MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aRidenour, Louis N.$q(Louis Nicot),$d1911-1959.
245 00 $aLouis N. Ridenour papers,$f1917-1960$g(bulk 1945-1959).
300 $a1,300$fitems.
300 $a9$fcontainers.
300 $a3.6$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, journals, reports, draft and published writings, scientific papers, printed matter, and photographs particularly relating to Ridenour's efforts to familiarize scientists, engineers, and the public with science policy issues stemming from the use of nuclear energy and computers through his books and articles in professional journals and general interest magazines. Also includes material on his work as assistant director of the Radiation Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he headed the team that developed the SCR 584 radar device that was effective as an antiaircraft gun laying system. Journals (1942-1945) and other papers document his World War II service as an expert consultant to the secretary of war, radar advisor in air operations in all theaters of the war, and especially as chief of the advisory specialist group for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe under Gen. Carl Spaatz.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Joseph Alsop, Cary F. Baker, Curtis G. Benjamin, Ralph D. Bennett, B. Vivian Bowden, Edward Lindley Bowles, Lyman Bryson, Norman Cousins, Peter Hobley Davison, Dennis Flanagan, Hugh Handsfield, Hiram Collins Haydn, Byron K. Ledgerwood, Lawrence Lessing, Lawrence Meyer Levin, Herrymon Maurer, Charles W. Morton, Abraham John Muste, Carl E. Nagel, Oliver A. Nelson, Isabel Paterson, Gerard Piel, James M. Reid, Kenʼichi Shinohara, Herbert Solow, Leon Svirsky, Orin Tovrov, Edward Weeks, Thornton Wilder, and Philip Wylie.
541 $cGift,$aNancy Ridenour Buchanan and Eleanor Ridenour Crow,$d1997.
545 0 $aPhysicist and author.
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.ms008060
600 10 $aAlsop, Joseph,$d1910-1989$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBaker, Cary F.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBenjamin, Curtis G.,$d1901-1983$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBennett, Ralph D.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBowden, B. Vivian$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBowles, Edward Lindley,$d1897-1990$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBryson, Lyman,$d1888-1959$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCousins, Norman$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDavison, Peter Hobley$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFlanagan, Dennis,$d1919-2005$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHandsfield, Hugh,$d1911-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHaydn, Hiram Collins,$d1907-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLedgerwood, Byron K.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLessing, Lawrence$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLevin, Lawrence Meyer,$d1898-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMaurer, Herrymon,$d1914-1998$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorton, Charles W.,$d1899-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMuste, Abraham John,$d1885-1967$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNagel, Carl E.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNelson, Oliver A.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPaterson, Isabel$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPiel, Gerard$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aReid, James M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aShinohara, Kenʼichi,$d1905-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSolow, Herbert,$d1903-1964$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpaatz, Carl,$d1891-1974.
600 10 $aSvirsky, Leon,$d1904-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTovrov, Orin$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWeeks, Edward,$d1898-1989$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilder, Thornton,$d1897-1975$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWylie, Philip,$d1902-1971$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.$bRadiation Laboratory.
610 20 $aUnited States Strategic Air Forces in Europe.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bWar Dept.
650 0 $aAntiaircraft guns.
650 0 $aComputers.
650 0 $aNuclear energy$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRadar.
650 0 $aRadar in aeronautics.
650 0 $aScience and state$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAntiaircraft artillery operations.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRadar.
656 7 $aAuthors.$2itomac
656 7 $aPhysicists.$2itoamc
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.ms008060
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008060.3