02445cpcaa2200469 a 4500 mm2010085571 DLC 20260227111732.0 cr ||||||||||| 101008|||||||||||| eng mm2010085571 DLC dacs DLC DLC S lcmd Furman, Robert R., 1915-2008. Robert R. Furman papers, 1944-1985. 350 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diary notes, interviews, writings, notes and notebooks, and other papers concerning Furman's service with the Manhattan Project (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan District) during World War II. Documents his role in the transport of the nuclear component of the atomic bomb aboard the USS Indianapolis (Cruiser) to Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands). Also includes material pertaining to Furman's role in the Alsos Mission, an intelligence operation to gather information regarding Germany's nuclear weapons program, seize German strategic materials and resources, and interrogate scientific and research personnel. Civil engineer and U.S. Army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District. United States. War Department. Alsos Mission. Indianapolis (Cruiser) Manhattan Project (U.S.) Atomic bomb Germany. Atomic bomb United States. Nuclear weapons Research Germany. Nuclear weapons Research United States. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence. World War, 1939-1945 Science. Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) Army officers. itoamc Civil engineers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306.3 44852 44852