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- mm78054197 abstract "Correspondence, diary notes (1947-1963), speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, biographical material, and other papers chiefly relating to Waterman's activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (1946-1951) and as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (1951-1963). Includes material concerning the foundation's role in fostering U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Also documents his teaching career as a professor of physics at Yale University (1919-1942), experience as chief reader for the College Entrance Examination Board, and association with such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.), and the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.). Individuals represented include Detlev W. Bronk, Vannevar Bush, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Lee A. Dubridge, George Gamow, Willard Frank Libby, Sir Bernard Lovell, Margaret Mead, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Harlow Shapley, Norbert Wiener, and Jerrold Reinach Zacharias.".
- mm78054197 accessRights "Classified, in part.".
- mm78054197 accessRights "Open to research.".
- mm78054197 accessRights "Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.".
- mm78054197 accrualMethod "Gift,".
- mm78054197 contributor B12948908.
- mm78054197 date "||||".
- mm78054197 description "Correspondence, diary notes (1947-1963), speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, biographical material, and other papers chiefly relating to Waterman's activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (1946-1951) and as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (1951-1963). Includes material concerning the foundation's role in fostering U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Also documents his teaching career as a professor of physics at Yale University (1919-1942), experience as chief reader for the College Entrance Examination Board, and association with such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.), and the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.).".
- mm78054197 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304".
- mm78054197 description "Gift, Mary Mallon Waterman and Lee Anna Embrey Blick, 1968-1975.".
- mm78054197 description "Individuals represented include Detlev W. Bronk, Vannevar Bush, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Lee A. Dubridge, George Gamow, Willard Frank Libby, Sir Bernard Lovell, Margaret Mead, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Harlow Shapley, Norbert Wiener, and Jerrold Reinach Zacharias.".
- mm78054197 description "Physicist and science administrator.".
- mm78054197 description "Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.".
- mm78054197 description "Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.".
- mm78054197 extent "17,700".
- mm78054197 extent "23.6".
- mm78054197 extent "59 1".
- mm78054197 identifier eadmss.ms010304.
- mm78054197 identifier eadmss.ms010304.3.
- mm78054197 issued "||||".
- mm78054197 language "Collection material in English.".
- mm78054197 language "eng".
- mm78054197 rights "Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.".
- mm78054197 subject "American Association for the Advancement of Science.".
- mm78054197 subject "Artificial satellites.".
- mm78054197 subject "Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975.".
- mm78054197 subject "Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974.".
- mm78054197 subject "Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.)".
- mm78054197 subject "College Entrance Examination Board".
- mm78054197 subject "Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954.".
- mm78054197 subject "Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978.".
- mm78054197 subject "Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.)".
- mm78054197 subject "DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994.".
- mm78054197 subject "Gamow, George, 1904-1968.".
- mm78054197 subject "International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.".
- mm78054197 subject "Libby, Willard F.".
- mm78054197 subject "Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012.".
- mm78054197 subject "Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.".
- mm78054197 subject "National Science Foundation (U.S.)".
- mm78054197 subject "Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.".
- mm78054197 subject "Physics Study and teaching.".
- mm78054197 subject "Research.".
- mm78054197 subject "Science Societies, etc.".
- mm78054197 subject "Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.".
- mm78054197 subject "United States. Office of Naval Research.".
- mm78054197 subject "Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964.".
- mm78054197 subject "Yale University Faculty.".
- mm78054197 subject "Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986.".
- mm78054197 title "Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1940-1963).".
- mm78054197 type "collection".