Alan Tower Waterman papers, (Record no. 40089)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code S
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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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