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100 1 _aRidenour, Louis N.
_q(Louis Nicot),
_d1911-1959.
245 0 0 _aLouis N. Ridenour papers,
_f1917-1960
_g(bulk 1945-1959).
300 _a1,300
_fitems.
300 _a9
_fcontainers.
300 _a3.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, journals, reports, draft and published writings, scientific papers, printed matter, and photographs particularly relating to Ridenour's efforts to familiarize scientists, engineers, and the public with science policy issues stemming from the use of nuclear energy and computers through his books and articles in professional journals and general interest magazines. Also includes material on his work as assistant director of the Radiation Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he headed the team that developed the SCR 584 radar device that was effective as an antiaircraft gun laying system. Journals (1942-1945) and other papers document his World War II service as an expert consultant to the secretary of war, radar advisor in air operations in all theaters of the war, and especially as chief of the advisory specialist group for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe under Gen. Carl Spaatz.
520 8 _aCorrespondents include Joseph Alsop, Cary F. Baker, Curtis G. Benjamin, Ralph D. Bennett, B. Vivian Bowden, Edward Lindley Bowles, Lyman Bryson, Norman Cousins, Peter Hobley Davison, Dennis Flanagan, Hugh Handsfield, Hiram Collins Haydn, Byron K. Ledgerwood, Lawrence Lessing, Lawrence Meyer Levin, Herrymon Maurer, Charles W. Morton, Abraham John Muste, Carl E. Nagel, Oliver A. Nelson, Isabel Paterson, Gerard Piel, James M. Reid, Kenʼichi Shinohara, Herbert Solow, Leon Svirsky, Orin Tovrov, Edward Weeks, Thornton Wilder, and Philip Wylie.
545 0 _aPhysicist and author.
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.ms008060
600 1 0 _aAlsop, Joseph,
_d1910-1989
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBaker, Cary F.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBenjamin, Curtis G.,
_d1901-1983
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBennett, Ralph D.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBowden, B. Vivian
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBowles, Edward Lindley,
_d1897-1990
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBryson, Lyman,
_d1888-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCousins, Norman
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavison, Peter Hobley
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFlanagan, Dennis,
_d1919-2005
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHandsfield, Hugh,
_d1911-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHaydn, Hiram Collins,
_d1907-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLedgerwood, Byron K.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLessing, Lawrence
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLevin, Lawrence Meyer,
_d1898-1968
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaurer, Herrymon,
_d1914-1998
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorton, Charles W.,
_d1899-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMuste, Abraham John,
_d1885-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNagel, Carl E.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNelson, Oliver A.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPaterson, Isabel
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPiel, Gerard
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReid, James M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aShinohara, Kenʼichi,
_d1905-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSolow, Herbert,
_d1903-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpaatz, Carl,
_d1891-1974.
600 1 0 _aSvirsky, Leon,
_d1904-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTovrov, Orin
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWeeks, Edward,
_d1898-1989
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilder, Thornton,
_d1897-1975
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWylie, Philip,
_d1902-1971
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
_bRadiation Laboratory.
610 2 0 _aUnited States Strategic Air Forces in Europe.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bWar Department.
650 0 _aAntiaircraft guns.
650 0 _aComputers.
650 0 _aNuclear energy
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRadar.
650 0 _aRadar in aeronautics.
650 0 _aScience and state
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations, American.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAntiaircraft artillery operations.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xRadar.
656 7 _aPhysicists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itomac
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060.3
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_d44435