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1. Merle Antony Tuve papers, 1901-1982

   152,000 items. 434 containers plus 1 classified. 174 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Physicist. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, laboratory and personal notebooks, notes, personnel records, printed material, blueprints, diagrams, photographs, and other papers relating to Tuve's administration of government-sponsored scientific projects such as the development of the proximity fuze for the United States Navy during World War II.

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2. Charles H. Townes papers, 1898-2014

   129,250 items. 468 containers plus 2 classified and 4 oversize . 187.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 98 digital files (6.38GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Physicist, astrophysicist, and educator. Correspondence, computation notebooks, technical memoranda and notes, patents, teaching files, astronomical observations, grants and projects, subject files, legal files, speeches, writings, biographical material, awards, printed matter, photographs, digital files, microfilm, and other papers relating to Townes's career beginning in 1948.

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3. John H. Gibbons papers, 1947-2015

   84,000 items. 239 containers plus 10 oversize. 96.4 linear feet. 2,397 digital files (324.06 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Scientist, presidential advisor for science and technology, government official, and science administrator. Correspondence, writings, speeches, notes, topical files, appointment books, telephone logs, reports, newspaper clippings, research and supporting material, printed matter, and other miscellaneous material in physical formats. Materials in digital format include speech and engagement files and topical files. The materials pertain to Gibbons's career and activities relating to energy, environment, science, and technology. Prominently documented are his positions as the director of the Office of Technology Assessment and assistant to the president for science and technology as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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4. J. Robert Oppenheimer papers, 1799-1980

   76,450 items. 301 containers plus 2 classified. 120.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Physicist and director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, writings, desk books, lectures, statements, scientific notes, and photographs chiefly comprising Oppenheimer's personal papers while director of the Institute for Advanced Study but reflecting only incidentally his administrative work there. Topics include theoretical physics, development of the atomic bomb, the relationship between government and science, nuclear energy, security, and national loyalty.

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5. Samuel C. Phillips papers, 1929-1990

   67,200 items. 174 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 49.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   United States Air Force officer, space agency official, intelligence agency director, and defense industry executive. Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, family and personal papers, and photographs documenting Phillips's career in the United States Air Force where he specialized in ballistics and weapons research; as director of Project Apollo (U.S.), the lunar landing program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and as an executive with TRW Inc. and other defense contracting firms. Includes material on the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile system, atomic weapons tests, Saturn Project (U.S.) (rocket development), the Superconducting Super Collider, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and other defense and aeronautical projects.

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6. Glenn T. Seaborg papers, 1866-1999

   370,000 items. 1,016 containers plus 1 oversize and 4 classified. 407.6 linear feet. 14 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Nuclear chemist, public official, and educator. Journals, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, telephone and appointment logs, scientific research, speeches, writings, photographs, biographical material, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting Seaborg's work as a nuclear chemist who codiscovered numerous chemical elements, as a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, California, and as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971.

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7. Martin J. Sherwin collection relating to J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1910-2006

   26,000 items and 19 microfiche. 69 containers plus 1 classified and 2 microfiche containers. 27.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, biographer, and educator. Research material gathered for the writing of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, including interviews and oral histories, government records, topical files, correspondence, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous material.

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