Alan Tower Waterman papers

LC control no.	mm 78054197
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967. » More like this
Main title	Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1940-1963).
Description	17,700 items. 59 containers plus 1 classified. 23.6 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diary Notes, 1947-1963; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1949-1965; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1920-1967; Series 4: Subject File, 1935-1965; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1917-1966; Series 6: Miscellany, 1918-1967; Series 7: Addition, 1951-1964; and Series 8: Classified, 1951.
Access advisory	Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Biography/History note	Physicist and science administrator.
Summary	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.
Notes	Some photographs: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings: transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Collection material in English. MSS54197
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304>
Acquisition source	Gift, Mary Mallon Waterman and Lee Anna Embrey Blick, 1968-1975.
Subjects	Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975. » More like this Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. » More like this Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954. » More like this Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978. » More like this DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994. » More like this Gamow, George, 1904-1968. » More like this Libby, Willard F. » More like this Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012. » More like this Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. » More like this Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967. » More like this Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972. » More like this Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964. » More like this Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986. » More like this American Association for the Advancement of Science. » More like this Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) » More like this College Entrance Examination Board » More like this Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.) » More like this National Science Foundation (U.S.) » More like this United States. Office of Naval Research. » More like this Yale University--Faculty. » More like this Artificial satellites. » More like this International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958. » More like this Physics--Study and teaching. » More like this Research. » More like this Science--Societies, etc. » More like this Administrators. Physicists.
Local shelving no.	0318K Vault 0202B Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 23,617)
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3>