05095cpcaa2200853 a 4500 mm 97083966 DLC 20260227111726.0 cr ||||||||||| 970204|||||||||||| eng mm 97083966 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Ridenour, Louis N. (Louis Nicot), 1911-1959. Louis N. Ridenour papers, 1917-1960 (bulk 1945-1959). 1,300 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, journals, reports, draft and published writings, scientific papers, printed matter, and photographs particularly relating to Ridenour's efforts to familiarize scientists, engineers, and the public with science policy issues stemming from the use of nuclear energy and computers through his books and articles in professional journals and general interest magazines. Also includes material on his work as assistant director of the Radiation Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he headed the team that developed the SCR 584 radar device that was effective as an antiaircraft gun laying system. Journals (1942-1945) and other papers document his World War II service as an expert consultant to the secretary of war, radar advisor in air operations in all theaters of the war, and especially as chief of the advisory specialist group for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe under Gen. Carl Spaatz. Correspondents include Joseph Alsop, Cary F. Baker, Curtis G. Benjamin, Ralph D. Bennett, B. Vivian Bowden, Edward Lindley Bowles, Lyman Bryson, Norman Cousins, Peter Hobley Davison, Dennis Flanagan, Hugh Handsfield, Hiram Collins Haydn, Byron K. Ledgerwood, Lawrence Lessing, Lawrence Meyer Levin, Herrymon Maurer, Charles W. Morton, Abraham John Muste, Carl E. Nagel, Oliver A. Nelson, Isabel Paterson, Gerard Piel, James M. Reid, Kenʼichi Shinohara, Herbert Solow, Leon Svirsky, Orin Tovrov, Edward Weeks, Thornton Wilder, and Philip Wylie. Physicist and author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060 Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 Correspondence. Baker, Cary F. Correspondence. Benjamin, Curtis G., 1901-1983 Correspondence. Bennett, Ralph D. Correspondence. Bowden, B. Vivian Correspondence. Bowles, Edward Lindley, 1897-1990 Correspondence. Bryson, Lyman, 1888-1959 Correspondence. Cousins, Norman Correspondence. Davison, Peter Hobley Correspondence. Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005 Correspondence. Handsfield, Hugh, 1911- Correspondence. Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973 Correspondence. Ledgerwood, Byron K. Correspondence. Lessing, Lawrence Correspondence. Levin, Lawrence Meyer, 1898-1968 Correspondence. Maurer, Herrymon, 1914-1998 Correspondence. Morton, Charles W., 1899-1967 Correspondence. Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 Correspondence. Nagel, Carl E. Correspondence. Nelson, Oliver A. Correspondence. Paterson, Isabel Correspondence. Piel, Gerard Correspondence. Reid, James M. Correspondence. Shinohara, Kenʼichi, 1905- Correspondence. Solow, Herbert, 1903-1964 Correspondence. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974. Svirsky, Leon, 1904-1974 Correspondence. Tovrov, Orin Correspondence. Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989 Correspondence. Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 Correspondence. Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971 Correspondence. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory. United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. United States. War Department. Antiaircraft guns. Computers. Nuclear energy Government policy United States. Radar. Radar in aeronautics. Science and state United States. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Antiaircraft artillery operations. World War, 1939-1945 Radar. Physicists. itoamc Authors. itomac Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060.3 44435 44435