Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974.
Edward Condon papers, circa 1920-1974.
This collection includes correspondence, notebooks, writings, photographs, newsclippings, etc., concerning Condon's education, teaching, and his government, industrial and academic work. There is also much interesting material relating to his problems with obtaining security clearances during the late 1940s and 1950s.
The collection includes an interesting, but incomplete, autobiography, and there are also scattered reflections, such as his recollections of the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos in 1943. Some of the background material and briefs, relating to his security clearance, provide detailed biographical information.
Concerning his own writings, there are copies of many addresses, articles, books (9 boxes relating to his "Handbook of Physics") and such interesting items as the Los Alamos Primer, which is a detailed technical description of the project, written for the scientists who were arriving there.
Information concerning his student and teaching days includes several notebooks for physics lectures at Berkeley, 1920-1924; and there are course materials (lectures) for the classes he taught in physics, atomic physics, and quantum mechanics (1931). There is a separate series of quantum mechanics lecture notes for the 1930s and 1950s.
The security clearance material is diverse, not only relating to Condon but also to other scientists and the threat to science in general. The series containing the most pertinent information include Eastern Industrial Personnel Security Board; exhibits on behalf of Condon; Fowler, Levan, Hawes & Symington (legal counsel); folders on Richard Nixon; Security Investigation; speeches ("The Weakest Link"); U.S. Congress House Special Committee on Un-American Activities; U.S. Department of Commerce Loyalty Board. The personal correspondence with Clifford and Virginia Durr is also rich on this topic, and on politics and social issues of the 1950s.
There is much material relating to the following organizations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American-Soviet Science Society, Corning Glass Works, Federation of American Scientists, SANE, Society for Social Responsibility in Science, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. National Bureau of Standards, University of Colorado, Washington University, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Miscellaneous material of note includes folders on the Manhattan Project and an interesting journal, filed with his notebooks, that he kept during Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, June 30, 1946. There is much on the J. Robert Oppenheimer case, and also a series on the President's Scientific Board, 1947.
American nuclear physicist. Ph.D. physics, University of California (1926). Professional experience includes: assistant profesor, associate professor, Princeton University (1928-1929, 1930-1937); associate director, Westinghouse Research Laboratory (1937-1945); director, National Bureau of Standards (1945-1951); director of research and development, consulting physicist, Corning Glass Works (1951-1954); professor, Washington University (1956-1963); professor, fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), director of UFO Project, professor emeritus, University of Colorado (1963-1974). Research interests: quantum mechanics, development of radar use and nuclear weapons during World War II.
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Boas, Ernst Philip, 1891-1955.
Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926-
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Chubb, Lewis Warrington, b. 1882.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974.
Courant, Richard, 1888-1972.
David, Nathan H.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994-
Durr, Clifford J. (Clifford Judkins), 1899-1975
Durr, Virginia Foster.
Gamow, George, 1904-1968.
Gurney-Taylor, Natalie.
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Meyerhoff, Howard A. (Howard Augustus), 1899-
Morley, Robert H.
Newman, James Roy, 1907-1966.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Norberg, Richard E.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Pake, G. E. (George Edward)
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Phelps, John B., 1929-
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Roberts, Walter Orr
Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008
Shortley, George, 1910-
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960.
Visscher, Maurice B., 1901-
Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978
Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-1985
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society.
American-Soviet Science Society.
Corning Glass Works.
Eastern Industrial Personnel Security Board.
Federation of American Scientists
Fowler, Levan, Hawes & Symington.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
SANE, Inc.
Society for Social Responsibility in Science
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
United States. Dept. of Commerce. Loyalty Board.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
University of California, Berkeley.
University of Colorado Boulder
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Atomic bomb -- United States.
Nuclear physics -- Research -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946.
Physics -- Research -- United States.
Physics -- United States -- Study and teaching.
Quantum theory.
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands).
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945- .
Autobiographies. aat
Journals (accounts). ftamc
Lectures lcgft
Notebooks. aat
Photographic prints. ftamc
Speeches. aat
Physicists -- United States. lcsh
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) ftamc
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