TY  - GEN
AU  - Furman,Robert R.
TI  - Robert R. Furman papers,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Corps of Engineers
KW  - Manhattan District
KW  - War Department
KW  - Alsos Mission
KW  - Indianapolis (Cruiser)
KW  - Manhattan Project (U.S.)
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - Germany
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Research
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Military intelligence
KW  - Science
KW  - Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Civil engineers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306.3
ER  -