Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Henry De Wolf Smyth papers, 1898-1988.
The collection consists of selected material by and about Henry De Wolf Smyth. Included are two small address books, correspondence with his cousin Edward T. Creighton, a photocopy of Smyth's autobiography (29 pages), material related to Smyth's memorial service and eulogies from his friends, report cards from Lawrenceville School and Princeton University, a copy of a speech delivered at a symposium at Jadwin Gym (Princeton University), photographs of Smyth at different stages of life, and The "Smyth Report," an offprint of the Princeton University Library Chronicle about Smyth's book by the same title. Also included is a small pin commemorating the "A-Bomb" and the "Manhattan Project."
Princeton University, department of physics (1925-1939); National Defense Research Committee (1940); consultant on the Manhattan Project (1943-1945); commissioner, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (1949-1954) and representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (1961-1970). Best known as author of the "Smyth Report" (1945), the official government report on the development of the atomic bomb.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Princeton University -- Faculty -- 20th century.
Atomic bomb
Nuclear energy.
World War, 1939-1945.
AIP-ICOS
Princeton University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. 1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.