TY  - GEN
AU  - Glendenin,Lawrence E.
TI  - Lawrence E. Glendenin papers,
KW  - Marinsky, Jacob A.
KW  - Smyth, Henry De Wolf,
KW  - Truman, Harry S.,
KW  - Argonne National Laboratory
KW  - Bikini Scientific Resurvey
KW  - Manhattan Project (U.S.)
KW  - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - United States
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Research
KW  - Promethium
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Japan
KW  - Nuclear chemists
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183.3
ER  -