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Energy

• Selected Images Relating to Civil Defense and Nuclear Energy, Explosions, and Testing, 1925 - 1964
• Selected Documents Relating to Project Mercury
• Albert Einstein Letters, 1943 - 1944
• Selected Documents from the Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge Operations Office, 1944 - 1968

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• Selected Images Relating to Civil Defense and Nuclear Energy, Explosions, and Testing, 1925 - 1964
  57 photographs relating to civil defense, the atomic bomb, and other nuclear issues have been digitized. Among the digitized images are photographs of civil defense fall-out shelters, military participation in atomic tests, individuals involved with the development of nuclear ower, "Operation Crossroads", the "Manhattan Project", the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts, the 60 inch cyclotron at the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, and the first nuclear reactor in the West Stands section of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records(College Park, MD ).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 57 digitized photographs:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter Nuclear Energy in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Press the Go button.
  7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 521003, Title: "USS Nautilus (SS-571), the Navy's first atomic powered submarine, on its initial sea trials, 01/20/1955", Local Identifier: NWDNS-80-G-709366

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• Selected Documents Relating to Project Mercury
  67 multi-page textual documents and images have been digitized from this series. The digitized documents include detailed test objectives for NASA Mission MA-6, detailed post launch reports and memorandums, public address announcements, and fact sheets. These materials are held by NARA's Southwest Region(Fort Worth, TX).
  

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 67 digitized documents and images:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter Project Mercury in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Press the Go button.
  7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 278196, Title: "Computer--Christopher Kraft's personal copies."

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• Albert Einstein Letters, 1943 - 1944
  9 letters from Albert Einstein to Lieutenant Stephen Brunauer, Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, have been digitized from this series. These materials are held by NARA's Modern Military Records (College Park, MD).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 9 digitized letter:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter Albert Einstein in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Press the Go button.
  7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 305247, Title: "Letter of Albert Einstein to the Lieutenant Stephen Brunauer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance., 05/17/1943"

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• Selected Documents from the Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge Operations Office, 1944-1968
  18 multi-page documents have been digitized from this series. These documents were created or collected by the Assistant Manager for Public Education in an effort to inform the public of the activities of the Manhattan District and later the Atomic Energy Commission. The records also reflect the effort of the AEC to promote the peaceful uses of atomic energy. These materials are held by NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta, GA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 18 multi-page digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter Oak Ridge Operations Office in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Press the Go button.
  7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

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  ARC Identifier: 281568, Title: "Comic book produced for General Electric Company titled 'Adventures Inside the Atom', 1948"

  
  

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