07976cpcaa2201285 a 4500 mm 78014498 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 781002|||||||||||| eng mm 78014498 ms 78002010 su 78014498 DLC DLC DLC dacs S lcmd Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955). 60,000 items. 186 containers. 74.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, speeches, minutes, laboratory and other notes, articles, book file, scientific papers, diagrams, patents, clippings, press releases, printed matter, financial papers, biographical data, family papers, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Bush's role in coordinating the scientific community for defense efforts during and after World War II as chairman of the National Defense Research Committee and director of its successor, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, where he supervised the Manhattan Project and other programs. Other agencies represented include the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Joint Commission on New Weapons of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and National Academy of Sciences. Bush's corporate and academic affiliations are documented by files on American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Merck & Co., Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University. Also represented are the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Franklin Institute, Metals & Controls Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, and U.S. Patent Office. Also documented are Bush's views on the interrelationship between science and government, technological influences on postwar U.S.-Soviet relations, international control of nuclear energy, and the loyalty controversies during the McCarthy era. Includes material pertaining to Bush's interest in air-engines, fly rods, immunological reactions, medicine, optics, ornithology, solar pumps, and zoology. Correspondents include Dean Acheson, Henry Harley Arnold, Omar Nelson Bradley, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Robert A. Choate, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Bradley Dewey, Charles Dollard, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Forrestal, W.W. Garth, Caryl Parker Haskins, D.C. Josephs, James Rhyne Killian, R.C. Leffingwell, David Eli Lilienthal, F. Alexander Magoan, Robert Porter Patterson, Don Krasher Price, Redfield Proctor, Palmer Cosslett Putnam, Alfred N. Richards, Elihu Root, Oscar M. Ruebhausen, John T. Rule, Orville J. Schell, Leslie Earl Simon, Carl Spaatz, W.H. Timble, Harry S. Truman, Tracy S. Voorhees, Warren Weaver, Bethuel Matthew Webster, Carroll L. Wilson, and Robert E. Wilson. Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004 Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 Correspondence. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Correspondence. Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 Correspondence. Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 Correspondence. Choate, Robert A., 1912- Correspondence. Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 Correspondence. Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 Correspondence. Dewey, Bradley, 1887-1974 Correspondence. Dollard, Charles, 1907-1977 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 Correspondence. Garth, W. W. Correspondence. Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001 Correspondence. Josephs, D. C. (Devereux Colt), 1893-1977 Correspondence. Killian, James Rhyne, 1904- Correspondence. Leffingwell, R. C. (Russell Cornell), 1878-1960 Correspondence. Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 Correspondence. Magoan, F. Alexander Correspondence. McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952 Correspondence. Price, Don Krasher Correspondence. Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908 Correspondence. Putnam, Palmer Cosslett, 1900- Correspondence. Richards, Alfred N. (Alfred Newton), 1876-1966 Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Correspondence. Ruebhausen, Oscar M. Correspondence. Rule, John T. (John Thomas) Correspondence. Schell, Orville J. Correspondence. Simon, Leslie Earl, 1900- Correspondence. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 Correspondence. Timble, W. H. Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Correspondence. Voorhees, Tracy S. (Tracy Stebbins), 1890-1974 Correspondence. Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 Correspondence. Webster, Bethuel M. (Bethuel Matthew), 1900-1989 Correspondence. Wilson, Carroll L. Correspondence. Wilson, Robert E. (Robert Erastus), 1893-1964 Correspondence. American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Brookings Institution. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) Johns Hopkins University. Manhattan Project (U.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Merck & Co. Metals & Controls Corporation. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) National Research Council (U.S.) National Science Foundation (U.S.) Smithsonian Institution. Tufts University. United States. Council of National Defense. National Defense Research Committee. United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Commission on New Weapons and Equipment. United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. United States. Patent Office. Air-engines. Cold War Technology. Fishing rods. Immunology. Loyalty-security program, 1947- Medicine. Nuclear energy Government policy. Nuclear energy Research International cooperation. Optics. Ornithology. Science History 20th century. Science and state. Solar pumps. World War, 1939-1945 Science. World War, 1939-1945 Technology. Zoology. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. Engineers. itoamc Physicists. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Science administrators. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004.3 39768 39768