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October 1945
International News Photo
In Happier Days
One image dated October 23, 1945 of President Harry S. Truman with Senator Estes Kefauver with members of the Chattanooga Junior Chamber of Commerce.
GLC08878.1419
One image dated October 1945 of President Harry S. Truman with Senator Estes Kefauver with members of the Chattanooga Junior Chamber of Commerce.
GLC08878.1418
23 August 1945
Associated Press
President Awards Honor Medal
One image of Harry S. Truman dated August 23, 1945 during a ceremony to award the Congressional medal of honor. In the picture, Truman is awarding Francis J. Clark from Salem.
GLC08878.1415
5 October 1945
Adm. Nimitz Decorated by President
One image of Harry S. Truman dated October 5, 1945 during a ceremony to award the gold star to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Also pictured is Catherine F. Nimitiz, the admiral's wife.
GLC08878.1416
1 November 1945
Founders of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation
One image dated November 1, 1945 during a commemorationg of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Pictured are President Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Frank Walker, Joseph E. Davies, William L. Green, Philip Murray, Henry A...
GLC08878.1417
19 July 1945
President Inspect Scots Guards
One image of Harry S. Truman dated July 19, 1945 of the president inspecting the Guard of Honor during a visit with Winston Churchill.
GLC08878.1412
16 July 1945
Truman Bids Mary Churchill Goodbye
One image of Harry S. Truman dated July 16, 1945 bidding Mary Soames, daughter of Winston Churchill goodbye. The prime minister is also captured on the steps.
GLC08878.1413
Truman and Churchill Inspect Scots
One image of Harry S. Truman dated July 19, 1945 inspecting the Guard of Honor with Winston Churchill.
GLC08878.1414
circa August 1945
Kaplan, Irving (1912-1997)
Preliminary statement of the Association of Manhattan District Scientists
Typed by Mildred Goldberg, who was working as a secretary for the Substitute or Special Alloy Metals (S.A.M.) Laboratory at Columbia University. Goldberg notes that this manuscript was created "two or three days" after the atomic bomb was dropped on...
GLC03152.02
circa October 1945
Goldberg, Mildred (b. 1923)
Personal recollections of Mildred Goldberg, secretary to the theoretical group, SAM Laboratories, The Manhattan Project; 1943-1946
Goldberg, a secretary working in the Substitute or Special Alloy Metals (S.A.M.) Laboratory at Columbia University, recalls the people and events that were part of her work experience. Mentions various scientists and other colleagues at the...
GLC03152.01
circa 1945
Bonner, Francis T. (fl. 1945)
Collection relating to Irving Kaplan and Francis Bonner on controlling atomic power [Decimalized .01-.09]
Includes autograph notes written by Bonner and Kaplan during the initial meetings of The Association of Manhattan District Scientists. Their notes stress the need to establish control over nuclear energy. Contains an autograph letter signed by...
GLC03152
[Draft of the preliminary statement of the Association of Manhattan District Scientists]
Handwritten draft of GLC03152.02. Contains several inserted typed paragraphs. The remainder of the declaration is written in pencil.
GLC03152.03
Preliminary statement on legislation referring to the future development of atomic energy
Apparently issued by the Association of Manhattan District Scientists in conjunction with GLC03152.03. The Association states, "It has been established beyond doubt that the atomic bomb, because of its tremendous destructive power and the...
GLC03152.04
[Newsletter for the Association of Manhattan Project scientists in the New York City area]
Written by Bonner, a Manhattan Project scientist and present-day professor emeritus of chemistry at the State University of New York. He writes as Secretary of the Executive Committee. Introductory note on first page indicates that the association...
GLC03152.05
circa 1 November 1945
[Bonner's notes related to a recent meeting of the Association of Manhattan Project scientists in the New York City area]
Written by Bonner, a Manhattan Project scientist and present-day professor emeritus of chemistry at the State University of New York. At the time this note was written, Bonner was Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of Manhattan...
GLC03152.06
31 January 1945
Dunning, John R. (John Ray) (1907-)
[To staff members of Columbia University, S.A.M. Laboratories, Division 1]
Dunning, a physicist working on the Manhattan Project, tenders his resignation as Director of Division I (at the Nash building, where Columbia University's Substitute or Special Alloy Metals Laboratory was located). Writes, "The work to which we are...
GLC03152.07
Unknown
[Photograph of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project]
Depicts Drs. Irving Kaplan, Francis Bonner, Ernest O. Lawrence, and [Robert] Harrison together looking at an open volume on the table before them.
GLC03152.09
1914-1948
unknown, fl. 1914-1948;
[Collection of photographs related to Black military troops, 1914-1948][Decimalized .01-.10]
Collection of photographs dated approximately 1914-1948. Consists of ten photographs that depict Black soldiers who served during World War I and World War II. Also include are images that show the life of integrated troops.
GLC09720
1945
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers
One World of Labor
One pamphlet entitled "One World of Labor," printed by the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, District Council No. 6, dated 1945. Pertains to labor unions and discusses a referendum vote by the American Federation of Labor that...
GLC09640.016
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