LC control no. | mm 78054197 |
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Type of material | Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection) |
Personal name | Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967. |
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. Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954. Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978. DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994. Gamow, George, 1904-1968. Libby, Willard F. Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967. Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972. Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964. Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) College Entrance Examination Board Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.) National Science Foundation (U.S.) United States. Office of Naval Research. Yale University--Faculty. Artificial satellites. International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958. Physics--Study and teaching. Research. Science--Societies, etc. 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> |