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100 1 _aFurman, Robert R.,
_d1915-2008.
245 0 0 _aRobert R. Furman papers,
_f1944-1985.
300 _a350
_fitems.
300 _a1
_fcontainer.
300 _a0.4
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aCivil engineer and U.S. Army officer.
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.ms010306
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bCorps of Engineers.
_bManhattan District.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bWar Department.
_bAlsos Mission.
610 2 0 _aIndianapolis (Cruiser)
610 2 0 _aManhattan Project (U.S.)
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zGermany.
650 0 _aAtomic bomb
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_xResearch
_zGermany.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_xResearch
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xMilitary intelligence.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xScience.
651 0 _aTinian (Northern Mariana Islands)
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCivil engineers.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306.3
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