Manuscript Collections
Samuel Allison Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
Hans A. Bethe Papers. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University.
Hans Bethe Personal Papers. Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University.
Niels Bohr Manuscripts, 1904–1962 [Microfilm]. Archive for the History of Quantum Physics. Lamont Library, Harvard University.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library.
Vannevar Bush Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Bush-Conant File Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb, 1940–1945. Records of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Manhattan Engineer District Records. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Arthur Holly Compton Papers. University Archives, Washington University.
Correspondence (“Top Secret”) of the Manhattan Engineer District, 1942–1946. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Federation of American Scientists Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
Enrico Fermi Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
Richard Feynman Papers. Archives. Niels Bohr Library. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
James Franck Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
George Gamow Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Samuel Goudsmit Papers. Archives. Niels Bohr Library. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Crawford H. Greenewalt Manhattan Project Diary, 1942–1945. Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del.
Crawford H. Greenewalt Personal Papers, 1948–1992. Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del.
Harrison-Bundy Files Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb, 1942–1946. Manhattan Engineer District Records. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
George B. Kistiakowsky Papers. Harvard University Archives. Pusey Library, Harvard University.
Ernest O. Lawrence Papers. Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Archives. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.Mex.
Maria Goeppert Mayer Papers. Mandeville Special Collections Department. Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego.
Elsie Blumer McMillan. “The Atom and Eve” [Manuscript]. Archives. Niels Bohr Library. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
John von Neumann Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
J. Robert Oppenheimer FBI Security File. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
J. Robert Oppenheimer Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Rudolf Peierls Papers. Modern Papers Room. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
George Placzek Papers. Archives. Niels Bohr Library. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
I. I. Rabi Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Eugene I. Rabinowitch Papers. Department of Special Collections. Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
Glenn T. Seaborg Diary. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Leo Szilard Papers. Mandeville Special Collections Department. Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego.
Edward Teller Papers. Hoover Institution Library and Archives. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University.
Harold Clayton Urey Papers. Mandeville Special Collections Department. Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego.
Oswald Veblen Papers. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Interviews
Philip Abelson. Washington, D.C. March 23, 1999.
Harold and Beverly Agnew. Solana Beach, Calif. March 13, 2001.
Robert Bacher. Santa Barbara, Calif. July 29, 1998.
Hans Bethe. Ithaca, N. Y. June 6, 1997.
Rose Bethe. Ithaca, N. Y. June 8, 1997.
Robert Christy. Pasadena, Calif. July 29, 1998.
Jean Critchfield. Los Alamos, N.Mex. July 1997.
Arthur and Peggy Hemmendinger. Santa Fe, N.Mex. July 22, 1997.
Donald and Lily Hornig. Cambridge, Mass. May 14, 1998.
Jerome and Isabella Karle. Washington, D.C. December 10, 1998.
Ralph Lapp. Alexandria, Va. March 12, 1999.
Kathleen Manley. Los Alamos, N.Mex. July 21, 1997.
Kay Mark. Los Alamos, N.Mex. July 19, 1997.
Philip Morrison. Cambridge, Mass. May 18, 1998.
Louis Rosen. Los Alamos, N.Mex. July 16, 1997.
Raemer Schreiber. Los Alamos, N.Mex. July 17, 1997.
Edward Teller. Stanford, Calif. July 27, 1998.
Françoise Ulam. Santa Fe, N.Mex. July 1997.
Victor Weisskopf. Newton, Mass. May 17, 1998.
Jane Wilson. Ithaca, N. Y. June 8, 1997.
Herbert York. La Jolla, Calif. March 12, 2001.
Oral Histories
Luis Alvarez. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Carl Anderson. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
Hans Bethe. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Rose Bethe. Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University.
Norris Bradbury. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gregory Breit. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Betty Compton. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Paul Ewald. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Richard Feynman. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Darol Froman. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Maurice Goldhaber. American Institute of Phyics, College Park, Md.
Carson Mark. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Edwin McMillan. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Philip Morrison. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Lothar Nordheim. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Frank Oppenheimer. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Robert Oppenheimer. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Abraham Pais. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Wolfgang Panofsky. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Rudolf Peierls. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Norman Ramsey. Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Leon Rosenfeld. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Emilio Segrè. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Robert Serber. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Herbert Smith. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
John Wheeler. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Robert Wilson. American Institute of Physics, College Park, Md.
Herbert York. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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