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100	1		_aWaterman, Alan Tower, _d1892-1967.
245	0	0	_aAlan Tower Waterman papers, _f1917-1967 _g(bulk 1940-1963).
300			_a17,700 _fitems.
300			_a59 _fcontainers plus _a1 _fclassified.
300			_a23.6 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diary Notes, 1947-1963; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1949-1965; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1920-1967; Series 4: Subject File, 1935-1965; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1917-1966; Series 6: Miscellany, 1918-1967; Series 7: Addition, 1951-1964; and Series 8: Classified, 1951.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
506	1		_aClassified, in part.
506			_aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, diary notes (1947-1963), speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, biographical material, and other papers chiefly relating to Waterman's activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (1946-1951) and as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (1951-1963). Includes material concerning the foundation's role in fostering U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Also documents his teaching career as a professor of physics at Yale University (1919-1942), experience as chief reader for the College Entrance Examination Board, and association with such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.), and the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.).
520	8		_aIndividuals represented include Detlev W. Bronk, Vannevar Bush, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Lee A. Dubridge, George Gamow, Willard Frank Libby, Sir Bernard Lovell, Margaret Mead, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Harlow Shapley, Norbert Wiener, and Jerrold Reinach Zacharias.
544			_3Some photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544			_3Sound recordings _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545	0		_aPhysicist 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.ms010304
600	1	0	_aBronk, Detlev W. _q(Detlev Wulf), _d1897-1975.
600	1	0	_aBush, Vannevar, _d1890-1974.
600	1	0	_aCompton, K. T. _q(Karl Taylor), _d1887-1954.
600	1	0	_aConant, James Bryant, _d1893-1978.
600	1	0	_aDuBridge, Lee A. _q(Lee Alvin), _d1901-1994.
600	1	0	_aGamow, George, _d1904-1968.
600	1	0	_aLibby, Willard F.
600	1	0	_aLovell, Bernard, _d1913-2012.
600	1	0	_aMead, Margaret, _d1901-1978.
600	1	0	_aOppenheimer, J. Robert, _d1904-1967.
600	1	0	_aShapley, Harlow, _d1885-1972.
600	1	0	_aWiener, Norbert, _d1894-1964.
600	1	0	_aZacharias, Jerrold Reinach, _d1905-1986.
610	2	0	_aAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.
610	2	0	_aCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.)
610	2	0	_aCollege Entrance Examination Board
610	2	0	_aCosmos Club (Washington, D.C.)
610	2	0	_aNational Science Foundation (U.S.)
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bOffice of Naval Research.
610	2	0	_aYale University _xFaculty.
650		0	_aArtificial satellites.
650		0	_aInternational Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
650		0	_aPhysics _xStudy and teaching.
650		0	_aResearch.
650		0	_aScience _xSocieties, etc.
656		7	_aAdministrators. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPhysicists. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3
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