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100 1 _aGlendenin, Lawrence E.
_q(Lawrence Elgin),
_d1918-2008.
245 0 0 _aLawrence E. Glendenin papers,
_f1935-2009
_g(bulk 1945-1975).
300 _a850
_fitems.
300 _a3
_fcontainers.
300 _a1.2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, writings, speeches, subject files, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers documenting Glendenin's work on the Manhattan Project, the Bikini Scientific Resurvey, and his career at Argonne National Laboratory. Includes material pertaining to the discovery of Promethium by Glendenin and Jacob A. Marinsky and to the petition to President Harry S. Truman by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists which would allow the laboratory to demonstrate the power of the atomic bomb and give Japan the opportunity to surrender. Also includes A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Engergy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1941-1945 (1945) written by Henry DeWolf Smyth.
545 0 _aNuclear chemist and co-discoverer of Promethium, element 61 on the periodic table of elements.
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.ms012183
600 1 0 _aMarinsky, Jacob A.
_q(Jacob Akiba),
_d1918-2005.
600 1 0 _aSmyth, Henry De Wolf,
_d1898-1986.
_tA general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945.
_f1945.
600 1 0 _aTruman, Harry S.,
_d1884-1972.
610 2 0 _aArgonne National Laboratory.
610 2 0 _aBikini Scientific Resurvey.
610 2 0 _aManhattan Project (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aOak Ridge National Laboratory.
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_xResearch
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPromethium.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zJapan.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zUnited States.
656 7 _aNuclear chemists.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012183.3
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