Alan Tower Waterman papers, (Record no. 40089)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 78054197 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 71001426 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Waterman, Alan Tower, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1892-1967. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Alan Tower Waterman papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1917-1967 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1940-1963). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 17,700 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 59 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | classified. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 23.6 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diary Notes, 1947-1963; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1949-1965; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1920-1967; Series 4: Subject File, 1935-1965; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1917-1966; Series 6: Miscellany, 1918-1967; Series 7: Addition, 1951-1964; and Series 8: Classified, 1951. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Classified, in part. |
| 506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, diary notes (1947-1963), speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, biographical material, and other papers chiefly relating to Waterman's activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (1946-1951) and as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (1951-1963). Includes material concerning the foundation's role in fostering U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Also documents his teaching career as a professor of physics at Yale University (1919-1942), experience as chief reader for the College Entrance Examination Board, and association with such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.), and the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.). |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Individuals represented include Detlev W. Bronk, Vannevar Bush, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Lee A. Dubridge, George Gamow, Willard Frank Libby, Sir Bernard Lovell, Margaret Mead, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Harlow Shapley, Norbert Wiener, and Jerrold Reinach Zacharias. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Some photographs |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Sound recordings |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Physicist and science administrator. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bronk, Detlev W. |
| Fuller form of name | (Detlev Wulf), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1897-1975. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bush, Vannevar, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1890-1974. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Compton, K. T. |
| Fuller form of name | (Karl Taylor), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1887-1954. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Conant, James Bryant, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1893-1978. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | DuBridge, Lee A. |
| Fuller form of name | (Lee Alvin), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1901-1994. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gamow, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1904-1968. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Libby, Willard F. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lovell, Bernard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1913-2012. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mead, Margaret, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1901-1978. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Oppenheimer, J. Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1904-1967. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shapley, Harlow, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1885-1972. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wiener, Norbert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1894-1964. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1905-1986. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | College Entrance Examination Board |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Office of Naval Research. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Yale University |
| General subdivision | Faculty. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Artificial satellites. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Physics |
| General subdivision | Study and teaching. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Research. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science |
| General subdivision | Societies, etc. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Administrators. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Physicists. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3</a> |
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