1922-1923
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1922-1928,
1975
1922-1928, 1975
Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton,
N.J.
Miscellany, 1946-1956, 2004, undated
1946-1956, 2004, undated
(2 folders)
Report of the Director
, 1953
1953
(1 folder)
67
Report of the Director
, 1953
1953
(1 folder)
Stern, Beatrice M., “A History of the
Institute for Advanced Studies, 1930-1950” undated
University of California, Berkeley,
Calif.
Birge, Raymond T., “History of the Physics
Department,” undated
(4 folders)
68
Miscellany, 1935-1953, 1989
1935-1953, 1989
Physics students
Peters, Bernard, class notes,
1939
1939
(2 folders)
Voge, Hervey
Miscellany, 1939,
1982-1983
1939, 1982-1983
Physical chemistry class, lab
notebook, 1930
1930
Physics 221, “Notes on Quantum
Mechanics,” Bernard Peters, 1939
1939
Physics 222, notes,
1939
1939
(3 folders)
69
Radiation Laboratory,
1942-1943
1942-1943
University of Michigan, Physics Department,
Ann Arbor, Mich., 1974-1989
1974-1989
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.,
1955-1979
1955-1979
CL 1
Classified, 1943-1944
1943-1944
Documents containing national security information removed from the collection.
Arranged and described according to the series and folders from which they were
removed.
CL 1
Subject File
Documents containing national security information removed from the collection.
Arranged and described according to the series and folders from which they were
removed.
Great Britain, Tube Alloys
program, 1943-1944 (Container 52)
1943-1944