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100 1 $aOppenheimer, J. Robert,$d1904-1967.
245 00 $aJ. Robert Oppenheimer papers,$f1799-1980$g(bulk 1947-1967).
300 $a74,000$fitems.
300 $a294$fcontainers plus$a2$fclassified.
300 $a1$fmicrofilm reel.
300 $a117.4$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
506 1 $aClassified, in part.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, writings, desk books, lectures, statements, scientific notes, inventories, newspaper clippings, and photographs chiefly comprising Oppenheimer's personal papers while director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., but reflecting only incidentally his work there.
520 8 $aTopics include theoretical physics, the development of the atomic bomb, the relationship between government and science, organization of research on nuclear energy, control of nuclear energy, security in scientific fields, secrecy, loyalty, disarmament, education of scientists, international intellectual exchange, the moral responsibility of the scientist, the relationship between science and culture, and the public understanding of science. Includes material on Oppenheimer's World War II contributions, particularly to the Los Alamos project. Also documented are his postwar work as a consultant on the technical and administrative problems of the atomic bomb, service on the Atomic Energy Commission (including his hearing before its personnel security board that resulted in the revocation of his clearance), and his association with the Federation of American Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, and other scientific organizations, and the Twentieth Century Fund, Unesco, and other humanitarian organizations.
520 8 $aIncludes a group of letters and memoranda written by physicist Niels Bohr to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter relating to the role of nuclear energy in international affairs, supplemented by Oppenheimer's correspondence with Bohr.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Hans Albrecht Bethe, Raymond T. Birge, Felix Bloch, Max Born, Julian P. Boyd, Vannevar Bush, Pablo Casals, Harold F. Cherniss, Robert F. Christy, Sir John Cockcroft, Arthur Holly Compton, James Bryant Conant, P. A. M. Dirac, T. S. Eliot, Herbert Feis, Enrico Fermi, Lloyd K. Garrison, Leslie R. Groves, Wallace K. Harrison, Julian Huxley, George Frost Kennan, Shuichi Kusaka, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, T. D. Lee, Archibald MacLeish, John Henry Manley, Herbert S. Marks, Nicolas Nabokov, Abraham Pais, Wolfgang Pauli, Linus Pauling, Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bertrand Russell, Albert Schweitzer, Julian Seymour Schwinger, Emilio Segrè, Robert Serber, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, Norman Thomas, John Archibald Wheeler, Yang Chen Ning, and Hideki Yukawa.
533 $aMicrofilm of a history of the Institute for Advanced Study (1964) by Beatrice M. Stern.$b[S.l.].
541 $cGift,$aKatherine Oppenheimer and others,$d1967-1981.
541 $cTransfer,$aAtomic Energy Commission,$d1971.
541 $cGift,$aNiels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics,$d1999.
544 $3Sound recordings and motion pictures$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 $3Glass slides$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aPhysicist and director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. Full name: Julius Robert Oppenheimer.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aRegister published by the Library of Congress, 1974. Revised and updated finding aid (2000) available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998007
600 10 $aBethe, Hans A.$q(Hans Albrecht),$d1906-2005$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBirge, Raymond T.$d(Raymond Thayer),$qb. 1887$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBloch, Felix,$d1905-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBorn, Max,$d1882-1970$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBoyd, Julian P.$q(Julian Parks),$d1903-1980$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBush, Vannevar,$d1890-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCasals, Pablo,$d1876-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCherniss, Harold F.$q(Harold Fredrik),$d1904-1987$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aChristy, Robert F.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCockcroft, John,$cSir,$d1897-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCompton, Arthur Holly,$d1892-1962$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aConant, James Bryant,$d1893-1978$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDirac, P. A. M.$q(Paul Adrien Maurice),$d1902-1984$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEliot, T. S.$q(Thomas Stearns),$d1888-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFeis, Herbert,$d1893-1972$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFermi, Enrico,$d1901-1954$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFrankfurter, Felix,$d1882-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGarrison, Lloyd K.$q(Lloyd Kirkham),$db. 1897$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGroves, Leslie R.,$d1896-1970$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarrison, Wallace K.$q(Wallace Kirkman),$d1895-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHuxley, Julian,$d1887-1975$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKennan, George F.$q(George Frost),$d1904-2005$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKusaka, Shuichi,$d1915-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLawrence, Ernest Orlando,$d1901-1958$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLee, T. D.,$d1926-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMacLeish, Archibald,$d1892-1982$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aManley, John Henry,$d1907-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMarks, Herbert S.,$d1907-1960$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNabokov, Nicolas,$d1903-1978$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPais, Abraham,$d1918-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPauli, Wolfgang,$d1900-1958$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPauling, Linus,$d1901-1994$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPeierls, Rudolf Ernst,$cSir,$d1907-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Eleanor,$d1884-1962$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRussell, Bertrand,$d1872-1970$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSchweitzer, Albert,$d1875-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSchwinger, Julian,$d1918-1994$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSegrè, Emilio$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSerber, R.$q(Robert)$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSzilard, Leo$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTeller, Edward,$d1908-2003$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aThomas, Norman,$d1884-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWheeler, John Archibald,$d1911-2008$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aYang, Chen Ning,$d1922-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aYukawa, Hideki,$d1907-1982$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aFederation of American Scientists.
610 20 $aInstitute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
610 20 $aLos Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
610 20 $aNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
610 20 $aTwentieth Century Fund.
610 20 $aUnesco.
610 20 $aU.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
650 0 $aAtomic bomb.
650 0 $aExchange of publications.
650 0 $aHumanitarianism.
650 0 $aInternal security$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLoyalty.
650 0 $aNuclear disarmament.
650 0 $aNuclear energy.
650 0 $aNuclear energy$xResearch.
650 0 $aNuclear nonproliferation.
650 0 $aNuclear physics.
650 0 $aOfficial secrets.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aScience$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aScience$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aScience$xSocieties, etc.
650 0 $aScience$cStudy and teaching.
650 0 $aScience and state.
650 0 $aScience and international affairs.
650 0 $aScience$xSecurity measures.
650 0 $aSecurity clearances$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xScience.
656 7 $aEducators.$2itoamc
656 7 $aPhysicists.$2itoamc
700 1 $aBohr, Niels,$d1885-1962.$tNiels Henrik David Bohr papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998007
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998007.3