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100 1 _aBush, Vannevar,
_d1890-1974.
245 0 0 _aVannevar Bush papers,
_f1901-1974
_g(bulk 1932-1955).
300 _a60,000
_fitems.
300 _a186
_fcontainers.
300 _a74.4
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, memoranda, writings, reports, speeches, minutes, laboratory and other notes, articles, book file, scientific papers, diagrams, patents, clippings, press releases, printed matter, financial papers, biographical data, family papers, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Bush's role in coordinating the scientific community for defense efforts during and after World War II as chairman of the National Defense Research Committee and director of its successor, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, where he supervised the Manhattan Project and other programs. Other agencies represented include the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Joint Commission on New Weapons of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Science Foundation, National Research Council, and National Academy of Sciences.
520 8 _aBush's corporate and academic affiliations are documented by files on American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Merck & Co., Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University. Also represented are the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Franklin Institute, Metals & Controls Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, and U.S. Patent Office. Also documented are Bush's views on the interrelationship between science and government, technological influences on postwar U.S.-Soviet relations, international control of nuclear energy, and the loyalty controversies during the McCarthy era. Includes material pertaining to Bush's interest in air-engines, fly rods, immunological reactions, medicine, optics, ornithology, solar pumps, and zoology.
520 8 _aCorrespondents include Dean Acheson, Henry Harley Arnold, Omar Nelson Bradley, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Robert A. Choate, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Bradley Dewey, Charles Dollard, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Forrestal, W.W. Garth, Caryl Parker Haskins, D.C. Josephs, James Rhyne Killian, R.C. Leffingwell, David Eli Lilienthal, F. Alexander Magoan, Robert Porter Patterson, Don Krasher Price, Redfield Proctor, Palmer Cosslett Putnam, Alfred N. Richards, Elihu Root, Oscar M. Ruebhausen, John T. Rule, Orville J. Schell, Leslie Earl Simon, Carl Spaatz, W.H. Timble, Harry S. Truman, Tracy S. Voorhees, Warren Weaver, Bethuel Matthew Webster, Carroll L. Wilson, and Robert E. Wilson.
545 0 _aPhysicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004
600 1 0 _aAcheson, Dean,
_d1893-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aArnold, Henry Harley,
_d1886-1950
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBradley, Omar Nelson,
_d1893-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBohr, Niels,
_d1885-1962
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChoate, Robert A.,
_d1912-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCompton, K. T.
_q(Karl Taylor),
_d1887-1954
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aConant, James Bryant,
_d1893-1978
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDewey, Bradley,
_d1887-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDollard, Charles,
_d1907-1977
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEisenhower, Dwight D.
_q(Dwight David),
_d1890-1969
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aForrestal, James,
_d1892-1949
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGarth, W. W.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHaskins, Caryl P.
_q(Caryl Parker),
_d1908-2001
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJosephs, D. C.
_q(Devereux Colt),
_d1893-1977
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKillian, James Rhyne,
_d1904-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLeffingwell, R. C.
_q(Russell Cornell),
_d1878-1960
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLilienthal, David Eli,
_d1899-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMagoan, F. Alexander
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcCarthy, Joseph,
_d1908-1957.
600 1 0 _aPatterson, Robert Porter,
_d1891-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPrice, Don Krasher
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aProctor, Redfield,
_d1831-1908
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPutnam, Palmer Cosslett,
_d1900-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRichards, Alfred N.
_q(Alfred Newton),
_d1876-1966
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoot, Elihu,
_d1845-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRuebhausen, Oscar M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRule, John T.
_q(John Thomas)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSchell, Orville J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSimon, Leslie Earl,
_d1900-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpaatz, Carl,
_d1891-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTimble, W. H.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTruman, Harry S.,
_d1884-1972
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVoorhees, Tracy S.
_q(Tracy Stebbins),
_d1890-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWeaver, Warren,
_d1894-1978
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWebster, Bethuel M.
_q(Bethuel Matthew),
_d1900-1989
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Carroll L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Robert E.
_q(Robert Erastus),
_d1893-1964
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company.
610 2 0 _aBrookings Institution.
610 2 0 _aCarnegie Institution of Washington.
610 2 0 _aFranklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
610 2 0 _aJohns Hopkins University.
610 2 0 _aManhattan Project (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
610 2 0 _aMerck & Co.
610 2 0 _aMetals & Controls Corporation.
610 2 0 _aNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aNational Research Council (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aNational Science Foundation (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aSmithsonian Institution.
610 2 0 _aTufts University.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCouncil of National Defense.
_bNational Defense Research Committee.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bJoint Chiefs of Staff.
_bJoint Commission on New Weapons and Equipment.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of Scientific Research and Development.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bPatent Office.
650 0 _aAir-engines.
650 0 _aCold War
_xTechnology.
650 0 _aFishing rods.
650 0 _aImmunology.
650 0 _aLoyalty-security program, 1947-
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aNuclear energy
_xGovernment policy.
650 0 _aNuclear energy
_xResearch
_xInternational cooperation.
650 0 _aOptics.
650 0 _aOrnithology.
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aScience and state.
650 0 _aSolar pumps.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xScience.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xTechnology.
650 0 _aZoology.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union.
656 7 _aEngineers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPhysicists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPublic officials.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aScience administrators.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998004.3
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