Lawrence E. Glendenin papers, (Record no. 44792)
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| LC control number | mm2009085456 |
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| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Glendenin, Lawrence E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Lawrence Elgin), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1918-2008. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lawrence E. Glendenin papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1935-2009 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1945-1975). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 850 |
| Type of unit | items. |
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| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
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| Extent | 1.2 |
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| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Glendenin's work on the Manhattan Project, the Bikini Scientific Resurvey, and his career at Argonne National Laboratory. Includes material pertaining to the discovery of Promethium by Glendenin and Jacob A. Marinsky and to the petition to President Harry S. Truman by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists which would allow the laboratory to demonstrate the power of the atomic bomb and give Japan the opportunity to surrender. Also includes A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Engergy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1941-1945 (1945) written by Henry DeWolf Smyth. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Nuclear chemist and co-discoverer of Promethium, element 61 on the periodic table of elements. |
| 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.ms012183">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Marinsky, Jacob A. |
| Fuller form of name | (Jacob Akiba), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1918-2005. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Smyth, Henry De Wolf, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1898-1986. |
| Title of a work | A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945. |
| Date of a work | 1945. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Truman, Harry S., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1884-1972. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Argonne National Laboratory. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Bikini Scientific Resurvey. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Manhattan Project (U.S.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Oak Ridge National Laboratory. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Atomic bomb |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Nuclear weapons |
| General subdivision | Research |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Promethium. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Nuclear chemists. |
| 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.ms012183">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183.3</a> |
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