Ridenour, Louis N. (Louis Nicot) 1911-1959 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,300 9 3.6 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. Open to research. 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 Authors mm 97083966 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060.3 Open to research. DLC 970204 20260227111726.0 mm 97083966